Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Kakuda

Kiyoshi Kakuda 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).

  • LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER
    Publication number: 20120154692
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a hot cathode tube (17) and a chassis (14) housing the hot cathode tube (17). The discharge tube includes an exposed portion that is exposed to the outside of the chassis (14). The lighting device further includes an inverter board (26) configured to supply driving power to the hot cathode tube (17). The hot cathode tube (17) has an a glass tube (17a) and a ferrule (17b) which is electrically connected to the inverter board (26), and the exposed portion of the hot cathode tube (17) is the ferrule (17B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasumori Kuromizu, Kenichi Iwamoto, Kiyoshi Kakuda, Mayumi Nakamura
  • System for facilitating selection and searching for object files in a graphical window computer environment
    Patent number: 5870090
    Abstract: A method for allowing a user to search for a file includes: a first step of, in response to an enlargement in the size of a window, enlarging a range for searching for a plurality of files displayable in the window; and a second step of, in response to a reduction in the size of a window, reducing the range for searching for the plurality of files displayable in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takai, Kiyoshi Kakuda
  • Data input system with automatic duplication of repetitive data to a database
    Patent number: 5297245
    Abstract: A data input system useful in a data base such as an address data management system. This data input system can reduce the number of key operation and the possibility of erroneously inputting data. This system comprises: a display for displaying input data; a first memory for storing data displayed on the display, a second memory for temporarily storing the displayed data; and a control unit for displaying the data stored in the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Kitamura, Junji Tanaka, Masaaki Kurata, Kiyoshi Kakuda, Kenji Hirano, Hirofumi Yanaru