Patents by Inventor Takaharu Kikuchi

Takaharu Kikuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20140226104
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that, in a liquid crystal display device, reduces the effect on display quality of heat that an IC or the like generates. A sheet group 50 and a backlight chassis 60 are arranged essentially in close contact. Furthermore, a drawing portion 62 of a predetermined depth is formed at the backlight chassis 60 at a position corresponding to the attachment part of IC 80. Consequently, the backlight chassis 60 and the sheet group 50 are in close contact at the regions other than the drawing portion 62, but are separated by a heat-insulating space 68 formed between the two at the drawing portion 62. Also, the IC 80 attached to the bottom side of a circuit board 70 is in close contact to the upper face of the drawing portion 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20140204328
    Abstract: The objective is to provide technology reducing effect on battery performance by heat release source, even if many electronic components are arranged densely. In this liquid crystal display device, a battery (70) configured from nine cells (71) is attached to a battery arranging face (73) of backlight chassis (60). A hole (72) is formed at the entire battery arranging face (73). A light source is attached to rear face bottom of backlight chassis (60). Heat of light source is transferred by the backlight chassis (60) and transmitted to the battery (70) attached to the battery arranging face (73). However, as the hole (72) is formed at the entire battery arranging face (73), heat transmitted by the backlight chassis (60) is insulated by the hole (72) at the entire battery arranging face (73) and difficult to be transmitted to the battery (70), thus making it possible to prevent cell (71) deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20120327307
    Abstract: Provided are: a light guide plate apparatus including a plurality of light guide plates arranged in parallel in which the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the light guide plates is held by a support body without blocking light diffusion in the inside of each light guide plate; a light source apparatus employing this light guide plate apparatus; a display apparatus in which the luminance distribution is homogenized in the center part of the screen; and a television receiver apparatus employing this display apparatus. A plurality of light guide plates 42 having an approximately rectangular shape and emitting light having entered through the side surface on one shorter side are supported by a support body 41, in plural lines such that the side surfaces on the longer side are facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Takaharu Kikuchi, Hideto Takeuchi, Eiji Iwata
  • Patent number: 8192059
    Abstract: Indexes indicative of the locations of lamp clips are formed on a chassis where lamps are juxtaposed with different juxtaposition pitches. The lamp clips comprise: plate-like bases; holding portions, which are provided at one face of the bases, for holding the lamps; and markers corresponding to the indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Yokota, Tsutomu Tsuji, Takaharu Kikuchi, Masaki Okazaki, Hirotomo Onozaki, Kouichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20090323307
    Abstract: Indexes indicative of the locations of lamp clips are formed on a chassis where lamps are juxtaposed with different juxtaposition pitches. The lamp clips comprise: plate-like bases; holding portions, which are provided at one face of the bases, for holding the lamps; and markers corresponding to the indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Yokota, Tsutomu Tsuji, Takaharu Kikuchi, Masaki Okazaki, Hirotomo Onozaki, Kouichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7524102
    Abstract: A light source device includes: at least four rod-shaped lamps; an attachment plate to which the at least four lamps are attached substantially parallel to one another in a condition where the pitches between the lamps are different from one another; and a plurality of lamp clips each having two holding portions holding adjoining two lamps at middle parts thereof. The separation distance between the two holding portions of a first lamp clip holding two lamps and the separation distance between the two holding portions of a second lamp clip holding two lamps adjoining the two lamps are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Yokota, Tsutomu Tsuji, Takaharu Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080037250
    Abstract: A lamp supporting device for supporting a plurality of lamps so as to be juxtaposed includes the first and second mounting holes for mounting the first lamp holding member having a plurality of holding parts for holding middle parts of the lamps and the second lamp holding member having a holding part of the number different from that of the holding parts of the first lamp holding member; and identifying means for identifying positions to which the first and second lamp holding members are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Masaki Shimizu, Tsutomu Tsuji, Takaharu Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080007947
    Abstract: A light source device includes: at least four rod-shaped lamps; an attachment plate to which the at least four lamps are attached substantially parallel to one another in a condition where the pitches between the lamps are different from one another; and a plurality of lamp clips each having two holding portions holding adjoining two lamps at middle parts thereof. The separation distance between the two holding portions of a first lamp clip holding two lamps and the separation distance between the two holding portions of a second lamp clip holding two lamps adjoining the two lamps are substantially the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi Yokota, Tsutomu Tsuji, Takaharu Kikuchi