Patents by Inventor Makoto Yokoyama
Makoto Yokoyama 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: 11199284Abstract: A resin pipe joint includes a tubular joint body portion having an internal flow path (P) for allowing a fluid to flow therein; and two or more welding end portions, which are respectively provided at two or more opening portions of the internal flow path (P), and which are configured to be welded while being butted against end portions of other resin tube members or end portions of other resin pipe joints. The flow path cross-sectional area of the internal flow path (P) in the joint body portion is constant, at least in portions that are adjacent to the welding end portions and whose outer diameters are straight.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Seiya Tamaribuchi
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Patent number: 11132953Abstract: To provide a display device including a display panel having an irregular shape capable of narrowing the frame even in a case where two types of drive circuits are arranged. In a display panel having an irregular shape including a frame formed from straight line regions and curved line regions, scanning circuits and emission circuits are separated. Then, the separated scanning circuits are arranged in a first corner portion, which is the curved line region of the display panel, while being shifted along an outer peripheral edge of a display region, and the emission circuits are arranged in a row on a second side, which is the straight line region.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Yamada, Makoto Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11112143Abstract: Provided are a fan filter unit and a sterilization apparatus capable of shortening a sterilization operation time to be performed at a changeover. The sterilization apparatus has: a working space; a fan filter unit for supplying clean air to the working space; and a sterilizing gas charging unit on the air suction side of the fan filter unit. The fan filter unit comprises: a fan unit section constituted by an air blower and a pressurization chamber; a dust removal filter provided on the downstream side of the fan unit section; a passage bypassing the dust removal filter; and an opening and closing mechanism of the passage. By opening the opening and closing mechanism, the air flow not passing through the dust removal filter can be supplied to the secondary side of the fan filter unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Takeshi Matsumura, Hirotoshi Sato
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Patent number: 11045799Abstract: Provided are: a cleaning agent for a denitration catalyst; and a denitration catalyst regeneration method and a denitration catalyst regeneration system which make it possible to efficiently remove matter adhering to a surface of a catalyst and to greatly restore catalytic performance. The regeneration method includes: a prewashing step (S12) of washing a denitration catalyst with water; a liquid agent cleaning step (S14) of immersing the denitration catalyst washed with water in a liquid agent containing an inorganic acid and a fluorine compound; a step of recovering the denitration catalyst from the liquid agent; and a finish washing step (S16) of washing the denitration catalyst recovered from the liquid agent with a finish cleaning liquid which is water or sulfamic acid-containing water.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Tomotsugu Masuda, Masanao Yonemura, Masanori Demoto, Kazuhiro Iwamoto, Toshinobu Yasutake, Makoto Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20210134930Abstract: A frame region includes a first routed wire extending from one of a plurality of scan signal lines, one of a plurality of light-emission control lines, or one of a plurality of data signal lines. The first routed wire is electrically connected to drive circuits. The first routed wire is included in a first metal layer. A first conductive film is included in a second metal layer. The first routed wire and the first conductive film overlap each other via an inorganic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto YOKOYAMA, Junichi YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210098560Abstract: A display device including: a driver outside a display area; a special-shape portion on an edge of the display area, the special-shape portion being shaped like a line that is curved or oblique to an extension direction of signal lines in the display area; a plurality of first-type circuit blocks outside the special-shape portion, each of the first-type circuit blocks including a unit circuit for the driver in a rectangular region having a first side parallel to the extension direction and a second side perpendicular to, and shorter than, the first side; and a plurality of second-type circuit blocks outside the special-shape portion, each of the second-type circuit blocks including a unit circuit for the driver in a rectangular region obtained by rotating the previous rectangular region by 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: TAKEHIKO KAWAMURA, JUNICHI YAMADA, MAKOTO YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10927991Abstract: A heat-weldable weld fitting that has a cylindrical fitting main body portion. The cylindrical fitting main body portion includes an outer periphery including a first end portion, a second end portion, and a middle section between the first end portion and the second end portion, and positioning scales formed at equal intervals in a peripheral direction of the second end portion of the outer periphery of the fitting main body portion. The first end portion being configured to be heated by a heater and is welded to an end portion of another weld fitting. The positioning scales are configured to define an angular portion of the weld fitting relative to the welding apparatus at the time of welding the first end portion