Patents by Inventor Masakatsu Kusuda

Masakatsu Kusuda 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: 8872998
    Abstract: In an image display apparatus, a protruding portion is fixed to a chassis on a back side Z2 of a planar member and protrudes towards the planar member. The protruding portion has one or more first protruding members and one or more second protruding members and defines a small allowance region and a large allowance region for the planar member. In the small allowance region, an amount of displacement of the planar member towards the chassis side is regulated at most to a first predetermined value by the one or more first protruding members. In the large allowance region, an amount of displacement of the planar member towards the chassis side is regulated at most to a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value by the one or more second protruding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamiyama, Tomohiko Okada, Tetsushi Ito, Takashi Nishida, Kenji Tanaka, Hirotoshi Iemura, Masakatsu Kusuda
  • Publication number: 20120050645
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel that displays an image on one face side; a chassis arranged on another face side of the liquid crystal panel; a frame section that faces an outer edge section of the liquid crystal panel from the one face side; a light source that irradiates the liquid crystal panel with light from the other face side; a diffuser plate disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal panel; and a frame-shaped holding structure that is disposed on a sidewall section of the chassis and holds the liquid crystal panel and the diffuser plate. The holding structure is provided with a panel holding section that holds the outer edge section of the liquid crystal panel with the frame section therebetween, and a diffuser plate holding section that supports an outer edge section of the diffuser plate with a curved reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko OKADA, Tetsushi ITO, Kenji TANAKA, Hirotoshi IEMURA, Masakatsu KUSUDA, Hiroshi KAMIYAMA, Masaki NISHIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20120026427
    Abstract: In an image display apparatus, the diffusing plate includes a rectangular plate body section and diffusing plate projecting sections that project to an outside in parallel with a main surface of the body section. The diffusing plate projecting sections are provided at all perimeter sections that form four sides of a rectangular shape when the body section is viewed from a thickness direction Z thereof. Optical sheets have sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter sections that form two sides parallel to each other among four sides that are rectangular when the sheet body section is viewed from the thickness direction Z. At this time, one optical sheet has sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter sections that form two long sides of the sheet body section. The other optical sheet has sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter section that forms two short sides of the sheet body section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko OKADA, Tetsushi ITO, Kenji TANAKA, Hirotoshi IEMURA, Masaki NISHIZAKA, Hiroshi KAMIYAMA, Masakatsu KUSUDA
  • Publication number: 20110221994
    Abstract: In an image display apparatus, a protruding portion is fixed to a chassis on a back side Z2 of a planar member and protrudes towards the planar member. The protruding portion has one or more first protruding members and one or more second protruding members and defines a small allowance region and a large allowance region for the planar member. In the small allowance region, an amount of displacement of the planar member towards the chassis side is regulated at most to a first predetermined value by the one or more first protruding members. In the large allowance region, an amount of displacement of the planar member towards the chassis side is regulated at most to a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value by the one or more second protruding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAMIYAMA, Tomohiko Okada, Tetsushi Ito, Takashi Nishida, Kenji Tanaka, Hirotoshi Iemura, Masakatsu Kusuda