Patents by Inventor Takeshi Shimamura

Takeshi Shimamura 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: 11199227
    Abstract: A lubricant supplying device has: a mounted member that is mounted to a moving member, which moves along a rail, and that is disposed with an interval between the mounted member and concave portions that are provided in the rail along a length direction of the rail; and a supply path unit that is removably attached to the mounted member, wherein the supply path unit has an introducing port into which a lubricant is supplied, supplying members that project out from the mounted member toward the concave portions and supply the lubricant to rolling surfaces of the concave portions on which rolling bodies that are provided at the moving member roll, and a tubular member that connects the introducing port and the supplying members, and the mounted member has an accommodating portion that is concave and accommodates the supply path unit from the length direction of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hoshide, Katsuya Iida, Tetsuhiro Nishide, Takuya Horie, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11174896
    Abstract: In a motion guiding device including a track body, and a moving body provided to be movable along the track body, the track body includes a groove formed along a longitudinal direction of the track body and a plurality of rolling surfaces formed inside and outside the groove. The moving body includes a plurality of rotating bodies that roll on the plurality of rolling surfaces, and adopts a configuration in which respective contacts in which the plurality of rotating bodies are in contact with the plurality of rolling surfaces are disposed on the same straight-line in a cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the track body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20200386273
    Abstract: A lubricant supplying device has: a mounted member that is mounted to a moving member, which moves along a rail, and that is disposed with an interval between the mounted member and concave portions that are provided in the rail along a length direction of the rail; and a supply path unit that is removably attached to the mounted member, wherein the supply path unit has an introducing port into which a lubricant is supplied, supplying members that project out from the mounted member toward the concave portions and supply the lubricant to rolling surfaces of the concave portions on which rolling bodies that are provided at the moving member roll, and a tubular member that connects the introducing port and the supplying members, and the mounted member has an accommodating portion that is concave and accommodates the supply path unit from the length direction of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hoshide, Katsuya Iida, Tetsuhiro Nishide, Takuya Horie, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20190232977
    Abstract: In a motion guiding device including a track body, and a moving body provided to be movable along the track body, the track body includes a groove formed along a longitudinal direction of the track body and a plurality of rolling surfaces formed inside and outside the groove. The moving body includes a plurality of rotating bodies that roll on the plurality of rolling surfaces, and adopts a configuration in which respective contacts in which the plurality of rotating bodies are in contact with the plurality of rolling surfaces are disposed on the same straight-line in a cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the track body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9690154
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a transparent insulating substrate; a signal line and a scanning line arranged in a display region on the transparent insulating substrate and crossing each other in a matrix; a protective insulating film arranged so as to cover at least the signal line and the scanning line from above; a first insulating film that covers the protective insulating film from above; and a first contact hole that penetrates at least the first insulating film and the protective insulating film to reach a surface of a common interconnect. The first contact hole has a bottom and an inner side surface covered with a first stacked film composed of a first transparent conductive film made of the same material as the lower electrode and a second transparent conductive film made of the same material as the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Yamayoshi, Osamu Miyakawa, Takeshi Sonoda, Shinsuke Ogata, Takeshi Shimamura, Naruhito Hoka
  • Patent number: 9690151
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate facing the array substrate that are bonded to each other through a seal located along a peripheral edge. Vcom wiring and GND wiring are provided in a peripheral region of the array substrate. The Vcom wiring is provided between a display region and the GND wiring. The GND wiring extends beyond an edge of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Hashiguchi, Takeshi Shimamura, Naruhito Hoka, Hirofumi Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 9666608
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a first electrode located above a switching element through a first insulating film, a second electrode located above the first electrode through a second insulating film, and a connection portion that is located to pass through the first insulating film, first electrode, and second insulating film and electrically connects a drain electrode of the switching element and the second electrode. The connection portion is disposed in an avoidance region provided by carving out a gate line connected to the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naruhito Hoka, Manabu Tanahara, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9645457
    Abstract: An array substrate has regions in which an intermediate resist film thickness is formed and processed by an intermediate exposure amount which does not completely expose a resist, respectively on a drain electrode, source terminal, and a common connection wiring which are made of a second conductive film. Thin film patterns or a common wiring made of a first conductive film is formed in substantially entire regions on the bottom layers of the regions so that the heights from a substrate are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Masutani, Shigeaki Noumi, Takeshi Shimamura, Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 9507227
    Abstract: An edge portion of first ground wiring and an edge portion of second ground wiring are in contact with a space containing air having a relative dielectric constant smaller than a liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through an insulating film. An edge portion of common wiring and another edge portion of the first ground wiring are in contact with a sealing material having a relative dielectric constant smaller than the liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nojiri, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20160131950
    Abstract: An edge portion of first ground wiring and an edge portion of second ground wiring are in contact with a space containing air having a relative dielectric constant smaller than a liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through an insulating film. An edge portion of common wiring and another edge portion of the first ground wiring are in contact with a sealing material having a relative dielectric constant smaller than the liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Isao NOJIRI, Takeshi SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 9285619