to the first end portion of another weld fitting by matching the positioning scale with a reference mark provided on the clamp portion of the welding apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Makoto Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20210048699Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel which allows a curvature portion thereof to be narrowed near a terminal portion even when circuit blocks are arranged in the curvature portion. For a data line in the form of a polyline consisting of a plurality of short straight line segments in a first curvature portion 12a of a display panel 10, as the distance from a terminal portion 16 increases, the slant angle of each straight line segment increases, the number of data lines d decreases, and hence the width of a data line area decreases. Accordingly, the number of unit circuit blocks 70 in a parallel circuit block 80 disposed in a circuit area can be increased by widening the circuit area in proportion to the decrease in the width of the data line area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: JUNICHI YAMADA, MAKOTO YOKOYAMA, NAOKI UEDA
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Publication number: 20210027716Abstract: Provided is a display device including an irregularly shaped display panel that allows a frame area to be narrowed by utilizing the frame area in a cutout portion. Some emission circuits 61 that respectively correspond to scan circuits 51 arranged in a first curvature portion 12a are arranged in a part of a second side portion 13b that is near the first curvature portion 12a, and remaining emission circuits 61 are arranged in a first notch side portion 14a. Accordingly, the emission circuits arranged in the first notch side portion 14a have lines connected to second emission control lines EMb in a second display area 15B from the first notch side portion 14a side, resulting in a fewer number of lines extending into the first curvature portion 12a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: JUNICHI YAMADA, MAKOTO YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20210027718Abstract: One of a plurality of data signal lines or one of a plurality of control lines that is electrically coupled to a first lead wiring line, and another one of the plurality of data signal lines or another one of the plurality of control lines that is electrically coupled to a second lead wiring line are adjacent to each other. The first lead wiring line is provided in a first metal layer. The second lead wiring line is provided in a second metal layer being a layer different from the first metal layer. The first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line are superposed on one another through intermediation of an inorganic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO YOKOYAMA, JUNICHI YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210028270Abstract: A nick is disposed in a display region so as to partly cut the display region. A first routed wire is routed from the display region toward the nick. The first routed wire is included in a first metal layer. A first conductive film is included in a second metal layer. The first routed wire and the first conductive film overlap each other via an inorganic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO YOKOYAMA, JUNICHI YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210020734Abstract: A first metal layer, an inorganic insulating film, and a second metal layer are provided. A first wiring line led to a peripheral edge of a cutout portion is provided in the first metal layer. A second wiring line led to the peripheral edge of the cutout portion is provided in the second metal layer. The first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line overlap each other through intermediation of the inorganic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO YOKOYAMA, JUNICHI YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210020111Abstract: To provide a display device including a display panel having an irregular shape capable of narrowing the frame even in a case where two types of drive circuits are arranged. In a display panel having an irregular shape including a frame formed from straight line regions and curved line regions, scanning circuits and emission circuits are separated. Then, the separated scanning circuits are arranged in a first corner portion, which is the curved line region of the display panel, while being shifted along an outer peripheral edge of a display region, and the emission circuits are arranged in a row on a second side, which is the straight line region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: JUNICHI YAMADA, MAKOTO YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10861392Abstract: Provided are a display device drive method and a display device, both of which allow a pixel circuit to be discharged without leaving any electric charge in an OFF sequence for powering off the display device. During an OFF sequence period, a first node N1 is set to a first ground potential Vgnd1, which is a potential higher than an initialization potential Vini. As a result, even when a second ground potential Vgnd2 is supplied through a data line Dj to a second conductive terminal of a drive transistor T1, a gate terminal of the drive transistor T1 is not charged with a gate-to-source voltage Vgs. Therefore, an organic EL display device 1 is powered off with the gate terminal of the drive transistor T1 being charged with the first ground potential Vgnd1 leaving no electric charge in a pixel circuit 11 after the power off.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Junichi Yamada
