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).

  • 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: 11640771
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a display area and a frame area on a flexible substrate. The display area includes a transistor and a light-emitting element, and the frame area surrounds the display area. The display device includes: an upper inorganic insulating film, a first upper metal layer, a first resin layer, a protective layer, a second upper metal layer, a second resin layer, and a third resin layer provided in a stated order above a semiconductor layer of a transistor. In a display area, the protective layer covering a whole upper face of the first resin layer comes into contact with an upper wire included in the second upper metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Kaneko, Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20230109516
    Abstract: A display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a display region. The display region is provided with a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves formed between adjacent control lines and spaced apart from the plurality of control lines, in a plan view. Each of the plurality of first grooves extends in a second direction along a coupling semiconductor layer, between the adjacent control lines, in a plan view. Each of the plurality of second grooves extends in a direction intersecting a first groove of the plurality of first grooves, and is adjacent to at least one end portion of the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAHIKO MIWA
  • Publication number: 20230100577
    Abstract: A non-display region is provided within a display region, a through-hole is provided in the non-display region, a plurality of inner protruding portions are provided in the non-display region so as to surround the through-hole, a lower resin layer of each of the inner protruding portions is separated by a plurality of inner slits formed in the resin substrate layer, some of the plurality of display wiring lines are separated by the through-hole, and a first non-display conductive layer at a bottom portion of the inner slit closest to the display region side is provided so as to overlap the display wiring line separated by the through-hole at one end portion on a side of the through-hole and another end portion on a side of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, MASAHIKO MIWA, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, YI SUN
  • Publication number: 20230050052
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including: a base substrate; a thin film transistor layer provided on the base substrate and including a semiconductor layer, a gate insulation film, a plurality of first wiring lines, an interlayer insulation film, and a plurality of second wiring lines, all of which are stacked in a stated order; a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer; and a sealing film provided on the light-emitting element layer; and an image capturing unit provided on a base substrate side of the display area of the display panel, wherein in a plan view, the plurality of second wiring lines, in an area overlapping the image capturing unit, have portions respectively overlapping the plurality of first wiring lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: MASAKI YAMANAKA, MASAHIKO MIWA, TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, YI SUN
  • Publication number: 20230041278
    Abstract: A resin substrate layer and a first inorganic insulating film on the resin substrate layer are provided. A notch is provided to an end portion of the resin substrate layer. A first inorganic-insulating-film-free region is provided along the notch. From the first inorganic-insulating-film-free region, the first inorganic insulating film is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, MASAHIKO MIWA
  • Publication number: 20220376027
    Abstract: A display device in accordance with the disclosure includes a substrate, an insular semiconductor layer, a gate insulation film, a plurality of control lines extending in a row direction, a first interlayer insulation film, and a plurality of data signal lines extending in a column direction, all of which are provided in a stated order. The insular semiconductor layer, residing in a display area, is electrically separated from the plurality of control lines and the plurality of data signal lines and overlaps one of the plurality of control lines in a plan view taken normal to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: YI SUN, MASAKI YAMANAKA, TAKAO SAITOH, YOHSUKE KANZAKI, MASAHIKO MIWA
  • Patent number: 11508760
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of first contact holes extending through an inorganic insulating film, a first protection layer that is a silicon nitride film, and a second protection layer, a plurality of second contact holes extending through the inorganic insulating film and the second protection layer, a first transistor, and a second transistor. A channel region of the second transistor does not overlap the first protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Takao Saitoh, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11508797
    Abstract: A display device includes: a resin substrate; a TFT layer; a bending portion; at least one inorganic film forming the TFT layer; an interlayer insulating film forming the TFT layer; and a plurality of wires forming the TFT layer, wherein the at least one inorganic film and the interlayer insulating film include an opening disposed at the bending portion, the at least one inorganic film includes a plurality of island-shaped inorganic films remaining in the opening, each of the plurality of wires overlaps a corresponding island-shaped inorganic film among the plurality of island-shaped inorganic films, and the display device includes a metal layer in a form of islands disposed between each of the plurality of wires and the corresponding island-shaped inorganic film overlapping each of the plurality of wires, the metal layer being in contact with each of the plurality of wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Takao Saitoh, Yi Sun, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11508798
    Abstract: In an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device, a display region and a first frame region are defined in a substantially circular shape or a substantially oval shape, and in a bending portion, an opening is formed in an inorganic layered film, and a frame flattening film is provided to fill the opening. An end portion of the opening on the display region side is formed along an arc of the first frame region on the bending portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Seiji Kaneko, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20220362985
