Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kita

Shinichi Kita 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: 7952795
    Abstract: There is provided an information display panel capable of maintaining a uniform gap between substrates and preventing migration. An undivided member for ensuring the gap is arranged as a pattern in a region where wiring electrodes are arranged, of a region between an information display region of the information display panel and a sealant forming portion provided in an outer edge portion of the information display panel and a plurality of divided members for ensuring a gap are arranged as a pattern in a region where the undivided member for ensuring a gap is not arranged, of the region between the information display region of the information display panel and the sealant forming portion provided in the outer edge portion of the information display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Shinichi Kita, Taichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110025595
    Abstract: In an information display panel having an information display portion, in which a voltage is applied between pixel electrodes arranged respectively to substrates and display media are driven so as to display information such as an image, the information display panel has: an electrode-wiring concentrated portion in which electrode-wirings derived from the pixel electrodes on both substrates are concentrated at the outer side of the information display portion so as to connect with a connecting terminal portion used for connecting with an external driving circuit; and a frame rib arranged outside of the information display portion; wherein the electrode-wirings connected to the pixel electrodes arranged on one substrate are electrically connected to the electrode-wirings on the other substrate, at the outer side of the information display portion by using a sealing agent including conductive particles, wherein a width of the frame rib corresponding to the electrode-wiring concentrated portion is formed wider t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20100265567
    Abstract: There is provided an information display panel capable of maintaining a uniform gap between substrates and preventing migration. An undivided member for ensuring a gap is arranged as a pattern in a region where wiring electrodes are arranged, of a region between an information display region of the information display panel and a sealant forming portion provided in an outer edge portion of the information display panel and a plurality of divided members for ensuring a gap are arranged as a pattern in a region where the undivided member for ensuring a gap is not arranged, of the region between the information display region of the information display panel and the sealant forming portion provided in the outer edge portion of the information display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Shinichi Kita, Taichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7557982
    Abstract: An information display panel wherein display media consists of at least one kind of particle and having optical reflectance and charging characteristics are sealed between two opposed substrates, at least one of which is transparent. The display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information. A member for securing a gap space is formed in the outer and inner peripheral sides of a sealing agent placement part provided in the outer edge portion of an display area of the panel. The member provided in the outer peripheral side is provided evenly in each side and densely in each corner portion. The member provided in the inner peripheral side is provided with chamfered corners in each corner portion, so that the member for securing the gap space does not contact to the sealing agent placement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Taichi Kobayashi, Shinichi Kita
  • Patent number: 7554716
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having optical reflectance and charge characteristics, formed by at least one group of particles, are scaled in a cell (corresponding to one display unit) formed by partition walls between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, includes (1) a color filter formed by arranging filters having a predetermined numbers of colors on a transparent substrate at a display side so as to perform a color display, and a black layer arranged between the partition walls and the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kita, Hajime Tamura, Takanori Shoji, Hirotaka Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7535539
    Abstract: An image display device which comprises an image display panel, in which particles or liquid powders as image display media are sealed in cells formed in an isolated manner from one another by partition walls between two opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image, is characterized in that: (1) the partition walls are manufactured by a photolithography method, and a shape of the partition wall is a taper shape such that a width of an end portion at a side of a rear substrate is larger than that at a side of a front substrate; (3-1) a plurality of cells are arranged in such a manner that they do not correspond one for one to the positions of pixels for displaying the image; (3-2) a ratio of cell area/pixel area is formed to be smaller than 4; and (2) the image display panel is manufactured by: forming a first layer made of photosensitive color compo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Ryou Sakurai, Hidetoshi Hiraoka, Taichi Kobayashi, Takanori Shoji, Hajime Tamura, Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20080122765
    Abstract: In an information display panel, in which display media (particles or liquid powders) are sealed between two substrates having paired electrodes, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, an electrode chipping portion is arranged to one of or both of the paired electrodes. Herewith, the information display panel, which can make a driving voltage low, is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi Kita, Hajime Tamura
  • Publication number: 20080030843
    Abstract: There is provided an information display panel capable of ensuring a proper gap to which a proper electrostatic field is applied by voltage application and having excellent sealing performance without break or deformation of the sealing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Taichi Kobayashi, Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20070120815
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having optical reflectance and charge characteristics, formed by at least one group of particles, are scaled in a cell (corresponding to one display unit) formed by partition walls between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, includes (1) a color filter formed by arranging filters having a predetermined numbers of colors on a transparent substrate at a display side so as to perform a color display, and a black layer arranged between the partition walls and the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Kita, Hajime Tamura, Takanori Shoji, Hirotaka Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20070111627
    Abstract: An information display panel, wherein one or more kinds of display media 3 comprising at least one kind of particle having optical reflectance and charging characteristics, are sealed in a space between two opposed substrates 1 and 2, at least one of which is transparent, and wherein the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image or the like, comprises the construction such that when a color filter 27 consisting of a certain number of colors of filters 27R, 27G and 27B being arranged is provided at the transparent substrate of a display side for color display, each end of adjacent color filters having different colors are superimposed. Herewith even when color filters are used for color display, an information display panel can be provided, whose manufacturing process can be simplified and whose cost is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventor: Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20070097336
    Abstract: An image display device which comprises an image display panel, in which particles or liquid powders as image display media are sealed in cells formed in an isolated manner from one another by partition walls between two opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image, is characterized in that: (1) the partition walls are manufactured by a photolithography method, and a shape of the partition wall is a taper shape such that a width of an end portion at a side of a rear substrate is larger than that at a side of a front substrate; (3-1) a plurality of cells are arranged in such a manner that they do not correspond one for one to the positions of pixels for displaying the image; (3-2) a ratio of cell area/pixel area is formed to be smaller than 4; and (2) the image display panel is manufactured by: forming a first layer made of photosensitive color compo
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryou Sakurai, Hidetoshi Hiraoka, Taichi Kobayashi, Takanori Shoji, Hajime Tamura, Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20070070031
    Abstract: In an information display panel, in which display media are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a gap maintaining member formed by arranging plural patterns each having a small area between an information display region of the panel and a sealing agent forming portion arranged at a peripheral portion of the panel. The present invention provides an information display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, which can easily remove the display media remaining on the gap maintaining member, and, which can obtain a panel having an excellent parallelism 340 by evenly pressing the substrates during the substrate stacking operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Takanori Shoji, Shinichi Kita
  • Publication number: 20070052666
    Abstract: In an image display device, in which image display media are sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the image display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image, at least back substrate positioned at a rear side with respect to a visual side is made of a resin material. Moreover, a substrate stacking apparatus is constructed by a reading mechanism for optically reading an alignment mark; a stage for fixing at least one substrate; and a driving mechanism for driving the stage in a horizontal direction (xy direction); wherein the reading mechanism for performing the optical reading is arranged on the stage for fixing a lower substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Itsuo Tanuma, Hajime Tamura, Shinichi Kita, Norio Nihei
  • Patent number: 6094943
    Abstract: A toughened glass sheet for use as a windowpane of an automotive vehicle. The toughened glass sheet has a thickness ranging from 2.5 mm to 3.1 mm and has a first characteristic that a number of fragments is not less than 40 within an area of 50 mm.times.50 mm in a fragmentation test in which an impact is applied to a predetermined position of the glass sheet with a hammer or a punch, and a second characteristic that a specified height is not less than 2 m in an impact resistance test in which the specified height is a value at which the glass sheet is broken upon dropping a steel ball having a weight of 227 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuji Okuda, Shinichi Kita, Masahide Ishibashi