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Patent number: 10657893Abstract: The present application discloses a display device and a driving method thereof using the SSD method capable of charge with the data voltage in the pixel circuit and sufficient internal compensation even if the high resolution of a display image is improved. m demultiplexers corresponding to m sets of data signal line groups with k data signal lines being one set are provided. Each demultiplexer sets a prescribed period in a period after a time point when to start supplying a data signal output last in each of horizontal intervals among m data signals to a time point before a time point when to end supplying the data signal is set in advance as a delay period, and a scanning line drive circuit starts to select a scanning line corresponding to the pixel circuit to which the prescribed number of data signals are supplied, when the delay period of each of the horizontal intervals ends.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Mitani, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Makoto Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20200135110Abstract: The present application discloses an organic EL display device adopting the SSD method, which enables sufficient charging with a data voltage and sufficient internal compensation in a pixel circuit even in a case that a display image has a higher resolution. There are provided m demultiplexers corresponding to m sets of data signal line groups, each of which is a set including k data signal lines (in this case, k=2). Each demultiplexer simultaneously turns selection control signals at a low level (active) during a reset period before a scanning signal line is selected. In this case, a white voltage is supplied as a reset voltage from a data-side drive circuit to each data signal line via each demultiplexer. After that, during the select period for the scanning signal line, each demultiplexer sequentially switches, with the selection control signals, a data signal line to which the data signal is to be supplied from the data-side drive circuit among corresponding k data signal lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Makoto YOKOYAMA, Masahiro MITANI, Tamotsu SAKAI, Fumiyuki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200098316Abstract: Provided are a display device drive method and a display device, both of which allow a pixel circuit to be discharged without leaving any electric charge in an OFF sequence for powering off the display device. During an OFF sequence period, a first node N1 is set to a first ground potential Vgnd1, which is a potential higher than an initialization potential Vini. As a result, even when a second ground potential Vgnd2 is supplied through a data line Dj to a second conductive terminal of a drive transistor T1, a gate terminal of the drive transistor T1 is not charged with a gate-to-source voltage Vgs. Therefore, an organic EL display device 1 is powered off with the gate terminal of the drive transistor T1 being charged with the first ground potential Vgnd1 leaving no electric charge in a pixel circuit 11 after the power off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Makoto YOKOYAMA, Fumiyuki KOBAYASHI, Junichi YAMADA
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Publication number: 20200096229Abstract: Provided are a fan filter unit and a sterilization apparatus capable of shortening a sterilization operation time to be performed at a changeover. The sterilization apparatus has: a working space; a fan filter unit for supplying clean air to the working space; and a sterilizing gas charging unit on the air suction side of the fan filter unit. The fan filter unit comprises: a fan unit section constituted by an air blower and a pressurization chamber; a dust removal filter provided on the downstream side of the fan unit section; a passage bypassing the dust removal filter; and an opening and closing mechanism of the passage. By opening the opening and closing mechanism, the air flow not passing through the dust removal filter can be supplied to the secondary side of the fan filter unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Makoto YOKOYAMA, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Hirotoshi SATO
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Publication number: 20190371240Abstract: The present application discloses a display device and a driving method thereof using the SSD method capable of charge with the data voltage in the pixel circuit and sufficient internal compensation even if the high resolution of a display image is improved. m demultiplexers corresponding to m sets of data signal line groups with k data signal lines being one set are provided. Each demultiplexer sets a prescribed period in a period after a time point when to start supplying a data signal output last in each of horizontal intervals among m data signals to a time point before a time point when to end supplying the data signal is set in advance as a delay period, and a scanning line drive circuit starts to select a scanning line corresponding to the pixel circuit to which the prescribed number of data signals are supplied, when the delay period of each of the horizontal intervals ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Masahiro MITANI, Fumiyuki KOBAYASHI, Makoto YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10490433Abstract: The plurality of protective grooves 225 has openings 2231 wider than thicknesses of the edge portions of the substrates W to allow the edge portions of the substrates W to be inserted. The edge portions of the substrates W are inserted into the protective grooves 225 in a non-contact state in which a space is formed between the edge portions of the substrates W and a groove forming surface 2221 of the substrate edge portion protective portion 222 on which the protective grooves 225 are formed when the container main body opening portion is closed by the lid body and the edge portions of the substrates W are not in contact with the groove forming surface 2221.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTDInventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Kouji Kubota, Arisa Sasaki