Patents by Inventor Masaki Yamanaka

Masaki Yamanaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155883
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a base substrate layer, a thin film transistor layer, a light-emitting element layer, and a sealing film, and includes an image capturing unit provided on the base substrate layer side of a display region of the display panel. A plurality of subpixels constituting the display region are divided into a group of normal subpixels provided so as not to overlap with the image capturing unit and a group of thinned-out subpixels provided so as to overlap with the image capturing unit. The inorganic insulating film is provided with openings passing through the inorganic insulating film, in an image capturing region overlapping with the group of thinned-out subpixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takao SAITOH, Yohsuke KANZAKI, Masaki YAMANAKA, Masahiko MIWA, Yi SUN, Masaki FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20240155901
    Abstract: A second test portion includes a second test first terminal, a second test second terminal, a second test third terminal, and a second test fourth terminal electrically connected to a second test semiconductor layer via respective contact holes formed in a layered film of a gate insulating film and an interlayer insulating film, and the layered film of the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film in the second test portion is provided with an opening open upward between at least one of the second test first terminal, the second test second terminal, the second test third terminal, and the second test fourth terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takao SAITOH, Yohsuke KANZAKI, Masaki YAMANAKA, Masahiko MIWA, Yi SUN, Masaki FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11976442
    Abstract: A construction machine includes an attitude sensor that detects the current attitude of an upper turning body; a reference angular acceleration calculation unit that calculates a reference angular acceleration to be generated when an electric turning motor is driven by a torque command value generated according to the operation amount of an operation part; a reference gravity torque calculation unit that, on the basis of the current attitude and the deviation between an actual angular acceleration, calculates a reference gravity torque; a gravity compensation torque calculation unit that calculates a gravity compensation torque for compensating a torque component generated about the turning axis by the gravity in the current attitude; and a correction unit that corrects the torque command value by using the gravity compensation torque so as to cancel the torque component generated about the turning axis by the gravity in the current attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Hara, Shingo Eguchi, Keishi Yamanaka, Tatsuya Fujimori, Masaki Yamada, Kensuke Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20240138212
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device, a frame region provided outside a display region is provided with a damming wall extending on an outer periphery of the display region and a second lead-out wiring line extending across the damming wall from the display region side to an outside of the frame region. The damming wall includes a bank portion having a projecting shape and provided, in a part in which the second lead-out wiring line extends, on both sides in a direction in which the second lead-out wiring line extends with respect to a top portion of the damming wall. The bank portion is lower than a top portion of a second damming wall and forms, between the bank portion and the top portion, a trap portion having a recessed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takao SAITOH, Yohsuke KANZAKI, Masaki YAMANAKA, Masahiko MIWA, Yi SUN, Masaki FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11968866
    Abstract: A second connection wire is electrically connected to a first connection wire via a display-side contact portion and terminal-side contact portion in a bending section. The first connection wire and the second connection wire do not overlap each other at least partly between the display-side contact portion and terminal-side contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kanzaki, Yi Sun, Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20240117087
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer which method includes polymerizing a perfluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (1) to obtain a fluoropolymer, wherein the content of a polymerized unit derived from the perfluoromonomer in the fluoropolymer is 90 mol % or more based on all polymerized units of the fluoropolymer, the polymer (1) is a polymer of a monomer (1) represented by the general formula (1): CF2?CF—O—R-(Rf-SO3M)m, a polymerized unit (1) derived from the monomer (1) in the polymer (1) is 50% by mass or more based on all polymerized units of the polymer (1), and the content of a dimer and a trimer of the monomer (1) in the polymer (1) is 1.0% by mass or less based on the polymer (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Yoshinori NANBA, Rina TAMAI, Takuma IWASAKA, Soushi TSUCHIYA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Taketo KATO, Masaki IRIE, Taku YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11903299
    Abstract: A TEG near the perimeter of a frame region is away from a TFT, which is disposed in a display region and is actually used for screen display. Hence, the characteristics of the TEG can change in a manner different from that in the characteristics of the TFT within the display region. Accordingly, provided is a display device that includes a TEG pattern disposed between the display region and a trench, and includes a dummy pixel circuit disposed between the display region and a barrier wall. The TEG pattern is outside the display region and is adjacent to at least the dummy pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11871615
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a TFT layer including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged; and a light-emitting element layer. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes: a TFT including a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode; and a capacitor including the gate electrode, a first inorganic insulating film, and a capacitive electrode. The capacitive electrode extends all around a perimeter of the gate electrode and extends to an outside of the perimeter. An angle formed between an upper surface of the base substrate and at least a part of an end surface in a circumferential direction of the gate electrode not overlapping the semiconductor layer in the plan view is greater than an angle formed between the upper surface of the base substrate and an end surface of the gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor layer in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20230413615
    Abstract: According to an aspect pf the disclosure, a display device includes a base substrate; a thin film transistor layer provided on the base substrate and including a wiring layer; and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer and including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of functional layers, and a common, second electrode, which are sequentially stacked in such a manner as to correspond to a plurality of subpixels in a display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, MASAHIKO MIWA
  • Publication number: 20230399772
    Abstract: Provided are a filament that does not impair the strength that is intrinsic to the filament and contains a disperse dye, and has excellent color fastness, a material using the filament, and a method for producing the material. The filament containing a polyamide resin having an aromatic ring and/or a hetero ring, and a disperse dye having an aromatic ring and/or a hetero ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANAKA, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230374706
