Patents by Inventor Masafumi Nagaoka

Masafumi Nagaoka 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: 8537300
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel unit and a backlight unit which radiates light toward the display panel. The display panel unit includes a display panel on an upper surface of a box-shaped panel housing which has first projecting portions on side walls of the housing. The backlight unit incorporates a light source in a bottom portion of a box-shaped light source housing which has second projecting portions on side walls of the light source housing. By bringing the first projecting portions and second projecting portions into contact with each other, a distance between the light source of the backlight unit and the display panel can be held. Further, by forming third projecting portions which project further than the first projecting portions on the panel housing, handling of the display panel unit is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Toriyama, Shinji Shimizu, Akio Tezuka, Masafumi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 8184229
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight including a plurality of rod-shaped light sources, a frame which supports the rod-shaped light sources, and a heat radiation plate which is arranged on an inner surface of the frame. Through holes are formed in the frame, and heat radiation fins are formed on the heat radiation plate in a state that the heat radiation fins project toward a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel through the through holes formed in the frame. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device which can enhance heat radiation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Nagaoka, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka, Takayuki Ota
  • Patent number: 7952682
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at the back of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a frame, a light source, a reflective sheet, and a heat dissipating plate formed in a rectangular shape and housing the light source, the reflective sheet, and the heat dissipating plate. The heat dissipating plate is disposed between the reflective sheet and a bottom surface of the frame and includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion, and has a plurality of first openings at the first portion and at least one second opening at the second portion. The plurality of first openings are formed along the first portion, and each of the first openings has a first edge and a first fin formed at a part of the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Nagaoka, Takayuki Ota, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20110110045
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at the back of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a frame, a light source, a reflective sheet, and a heat dissipating plate formed in a rectangular shape and housing the light source, the reflective sheet, and the heat dissipating plate. The heat dissipating plate is disposed between the reflective sheet and a bottom surface of the frame and includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion, and has a plurality of first openings at the first portion and at least one second opening at the second portion. The plurality of first openings are formed along the first portion, and each of the first openings has a first edge and a first fin formed at a part of the first edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Masafumi Nagaoka, Takayuki Ota, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka
  • Patent number: 7876416
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a light source, a frame housing the light source, a heat dissipating plate disposed inside the frame, and a reflective sheet disposed at a surface of the heat dissipating plate on the liquid crystal display panel side. The heat dissipating plate is formed with a heat dissipating fin protruding to a surface of the frame on the side opposite to the liquid crystal display panel through an opening formed through the frame in a portion corresponding to the upper portion thereof and formed with an opening which is closed with the frame and the reflective sheet in a portion corresponding to the lower portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Nagaoka, Takayuki Ota, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20100201907
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel unit and a backlight unit which radiates light toward the display panel. The display panel unit includes a display panel on an upper surface of a box-shaped panel housing which has first projecting portions on side walls of the housing. The backlight unit incorporates a light source in a bottom portion of a box-shaped light source housing which has second projecting portions on side walls of the light source housing. By bringing the first projecting portions and second projecting portions into contact with each other, a distance between the light source of the backlight unit and the display panel can be held. Further, by forming third projecting portions which project further than the first projecting portions on the panel housing, handling of the display panel unit is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshio TORIYAMA, Shinji Shimizu, Akio Tezuka, Masafumi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20090190063
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a light source, a frame housing the light source, a heat dissipating plate disposed inside the frame, and a reflective sheet disposed at a surface of the heat dissipating plate on the liquid crystal display panel side. The heat dissipating plate is formed with a heat dissipating fin protruding to a surface of the frame on the side opposite to the liquid crystal display panel through an opening formed through the frame in a portion corresponding to the upper portion thereof and formed with an opening which is closed with the frame and the reflective sheet in a portion corresponding to the lower portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Masafumi NAGAOKA, Takayuki Ota, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20090040417
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight including a plurality of rod-shaped light sources, a frame which supports the rod-shaped light sources, and a heat radiation plate which is arranged on an inner surface of the frame. Through holes are formed in the frame, and heat radiation fins are formed on the heat radiation plate in a state that the heat radiation fins project toward a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel through the through holes formed in the frame. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device which can enhance heat radiation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Masafumi Nagaoka, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Akio Tezuka, Takayuki Ota
  • Patent number: 6400105
    Abstract: A focus electrode is constituted by a first type of focus electrode group to which a first focus voltage is applied, and a second type of focus electrode group to which a second focus voltage is applied. Between the first type of focus electrode group and the second type of focus electrode group are formed a lens at least having a lens action for correcting the field curvature and an electrostatic quadrupole lens. The center axes of the outer electron beam passage holes in the first type of focus electrode forming the lens at least having a lens action for correcting the field curvature are deviated on a horizontal plane from the center axes of the outer electron beam passage holes in the second type of focus electrode. The electrostatic quadrupole lens produces dissimilar intensities for the outer electron beams and for the center electron beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Go Uchida, Syoji Shirai, Shinichi Kato, Masafumi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6396221
    Abstract: A color cathode-ray tube including a main lens section comprising an anode to which an anode voltage is applied, and a focus electrode. The focus electrode has first type of focus electrode group to which a first focus voltage is applied, and a second type of focus electrode group to which a second focus voltage is applied which is obtained by superposing on a predetermined voltage a voltage that changes depending upon the deflecting amount of the electron beams. Between the first type of focus electrode group and the second type of focus electrode group are formed in a dynamic lens and an electrostatic quadrupole lens. Three electron beam passage holes are formed in the electrodes that form the dynamic lens and the centers for the outer electron beam passage holes in the first type of focus electrode group are deviated relative to the centers of the outer electron beam passage holes in the second type of focus electrode group in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Go Uchida, Syoji Shirai, Shinichi Kato, Masafumi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6294866
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a phosphor screen, an electron beam generating section for generating three in-line electron beams, a focus electrode and an anode. The focus electrode includes a first focus and second focus sub-electrodes on this order from the cathode structure. The first focus sub-electrode has plural vertical parallel plate-like electrodes arranged to sandwich respective beam apertures in an end thereof facing the second focus sub-electrode in a direction of a beam arrangement, and the second focus sub-electrode has plural horizontal parallel plate-like electrodes arranged to sandwich beam apertures in an end thereof facing the first focus sub-electrode in a direction perpendicular to the beam arrangement, one of the first and second focus sub-electrodes is adapted to be supplied with a voltage varying in synchronism with beam deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Go Uchida, Shoji Shirai, Shinichi Kato, Masafumi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20010013760
    Abstract: A focus electrode 4 is constituted by first type of focus electrode groups 43, 45 to which a first focus voltage is applied, and second type of focus electrode groups 44, 46 to which a second focus voltage is applied. Between the first type of focus electrode groups and the second type of focus electrode groups are formed a lens for correcting the field curvature and an electrostatic quadruple lens. The center axes of the outer electron beam passage holes in the first type of focus electrode forming the lens for correcting the field curvature are deviated on a horizontal plane from the center axes of the outer electron beam passage holes in the second type of focus electrode. The electrostatic quadruple lens produces dissimilar intensities for the outer electron beams and for the center electron beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: GO UCHIDA, SYOJI SHIRAI, SHINICHI KATO, MASAFUMI NAGAOKA