Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Inada

Kiyoshi Inada 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: 9316858
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a functional panel, a photo curable adhesive, a transparent electrode, and a light blocking line. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area to display an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The functional panel is attached to the liquid crystal panel, and includes a display overlapping area overlapping with the display area and a display non-overlapping area overlapping with the non-display area in a plan view. The photo curable adhesive is arranged between the panels and cured by light applied thereto. The transparent electrode is arranged in the display overlapping area and made of light transmissive conductive material. The light blocking line is arranged in the display non-overlapping area and made of light shielding metal material. The light blocking line partially has a light-transmission cutout that is configured to allow the light to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Yabuta, Tomotoshi Tsujioka, Kosuke Nagata, Mikihiro Noma, Masayuki Hata, Kiyoshi Inada, Hideaki Takizawa, Masahiro Kihara
  • Publication number: 20140043569
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a functional panel, a photo curable adhesive, a transparent electrode, and a light blocking line. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area to display an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The functional panel is attached to the liquid crystal panel, and includes a display overlapping area overlapping with the display area and a display non-overlapping area overlapping with the non-display area in a plan view. The photo curable adhesive is arranged between the panels and cured by light applied thereto. The transparent electrode is arranged in the display overlapping area and made of light transmissive conductive material. The light blocking line is arranged in the display non-overlapping area and made of light shielding metal material. The light blocking line partially has a light-transmission cutout that is configured to allow the light to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Yabuta, Tomotoshi Tsujioka, Kosuke Nagata, Mikihiro Noma, Masayuki Hata, Kiyoshi Inada, Hideaki Takizawa, Masahiro Kihara
  • Publication number: 20130301196
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel having a panel substrate that has overall flexibility and that has a panel part, whereupon electrode pads are disposed, and a protrusion part, whereupon terminals are disposed, formed integrally with each other, obtaining a configuration whereby the connection section between the panel part and the protrusion part is not easily damaged. A touch panel (2) is provided with: a substrate (11) that has overall flexibility and that has a touch panel substrate part (11a) and a connection part (11b) formed integrally with each other; a plurality of electrode pads (21a, 22a) that are disposed upon the touch panel substrate part (11a); and lead-out wiring lines (24) that externally output, from the connection part (11b), signals generated by the electrode pads (21a, 22a). To improve strength, a protective layer (14) is disposed on the operation screen side of the connection section between the touch panel substrate part (11a) and the connection part (11b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Miyazaki, Kiyoshi Inada, Mikihiro Noma
  • Publication number: 20120133876
    Abstract: A region for mounting components such as an IC chip is sufficiently ensured on a glass substrate with which a liquid crystal panel is configured, without reducing the number of panel pieces to be taken from a large panel. A liquid crystal panel is composed of a first glass substrate (10) and a second glass substrate (20) which face each other with a liquid crystal therebetween. The first glass substrate (10) and the second glass substrate (20) are formed in substantially the same size in plan view and bonded together in a state in which these substrates are shifted from each other by a predetermined distance in the direction of the longer side or in the direction of the shorter side. Regions to become a frame (frame regions) are provided on both the first glass substrate (10) and the second glass substrate (20), and pads (60) are provided on both of these frame regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakahama, Keigo Aoki, Gen Nagaoka, Kiyoshi Inada, Motoji Shiota
  • Publication number: 20110019125
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mounted board (11) comprising a feed wire (13) for supplying a current to a circuit element (21). In this mounted board (11), when a region of a mounting surface (12A) of the mounted board (11) overlapping the circuit element (21) is defined as a mounting area (MA), a reinforcing wire (17) overlapping a corner (PP) of the mounting area (MA) is formed on the mounting surface (12A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakahama, Kiyoshi Inada
  • Patent number: 6885426
    Abstract: In the manufacturing step of performing thermal compression bonding with respect to a driving integrated circuit and a glass substrate included in a liquid crystal panel so as to connect an electrode of the driving integrated circuit and an electrode of the glass substrate by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive in which conductive particles are diffused in an insulative adhesive, the anisotropic conductive adhesive includes conductive particles, a resin a whose average molecular weight is in a range of from 10000 to 100000, a resin b whose average molecular weight is of not more than 1000, a stress relaxation resin, and a curing agent; and a Young's modulus of the anisotropic conductive adhesive after curing is in a range of from 1.4 Gpa to 1.6 Gpa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota, Kiyoshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20030174273
