Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kanehiro

Masayuki Kanehiro 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: 10434617
    Abstract: A method of collectively producing display panels each having an outline a part of which is curved includes a bonded substrate forming process of bonding substrates in a pair one of which has thin film patterns and forming a bonded substrate 50, a layering process of layering multiple bonded substrates 50 via curing resin 60 and curing the curing resin 60, a grinding process of collectively grinding the substrates in a pair and the curing resin 60 that are outside the thin film pattern on each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other along the outline and collectively forming edge surfaces of the display panels each having the curved outline, and a separation process of separating each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other from the curing resin 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro, Hiroyuki Kurimura, Yasunori Ishida, Takuya Amada, Koji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10401665
    Abstract: A producing method includes a sealing agent portion disposing process of disposing sealing agent portions 40, a part of which is cut off, on one 30A of substrates, a bonding process of bonding the substrates 20A, 30A via the sealing agent portions 40, a first cutting process of cutting a bonded substrate into pieces each having thin film patterns arranged linearly, a liquid crystal injection process of collectively injecting liquid crystals 18A into a space within each of the sealing agent portions 40 through inlets 40A, a sealing process of sealing the inlets 40A with sealing resin, a second cutting process of cutting each piece of the bonded substrate into bonded substrate pieces, and a grinding process of collectively grinding the substrates included in the bonded substrate pieces that are outside the thin film patterns along an outline such that edge surfaces of the liquid crystal panels having curved outlines are collectively formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190235338
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, regions where a short circuit may have occurred due to dividing are isolated from a display region. In a gate line (13G) of an nth row, a gate line detour section (50G) that is provided corresponding to an intersection (CG,n,m) with a source line (15S) of an mth column has: a start section (51G) which is bent toward the ?Y direction from a start position (XG,m(1), YG,n) that is in the ?X direction relative to the intersection; and straddling sections (52G) which straddle a straight line (X=XS,m+dS/2) that passes through a +X direction end of the intersection and extends in the Y axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Shota OKAMOTO, Youhei NAKANISHI, Masayuki KANEHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190212619
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enhance a display quality of a liquid crystal display panel by causing a contour of a display region not to be noticeable. A display region of a liquid crystal display panel (100) includes a normal display region (101a) and a boundary display region (101c), an image being displayed more darkly in the boundary display region (101c), which is in contact with a black light blocking part (101b), than in the normal display region (101a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10344216
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that is less prone to display defects and a decrease in the voltage holding ratio regardless of the presence or absence of an alignment film. The liquid crystal display device includes: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material between the substrates; and a polymer layer for controlling alignment of liquid crystal molecules on a surface of at least one of the substrates, the substrates being substantially free of an alignment film in outermost surfaces thereof, the polymer layer being formed by polymerization of at least two kinds of radical polymerizable monomers in the liquid crystal layer, at least one of the radical polymerizable monomers being a compound having a structure that creates a ketyl radical as a result of hydrogen abstraction induced by light radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Masayuki Kanehiro, Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Patent number: 10317713
    Abstract: A producing method includes a bonding process of bonding substrates in a pair one of which has thin film patterns and forming a bonded substrate, a cut forming process of forming a cut line CL1 on a border portion between the mounting area within the panel surface area and other area on the one substrate of the bonded substrate, a cutting process of cutting the bonded substrate into separated bonded substrate pieces, a grinding process of grinding the substrates in a pair that are outside the thin film pattern in each of the separated bonded substrates 50A along the outline and forming edge surfaces of the display panels each having the curved outline, and a removing process of cutting a part of the one substrate along the cut line and removing the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10281775
    Abstract: A display device structure that, even if a plurality of non-display parts are formed in a pixel region, can display an image in the whole pixel region except the non-display parts is obtained. A display device 1 includes: a substrate (10) having a plurality of non-display parts in a pixel region (P); a plurality of source lines (SL1), (SL2), . . . , (SLm); a plurality of gate lines (GL1), (GL2), . . . , (GLm); a plurality of pixel electrodes; and a plurality of gate line drive circuits (GDk) formed in the pixel region (P) and connected to each of the gate lines (GL1), (GL2), . . . , (GLm), for controlling a potential of the gate line (GLk). At least a source line interrupted by any of the plurality of non-display parts, among the source lines (SL1), (SL2), . . . , (SLm) is supplied with a data signal from both ends thereof, and the source lines (SL1), (SL2), . . . , (SLm) are each formed not to be interrupted by two or more of the plurality of non-display parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro
  • Publication number: 20190033638
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid crystal panel 10 having a non-quadrangular outline includes a common liquid crystal panel producing process, a cutting process of cutting the common liquid crystal panel 50 along a cutting line L10 that is along the outline such that a part of the sealing material 54 is removed and a remaining part of the sealing material 54 remains and forming on the common liquid crystal panel 50 a sealing material removed edge portion 50A at which the part of the sealing material 54 is removed to expose the liquid crystal layer 51, a line correction process of correcting the lines 55, 56, 59 near the processed edge portion 53E of the array substrate 53, and a sealing process of providing sealing resin R on the sealing material removed edge portion 50A to close a space between the processed edge portions 52E, 53E of the substrates and seal the liquid crystal layer 51 with the remaining part of the sealing material 54.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Youhei NAKANISHI, Masayuki KANEHIRO, Shota OKAMOTO, Shinsuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20180356670
    Abstract: A producing method includes a sealing agent portion disposing process of disposing sealing agent portions 40, a part of which is cut off, on one 30A of substrates, a bonding process of bonding the substrates 20A, 30A via the sealing agent portions 40, a first cutting process of cutting a bonded substrate into pieces each having thin film patterns arranged linearly, a liquid crystal injection process of collectively injecting liquid crystals 18A into a space within each of the sealing agent portions 40 through inlets 40A, a sealing process of sealing the inlets 40A with sealing resin, a second cutting process of cutting each piece of the bonded substrate into bonded substrate pieces, and a grinding process of collectively grinding the substrates included in the bonded substrate pieces that are outside the thin film patterns along an outline such that edge surfaces of the liquid crystal panels having curved outlines are collectively formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10088712
    Abstract: A producing method includes a sealing agent disposing process of preparing substrates one of which has thin film patterns thereon and disposing sealing agent portions on the one substrate to surround the thin film patterns, respectively, a bonding process of bonding the substrates via the sealing agent portions and forming a bonded substrate after the sealing agent disposing process, a cutting process of cutting the substrates being included in the bonded substrate and outside the sealing agent portions after the bonding process, and a grinding process of grinding collectively the substrates and the sealing agent portions of the bonded substrate along the outline after the cutting process such that overlapped portions of the substrates and the sealing agent portion are partially ground collectively and ground surfaces of the substrates and the sealing agent portion are aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youhei Nakanishi, Masayuki Kanehiro
  • Publication number: 20180239186
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid crystal panel includes a grinding process and a sealing process. The grinding process includes grinding at least one common liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer, a pair of boards that sandwich the liquid crystal layer, and a frame-shaped sealing member sandwiched between the boards along the non-rectangular outline to remove a section of the sealing member and to leave a rest of the sealing member. The grinding process further includers forming a sealing member removed processed edge section of the common liquid crystal pane. The sealing member removed processed edge section includes edges of the boards corresponding to the section of the sealing member removed from the common liquid crystal panel. The sealing process includes applying a sealing resin to the sealing member removed processed edge section to fill a space between the edges of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10036909
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (a display device) includes a liquid crystal panel (a display panel) having an outer peripheral edge portion having a substantially circular shape and including linear edge portions that are linear at a part of the outer peripheral edge portion, and flexible printed circuit boards (mounting components) mounted in an outer portion of the liquid crystal display panel to match arrangement of the linear edge portions in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohhei Tanaka, Tomohiro Kimura, Masahiro Mitani, Takayuki Nishiyama, Hisashi Watanabe, Youhei Nakanishi, Ryuzo Yuki, Masayuki Kanehiro, Seiichi Uchida, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20180188594
    Abstract: A method of producing display panels of collectively producing a plurality of display panels each including a contour line of an outer shape, at least a section of which is curved includes a bonding process of forming a bonded substrate by bonding a pair of substrates including a plurality of thin film patterns formed on at least one substrate, a stacking process of stacking a plurality of bonded substrates and pinching and holding the plurality of stacked bonded substrates in a stacking direction using a jig, and a grinding process of collectively forming end surfaces of the plurality of display panels forming the curved contour line by collectively grinding the pair of substrates located outside the thin film pattern among stacked bonded substrates along the outer shape in a state in which the plurality of stacked bonded substrate are pinched by the jig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI, Takuya AMADA, Koji HASHIMOTO, Hokichi YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20180180912
