Patents by Inventor Mutsuto Kato

Mutsuto Kato 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).

  • Liquid-crystal panel and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9354479
    Abstract: A TFT substrate (20) forming a part of a liquid crystal display panel includes: respective pixels having mutually adjacent first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels; first source electrodes (14aba) that branch towards the first sub-pixels and form a portion of respective first TFTs (5a) after respective source lines (14a) between the respective pixels continue along respective gate lines (11a) extending between the first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels of the respective pixels; and a second source electrode (14abb) that branches towards the second sub-pixel and forms a portion of the respective second TFTs (5b). The respective gate lines (11a) have openings where the respective source lines (14a) have branched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mutsuto Kato, Tomohiro Inoue
  • LIQUID-CRYSTAL PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140313450
    Abstract: A TFT substrate (20) forming a part of a liquid crystal display panel includes: respective pixels having mutually adjacent first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels; first source electrodes (14aba) that branch towards the first sub-pixels and form a portion of respective first TFTs (5a) after respective source lines (14a) between the respective pixels continue along respective gate lines (11a) extending between the first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels of the respective pixels; and a second source electrode (14abb) that branches towards the second sub-pixel and forms a portion of the respective second TFTs (5b). The respective gate lines (11a) have openings where the respective source lines (14a) have branched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mutsuto Kato, Tomohiro Inoue