Patents by Inventor Kazunori Sakurai
Kazunori Sakurai 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).
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Patent number: 7876043Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate on which a laminate is disposed, a sealing substrate bonded to the substrate with a plurality of seals therebetween, a plurality of mounting sites in regions surrounded by the seals on the sealing substrate, and a plurality of adsorbers disposed in the mounting sites to adsorb water and oxygen. The laminate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrooptical material therebetween. The electrooptical material at least includes a light-emitting layer. The seals have the shape of a double or multiple frame surrounding the periphery of the laminate on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7859714Abstract: A light emitting device that forms a latent image by irradiating light onto a charged surface of an image carrier. The light emitting device includes an electro-optical substrate that forms an optical image, a focusing lens array that focuses light from the electro-optical substrate to form an erect image of the corresponding optical image on the charged surface, and a frame in which the focusing lens array is fixed. A position determining member, which is formed of resin, is disposed on the frame, comes in contact with a supporting body that supports the image carrier, and determines a distance between the focusing lens array and the image carrier by its own height.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7837369Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, an element substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed, a plate-shaped sealing member having a lens array in which a plurality of lenses is arranged and sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements together with the element substrate, and a spacer disposed between the element substrate and the plate-shaped sealing member for maintaining a distance between the light-emitting elements and the lenses, in which the spacer is provided with a plurality of sealing cavities, at least one lens of the plurality of lenses is disposed so as to overlap each of the sealing cavities, and the light-emitting elements are disposed in each of the sealing cavities so as to overlap the corresponding lenses.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7710444Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that has an image carrier surface moving in a direction; a supporting member that faces the image carrier; a plurality of light emitting elements which are provided on a surface of the supporting member facing the image carrier and emit light to form a latent image on the image carrier; a roller which is arranged on the surface of the supporting member facing the image carrier such that a rotational shaft thereof extends in a direction traversing an image carrier surface; and an urging unit which urge the supporting member against the image carrier so that the roller comes into contact with the image carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Tsugio Gomi, Kazunori Sakurai
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Publication number: 20090215349Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes a first step of forming at least one light-emitting element on a first substrate; a second step of applying a resin adhesive to a first application area that includes an area where the at least one light-emitting element is formed, so as to cover the at least one light-emitting element; a third step of applying a glass frit paste on a surface of the first substrate where the at least one light-emitting element is formed or on a second substrate and also to a second application area that surrounds the area where the at least one light-emitting element is formed; a fourth step of laminating the first substrate and the second substrate; a resin curing step of curing the resin adhesive to bond the first substrate and the second substrate in the first application area and to seal the at least one light-emitting element from an outside; and a glass frit melting step of melting the glass frit paste to bond the first substrate and the second substrate in theType: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20090201357Abstract: An exposure head includes a light emitting substrate having a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements that is disposed on one face of the transparent substrate, and one or a plurality of light detecting units that is disposed on the transparent substrate and can detect light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and propagating inside the transparent substrate. The light that is emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and is transmitted through the transparent substrate is projected on an image carrier that faces the plurality of light emitting elements with the transparent substrate interposed therebetween so as to form a predetermined pattern on the image carrier. Inside the transparent substrate, a plurality of reformation points that diffusely reflects light propagating inside the transparent substrate is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori SAKURAI
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Patent number: 7563147Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent device having an organic functional layer formed between facing electrodes, the method includes forming separators which separate either of the electrodes into a strip, forming an electrode film between the separators with a vapor deposition method, and placing a further electrode material on the electrode film which is formed between the separators with the vapor deposition method.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Sakai, Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7560743Abstract: An electro-optical device in which a plurality of light-emitting elements including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light-emitting functional layer emitting light in accordance with a voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are arranged, the device including: a main substrate; the first electrode layer disposed on the main substrate; the light-emitting functional layer disposed on the first electrode layer; the second electrode layer disposed on the light-emitting functional layer; a plurality of lines which is formed below the light-emitting functional layer on the main substrate and which supplies current to the light-emitting elements or controls the light-emitting elements; a conductor for connecting one of the lines to the second electrode layer; and an insulating protective layer which is formed below the light-emitting functional layer and above the first electrode layer and the lines and which partially covers the lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7541619Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of self-emitting elements formed in the substrate, a sealing member attached to the substrate so as to seal the self-emitting elements in cooperation with the substrate, and a circuit that is disposed to overlap the sealing member and that drives or controls the self-emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazunori Sakurai, Toshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 7528854Abstract: A line head includes an element substrate having light-emitting elements arrayed thereon and a sealing substrate that seals the light-emitting elements on the element substrate. A recess is formed on a portion of the substrate where light emitted from the light-emitting