    Abstract: A producing method includes a sealing agent disposing process of preparing substrates one of which has thin film patterns thereon and disposing sealing agent portions on the one substrate to surround the thin film patterns, respectively, a bonding process of bonding the substrates via the sealing agent portions and forming a bonded substrate after the sealing agent disposing process, a cutting process of cutting the substrates being included in the bonded substrate and outside the sealing agent portions after the bonding process, and a grinding process of grinding collectively the substrates and the sealing agent portions of the bonded substrate along the outline after the cutting process such that overlapped portions of the substrates and the sealing agent portion are partially ground collectively and ground surfaces of the substrates and the sealing agent portion are aligned with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: YOUHEI NAKANISHI, MASAYUKI KANEHIRO
  • Publication number: 20180149906
    Abstract: A producing method includes a bonding process of bonding substrates in a pair one of which has thin film patterns and forming a bonded substrate, a cut forming process of forming a cut line CL1 on a border portion between the mounting area within the panel surface area and other area on the one substrate of the bonded substrate, a cutting process of cutting the bonded substrate into separated bonded substrate pieces, a grinding process of grinding the substrates in a pair that are outside the thin film pattern in each of the separated bonded substrates 50A along the outline and forming edge surfaces of the display panels each having the curved outline, and a removing process of cutting a part of the one substrate along the cut line and removing the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KANEHIRO, Youhei NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20180141181
    Abstract: A method of collectively producing display panels each having an outline a part of which is curved includes a bonded substrate forming process of bonding substrates in a pair one of which has thin film patterns and forming a bonded substrate 50, a layering process of layering multiple bonded substrates 50 via curing resin 60 and curing the curing resin 60, a grinding process of collectively grinding the substrates in a pair and the curing resin 60 that are outside the thin film pattern on each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other along the outline and collectively forming edge surfaces of the display panels each having the curved outline, and a separation process of separating each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other from the curing resin 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Youhei NAKANISHI, Masayuki KANEHIRO, Hiroyuki KURIMURA, Yasunori ISHIDA, Takuya AMADA, Koodi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9964810
    Abstract: A display panel includes a pair of substrates a display medium layer held between the pair of substrates and has a display region and a frame region outside the display region and a hole on an inner side of the frame region penetrating the pair of substrates and the display medium layer. The display panel further includes a hole-periphery sealing part disposed between the pair of substrates so as to surround the hole, in which the hole-periphery sealing part includes an angled portion or a protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20180031898
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (a display device) includes a liquid crystal panel (a display panel) having an outer peripheral edge portion having a substantially circular shape and including linear edge portions that are linear at a part of the outer peripheral edge portion, and flexible printed circuit boards (mounting components) mounted in an outer portion of the liquid crystal display panel to match arrangement of the linear edge portions in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kohhei TANAKA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Masahiro MITANI, Takayuki NISHIYAMA, Hisashi WATANABE, Youhei NAKANISHI, Ryuzo YUKI, Masayuki KANEHIRO, Seiichi UCHIDA, Toshihiro YANAGI
  • Patent number: 9851605
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate and a display medium layer held on the substrate and has a display region and a frame region outside the display region and a hole on an inner side of the frame region penetrating the substrate and the display medium layer. The display panel further includes a hole-periphery sealing part disposed on the substrate at a side facing the display medium layer so as to surround the hole, in which the hole-periphery sealing part is made of: a first sealing member having a broken loop shape, surrounding the hole, having at least one open section; and at least one second sealing member provided at a location corresponding to the one open section so as to seal said at least one open section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Masayuki Kanehiro, Youhei Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9798174
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a lateral casing portion in the shape of a lateral wall which has an inner lateral surface provided in an annular arrangement; a panel structure including at least a liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates, and a seal material, the panel structure being housed in a housing space defined by the inner lateral surface of the lateral casing portion; and a resin material filling at least part of a gap formed between the inner lateral surface of the lateral casing portion and a lateral end face of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the seal material of the liquid crystal panel is covered with the resin material and the lateral casing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Youhei Nakanishi, Hisashi Watanabe, Masanobu Mizusaki, Takeshi Noma, Masayuki Kanehiro