Patents by Inventor Masanobu Mizusaki

Masanobu Mizusaki 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: 11366357
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the pair of substrates and contains a liquid crystal material, and an alignment layer which is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. In this liquid crystal display device, at least one of the pair of substrates has a retardation layer on a side toward the liquid crystal layer, the alignment layer aligns a liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal material, the retardation layer contains a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one monomer, and the at least one monomer includes a specific monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Patent number: 11367965
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal panel of a scanning antenna including a transmission and/or reception region in which a plurality of antenna units are arrayed, and a non-transmission and/or reception region, the liquid crystal panel including: a TFT substrate provided with a first dielectric substrate, a TFT supported by the first dielectric substrate, a gate bus line, a source bus line, and a patch electrode; a slot substrate provided with a second dielectric substrate, and a slot electrode formed on a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate and including a slot arranged so as to correspond to the patch electrode; a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate and including a plurality of liquid crystal regions; and a plurality of sealing portions that respectively surround the plurality of liquid crystal regions and bond the TFT substrate and the slot substrate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Ohtake, Takatoshi Orui, Wataru Nakamura, Kiyoshi Minoura, Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Publication number: 20220190068
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements, a TFT layer provided below the light-emitting element layer to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements, and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element layer, and a frame area surrounding the display area. The light-emitting element layer is provided with a light-emitting layer for each color of red, green, and blue. The light-emitting layer of each color is partitioned by a bank constituted by a resin material, and each light-emitting layer includes a hydrazide compound or a nitroxy radical compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI
  • Publication number: 20220158111
    Abstract: In a light-emitting element, an energy level difference between a second hole transport layer and the light-emitting layer on a side closer to the second hole transport layer is greater than an energy level difference between the light-emitting layer on the side closer to the second hole transport layer and a layer in contact with a side closer to a cathode electrode of the light-emitting layer on the side closer to the second hole transport layer in LUMO level, and an energy level difference between a first electron transport layer and the light-emitting layer on a side closer to the first electron transport layer is greater than an energy level difference between the light-emitting layer on the side closer to the first electron transport layer and a layer in contact with a side closer to an anode electrode of the light-emitting layer on the side closer to the first electron transport layer in HOMO level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI, HIROSHI TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 11319488
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an element substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the element substrate and the counter substrate, reflective electrodes placed on a surface of the element substrate that is located on the liquid crystal layer side, and a pair of alignment films each of which is placed on a corresponding one of a surface of the element substrate that is located on the liquid crystal layer side and a surface of the counter substrate that is located on the liquid crystal layer side. A liquid crystal composition contained in the liquid crystal layer contains a compound containing an alkoxy group. The alignment films contain a polymer including polyimide. The polyimide is derived from a polyamic acid and contains a side chain represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Tomonori Itoh, Takashi Satoh
  • Publication number: 20220020832
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a TFT layer provided on the substrate; a light-emitting element layer provided on the TFT layer and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; and at least one thermal insulation layer, the thermal insulation layer containing: a cellulosic resin; and a metal oxide or a metal carbonyl compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI
  • Patent number: 11201403
    Abstract: A liquid crystal cell in which antenna units are arranged includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The TFT substrate includes a first dielectric substrate, TFTs supported by the first dielectric substrate and patch electrodes electrically connected to the TFTs, and a first alignment film covering a groove part between the adjacent patch electrodes. The slot substrate includes a second dielectric substrate, a slot electrode including slots and supported by the second dielectric substrate, and a second alignment film covering the slot electrode. The liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material having a lower limit temperature of a nematic phase of the liquid crystal material of ?32° C. or lower and an upper limit temperature of the nematic phase of the liquid crystal material of 110° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11168254
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material, a sealing member surrounding the liquid crystal layer in a plan view, a pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, and an alignment control layer being in contact with the liquid crystal layer in a region surrounded by the sealing member in a plan view. The alignment control layer aligns a liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal material in a direction horizontal to faces of the substrates, and contains a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one monomer, and the at least one monomer contains a monomer represented by the following Chemical formula (1): wherein at least one hydrogen atom of the phenylene group may be the same or different and may be substituted with a halogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a propyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Tomonori Itoh
  • Publication number: 20210343971
    Abstract: The display device includes a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a TFT layer that is provided below the light-emitting element layer and includes TFT configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements. Further, at least one thermal insulation layer configured to thermally insulate the plurality of light-emitting elements from external heat is provided, and the thermal insulation layer includes a molybdenum-containing complex and a polyphenylene sulfide-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI
  • Patent number: 11156873
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alignment film capable of reducing generation of bubbles in a liquid crystal layer, a liquid crystal panel including the alignment film, and a method for producing the liquid crystal panel. The alignment film contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyamic acid containing a bisaniline fluorene skeleton and a polyimide containing a bisaniline fluorene skeleton. Preferably, the bisaniline fluorene skeleton of the polyamic acid is contained in a diamine unit of the polyamic acid and the bisaniline fluorene skeleton of the polyimide is contained in a diamine unit of the polyimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Hiroshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20210273178
