Patents by Inventor Masao IKEMOTO

Masao IKEMOTO 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: 10634277
    Abstract: A stand and a television apparatus capable of reducing limitations in design with respect to a base section are provided. A stand used for holding a display apparatus is provided. The stand includes a base section and a support section configured to rotate with respect to the base section and hold the display apparatus. The support section includes a drive unit configured to rotate a display screen of the display apparatus, and the drive unit is provided behind a back side of the display screen of the display apparatus. Preferably, the drive unit includes an electric motor and the display screen of the display apparatus is rotated by driving the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20190040992
    Abstract: A stand and a television apparatus capable of reducing limitations in design with respect to a base section are provided. A stand used for holding a display apparatus is provided. The stand includes a base section and a support section configured to rotate with respect to the base section and hold the display apparatus. The support section includes a drive unit configured to rotate a display screen of the display apparatus, and the drive unit is provided behind a back side of the display screen of the display apparatus. Preferably, the drive unit includes an electric motor and the display screen of the display apparatus is rotated by driving the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: MASAO IKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10154227
    Abstract: The display device includes two stands 1 that support a chassis (holder). The stand has a strut, and the strut is fixed to the chassis with a fixing portion that encloses a back side and both horizontal sides of the strut. A first projected portion, which projects toward the strut, is formed on a second plate-like member positioned at one side of the strut, and a second projected portion, which projects at a position nearer to the back compared to the first projected portion, is formed on a third plate-like member positioned at the other side. Between the two fixing portions, positions of the second plate-like member and the third plate-like member are in reverse to each other. Due to difference in the positions of the first projected portion and the second projected portion, the two stands cannot be attached at reverse positions. Once the orientation of one fixing portion is reversed, one fixing portion becomes the other fixing portion, and the two fixing portions are common components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Ikemoto, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Yuki Amano, Katsushi Maeta, Keiichi Ohhashi
  • Publication number: 20170155869
    Abstract: The display device includes two stands 1 that support a chassis (holder). The stand has a strut, and the strut is fixed to the chassis with a fixing portion that encloses a back side and both horizontal sides of the strut. A first projected portion, which projects toward the strut, is formed on a second plate-like member positioned at one side of the strut, and a second projected portion, which projects at a position nearer to the back compared to the first projected portion, is formed on a third plate-like member positioned at the other side. Between the two fixing portions, positions of the second plate-like member and the third plate-like member are in reverse to each other. Due to difference in the positions of the first projected portion and the second projected portion, the two stands cannot be attached at reverse positions. Once the orientation of one fixing portion is reversed, one fixing portion becomes the other fixing portion, and the two fixing portions are common components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Masao IKEMOTO, Hitoshi HASEGAWA, Yuki AMANO, Katsushi MAETA, Keiichi OHHASHI