Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Yanagawa

Kazuhiko Yanagawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10823992
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Patent number: 10725350
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20200012133
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Yasushi IWAKABE, Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Masatoshi WAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10466519
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: Japan Dlsplay Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Publication number: 20190265558
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10330989
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20180252953
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Patent number: 10018859
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: Japan DIsplay Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Publication number: 20170299931
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the display portion, and a plurality of pixels formed in the display portion. The plurality of pixels have a switching element, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, a counter electrode, and a light emitting material layer arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, respectively, and the counter electrode is arranged in common for the display portion. A bank layer of organic material is arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode and is formed in the display portion and the peripheral portion, with each pixel being divided by the bank layer in the display portion, and the bank layer having at least one opening in the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAMURA, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Nagatoshi KURAHASHI, Tsuyoshi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170269414
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Yasushi IWAKABE, Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Masatoshi WAKAGI
  • Patent number: 9715132
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Publication number: 20170010509
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9488880
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20160077391
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9213204
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20150253641
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the display portion, and a plurality of pixels formed in the display portion. The plurality of pixels have a switching element, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, a counter electrode, and a light emitting material layer arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, respectively, and the counter electrode is arranged in common for the display portion. A bank layer of organic material is arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode and is formed in the display portion and the peripheral portion, with each pixel being divided by the bank layer in the display portion, and the bank layer having at least one opening in the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAMURA, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Nagatoshi KURAHASHI, Tsuyoshi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150241742
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Kazuhiko YANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9097922
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Yasushi Iwakabe, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Masatoshi Wakagi
  • Patent number: 9086600
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20150131014
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents light leaks near spacers. The LCD device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed opposite each other, by means of an electric field generated in the layer-thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer. The LCD device includes spacers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate, signal lines formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate, an insulating film formed to cover the signal lines, and electrodes on the insulating film's upper surface. Each electrode contributes to controlling the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer. Each spacer has a vertex surface disposed opposite to the signal lines. A portion of each electrode extends to the upper surface of a corresponding signal line. The extended portion is opposite to a part of a spacer's vertex surface disposed opposite to the corresponding signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YANAGAWA, Yasushi IWAKABE, Yoshiaki NAKAYOSHI, Masatoshi WAKAGI