Patents by Inventor Mayuko Sakamoto

Mayuko Sakamoto 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: 20230345652
    Abstract: A foldable display includes: a flexible display panel including: an impact absorbing layer including a metal film; and a display layer provided on a surface of the impact absorbing layer; a first region, a second region, and a third region that are included in a region of the flexible display panel, the third region being positioned between the first region and the second region; a first support substrate that is inflexible, the first support substrate supporting the first region from toward the impact absorbing layer; a second support substrate that is inflexible, the second support substrate supporting the second region from toward the impact absorbing layer; a folding mechanism connected to the first support substrate and the second support substrate, and overlapping with the third region in plan view; and a slit provided to the metal film at least in a first position at a shortest distance, from the third region, shorter than a shortest distance from an end portion of the first region across from the thir
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mayuko SAKAMOTO, Edward BOARDMAN, Tokio TAGUCHI, Ikuo NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 11551975
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the following: forming an island-shaped peeling layer onto a substrate; stacking a resin layer all over the peeling layer; forming a barrier layer over the resin layer; forming an electronic-circuit layer onto the upper surface of the barrier layer; and peeling off the resin layer from the substrate and the peeling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mayuko Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220404877
    Abstract: A foldable display includes: a display layer having flexibility, the display layer including a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region located between the first display region and the second display region; a cover having flexibility and covering the display layer; a first support substrate having inflexibility and supporting the first display region; a second support substrate having inflexibility and supporting the second display region; a bending portion including the third display region and being bendable; and a shock absorption layer disposed between the display layer and the first support substrate as well as between the display layer and the second support substrate. The shock absorption layer has a slit disposed in a portion overlapping the bending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: MAYUKO SAKAMOTO, TOKIO TAGUCHI, Yu YAMANE, KENJI TAKASE, Kenji OHTSUKI
  • Patent number: 11522161
    Abstract: The present disclosure protects a flexible substrate and prevents the generation of a crack and the development of a crack inside a display device. A display device includes a display area and a frame region which is a non-display area provided outside the display area, and in the frame region, at least a flexible substrate and a moisture-proof layer are disposed in this order, and a metal oxide film is further provided between the flexible substrate and the moisture-proof layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Yukiya Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11508799
    Abstract: A flexible organic EL display device includes a plurality of short ring wiring lines. Each of the plurality of short ring wiring lines contacts a flattening film that is a resin layer on an end face of a terminal portion region in the flexible organic EL display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Tamotsu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220199923
    Abstract: A foldable display, includes a display layer with flexibility including a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region located between the first display region and the second display region; a cover with flexibility configured to cover the display layer; a first support substrate with inflexibility configured to support the first display region; a second support substrate with inflexibility configured to support the second display region; a bending part capable of bending including the third display region; and a shock absorbing layer provided between the display layer and the first support substrate and between the display layer and the second support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yu YAMANE, MAYUKO SAKAMOTO, TOKIO TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220037208
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the following: forming an island-shaped peeling layer onto a substrate; stacking a resin layer all over the peeling layer; forming a barrier layer over the resin layer; forming an electronic-circuit layer onto the upper surface of the barrier layer; and peeling off the resin layer from the substrate and the peeling layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: MAYUKO SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220006049
    Abstract: Between an end edge on a terminal side of a resin substrate layer in a frame region and a display region, an inorganic layered film is provided with a first opening penetrating the inorganic layered film and causing at least a part of an upper face of the resin substrate layer to be exposed, a first filling layer is provided in an interior of the first opening to cover an edge portion thereof, a plurality of lead wiring lines are provided to the end edge on the terminal side in contact with upper faces of the inorganic layered film and the first filling layer, extend in parallel to each other in a direction intersecting the end edge on the terminal side in the frame region, and are electrically connected to a plurality of terminals respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: MAYUKO SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11147169
    Abstract: A light-emitting device has improved impact resistance over conventional configurations. Such a light-emitting device includes a display panel layer, a housing layer, an impact absorbing layer adjacent the housing layer, a metal layer that is disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the display panel layer and that is deformable during an impact on the light-emitting device, and a compliant layer that is disposed between the metal layer and the display panel layer that enables a shape of the display panel layer to be maintained when the metal layer is deformed. Due to a compliance or low stiffness of the compliant layer, a permanent deformation of the metal layer due to an impact or device shape change is not discernibly transferred into the shape of the display panel layer, and the shape of the display panel layer is essentially maintained so that an impact or shape change does not adversely affect display performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tim Michael Smeeton, Mayuko Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210136933
    Abstract: A light-emitting device has improved impact resistance over conventional configurations. Such a light-emitting device includes a display panel layer, a housing layer, an impact absorbing layer adjacent the housing layer, a metal layer that is disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the display panel layer and that is deformable during an impact on the light-emitting device, and a compliant layer that is disposed between the metal layer and the display panel layer that enables a shape of the display panel layer to be maintained when the metal layer is deformed. Due to a compliance or low stiffness of the compliant layer, a permanent deformation of the metal layer due to an impact or device shape change is not discernibly transferred into the shape of the display panel layer, and the shape of the display panel layer is essentially maintained so that an impact or shape change does not adversely affect display performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tim Michael Smeeton, Mayuko Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210057509
    Abstract: A flexible organic EL display device includes a plurality of short ring wiring lines. Each of the plurality of short ring wiring lines contacts a flattening film that is a resin layer on an end face of a terminal portion region in the flexible organic EL display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: MAYUKO SAKAMOTO, TAMOTSU SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210013449
    Abstract: The present disclosure protects a flexible substrate and prevents the generation of a crack and the development of a crack inside a display device. A display device includes a display area and a frame region which is a non-display area provided outside the display area, and in the frame region, at least a flexible substrate and a moisture-proof layer-are disposed in this order, and a metal oxide film is further provided between the flexible substrate and the moisture-proof layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: MAYUKO SAKAMOTO, YUKIYA NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10811609
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes a layering process including steps of forming a PI layer on a carrier glass substrate, forming a base coat layer to cover the PI layer, and forming a TFT layer and a light-emitting element layer on the base coat layer, an exposing process including a step of exposing an end surface of the PI layer, and a peeling process including a step of peeling the carrier glass substrate from the PI layer by irradiating the lower face of the PI layer with a laser light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10811642
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a display device in which, after a layered body including a resin layer, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer is formed on a substrate configured to form a plurality of display devices, the resin layer is irradiated with laser from a back face of the substrate and the substrate is peeled from the layered body using a laser peeling device. The manufacturing method of a display device includes acquiring optical information of the substrate that is peeled off, detecting each acquisition result of the plurality of display devices from each assigned position of the plurality of display devices relative to the substrate, and performing predetermined processing on the display device in a case that the acquisition result of the display device exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Shoji Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20200168796
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes a layering process including steps of forming a PI layer (3) on a carrier glass substrate (2), forming a base coat layer (4) to cover the PI layer (3), and forming a TFT layer (5) and a light-emitting element layer (6) on the base coat layer (4), an exposing process including a step of exposing an end surface of the PI layer (3), and a peeling process including a step of peeling the carrier glass substrate (2) from the PI layer (3) by irradiating the lower face of the PI layer (3) with a laser light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Mayuko SAKAMOTO, Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200091467
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a display device in which, after a layered body including a resin layer, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer is formed on a substrate configured to form a plurality of display devices, the resin layer is irradiated with laser from a back face of the substrate and the substrate is peeled from the layered body using a laser peeling device. The manufacturing method of a display device includes acquiring optical information of the substrate that is peeled off, detecting each acquisition result of the plurality of display devices from each assigned position of the plurality of display devices relative to the substrate, and performing predetermined processing on the display device in a case that the acquisition result of the display device exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Mayuko SAKAMOTO, Shoji OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10564495
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to one aspect of the disclosure includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate that oppose each other, and a liquid crystal layer of a horizontal alignment type provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate that sandwich the liquid crystal panel. A transparent conductive film layer connected to a ground potential is formed on the first substrate. A plurality of pixel electrodes are formed above the second substrate. A distance between the liquid crystal layer and the transparent conductive film layer ranges 15 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Kenji Misono
  • Patent number: 10553822
    Abstract: A display device, which includes a lower face film, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer, includes a resin layer provided above the lower face film and below the TFT layer. A first region and a second region are included in a lower face of the resin layer, and the second region is a carbide pattern in which an amount of carbide per unit area is greater than an amount of carbide per unit area in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mayuko Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10509284
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a liquid crystal panel including an element substrate, a counter substrate facing the element substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the element substrate and the counter substrate, an incident-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-incident side of the liquid crystal layer, and an emission-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-emission side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the element substrate and the counter substrate uses a resin film as base material. A plurality of insulating films are formed on the base material. A contact hole is formed in the plurality of insulating films, the contact hole being rectangular in plan view. Either a long side or a short side of the contact hole is parallel with an absorption axis of the incident-side linear polarizing plate or the emission-side linear polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Tetsunori Tanaka, Yuki Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20190363303
    Abstract: A display device production method is a production method in which, after a layered body including a resin layer, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer is formed on a substrate that is transparent, a lower face of the resin layer is irradiated with laser from a reverse face of the substrate using a laser peeling device, and the substrate is peeled from the layered body. The display device production method includes measuring an optical characteristic of the substrate that is peeled off, and performing predetermined processing in a case that a measurement result exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mayuko SAKAMOTO, Katsuyuki SUGA