Patents by Inventor Takashi Ochi

Takashi Ochi 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: 11963384
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, in a non-display region inside a display region, an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in an island shape, a first opening is provided in a first inorganic insulating film so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the non-display region, a common functional layer is provided so as to extend from the display region to the non-display region, and a second opening is provided so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the common functional layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11806899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology in production of a prepreg and enhances the production efficiency, in which the technology allows the arrangement property and rectilinearity of reinforcing fibers to be well maintained and allows any resin to be applied stably at a high speed. A prepreg is produced by a method which includes: discharging a molten resin in planar form to form a resin film, and applying the resin film onto a reinforcing fiber sheet conveyed continuously, wherein the reinforcing fiber sheet is conveyed substantially in the horizontal direction, and wherein an angle made between the discharge direction of the resin and the conveyance direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet 1a is 80° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Aoki, Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Satoshi Enzaki, Takaaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230339222
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fiber layers and a resin layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein conductive particles having a sphericity of 85% or more are disposed in the resin layer, and the fiber-reinforced composite material has a portion where upper and lower reinforcing fiber layers are connected by one conductive particle and has a portion where a conductive particle is sunk in a reinforcing fiber layer. Provided is a fiber-reinforced composite material having sufficient electrical conductivity in a thickness direction with a small addition amount of conductive particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi OCHI, Yoshikazu KONO
  • Patent number: 11765941
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display including a plurality of light-emitting devices; a first bank provided outside the display; a second bank provided outside the first bank; and a plurality of peripheral lines formed below, and intersecting with, the first bank and the second bank, wherein each of the peripheral lines includes a plurality of bends provided between the first bank and the second bank in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Jumpei Takahashi, Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Takeshi Hirase
  • Patent number: 11639427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11637269
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL element disposed on a flattening film, and a sealing film disposed over the organic EL element, a display region, and a frame region disposed around the display region. The frame region includes a plurality of mask spacers. The flattening film has a recess disposed between the display region and the mask spacers adjacent to the display region. The recess is filled with an organic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Akihiro Matsui, Yoshinobu Miyamoto, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230106616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Publication number: 20230048074
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a prepreg that yields a carbon fiber composite material that has exceptional tensile strength, heat resistance, and impact resistance and is suitable as a structural material of an aircraft body, wherein the resin composition used in the prepreg furthermore has exceptional viscosity stability, the prepreg containing a resin composition that contains carbon fibers and at least the constituent elements [A]—[D] as defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, Ryohei Watari, Atsuhito Arai
  • Patent number: 11566117
    Abstract: A method of producing a prepreg is described, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet in which the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz even at a high running speed and where the reinforcing fiber sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. A method of producing a prepreg includes allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass substantially vertically downward through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet; and then applying a resin film to a primary impregnate prepreg withdrawn from the coating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Junichi Aoki, Yoshikazu Kono, Tamotsu Suzuki, Takashi Ikushima
  • Patent number: 11522156
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a TFT layer; a plurality of light-emitting elements; a sealing portion; a display region; and a frame region, wherein the sealing portion includes a first sealing film provided on the plurality of light-emitting elements, a second sealing film provided above the first sealing film, a third sealing film provided above the second sealing film, and a light-transmissive conductive film provided between two sealing films of the first sealing film, the second sealing film, and the third sealing film, an edge of the first sealing film and an edge of the third sealing film are positioned outward of an edge of the second sealing film in the frame region, and the light-transmissive conductive film is electrically connected to a first electrodes or a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Hisao Ochi, Akihiro Matsui, Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11520250
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing in which a developer is contained; a cover member configured to cover an upper opening of the housing; a developer holder that is supported by the housing and holds the developer on an outer surface and rotates; and a regulating member that faces the developer holder and is configured to regulate an amount of the developer on the outer surface. The device also includes a first exit path inclined toward an inside of the housing which is configured to exit air from the inside of the housing to an outside of the cover member. A second exit path connects the first exit path and a filter member provided on the cover member, in which the filter member prevents passage of the developer and allows for passage of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuta Hoshino, Kiyohito Horii, Taiyou Uehara, Takashi Ochi, Shota Igawa
  • Patent number: 11499025
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a prepreg, for applying a coating liquid to a reinforcing fiber sheet, the apparatus including: a coating section including: a liquid pool storing the coating liquid and having a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously and vertically downward, and a narrowed section having a slit-like outlet in communication with the lower end of the liquid pool; a running mechanism for allowing the reinforcing fiber sheet to run vertically downward and be introduced into the coating section; a take-up mechanism for taking up the reinforcing fiber sheet downward from the coating section; wall constituent members opposed to each other in the thickness direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet to form the narrowed section; and an external force application mechanism for applying an external force to the wall constituent members in the thickness direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: So Nishino, Yoshikazu Kono, Takashi Ochi, Junichi Aoki, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11491685
    Abstract: A method is described for producing a prepreg formed by applying a matrix resin to a reinforcing fiber sheet, wherein the method can effect continuous running without clogging due to generated fuzz even at a high running speed and effect efficient impregnation of the reinforcing fiber sheet with a matrix resin. A method of producing a prepreg includes allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass substantially vertically downward through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to obtain a matrix resin-impregnated reinforcing fiber sheet in which the matrix resin is applied to the reinforcing fiber sheet and at least heating the matrix resin-impregnated reinforcing fiber sheet, wherein the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, wherein the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, Yoshikazu Kono, So Nishino, Junichi Aoki, Kiyoshi Minoura, Tamotsu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220308498
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing in which a developer is contained; a cover member configured to cover an upper opening of the housing; a developer holder that is supported by the housing and holds the developer on an outer surface and rotates; a regulating member that faces the developer holder and configured to regulate an amount of the developer on the outer surface; a first exit path inclined toward an inside of the housing and configured to exit air from the inside of the housing to an outside of the cover member; and a second exit path that connects the first exit path and a filter member provided on the cover member, the filter member preventing passage of the developer and allowing passage of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuta HOSHINO, Kiyohito HORII, Taiyou UEHARA, Takashi OCHI, Shota IGAWA
  • Patent number: 11421091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11417863
    Abstract: A display device includes a TFT substrate including a flattening layer on a surface, a sealing film including a resin film that is an ink-jet resin film, and a first bank that surrounds the flattening layer, is covered with the resin film on an inner side, and has a frame shape. The flattening layer includes, on an entire periphery of a circumferential end portion thereof, a recessed and protruding portion provided with recesses and protrusions having sizes different on a first side and a second side in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Akihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 11417862
    Abstract: Each of lead wiring lines that constitutes a TFT layer and is provided to extend parallel to each other in a frame region extends to intersect with a perimeter edge surface of a first organic film that constitutes the TFT layer and is provided on each of the lead wiring lines. A second organic film is provided to cover a lower portion of the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film and each of the lead wiring lines on a side of the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film, the lead wiring lines extending from the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Akihiro Matsui, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Yoshinobu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11380872
    Abstract: A display wiring line provided on a resin substrate layer, a flattening film covering the display wiring line, and an organic EL element provided on the flattening film are provided. The display wiring line includes first to third conductive layers layered sequentially from the resin substrate layer side. In the display wiring line, the second conductive layer is formed with a width smaller than a width of each of the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, and a portion of a perimeter edge surface corresponding to the second conductive layer includes a recessed portion, and a resin cover covering a perimeter edge surface of the second conductive layer is provided in the recessed portion in a portion of the display wiring line exposed from the flattening film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Akihiro Matsui, Jumpei Takahashi, Yoshinobu Miyamoto, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 11366614
    Abstract: The storage system includes a controller and a storage drive accessible from the controller. The controller includes a memory and a processing unit. The memory includes a first cache area in which the writing of data by the storage drive is permitted, and a second cache area in which the writing of data by the storage drive is prohibited. A In the first cache area, the storage of data, by staging-in-advance in response to a read request for a sequential read, by the processing unit is permitted, and the storage of cache data in a dirty state by the processing unit is prohibited. In the second cache area, the storage of the cache data in the dirty state by the processing unit is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Okada, Tomohiro Yoshihara, Sadahiro Sugimoto, Takashi Ochi, Jun Miyashita, Toshiya Seki
  • Publication number: 20220190289
    Abstract: A separation wall is provided in a frame shape along a circumferential edge of a through-hole in a non-display region inside a display region. Both side surfaces of the separation wall are inclined in a reverse tapered shape in which a width between both side surfaces gradually decreases toward a base substrate side. An internal dam wall is provided in a frame shape to overlap a circumferential end portion of an organic insulating film of a sealing film on a display region side of the separation wall in the non-display region. A frame-like slit is provided in a common function layer configuring each of the light-emitting elements to surround the separation wall on the display region side of the separation wall and to pass through the common function layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: TAKASHI OCHI, TOHRU SONODA