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a display region and a frame region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a light-emitting element layer that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a TFT layer provided below the light-emitting element layer to drive the light-emitting elements, and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element layer. The light-emitting element layer is provided with a plurality of light-emitting layers, and each of the light-emitting layers contains a hindered amine compound and/or a derivative of a hindered amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI, MASAKAZU SHIBASAKI
  • Patent number: 11079634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can sufficiently prevent crystallization of a liquid crystal material at low temperatures, and thereby has high response performance suitable for applications such as HMDs. The liquid crystal display device includes: paired substrates; a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates; and a photo-alignment film disposed on a surface facing the liquid crystal layer of at least one of the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material that has a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature of 75° C. or lower and a nematic phase temperature range narrower than 100° C., the photo-alignment film containing a polymer, the polymer and/or another component of the photo-alignment film containing a hydrophobic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Hiroshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11078324
    Abstract: A seal material composition according to the present invention includes: an epoxy compound including an epoxy group; and a polymerizable epoxy curing agent including a polymerizable functional group configured for cross-linking the epoxy groups and for radical polymerization in a single molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Tadashi Ohtake
  • Patent number: 11053354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with a high degree of freedom in molecular structure design of an alignment film and with reduced image sticking. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates; an alignment film disposed on a liquid crystal layer side surface of at least one of the substrates; and a polymer layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the alignment film, the alignment film containing a first polymer containing at least one structure represented by the following formula (1) in a side chain, wherein R1 represents a C3-C6 branched or cyclic alkylene group, and a hydrogen atom at a para position to a carbonyl group in the phenyl group is optionally replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Yuko Teraoka, Tsuyoshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11048125
    Abstract: A liquid crystal cell includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and two alignment control layers. The color filter substrate includes a color conversion layer for converting color of light but not include an alignment film containing polyamic acid or polyamide. The array substrate is opposed to the color filter substrate. The alignment control layers are formed on an inner surface of the color filter substrate and an inner surface of the array substrate, respectively. The alignment control layers contact the liquid crystal layer. The alignment control layers are made of reactants of radical polymerizable monomers added to a liquid crystal material for forming the liquid crystal layer. The alignment control layers control orientations of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer. The radical polymerizable monomers include radical polymerizable monomers having ultraviolet-ray absorbing functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11041891
    Abstract: A method for measuring a residual DC voltage in a liquid crystal device including an active region having a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and a plurality of TFTs, and a non-active region positioned outside the active region and having at least one monitoring capacitor, in which the plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and the at least one monitoring capacitor include a liquid crystal layer. The method includes: generating a V-I curve by applying a positive and negative symmetrical triangular wave voltage measuring, in the V-I curve, a voltage Vmax having a maximum absolute value where a current value reaches a positive maximum value or minimum value, and a voltage Vmin having a maximum absolute value where a current value reaches a negative minimum value or maximum value, and measuring one-half of the sum of the voltage Vmax and the voltage Vmin as the residual DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Patent number: 11016345
    Abstract: A liquid crystal cell 10A according to the present invention includes: a pair of substrates 11 and 12 facing each other and having alignment films 11a and 12a formed on surfaces of the substrates, respectively, the surfaces facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer LC interposed between the substrates 11 and 12. The alignment films 11a and 12a contain a polymer for alignment films which has a hydrazide functional group represented by Chemical Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Tomonori Itoh, Takashi Satoh
  • Patent number: 11009749
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of maintaining a favorable voltage holding ratio and reducing occurrence of image sticking and stain and a decrease in contrast ratio in a high-temperature environment for a long time while including a photo-alignment film, and a method for manufacturing such a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes paired substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, a photo-alignment film disposed between at least one of the substrates and the liquid crystal layer, and a polymer layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the photo-alignment film. The photo-alignment film contains a polymer that contains a photo-reactive functional group. The polymer layer contains a polymer that has a structure derived from a specific polymerization initiator and a structure derived from a specific monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Hiroshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11009750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that includes: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates; an alignment film disposed on a liquid crystal layer side surface of at least one of the substrates; and a polymer layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the alignment film, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal compounds aligned in a predetermined direction with no voltage applied, the alignment film containing a first polymer containing in its main chain at least one selected from a polyamic acid structure and a polyimide structure, the first polymer containing a functional group that functions as a polymerization initiator, the polymer layer containing a second polymer obtained by polymerizing at least one monomer containing a chalcone group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Publication number: 20210139615
    Abstract: To provide a sealant composition with which a decrease in voltage holding rate is less likely to occur in a liquid crystal cell for a scanning antenna, the sealant composition according to the present invention includes a photo-radical polymerization initiator that generates a radical through application of light with a wavelength of 450 nm or greater and a polymerization component that contains a polymerizable functional group that is polymerizable using the radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI, TADASHI OHTAKE