elements exits, and the recess is formed to include an entire region immediately above at least the light-emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7524391Abstract: An optical device includes a substrate having a through hole formed therein, and an optical element mounted on the substrate with its optical section being placed to face the through hole, and a light transmissive member disposed at the through hole. Light transmissive under-fill material is provided between the substrate and the optical element and between the light transmissive member and the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Publication number: 20090066243Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate on which a laminate is disposed, a sealing substrate bonded to the substrate with a plurality of seals therebetween, a plurality of mounting sites in regions surrounded by the seals on the sealing substrate, and a plurality of adsorbers disposed in the mounting sites to adsorb water and oxygen. The laminate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrooptical material therebetween. The electrooptical material at least includes a light-emitting layer. The seals have the shape of a double or multiple frame surrounding the periphery of the laminate on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20080175605Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, an element substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed, a plate-shaped sealing member having a lens array in which a plurality of lenses is arranged and sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements together with the element substrate, and a spacer disposed between the element substrate and the plate-shaped sealing member for maintaining a distance between the light-emitting elements and the lenses, in which the spacer is provided with a plurality of sealing cavities, at least one lens of the plurality of lenses is disposed so as to overlap each of the sealing cavities, and the light-emitting elements are disposed in each of the sealing cavities so as to overlap the corresponding lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20070268221Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide an electro-optical device including first pixel portions each including an active element and second pixel portions each not including any active element, the first and second pixel portions being provided in an image display region of a substrate, a first driving device for driving the first pixel portions in an active driving method and a second driving device for driving the second pixel portions in a passive driving method. Accordingly, the invention can realize a display by using both an active driving method and a passive driving method with a simple structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7248238Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide an electro-optical device including first pixel portions each including an active element and second pixel portions each not including any active element, the first and second pixel portions being provided in an image display region of a substrate, a first driving device for driving the first pixel portions in an active driving method and a second driving device for driving the second pixel portions in a passive driving method. Accordingly, the invention can realize a display by using both an active driving method and a passive driving method with a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Patent number: 7202597Abstract: To provide a display device that applies a uniform driving voltage to each pixel and prevents light emitting regions from being narrower. In a display device obtained by bonding a pixel element substrate to a driving circuit board having a driving circuit for the plurality of pixel elements, the driving circuit board includes connecting terminals connected to the driving circuit for the plurality of pixel elements on the surface of the driving circuit board facing the pixel element substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Publication number: 20070047004Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device, in which an image carrier is charged, a latent image is formed on a charged surface of the image carrier, an image is formed by attaching toner onto the latent image, and which is used in an image printing apparatus transferring the image onto other object and forms the latent image by irradiating light onto the charged surface, the light emitting device including: an electro-optical substrate that forms an optical image; a focusing lens array in which light used to form the optical image is incident from one end thereof and light used to form an erect image of a corresponding optical image is emitted from the other end thereof; a frame in which the focusing lens array is fixed, with the other end facing the charged surface; and a position determining member which is formed of resin, is disposed on the frame, comes in contact with a supporting body that supports the image carrier, and determines a distance between the focusing lens array and the image carrier by its own heType: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazunori Sakurai
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Publication number: 20060278945Abstract: An electro-optical device in which a plurality of light-emitting elements including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light-emitting functional layer emitting light in accordance with a voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are arranged, the device including: a main substrate; the first electrode layer disposed on the main substrate; the light-emitting functional layer disposed on the first electrode layer; the second electrode layer disposed on the light-emitting functional layer; a plurality of lines-which is formed below the light-emitting functional layer on the main substrate and which supplies current to the light-emitting elements or controls the light-emitting elements; a conductor for connecting one of the lines to the second electrode layer; and an insulating protective layer which is formed below the light-emitting functional layer and above the first electrode layer and the lines and which partially covers the lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20060176538Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that has an image carrier surface moving in a direction; a supporting member that faces the image carrier; a plurality of light emitting elements which are provided on a surface of the supporting member facing the image carrier and emit light to form a latent image on the image carrier; a roller which is arranged on the surface of the supporting member facing the image carrier such that a rotational shaft thereof extends in a direction traversing an image carrier surface; and an urging unit which urge the supporting member against the image carrier so that the roller comes into contact with the image carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Tsugio Gomi, Kazunori Sakurai
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Publication number: 20060065903Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of self-emitting elements formed in the substrate, a sealing member attached to the substrate so as to seal the self-emitting elements in cooperation with the substrate, and a circuit that is disposed to overlap the sealing member and that drives or controls the self-emitting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Sakurai, Tsugio Gomi, Koichi Uematsu, Shigemitsu Koike, Toshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Hirayama