Patents by Inventor Kazushige OTA

Kazushige OTA 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: 10564473
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a transparent plate; a liquid crystal panel affixed to a main surface of the transparent plate; a backlight configured to illuminate the liquid crystal panel from a side opposite to the transparent plate; and a fixing support configured to fix the backlight to the transparent plate. The fixing support includes a first opposing part that opposes the main surface of the transparent plate, and a second opposing part that opposes an end surface of the backlight. The first opposing part is affixed to the main surface of the transparent plate, and the second opposing part is fastened with the end surface of the backlight by a male screw that penetrates through an elongated hole of the second opposing part, and a female screw that is mated with the male screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Yuki Hori, Kazushige Ota
  • Publication number: 20190293989
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate which makes it easy to bond a display device to a transparent support such as a glass plate and which can suppress a decrease in the image quality. The adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent plate 2 having a first surface and a second surface, a light-shielding portion 3 provided on at least one of the periphery of the first surface 2a and the periphery of the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, a first adhesive layer 4 provided on the first surface 2a of the transparent plate 2, and a second adhesive layer 5 provided on the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, in a formation region with an area smaller than the formation region of the first adhesive layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi NIIYAMA, Masahiro INOUE, Kazushige OTA, Yu NOJIRI, Hitoshi TSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10386664
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate which makes it easy to bond a display device to a transparent support such as a glass plate and which can suppress a decrease in the image quality. The adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent plate 2 having a first surface and a second surface, a light-shielding portion 3 provided on at least one of the periphery of the first surface 2a and the periphery of the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, a first adhesive layer 4 provided on the first surface 2a of the transparent plate 2, and a second adhesive layer 5 provided on the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, in a formation region with an area smaller than the formation region of the first adhesive layer 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Niiyama, Masahiro Inoue, Kazushige Ota, Yu Nojiri, Hitoshi Tsushima
  • Publication number: 20190018285
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a transparent plate; a liquid crystal panel affixed to a main surface of the transparent plate; a backlight configured to illuminate the liquid crystal panel from a side opposite to the transparent plate; and a fixing support configured to fix the backlight to the transparent plate. The fixing support includes a first opposing part that opposes the main surface of the transparent plate, and a second opposing part that opposes an end surface of the backlight. The first opposing part is affixed to the main surface of the transparent plate, and the second opposing part is fastened with the end surface of the backlight by a male screw that penetrates through an elongated hole of the second opposing part, and a female screw that is mated with the male screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yuki HORI, Kazushige OTA
  • Publication number: 20160252769
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate which makes it easy to bond a display device to a transparent support such as a glass plate and which can suppress a decrease in the image quality. The adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent plate 2 having a first surface and a second surface, a light-shielding portion 3 provided on at least one of the periphery of the first surface 2a and the periphery of the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, a first adhesive layer 4 provided on the first surface 2a of the transparent plate 2, and a second adhesive layer 5 provided on the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, in a formation region with an area smaller than the formation region of the first adhesive layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi NIIYAMA, Masahiro INOUE, Kazushige OTA, Yu NOJIRI, Hitoshi TSUSHIMA