Patents by Inventor Shinji Hashikura

Shinji Hashikura 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).

  • Cleaning method and method for manufacturing liquid crystal device
    Patent number: 6776853
    Abstract: In a cleaning apparatus 500, as a pre-cleaning step, cleaning is performed in a first and a second backup cleaning bath 602 and 603 using a hydrocarbon-based cleaning liquid composed of a normal paraffin, such as normal nonane or normal decane, as a primary component and a surfactant such as a fatty acid alkanol amide or a fatty acid N-alkyl alkylene diamine, and as a post-cleaning step, immersion cleaning, shower cleaning, and vapor cleaning are performed in a cleaning bath 601 using a hydrocarbon-based cleaning liquid containing no surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Ono, Shinji Hashikura
  • Cleaning method and method for manufacturing liquid crystal device
    Publication number: 20020135730
    Abstract: In a cleaning apparatus 500, as a pre-cleaning step, cleaning is performed in a first and a second backup cleaning bath 602 and 603 using a hydrocarbon-based cleaning liquid composed of a normal paraffin, such as normal nonane or normal decane, as a primary component and a surfactant such as a fatty acid alkanol amide or a fatty acid N-alkyl alkylene diamine, and as a post-cleaning step, immersion cleaning, shower cleaning, and vapor cleaning are performed in a cleaning bath 601 using a hydrocarbon-based cleaning liquid containing no surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Yoichi Ono, Shinji Hashikura
  • Manufacturing method of liquid crystal display
    Publication number: 20020033926
    Abstract: An uncured end-sealing material 50 is applied to each liquid crystal injection port 40a of a rectangular panel 40, a portion 50b of the end-sealing material 50 bleeding outside the contour of the rectangular panel 40 is removed by an absorbing method, a wiping method or a troweling method before the end-sealing material 50 cures, and then the end-sealing material 50 is allowed to cure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakahara, Shinji Hashikura