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a thin film transistor disposed on an insulating substrate in a display region, an external wiring for connecting the thin film transistor to a terminal electrode, and a planarized film disposed on the thin film transistor, and having a planarized upper surface. The planarized film is not disposed, or a planarized film having a smaller film thickness than that of the planarized film in the display region is disposed, above the external wiring in a frame region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Yamayoshi, Takeshi Sonoda, Koichi Takai, Osamu Miyakawa, Shinsuke Ogata, Takeshi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9273722
    Abstract: A rolling guide device is capable of facilitating smooth circulation of rolling elements in an endless circulation path, and enhancing the accuracy of motion of a moving member relative to a track member. The moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for the rolling elements; direction change pipes incorporating inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. The main body member has position reference holes formed therein so as to serve as position references for the direction change pipes, respectively, whereas the direction change pipes have positioning protrusions formed thereon so as to be press-fitted into the position reference holes, respectively. Further, the direction change pipes include rotation restriction protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Teramachi, Takuya Horie, Mitsumasa Wada, Ayako Miyajima, Shinya Saito, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka, Marie Horikawa, Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9249828
    Abstract: A rolling guide device is capable of preventing a scooping piece formed on a circulation path module from being deformed along with use over time, and enhancing the durability of the scooping piece, thereby achieving smooth motion of a moving member relative to a track member. A moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for rolling elements; direction change pipes having formed therein inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. Each of the direction change pipes includes: a first half circulation segment and a second half circulation segment; and a scooping portion for guiding the rolling elements into each of the inner direction change paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Horie, Mitsumasa Wada, Ayako Miyajima, Shinya Saito, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Marie Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20150241746
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate facing the array substrate that are bonded to each other through a seal located along a peripheral edge. Vcom wiring and GND wiring are provided in a peripheral region of the array substrate. The Vcom wiring is provided between a display region and the GND wiring. The GND wiring extends beyond an edge of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi HASHIGUCHI, Takeshi SHIMAMURA, Naruhito HOKA, Hirofumi IWANAGA
  • Patent number: 9115753
    Abstract: A motion device includes a track rail, a moving body, rolling elements, fixing members each fixed to an end surface of the moving body, and rolling element circulation members arranged between the moving body and the fixing members. The rolling element circulation members each have a connection section connected to the moving body so as to be rotatable about a Y direction, and a pair of first outside surfaces. The fixing members each have accommodation sections to accommodate the rolling element circulation members, and a pair of first inside surfaces closely contact with the pair of first outside surfaces. The respective rolling element circulation members and the accommodation sections are provided at both sides of the track rail interposed there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Wada, Takuya Horie, Ayako Miyajima, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka
  • Publication number: 20150043843
    Abstract: A rolling guide device is capable of preventing a scooping piece formed on a circulation path module from being deformed along with use over time, and enhancing the durability of the scooping piece, thereby achieving smooth motion of a moving member relative to a track member. A moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for rolling elements; direction change pipes having formed therein inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. Each of the direction change pipes includes: a first half circulation segment and a second half circulation segment; and a scooping portion for guiding the rolling elements into each of the inner direction change paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Horie, Mitsumasa Wada, Ayako Miyajima, Shinya Saito, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Marie Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20150036953
    Abstract: A motion device includes a track rail, a moving body, rolling elements, fixing members each fixed to an end surface of the moving body, and rolling element circulation members arranged between the moving body and the fixing members. The rolling element circulation members each have a connection section connected to the moving body so as to be rotatable about a Y direction, and a pair of first outside surfaces. The fixing members each have accommodation sections to accommodate the rolling element circulation members, and a pair of first inside surfaces closely contact with the pair of first outside surfaces. The respective rolling element circulation members and the accommodation sections are provided at both sides of the track rail interposed there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Wada, Takuya Horie, Ayako Miyajima, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka
  • Publication number: 20150016759
    Abstract: A rolling guide device is capable of facilitating smooth circulation of rolling elements in an endless circulation path, and enhancing the accuracy of motion of a moving member relative to a track member. The moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for the rolling elements; direction change pipes incorporating inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. The main body member has position reference holes formed therein so as to serve as position references for the direction change pipes, respectively, whereas the direction change pipes have positioning protrusions formed thereon so as to be press-fitted into the position reference holes, respectively. Further, the direction change pipes include rotation restriction protruding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Teramachi, Takuya Horie, Mitsumasa Wada, Ayako Miyajima, Shinya Saito, Takeshi Shimamura, Teruaki Ooka, Marie Horikawa, Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 8928122
    Abstract: On a wiring conversion part connected to a first conductive film and a second conductive film each functioning as a wiring, a hollow portion is formed inside the second conductive film. A first transparent conductive film provided on the second conductive film is formed so as to cover an upper surface of the second conductive film and an end surface thereof exposed on the hollow portion, and so as not to cover an outer peripheral end surface of the second conductive film. A second transparent conductive film which is a layer above the first transparent conductive film is connected to the second conductive film and the first conductive film, so that the first conductive film and the second conductive film are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Nagano, Takeshi Shimamura, Naruhito Hoka
  • Patent number: D870540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Takeshi Shimamura