Patents by Inventor Tetsunori Tanaka

Tetsunori Tanaka 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: 20230352495
    Abstract: A barrier film is formed on a resin layer so as to include a missing part where a portion of the barrier film is missing in a central end region of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: TETSUNORI TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11751419
    Abstract: In a non-flexible substrate (10) including a base layer (2), the base layer (2) includes a portion where a first resin layer (2a), an inorganic film (2b?), and a second resin layer (2c) are layered in this order, and at an end portion of the base layer (2), the second resin layer (2c) is formed in contact with a glass substrate (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11735604
    Abstract: A barrier film is formed on a resin layer so as to include a missing part where a portion of the barrier film is missing in a central end region of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11522162
    Abstract: In a bending region provided in a frame region, an opening is formed in an inorganic layered film, a plurality of residual layers of the inorganic layered film are provided in island shapes in a plan view in the opening, and a frame wiring line is disposed between the adjacent residual layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Yukinobu Nakata
  • Patent number: 11508921
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device including a resin substrate layer, a TFT layer provided on the resin substrate layer, and a light-emitting element that is provided on the TFT layer and constitutes a display region. The resin substrate layer includes a first resin layer, an inorganic layer, and a second resin layer, which are provided in that order from a side opposite to the TFT layer. The interior of the first resin layer contains a plurality of air bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Yukinobu Nakata, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Takehisa Sakurai, Masaki Fujiwara, Tokuo Yoshida, Shoji Okazaki, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11462700
    Abstract: In a case in which a curvature of a flexible organic EL display panel provided in a display device is zero, an absolute value of film stress of a first layered film, from a lower face film, formed in first regions in the flexible organic EL display panel is compressive stress and is greater than an absolute value of film stress of a second layered film, from the lower face film, formed in a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11380222
    Abstract: In a bending region in a frame region, a slit is formed in at least one inorganic film included in a TFT layer extending through the inorganic film and exposing an upper surface of a second resin film of a resin substrate layer, and at least one opening is formed in an inorganic insulating film of the resin substrate layer in the bending region. In the opening, a first resin film and the second resin film are in contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakata, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11367844
    Abstract: Included are the steps of: forming a laminated body (7) by disposing a resin layer (12), an inorganic layer (3) having mean stress (Px) of 0 (zero) or having tensile stress, a TFT layer (4), an OLED element layer (5), and a sealing layer (6) in this order on an upper side of a supporting substrate (50); and separating the supporting substrate (50) from the laminated body (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Shoji Okazaki, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11309512
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode disposed facing each other with an organic EL layer interposed therebetween. The reflective electrode includes a reflective film and a protection film formed on the reflective film, and the protection film includes a frame-shaped portion surrounding the periphery of the organic EL layer and an opening surrounded by the frame-shaped portion. This improves the reflectivity of the reflective electrode while protecting the reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220109130
    Abstract: In a non-flexible substrate (10) including a base layer (2), the base layer (2) includes a portion where a first resin layer (2a), an inorganic film (2b?), and a second resin layer (2c) are layered in this order, and at an end portion of the base layer (2), the second resin layer (2c) is formed in contact with a glass substrate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: TETSUNORI TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11239453
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible display device, includes forming a base layer on a non-flexible substrate, the base layer including a first resin layer, an inorganic film, and a second resin layer, wherein the forming of the base layer includes a first step of forming the first resin layer inward from an end portion region of the non-flexible substrate, a second step of forming the inorganic film on the first resin layer such that the non-flexible substrate and/or the first resin layer is exposed, and a third step of forming the second resin layer in contact with the non-flexible substrate exposed from the inorganic film and/or the first resin layer exposed from the inorganic film, and the method further includes peeling the non-flexible substrate and bonding a flexible substrate to the first resin layer via an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210343823
    Abstract: In a display device, a through-hole and a surrounding region surrounding the through-hole are provided inside an edge of a display region, in which there are provided a first bypass wiring line formed in a first metal layer and bypassing the through-hole in the surrounding region, a first divided wiring line formed in the first metal layer and divided onto one side and the other side of the through-hole, a second bypass wiring line formed in a second metal layer and bypassing the through-hole in the surrounding region, and a second divided wiring line formed in the second metal layer and divided onto one side and the other side of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: TETSUNORI TANAKA, TAKESHI YANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210288274
    Abstract: Included are the steps of: forming a laminated body (7) by disposing a resin layer (12), an inorganic layer (3) having mean stress (Px) of 0 (zero) or having tensile stress, a TFT layer (4), an OLED element layer (5), and a sealing layer (6) in this order on an upper side of a supporting substrate (50); and separating the supporting substrate (50) from the laminated body (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsunori TANAKA, Shoji OKAZAKI, Yuki YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210111365
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode disposed facing each other with an organic EL layer interposed therebetween. The reflective electrode includes a reflective film and a protection film formed on the reflective film, and the protection film includes a frame-shaped portion surrounding the periphery of the organic EL layer and an opening surrounded by the frame-shaped portion. This improves the reflectivity of the reflective electrode while protecting the reflective electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210057675
    Abstract: In a bending region provided in a frame region, an opening is formed in an inorganic layered film, a plurality of residual layers of the inorganic layered film are provided in island shapes in a plan view in the opening, and a frame wiring line is disposed between the adjacent residual layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: TETSUNORI TANAKA, YUKINOBU NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20210043662
    Abstract: A barrier film is formed on a resin layer so as to include a missing part where a portion of the barrier film is missing in a central end region of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210035477
    Abstract: In a bending region in a frame region, a slit is formed in at least one inorganic film included in a TFT layer extending through the inorganic film and exposing an upper surface of a second resin film of a resin substrate layer, and at least one opening is formed in an inorganic insulating film of the resin substrate layer in the bending region. In the opening, a first resin film and the second resin film are in contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yukinobu NAKATA, Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210028378
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device including a resin substrate layer, a TFT layer provided on the resin substrate layer, and a light-emitting element that is provided on the TFT layer and constitutes a display region. The resin substrate layer includes a first resin layer, an inorganic layer, and a second resin layer, which are provided in that order from a side opposite to the TFT layer. The interior of the first resin layer contains a plurality of air bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: TETSUO FUJITA, YUKINOBU NAKATA, HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, TAKEHISA SAKURAI, MASAKI FUJIWARA, TOKUO YOSHIDA, SHOJI OKAZAKI, TETSUNORI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200411779
    Abstract: In a case in which a curvature of a flexible organic EL display panel provided in a display device is zero, an absolute value of film stress of a first layered film, from a lower face film, formed in first regions in the flexible organic EL display panel is compressive stress and is greater than an absolute value of film stress of a second layered film, from the lower face film, formed in a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: TETSUNORI TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10840269
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided in a pixel circuit of a display device includes, in order from a lower side: a substrate; an LTPS layer; a first gate insulating layer; a first metal layer; a first flattened layer; a second gate insulating layer; an oxide semiconductor layer; a second metal layer; a passivation layer; and a third metal layer. The gate electrode layer of an LTPS-TFT and the gate electrode of an oxide semiconductor TFT are formed by the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Tetsunori Tanaka, Takeshi Yaneda