Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nagaoka
Kenichi Nagaoka 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: 11192147Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito
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Patent number: 10799917Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: EBARA CORPORATION, Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
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Publication number: 20190262869Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
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Publication number: 20190262870Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
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Patent number: 10328465Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
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Patent number: 9664952Abstract: A moisture-proof structure includes: a sealing layer surrounding or covering a moisture-proof target between a first base material and a second base material; a moisture-proof material provided in contact with an outer side of the sealing layer and in a peripheral section of the first base material and the second base material, in which the peripheral section is located outside the sealing layer; and an uneven structure provided in a part of the first base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material and in a part of the second base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Kenichi Nagaoka, Noboru Murabayashi, Yoshinari Shirata
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Publication number: 20160026035Abstract: Provided is a display device that makes it possible to restrain color unevenness or display unevenness. A display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first structure provided on the first substrate; and a second structure provided on the second substrate. Relative positional relation between the first structure and the second structure is adjusted two-dimensionally in accordance with a non-planarity characteristic of the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi NAGAOKA, Yoshinari SHIRATA, Tatsuya INOKUCHI, Noboru MURABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140168916Abstract: A moisture-proof structure includes: a sealing layer surrounding or covering a moisture-proof target between a first base material and a second base material; a moisture-proof material provided in contact with an outer side of the sealing layer and in a peripheral section of the first base material and the second base material, in which the peripheral section is located outside the sealing layer; and an uneven structure provided in a part of the first base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material and in a part of the second base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Nagaoka, Noboru Murabayashi, Yoshinari Shirata
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Publication number: 20130294003Abstract: The invention provides a substrate for a display which can be easily repaired even when there are problems such as inter-layer shorting attributable to invasion of static electricity. The substrate has a first wiring section disposed in a display area thereof and formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the display area. The substrate also has a second wiring section formed such that it intersects the first wiring section outside the display area on the substrate with an insulation film interposed between them. The substrate further has an opening formed in the second wiring section at least in a region thereof overlapping the first wiring section intersecting the same. Further, the substrate has overlapping portions formed at two ends of the opening where the first and second wiring sections overlap each other with the insulation film interposed between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenichi Nagaoka
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Patent number: 8558959Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, defined as a first substrate and a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. The device also includes a pixel electrode and an additional electrode formed on the first substrate, and a contact hole that is configured and arranged to connect the pixel electrode and the additional electrode. In certain embodiments, the contact hole is formed at a liquid crystal domain boundary. In other embodiments, an additional contact hole is also provided between the pixel electrode and a second additional electrode, and in such embodiments the contact hole and the additional contact hole are formed within different liquid crystal domains. Further, in certain embodiments, the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrode slits arranged in a pattern to form a plurality of liquid crystal domains within each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Publication number: 20130003001Abstract: When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, or the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is made uniform by adjusting the structure of the liquid crystal display device, or any display defect is driven out of the display area. When radiating light to the liquid crystal composition containing the photosensitive material, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted so as to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal display device can thus be driven stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8284362Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer sealed between a pair of substrates; an alignment layer formed on at least one of the substrates; a polymer formed of a photopolymerized material on the alignment layer; and a pixel electrode, including an electrode portion and a plurality of slits, formed on one of the substrates. The device also includes a source electrode and a Cs intermediate electrode, having the same potential as the pixel electrode, formed between the pixel electrode and one of the substrates; and a Cs bus line located between the Cs intermediate electrode and one of the substrates. The source electrode is formed along a first liquid crystal domain boundary, between the pixel electrode and one of the substrates. The liquid crystal layer contains part of a photopolymerizable monomer, which is a source material of the photopolymerized material.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8035764Abstract: There is provided an MVA type liquid crystal display device having high brightness and excellent display quality.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Misaki, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yoshihisa Taguchi, Kenichi Nagaoka, Manabu Sawasaki
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Publication number: 20110194042Abstract: There is provided an MVA type liquid crystal display device having high brightness and excellent display quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Misaki, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yoshihisa Taguchi, Kenichi Nagaoka, Manabu Sawasaki
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Patent number: 7956969Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, as well as a source electrode, a Cs intermediate electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on one of the pair of substrates. The liquid crystal display device also includes vertical alignment films formed on the pair of substrates and polymer layers formed on the vertical alignment films, wherein a contact hole, which connects the source electrode and the pixel electrode, and another contact hole, which connects the pixel electrode and the Cs intermediate electrode, are both formed at a liquid crystal domain boundary.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Patent number: 7911549Abstract: There is provided an MVA type liquid crystal display device having high brightness and excellent display quality.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Misaki, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yoshihisa Taguchi, Kenichi Nagaoka, Manabu Sawasaki
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Publication number: 20110058134Abstract: When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, or the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is made uniform by adjusting the structure of the liquid crystal display device, or any display defect is driven out of the display area. When radiating light to the liquid crystal composition containing the photosensitive material, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted so as to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal display device can thus be driven stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Patent number: 7868981Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, as well as a source electrode, a Cs intermediate electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on one of the pair of substrates. The liquid crystal display device also includes vertical alignment films formed on the pair of substrates and polymer layers formed on the vertical alignment films, wherein a contact hole, which connects the source electrode and the pixel electrode, and another contact hole, which connects the pixel electrode and the Cs intermediate electrode, are both formed at a liquid crystal domain boundary.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kenichi Nagaoka, Yuji Nakahata, Yoji Taniguchi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Yuichi Inoue, Masakazu Shibasaki
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Publication number: 20100195011Abstract: The invention provides a substrate for a display which can be easily repaired even when there are problems such as inter-layer shorting attributable to invasion of static electricity. The substrate has a first wiring section disposed in a display area thereof and formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the display area. The substrate also has a second wiring section formed such that it intersects the first wiring section outside the display area on the substrate with an insulation film interposed between them. The substrate further has an opening formed in the second wiring section at least in a region thereof overlapping the first wiring section intersecting the same. Further, the substrate has overlapping portions formed at two ends of the opening where the first and second wiring sections overlap each other with the insulation film interposed between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenichi Nagaoka
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Patent number: 7724314Abstract: The invention provides a substrate for a display which can be easily repaired even when there are problems such as inter-layer shorting attributable to invasion of static electricity. The substrate has a first wiring section disposed in a display area thereof and formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the display area. The substrate also has a second wiring section formed such that it intersects the first wiring section outside the display area on the substrate with an insulation film interposed between them. The substrate further has an opening formed in the second wiring section at least in a region thereof overlapping the first wiring section intersecting the same. Further, the substrate has overlapping portions formed at two ends of the opening where the first and second wiring sections overlap each other with the insulation film interposed between them.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenichi Nagaoka