    Abstract: In the manufacturing step of performing thermal compression bonding with respect to a driving integrated circuit and a glass substrate included in a liquid crystal panel so as to connect an electrode of the driving integrated circuit and an electrode of the glass substrate by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive in which conductive particles are diffused in an insulative adhesive, the anisotropic conductive adhesive includes conductive particles, a resin a whose average molecular weight is in a range of from 10000 to 100000, a resin b whose average molecular weight is of not more than 1000, a stress relaxation resin, and a curing agent; and a Young's modulus of the anisotropic conductive adhesive after curing is in a range of from 1.4 Gpa to 1.6 Gpa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota, Kiyoshi Inada
  • Patent number: 6169593
    Abstract: A method for producing a reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes the steps of forming an ITO layer in the first substrate; patterning the ITO layer to form the top layer in the at least one of the terminal sections; forming a first protective layer so as to cover the top layer; forming a metal layer mainly formed of aluminum so as to cover the first protective layer; and at least partially removing the metal layer and the first protective layer to form a reflective section from the metal layer and expose only the flat area of the top surface of the top layer in the at least one of the terminal sections. Before the step of forming the first protective layer, only the flat area of the top surface of the layer is exposed in at least one of the terminal sections so as to allow the first protective layer to contact the top layer along only the flat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Kanaya, Motoji Shiota, Toshiaki Fujihara, Kiyoshi Inada
  • Patent number: 6111628
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a substrate provided with a line pattern, and a circuit element electrically connected to the line pattern via a conductive layer. The line pattern has at least one bonding pad. The circuit element has at least one electrode pad. The at least one electrode pad has a plurality of bump electrodes provided thereon. The at least one electrode pad is electrically connected to the at least one bonding pad via the conductive layer which is provided between the plurality of bump electrodes and the bonding pad facing the plurality of bump electrodes, where the conductive layer is an insulative material having conductive particles dispersed throughout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoji Shiota, Kiyoshi Inada, Hirokazu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5608559
    Abstract: A display board has wirings on a surface thereof for transmitting a signal received from outside at a peripheral portion of the display board to a display area of the display board. Each wiring has a first conductive film formed of a first material and disposed on the surface of the display board, a second conductive film which is formed of a second material satisfying a condition that a surface of the second conductive film is less prone to oxidation than a surface of the first conductive film and which is disposed on a part of the first conductive film, and a transparent conductive film which is an oxide film and which is disposed on at least the second conductive film. Those first conductive film, second conductive film and transparent film constitute a three-layered structure portion of the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Inada, Motoji Shiota, Hirokazu Yoshida, Yasunobu Tagusa
  • Patent number: 5585815
    Abstract: A display device includes unit cells, each including a thin film transistor and a pixel, arrayed in a matrix form on a display board. First switching elements are provided at intersections between signal conductor lines and scanning conductor lines, scanning conductor line drive elements driving the scanning conductor lines. Finally, second switching elements are included, one provided between each scanning conductor line and scanning conductor line drive element. Each second switching element is put into an open state in synchronization with a fall in level of an input video signal provided to a signal conductor line to electrically disconnect the corresponding scanning conductor line from the scanning conductor line drive element. Thus, the scanning conductor line drive element is not affected by instantaneous voltage drop on the corresponding scanning conductor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nakashima, Kiyoshi Inada, Yasunobu Tagusa, Hiroshi Shimokawa, Hidemi Akiyama, Yuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5140739
    Abstract: A spindle unit comprising a solid shaft main spindle of a highly rigid material such as cemented carbide, with the main spindle being rotatably supported in a spindle head by bearings less apt to generate heat. A tool-clamping device including an adapter attached to a front end of the main spindle, and a tool holder carries a rotary tool. On of the adapter and the holder comprises a short columnar lug, with the other of the adapter and holder comprising a cylindrical hole shrinkage-fitted on the lug. The member having the hole is made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the other member. The tool-clamping device further comprises heating and cooling devices for heating and cooling the member having the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Mori Seiki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kentaro Shino, Kiyoshi Inada, Hiroshi Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 5016986
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display apparatus, in order to reduce the size and weight, an integrated circuit for driving a liquid crystal is mounted on the glass substrate including the liquid crystal panel either directly or by way of a tape carrier. That is, two glass substrates of liquid crystal panel are mutually overlapped with an offset, and a liquid crystal material is injected into the overlapping regions of the two glass substrates, and liquid crystal display is effected in this region. Further, in the non-overlapping region of the two glass substrates, the integrated circuit is connected either directly or by way of a tape carrier. On the glass substrates, electrodes for varying the optical characteristics of the liquid crystals are provided, and the integrated circuit drives the liquid crystal by controlling the voltage applied to the electrodes. Further transparent insulation films are formed usually formed on the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawashima, Hirokazu Yoshida, Yasunobu Tagusa, Kiyoshi Inada, Hideshi Makita, Yoshihisa Dotta