    Abstract: Provided are: a filament containing a polyamide resin, the filament having a high strength and a high retention percentage of mechanical properties after water absorption; a structure; a resin composition; and a method for producing the filament. The filament includes a polyamide resin containing diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units. 70 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are derived from xylylenediamine, and 70 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are derived from ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 11 to 14 carbons. The content of a compound with a molecular weight of 310 or more and 1000 or less is 0.1 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, and the content of a compound with a molecular weight of less than 310 is 0.1 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANAKA, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230329038
    Abstract: A capacitor (9ha) includes a gate electrode (14a), a first interlayer insulating film (15), a capacitance electrode (16c), and a capacitance wiring line (18ha). The capacitance wiring line (18ha) is electrically connected to the capacitance electrode (16c). A capacitance of the capacitor (9ha) is formed between the gate electrode (14a) and the capacitance electrode (16c) and the capacitance wiring line (18ha) arranged facing each other across the first interlayer insulating film (15). A line width (W18h) of the capacitance wiring line (18ha) is equal to or greater than a line width (W16c) of the capacitance electrode (16c) and equal to or less than a line width (W14a) of the gate electrode (14a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAKI YAMANAKA, MASAHIKO MIWA, YI SUN
  • Publication number: 20230276667
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor layer and a light-emitting element layer. An insular non-display area is provided internal to a display area. A through hole extends in a direction of a thickness of the base substrate in a non-display area. A separation wall is provided in the non-display area so as to surround the through hole. The separation wall includes: a wall base portion made of a same material and in a same layer as a planarization film and provided like a frame; and a wall top portion made of a same material and in a same layer as an inorganic insulation film and provided on the wall base portion like a brim projecting from a display area side toward a through hole side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN
  • Patent number: 11699778
    Abstract: A display device includes: an underlayer, a first insulating film contacting an upper face of the underlayer, a semiconductor layer, a second insulating film, a first metal layer, a first resin layer, a first electrode, and a second resin layer, in order from a lower layer, wherein at least one of the underlayer, the first resin layer, and the second resin layer is a thin film layer having a maximum film thickness in a display region provided with a light-emitting element being thicker than a maximum film thickness in a frame region surrounding the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Yi Sun, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Masahiko Miwa, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11681388
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of upper layer electrodes including a first upper layer electrode and a second upper layer electrode electrically separated from the first upper layer electrode, and a lower layer electrode provided in common with the first upper layer electrode and a second upper layer electrode and overlapping with the first upper layer electrode and the second upper layer electrode via an insulating film. The first upper layer electrode includes a first protrusion protruding toward the second upper layer electrode, and the second upper layer electrode includes a second protrusion protruding toward the first upper layer electrode. The lower layer electrode is provided with a wide portion having a width greater than those of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, the wide portion overlapping at least with a gap between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11659746
    Abstract: A first wiring line and a second wiring line are extended to an upper face of a resin substrate exposed from a slit formed in at least one layer of an inorganic insulating film, a first flattening film is provided within the slit which exposes the upper face of the resin substrate between the portions to which the first wiring line and the second wiring line are extended, and the first wiring line and the second wiring line are electrically connected to each other via a third wiring line provided between an end face of the first flattening film and the upper face of the resin substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Seiji Kaneko, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20230152647
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure has the following: a display region including a thin-film transistor; a frame region surrounding the display region; a terminal section provided in the frame region; a resin layer provided above a base; an inorganic insulating layer provided on the resin layer and having an opening; and a conductive pattern provided on the inorganic insulating layer in a location except a location over the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yohsuke KANZAKI, Takao SAITOH, Masahiko MIWA, Masaki YAMANAKA, Yi SUN
  • Patent number: 11650469
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes a pixel circuit formed on a substrate, wherein a manufacturing process of the pixel circuit includes a patterning step of a metal film performed in the following procedures (a) to (e): (a) forming the metal film on the substrate; (b) forming a first resist pattern on the metal film by a photolithographic method; (c) etching the metal film with the first resist pattern to form a first metal pattern; (d) forming by the photolithographic method on the metal film formed in the first metal pattern, a second resist pattern including a pattern shape smaller than a pattern shape of the first resist pattern; and (e) etching the metal film with the second resist pattern to form a second metal pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kanzaki, Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11653547
    Abstract: A display device includes a display layer that includes a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer, a sealing layer, a bank, and a touch panel layer. The touch panel layer includes a plurality of touch-panel-use lines electrically connecting a terminal section to a plurality of sensing sections configured to transfer measurements. The plurality of touch-panel-use lines resides on the sealing layer so as to intersect with the bank in a plan view of the display device. The plurality of touch-panel-use lines comprises a first touch-panel-use line and a second touch-panel-use line that are adjacent to each other, an interlayer insulation film being interposed between the first touch-panel-use line and the second touch-panel-use line in an intersection where the first touch-panel-use line and the second touch-panel-use line intersect with the bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Yi Sun, Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: D1023354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Itoki Corporation, Pixie Dust Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Haruhiro Ezure, Akihiro Yamanaka, Masaki Gomi