Patents by Inventor Kimihiko Yamada

Kimihiko Yamada 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).

  • Flexible substrate storage equipment and flexible substrate storing method
    Patent number: 7431158
    Abstract: A flexible substrate storage equipment of the present invention includes at least a pair of opposed members that constitute an outer frame of a storage equipment main body, wherein the pair of opposed members are disposed so as to maintain a predetermined interval to wedge a plurality of flexible substrates in between to hold them in a shape of a curve. As a result, a flexible substrate storage equipment for surely storing and holding a plastic substrate or other flexible substrate with a simple structure, and a storing method of such substrate can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kimihiko Yamada, Yoshiki Nakatani, Tetsuya Aita
  • Flexible substrate storage equipment and flexible substrate storing method
    Publication number: 20040163988
    Abstract: A flexible substrate storage equipment of the present invention includes at least a pair of opposed members that constitute an outer frame of a storage equipment main body, wherein the pair of opposed members are disposed so as to maintain a predetermined interval to wedge a plurality of flexible substrates in between to hold them in a shape of a curve. As a result, a flexible substrate storage equipment for surely storing and holding a plastic substrate or other flexible substrate with a simple structure, and a storing method of such substrate can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Yamada, Yoshiki Nakatani, Tetsuya Aita