Patents by Inventor Mika Hiradate

Mika Hiradate 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: 8576350
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mika Hiradate, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20110286169
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Mika HIRADATE, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 8023062
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mika Hiradate, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 7924366
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mika Hiradate, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20100271361
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Mika HIRADATE, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20100238372
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Mika Hiradate, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 7796206
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus including the housing, and a panel module, having a frame of a rectangular shape in an outer configuration thereof, and a display panel with a display surface which is mounted on the frame, and being attached on the housing. The frame includes a flange portion formed along an outer periphery of the frame and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the display surface of the display panel. The flange portion is provided with a reinforcement portion extending along substantially an entirety of an outer periphery of the flange portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mika Hiradate, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20090086119
    Abstract: In an image displaying apparatus, comprising: a large-size housing; and a panel module 100, having a thin plate-like 110 frame having a rectangular shape in an outer configuration thereof, and a display element, which is mounted on the frame, and being attached on the housing, wherein on a flange portion 111, which is formed along with an outer periphery of said thin plate-like frame building up the panel module, is further formed a reinforcement portion 112, through bending that flange portion into a predetermined shape in the cross-section configuration thereof, through a squeezing process, or pipe-like members 400 fixed along the outer periphery of the frame, and ā€œLā€-shaped members 420, each being fixed between the cylindrical members neighboring with each other, thereby providing the structures of the panel module, being superior in the mechanical strength thereof, in spite of an increase of area thereof, simply and cheaply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Mika HIRADATE, Hidemi Yamada, Nobuyuki Kaku