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).
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Patent number: 10191317Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Keiichi Kishida, Naruo Hashino, Takahiro Ono
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Publication number: 20180031899Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Keiichi KISHIDA, Naruo HASHINO, Takahiro ONO
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Patent number: 8955997Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naruo Hashino, Kazunori Mori
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Publication number: 20120230016Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naruo Hashino, Kazunori Mori
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Publication number: 20120033447Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Naruo Hashino
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Patent number: 7978284Abstract: 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 bothType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices CorporationInventor: Naruo Hashino
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Patent number: 7911774Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices CorporationInventors: Daisuke Nakanishi, Yasunori Onishi, Naruo Hashino
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Publication number: 20090322983Abstract: 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 bothType: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventor: Naruo HASHINO
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Patent number: 7554626Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Hiroki Sakemoto
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Publication number: 20090004408Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke NAKANISHI, Yasunori ONISHI, Naruo HASHINO
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Publication number: 20060215072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2004Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Naruo Hashino, Hiroki Sakemoto
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Publication number: 20060055839Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Kenji Hirao, Yuichi Tsubaki, Keiichi Kishida, Naruo Hashino, Toshiya Nishio, Takuya Nishimoto