Patents by Inventor Naruo Hashino

Naruo Hashino 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: 10191317
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel including a substrate provided with a display functional layer, and a polarizing plate; an illuminator configured to output light to the display panel; and a frame that surrounds sides of the illuminator, and to which the substrate is bonded at a top portion of the frame through an adhesive member. The polarizing plate is provided on a surface of the substrate to which the frame is bonded, and is arranged on an inner side of the frame than the adhesive member in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kishida, Naruo Hashino, Takahiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20180031899
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel including a substrate provided with a display functional layer, and a polarizing plate; an illuminator configured to output light to the display panel; and a frame that surrounds sides of the illuminator, and to which the substrate is bonded at a top portion of the frame through an adhesive member. The polarizing plate is provided on a surface of the substrate to which the frame is bonded, and is arranged on an inner side of the frame than the adhesive member in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Keiichi KISHIDA, Naruo HASHINO, Takahiro ONO
  • Patent number: 8955997
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display panel; an illuminating device adapted to illuminate the display panel from behind; an adhesive layer adapted to be disposed between the display panel and the illuminating device and bond together respective outer edges of the display panel and the illuminating device. The illuminating device includes a light source, and a housing adapted to house the light source. The housing includes a bottom plate portion, an annular upper plate portion installed at a position facing the bottom plate portion via a given gap and having a recessed-projected surface at a position in contact with the adhesive layer, and a wall portion provided upright along respective circumferential edges of the bottom plate portion and the upper plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Kazunori Mori
  • Publication number: 20120230016
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display panel; an illuminating device adapted to illuminate the display panel from behind; an adhesive layer adapted to be disposed between the display panel and the illuminating device and bond together respective outer edges of the display panel and the illuminating device. The illuminating device includes a light source, and a housing adapted to house the light source. The housing includes a bottom plate portion, an annular upper plate portion installed at a position facing the bottom plate portion via a given gap and having a recessed-projected surface at a position in contact with the adhesive layer, and a wall portion provided upright along respective circumferential edges of the bottom plate portion and the upper plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Kazunori Mori
  • Publication number: 20120033447
    Abstract: Provided is a device including a backlight unit including a LED-mounted board having LEDs as a backlight source, a light guide plate to which the LEDs are disposed to face, and which has a light receiving surface to which light from the LEDs incidents and an emission surface from which the incident light is output, and a frame which holds the light guide plate. The frame 14 has a protrusion for positioning which engages the LED-mounted board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naruo Hashino
  • Patent number: 7978284
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property; a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Naruo Hashino
  • Patent number: 7911774
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided which includes an electro-optical panel; and a metal frame configured to accommodate the electro-optical panel therein. The metal frame includes a plurality of side walls and corner portions provided between the side walls. A distal end of at least a portion of at least one of the side walls has a folding portion having a structure that inner surfaces are opposed to each other. At least one of the corner portions adjacent to the side wall having the folding portion has a seamless curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakanishi, Yasunori Onishi, Naruo Hashino
  • Publication number: 20090322983
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property; a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naruo HASHINO
  • Patent number: 7554626
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device characterized in that an illumination unit includes a substantially wedge-shaped light-guiding plate 5 being tilted such that plate thickness becomes thinner from one side edge toward the other side edge, a light source 41 disposed along the thicker plate surface of the light-guiding plate, lead wires 43, 44 of the light source, and a housing 7 that houses these parts, in which the light-guiding plate is installed such that a gap L2 between the backside 52 of the light-guiding plate and the bottom wall of the housing becomes larger as the plate thickness becomes thinner, and a portion of the lead wires resides in the gap L2 and the wires are arranged along the other side edge 54 of the light-guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Hiroki Sakemoto
  • Publication number: 20090004408
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided which includes an electro-optical panel; and a metal frame configured to accommodate the electro-optical panel therein. The metal frame includes a plurality of side walls and corner portions provided between the side walls. A distal end of at least a portion of at least one of the side walls has a folding portion having a structure that inner surfaces are opposed to each other. At least one of the corner portions adjacent to the side wall having the folding portion has a seamless curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKANISHI, Yasunori ONISHI, Naruo HASHINO
  • Publication number: 20060215072
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device characterized in that an illumination unit includes a substantially wedge-shaped light-guiding plate 5 being tilted such that plate thickness becomes thinner from one side edge toward the other side edge, a light source 41 disposed along the thicker plate surface of the light-guiding plate, lead wires 43, 44 of the light source, and a housing 7 that houses these parts, in which the light-guiding plate is installed such that a gap L2 between the backside 52 of the light-guiding plate and the bottom wall of the housing becomes larger as the plate thickness becomes thinner, and a portion of the lead wires resides in the gap L2 and the wires are arranged along the other side edge 54 of the light-guiding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Hiroki Sakemoto
  • Publication number: 20060055839
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a main body case 3 having opposing side walls 31, 31 and other open portions 32, 32 and a relatively wide U-shaped bottom wall 30, a backlight unit 4 housed in the main body case 3, and an optical member 1 placed on the surfaces of both side walls 31, 31 of the main body case 3 while covering the backlight unit 4, and whose outer periphery is encased by reinforcing frames 6, 7 that are joined at the corners to form a picture frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Kenji Hirao, Yuichi Tsubaki, Keiichi Kishida, Naruo Hashino, Toshiya Nishio, Takuya Nishimoto