Patents by Inventor Makiko Imabayashi

Makiko Imabayashi 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: 8077282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110069270
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
  • Patent number: 7864282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
  • Patent number: 7714969
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a first planar electrode and a second electrode formed on the first electrode with an insulating film in between, the response time of a liquid crystal is made shorter than that in a related art. A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device drives the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends, the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and, given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 ?m?Ls?30 ?m, more preferably, 12?m?Ls?20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Asakura, Masato Shimura, Makiko Imabayashi, Takanori Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090015774
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a first planar electrode and a second electrode formed on the first electrode with an insulating film in between, the response time of a liquid crystal is made shorter than that in a related art. A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device drives the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends, the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and, given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 ?m?Ls?30 ?m, more preferably, 12?m?Ls?20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Toshiki Asakura, Masato Shimura, Makiko Imabayashi, Takanori Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20070242205
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
  • Patent number: 6678030
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which the gap between its transparent substrates can be kept uniform irrespective of whether the temperature of the device is normal temperature or high temperature. The liquid crystal display device includes transparent substrates disposed in opposition to each other with a liquid crystal being interposed therebetween, and plural spacers secured to one of the transparent substrates so as to support the other transparent substrate. The plural spacers include first spacers and second spacers, and the first spacers are formed of a material whose elasticity is higher than that of the second spacers, and are larger in height than the second spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe
  • Patent number: 6535264
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is capable of providing high-quality picture display by preventing luminance irregularity in a display screen due to the nonuniformity of a cell gap. The liquid crystal display device includes at least two or more kinds of color filters FIL formed over one of substrates, the color filters having different colors for displaying a color display, a black matrix interposed between each of the color filters, pixel-forming electrodes ITO2, an alignment control layer, a spacer SOC fixedly formed over at least one of the substrates with a height approximately equal to a desired gap between the substrates, and a bead interposed between the substrates and made of a resin material whose average grain size is slightly greater than the height of the spacer SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe
  • Publication number: 20020005929
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which the gap between its transparent substrates can be kept uniform irrespective of whether the temperature of the device is normal temperature or high temperature. The liquid crystal display device includes transparent substrates disposed in opposition to each other with a liquid crystal being interposed therebetween, and plural spacers secured to one of the transparent substrates so as to support the other transparent substrate. The plural spacers include first spacers and second spacers, and the first spacers are formed of a material whose elasticity is higher than that of the second spacers, and are larger in height than the second spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe