Patents by Inventor Masahito Sano

Masahito Sano 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: 11495413
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a first film, a second film, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part. The first electrode part is disposed on a first film surface of the first film. The second electrode part is disposed on a second film surface of the first film or the second film. The first film surface has a first non-electrode part extending along a longitudinal direction of the first film surface. The second film surface has a second non-electrode part extending along a longitudinal direction of the second film surface. A first region having a light transmittance ranging from 30% to 80%, inclusive, is disposed between the first electrode part and the first non-electrode part. A second region having a light transmittance ranging from 30% to 80%, inclusive, is disposed between the second electrode part and the second non-electrode part. A width of each of the first region and the second region is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahito Sano
  • Publication number: 20220199657
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first gate insulating film; a first interlayer insulating film; a lower metal layer; an oxide semiconductor layer; a second gate insulating film; a second gate electrode; a second interlayer insulating film; and an upper metal layer being sequentially provided on a substrate, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes a second channel region and a second conductor region, the second gate insulating film is disposed in alignment with the second gate electrode, a first contact hole is provided in the first gate insulating film and the first interlayer insulating film, the lower metal layer includes a second conductor connection wiring line, a protection layer having an island shape is provided between the second conductor region and the second interlayer insulating film, a second contact hole exposing the second conductor connection wiring line is provided in the protection layer and the second interlayer insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUATSU ITO, Hirohide MIMURA, MASAHITO SANO
  • Patent number: 11315489
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a drive transistor configured to control an amount of current to a light emitting device during an emission phase depending upon a voltage applied to a control terminal of the drive transistor, the drive transistor having a first terminal and a second terminal. During a first phase, an anode of the light emitting device is set to a reference voltage and the first terminal of the drive transistor is set to a fixed data voltage such that the drive transistor is stressed with a fixed source-to-gate voltage to prevent a drift of a threshold voltage in the drive transistor thereby preventing a drift in screen brightness. During a second phase, the anode of the light emitting device is set to the reference voltage and the first terminal of the drive transistor is set to a voltage of the first power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Adnan Heganovic, Kohhei Tanaka, Ryo Yonebayashi, Masahito Sano
  • Patent number: 10991508
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a first film, a second film, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part. The first electrode part includes a first aluminum-containing layer disposed on a first film surface. The second electrode part includes a second aluminum-containing layer disposed on a second film surface. The first film and the second film stacked on one another are wound or stacked. The first film surface is provided with a first non-electrode part that does not include the first aluminum-containing layer and extends in the longitudinal direction of the first film surface. The first electrode part has a first end adjacent to the first non-electrode part. The second film surface is provided with a second non-electrode part that does not include the second aluminum-containing layer and extends in the longitudinal direction of the second film surface. The second electrode part has a second end adjacent to the second non-electrode part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahito Sano
  • Patent number: 10971309
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a capacitor element; an insulation coated lead wire connected to an electrode of a capacitor element; and a resin covering the capacitor element and the insulation coated lead wire in a state that one end of the insulation coated lead wire is exposed from the resin. The insulation coated lead wire includes: a stranded wire in which a plurality of conductive wires are twisted with each other; and an insulator covering the stranded wire. An exposed part of the stranded wire is connected to the electrode of the capacitor element. The exposed part is a part exposed from the insulator at another end of the insulation coated lead wire. The exposed part is entirely covered with solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Buto, Masahito Sano, Toshiharu Saito
  • Patent number: 10923281
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a capacitor element; a case that houses the capacitor element; and a filler resin that fills an interior of the case. The case includes a case body and a lid. The case body includes a bottom wall, an inner wall having a tube shape, an outer wall having a tube shape and surrounding the inner wall; and a coupler that couples the inner wall to the outer wall. The inner wall rises from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall. The outer wall extends further outward than the bottom wall in a direction from the case body to the lid. The coupler forms a first gap between the inner wall and the outer wall. The bottom wall, the inner wall, the outer wall, and the coupler are integrally formed. The lid closes an opening of the outer wall to form a second gap between the lid and the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahito Sano
  • Patent number: 10796850
    Abstract: A metalized film includes a dielectric film having a strip-shape, and a metal vapor-deposited electrode. An insulation margin is provided on a first end portion located at one end in a width direction of the dielectric film. A plurality of first slits each extending in a longitudinal direction of the dielectric film and a plurality of fuses are provided close to a second end portion located at an other end in the width direction. The metal vapor-deposited electrode includes a plurality of divided electrodes separated by a corresponding one of a plurality of second slits. Each of the plurality of second slits extends from the insulation margin to a corresponding one of the plurality of first slits. When the metalized film is cut along a cutting line extending in the width direction, at least two divided electrodes among the plurality of divided electrodes are respectively cut at the cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Sano, Taiyou Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20200203078
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a first film, a second film, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part. The first electrode part is disposed on a first film surface of the first film. The second electrode part is disposed on a second film surface of the first film or the second film. The first film surface has a first non-electrode part extending along a longitudinal direction of the first film surface. The second film surface has a second non-electrode part extending along a longitudinal direction of the second film surface. A first region having a light transmittance ranging from 30% to 80%, inclusive, is disposed between the first electrode part and the first non-electrode part. A second region having a light transmittance ranging from 30% to 80%, inclusive, is disposed between the second electrode part and the second non-electrode part. A width of each of the first region and the second region is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: MASAHITO SANO
  • Patent number: 10692656
    Abstract: A film capacitor according to the present disclosure includes a first film and a second film wound in a stacked state and a first deposition electrode and a second deposition electrode that are formed by metal deposition. The second deposition electrode includes widthwise slit portions, the widthwise slit portions crossing the second deposition electrode in its widthwise direction, split electrodes split by the widthwise slit portions, and a longitudinal slit portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the second deposition electrode in an ineffective electrode region shifted from an effective electrode region in the widthwise direction of the second deposition electrode. Each split electrode includes a first fuse portion bridging over a longitudinal slit portion and a second fuse portion that bridges over a widthwise slit portion and can be fused with a current smaller than a current for the first fuse portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Sano, Taiyou Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20190267191
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a capacitor element; a case that houses the capacitor element; and a filler resin that fills an interior of the case. The case includes a case body and a lid. The case body includes a bottom wall, an inner wall having a tube shape, an outer wall having a tube shape and surrounding the inner wall; and a coupler that couples the inner wall to the outer wall. The inner wall rises from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall. The outer wall extends further outward than the bottom wall in a direction from the case body to the lid. The coupler forms a first gap between the inner wall and the outer wall. The bottom wall, the inner wall, the outer wall, and the coupler are integrally formed. The lid closes an opening of the outer wall to form a second gap between the lid and the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: MASAHITO SANO
  • Publication number: 20190237253
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a first film, a second film, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part. The first electrode part includes a first aluminum-containing layer disposed on a first film surface. The second electrode part includes a second aluminum-containing layer disposed on a second film surface. The first film and the second film stacked on one another are wound or stacked. The first film surface is provided with a first non-electrode part that does not include the first aluminum-containing layer and extends in the longitudinal direction of the first film surface. The first electrode part has a first end adjacent to the first non-electrode part. The second film surface is provided with a second non-electrode part that does not include the second aluminum-containing layer and extends in the longitudinal direction of the second film surface. The second electrode part has a second end adjacent to the second non-electrode part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: MASAHITO SANO
  • Publication number: 20190214197
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a capacitor element; an insulation coated lead wire connected to an electrode of a capacitor element; and a resin covering the capacitor element and the insulation coated lead wire in a state that one end of the insulation coated lead wire is exposed from the resin. The insulation coated lead wire includes: a stranded wire in which a plurality of conductive wires are twisted with each other; and an insulator covering the stranded wire. An exposed part of the stranded wire is connected to the electrode of the capacitor element. The exposed part is a part exposed from the insulator at another end of the insulation coated lead wire. The exposed part is entirely covered with solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: HIROKAZU BUTO, MASAHITO SANO, TOSHIHARU SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190172650
    Abstract: A film capacitor according to the present disclosure includes a first film and a second film wound in a stacked state and a first deposition electrode and a second deposition electrode that are formed by metal deposition. The second deposition electrode includes widthwise slit portions, the widthwise slit portions crossing the second deposition electrode in its widthwise direction, split electrodes split by the widthwise slit portions, and a longitudinal slit portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the second deposition electrode in an ineffective electrode region shifted from an effective electrode region in the widthwise direction of the second deposition electrode. Each split electrode includes a first fuse portion bridging over a longitudinal slit portion and a second fuse portion that bridges over a widthwise slit portion and can be fused with a current smaller than a current for the first fuse portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHITO SANO, TAIYOU TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180330883
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a pair of lead wire terminals connected to respective end face electrodes formed on both end faces of the capacitor element, the pair of lead wire terminals having a length for soldering to a printed board. The pair of lead wire terminals each includes a conductive core material, a first plating part coating a peripheral surface of the core material and making adhesion of solder favorable, and a second plating part coating at least a part of both half surface areas defined by dividing a distal surface of the core material at a center of the distal surface and making adhesion of solder favorable. The second plating part continues from the first plating part and extends on a center side of the distal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: MASAHITO SANO
  • Publication number: 20180277304
    Abstract: A metalized film includes a dielectric film having a strip-shape, and a metal vapor-deposited electrode which is formed on a surface of the dielectric film. An insulation margin is provided on a first end portion which is located at one end in a width direction of the dielectric film. A plurality of first slits each extending in a longitudinal direction of the dielectric film and a fuse disposed between a corresponding pair of the plurality of first slits are provided close to a second end portion which is located at the other end in the width direction. The metal vapor-deposited electrode includes a plurality of divided electrodes which are separated by a corresponding one of a plurality of second slits, and are arranged in the longitudinal direction. Each of the plurality of second slits extends from the insulation margin to a corresponding one of the plurality of first slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: MASAHITO SANO, TAIYOU TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10083794
    Abstract: A metallized film capacitor includes a dielectric film, a first metal film electrode disposed on a surface of the dielectric film, and a second metal film electrode facing the first metal film electrode across the dielectric film. The first metal film electrode includes first and second large electrode parts separated from each other by a first slit, and a fuse provided in the first slit and connected to the first and second large electrode parts. The first metal film electrode includes an aluminum part and an aluminum-zinc part. The aluminum part contains substantially only aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part mainly contains zinc and further contains aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part is disposed at least around the first fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Sano, Yoshinari Nagata, Tetsuo Tanaka, Kazuo Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20180047506
    Abstract: A metallized film capacitor includes a dielectric film, a first metal film electrode disposed on a surface of the dielectric film, and a second metal film electrode facing the first metal film electrode across the dielectric film. The first metal film electrode includes first and second large electrode parts separated from each other by a first slit, and a fuse provided in the first slit and connected to the first and second large electrode parts. The first metal film electrode includes an aluminum part and an aluminum-zinc part. The aluminum part contains substantially only aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part mainly contains zinc and further contains aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part is disposed at least around the first fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Masahito SANO, Yoshinari NAGATA, Tetsuo TANAKA, Kazuo OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160189128
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information concerning the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to set an image concerning the recognized object in a state viewed from a customer side during counter selling and display the image on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Masahito Sano, Hiroyuki Ueda, Nobuo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Koyama
  • Patent number: 9318262
    Abstract: A film capacitor includes a capacitor element and first and second external electrodes. The capacitor element includes a dielectric film, a first and a second electrode films facing each other across the dielectric film. The first electrode film includes electrode segments arranged in a matrix form, first fuses connecting the electrode segments adjacent to each other in a first direction, and second fuses connecting the electrode segments adjacent to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second fuses are arranged dispersedly in columns constituted by the electrode segments disposed in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeoka, Hidekazu Matsuoka, Hiroshi Kubota, Yasuhiro Hiraki, Masahito Sano
  • Patent number: 9245424
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a similarity determining section configured to calculate similarity indicating to which degree the recognized object is similar to a reference image of the object determined in advance and determine whether the calculated similarity exceeds a threshold set in advance; and a defective informing section configured to inform, if the similarity determining section determines that the calculated similarity does not exceed the threshold set in advance, that the object is not recognized as a regular commodity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ueda, Masahito Sano, Nobuo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Koyama