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a multilayered container, which has a layer containing a polyester resin as a main component and a layer containing a polyamide resin as a main component and in which delamination is less likely to occur. The method for producing a multilayered container contains biaxially stretching and blow molding a preform having a polyester resin layer and a polyamide resin layer; a storage elastic modulus G? of the polyamide resin being 5 MPa or more and less than 100 MPa; a moisture content of the polyamide resin layer being 0.5% or less; and the polyamide resin containing a xylylenediamine-based polyamide resin, 70 mol % or more of the structural units derived from diamine being derived from meta-xylylenediamine, from 80 to 97 mol % of the structural units derived from dicarboxylic acid being derived from an am-straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 8 carbons and from 20 to 3 mol % being derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANAKA, Kenji KOUNO, Takanori MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20220367592
    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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yohsuke KANZAKI, Yi SUN, Takao SAITOH, Masahiko MIWA, Masaki YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220341671
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat transfer portion configured as a heat exchange flow path and an inlet/outlet formation portion provided with an inlet/outlet. The heat transfer portion includes a hollow interior portion. An interior of the inlet/outlet formation portion is connected to the heat exchange flow path. Heat exchange is performed between the medium passing through the heat exchange flow path and a heat exchange target member arranged on an outer surface of the heat transfer portion. At least a part of the outer surface of the heat transfer portion is configured by a coating sheet formed of a laminate material in which a resin coating layer is provided on at least one surface side of a metal heat transfer layer. An external thickness of the inlet/outlet formation portion is formed to be thicker than an external thickness of the heat transfer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Shunsuke IGAWA, Masaki YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11430856
    Abstract: In a bending portion, a slit that exposes a resin substrate is formed in at least one inorganic insulating film, a first flattening film is provided so as to fill in the slit, each of a plurality of wiring lines is provided on the first flattening film and both end portions of the inorganic insulating film, the slit being formed at both end portions, a second flattening film is provided on each of the wiring lines, a plurality of conductive layers each having an island shape are provided on the second flattening film, and each of the wiring lines and a corresponding conductive layer are electrically connected via contact holes formed in the second flattening film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Seiji Kaneko, Yi Sun, Masaki Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11420340
    Abstract: A robot suction hand mountable on an industrial robot and configured to hold a workpiece by suction using a suction unit. The robot suction hand includes: a vacuum pump incorporated in the robot suction hand. The vacuum pump has a housing in which an intake port and an exhaust port are formed, and configured to intermittently take in air from the intake port and intermittently discharge air from the exhaust port. The robot suction hand includes a suction path that communicates with the suction unit and the intake port and a first member made of a porous material. The first member covers the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Takayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 11416108
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a frame area surrounding the display area. The display device comprises a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer, a sealing layer including a first inorganic sealing film, an organic sealing film, and a second inorganic sealing film, a bank coated with the first inorganic sealing film and the second inorganic sealing film, a touch panel function layer, and a plurality of touch panel wires running to intersect with the bank in planar view and connected to the touch panel function layer. The second inorganic sealing film includes a bank coating that coats an upper face of the bank, and a protrusion, in a clearance between neighboring two of the plurality of touch panel wires, protrudes from the bank coating toward the display area or away from the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Masahiko Miwa, Takao Saitoh, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Seiji Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20220206623
    Abstract: A display device includes: a thin-film transistor layer; a light emitter including a first electrode, a function layer and a second electrode; a sealing layer; and a touch panel layer including a lower electrode and a plurality of upper electrodes. The lower electrode is composed of a plurality of transparent wires. The plurality of upper electrodes are composed of a plurality of upper wires. Each of the plurality of upper electrodes overlaps the lower electrode with an insulating film interposed between each of the plurality of upper electrodes and the lower electrode. Each of the plurality of transparent wires is wider than each of the plurality of upper wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, TAKAO SAITOH, MASAHIKO MIWA, YOHSUKE KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220206622
    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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, TAKAO SAITOH, MASAHIKO MIWA, YOHSUKE KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220190002
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a first interlayer insulating film; a capacitance electrode; and a second interlayer insulating film. Each of a pixel circuits includes a drive transistor, a capacitor and a connection wiring line. The capacitance electrode is provided with a first opening and a second opening in portions of positions overlapping with the gate electrode in plan view. The first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film include a contact hole provided at a position surrounded by the first opening and a hole provided at a position surrounded by the second opening. The connection wiring line is provided on the second interlayer insulating film and is connected to the gate electrode via the contact hole. The hole overlaps with a portion of a channel region in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: MASAHIKO MIWA, TAKAO SAITOH, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, YOHSUKE KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220173202
    Abstract: A display device includes a resin substrate and a thin film transistor layer. The thin film transistor layer includes a first inorganic insulating film, a second inorganic insulating film, and a lead-out wiring line. A frame region includes a bending portion provided with a slit constituted with a first slit and a second slit. Portions of the first inorganic insulating film on both sides in a width direction of the first slit constituting step portions are exposed from the second inorganic insulating film inside the second slit. The lead-out wiring line is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The step portions are provided with a protruding portion having an island shape. The lead-out wiring line includes an opening covering perimeter edge surface of the protruding portion and exposing an upper face of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: TAKAO SAITOH, MASAHIKO MIWA, MASAKI YAMANAKA, YI SUN, YOHSUKE KANZAKI