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: 20180198096
    Abstract: In a substrate bonding step of bonding an element original substrate to a counter original substrate through an intermediate layer so that a thin film element layer and a terminal group formed in the element original substrate face a second resin substrate layer formed in the counter original substrate, to manufacture a substrate bonded body, a terminal portion sealing member is formed in a frame shape surrounding the terminal group between the element original substrate and the counter original substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki YASUDA, Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10008694
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a display region configured to display pixels; a frame region configured to surround the display region; a substrate; an organic electroluminescent element disposed on the substrate; a sealing member configured to cover the organic electroluminescent element; a lead wire disposed on the substrate and extending from a region covered with the sealing member to an outer side of the sealing member; and one or more organic insulators disposed within the frame region instead of within the display region. The lead wire includes two opposite side portions. The one organic insulator or each organic insulator covers part of at least one of the two side portions. The sealing member covers the one or more organic insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180108874
    Abstract: A method includes steps of (a) forming a substrate layer 10 above a support substrate 8 which is transparent, and then a thin-film element above the substrate layer 10; and (b) emitting laser beams La and Lb to a face of the support substrate 8 opposite to another face of the support substrate to which the substrate layer 10 and the thin-film element are formed, and delaminating the substrate layer 10 and the thin-film element from the support substrate 8. In step (b), the laser beams La and Lb are emitted from different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsunori TANAKA, Wataru NAKAMURA, Shoji OKAZAKI, Masaki FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170324062
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a display region configured to display pixels; a frame region configured to surround the display region; a substrate; an organic electroluminescent element disposed on the substrate; a sealing member configured to cover the organic electroluminescent element; a lead wire disposed on the substrate and extending from a region covered with the sealing member to an outer side of the sealing member; and one or more organic insulators disposed within the frame region instead of within the display region. The lead wire includes two opposite side portions. The one organic insulator or each organic insulator covers part of at least one of the two side portions. The sealing member covers the one or more organic insulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9692008
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a display region configured to display pixels; a frame region configured to surround the display region; a substrate; an organic electroluminescent element disposed on the substrate; a sealing member configured to cover the organic electroluminescent element; a lead wire disposed on the substrate and extending from a region covered with the sealing member to an outer side of the sealing member; and one or more organic insulators disposed within the frame region instead of within the display region. The lead wire includes two opposite side portions. The one organic insulator or each organic insulator covers part of at least one of the two side portions. The sealing member covers the one or more organic insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160141548
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a display region configured to display pixels; a frame region configured to surround the display region; a substrate; an organic electroluminescent element disposed on the substrate; a sealing member configured to cover the organic electroluminescent element; a lead wire disposed on the substrate and extending from a region covered with the sealing member to an outer side of the sealing member; and one or more organic insulators disposed within the frame region instead of within the display region. The lead wire includes two opposite side portions. The one organic insulator or each organic insulator covers part of at least one of the two side portions. The sealing member covers the one or more organic insulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Tetsunori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9070600
    Abstract: A drain electrode (17) includes (i) a lower drain electrode (17a) stacked on a semiconductor layer (14) so as to partially cover an upper surface of the semiconductor layer (14) and (ii) an upper drain electrode (17b). The semiconductor layer (14), the lower drain electrode (17a), and the upper drain electrode (17b) form steps. In a step part where the steps are formed, a distance between a periphery of the lower drain electrode (17a) and a periphery of the upper drain electrode (17b) is more than 0.4 ?m but less than 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Yoshimasa Chikama, Wataru Nakamura, Tetsunori Tanaka, Kenichi Kitoh
  • Patent number: 8980121
    Abstract: The present invention provides an etching liquid for a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, and a method of using it for etching a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, that is, an etching liquid for a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, which comprises (A) hydrogen peroxide, (B) nitric acid, (C) a fluoride ion source, (D) an azole, (E) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide and (F) a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer and has a pH of from 1.5 to 2.5, and a etching method of using it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Adaniya, Satoshi Okabe, Toshiyuki Gotou, Taketo Maruyama, Kazuki Kobayashi, Keiichi Tanaka, Wataru Nakamura, Kenichi Kitoh, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8969111
    Abstract: An IZO layer (113) is formed on an a-ITO layer (112), and resist patterns (202R, 202G) having different film thicknesses are formed in at least sub-pixels (71R, 71G). The a-ITO layer (112) and the IZO layer (113) are etched by utilizing (i) a reduction in thickness of the resist patterns (202R, 202G) by ashing and (ii) a change in etching tolerance due to transformation from the a-ITO layer (112) into a p-ITO layer (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Shoji Okazaki, Hiromitsu Katsui, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140206117
    Abstract: An IZO layer (113) is formed on an a-ITO layer (112), and resist patterns (202R, 202G) having different film thicknesses are formed in at least sub-pixels (71R, 71G). The a-ITO layer (112) and the IZO layer (113) are etched by utilizing (i) a reduction in thickness of the resist patterns (202R, 202G) by ashing and (ii) a change in etching tolerance due to transformation from the a-ITO layer (112) into a p-ITO layer (114).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Shoji Okazaki, Hiromitsu Katsui, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8711296
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (30) of the present invention includes a substrate, a gate line (50) formed on the substrate, and an interlayer insulating layer (90) for insulating a layer formed on the gate line (50) from the gate line (50). In a region of the substrate, the interlayer insulating layer (90) is not provided on an upper surface of the gate line (50), and therefore, the upper surface is exposed. On the other hand, the insulating layer (90) is provided on the substrate so as to have contact with at least an edge face of the gate line (50) which edge face is on an extension of a longitudinal direction of the gate line (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Atsushi Ban, Tohru Senoo, Wataru Nakamura, Yukimine Shimada
  • Publication number: 20140014952
    Abstract: A drain electrode (17) includes (i) a lower drain electrode (17a) stacked on a semiconductor layer (14) so as to partially cover an upper surface of the semiconductor layer (14) and (ii) an upper drain electrode (17b). The semiconductor layer (14), the lower drain electrode (17a), and the upper drain electrode (17b) form steps. In a step part where the steps are formed, a distance between a periphery of the lower drain electrode (17a) and a periphery of the upper drain electrode (17b) is more than 0.4 ?m but less than 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Yoshimasa Chikama, Wataru Nakamura, Tetsunori Tanaka, Kenichi Kitoh
  • Publication number: 20130048904
    Abstract: The present invention provides an etching liquid for a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, and a method of using it for etching a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, that is, an etching liquid for a multilayer thin film containing a copper layer and a titanium layer, which comprises (A) hydrogen peroxide, (B) nitric acid, (C) a fluoride ion source, (D) an azole, (E) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide and (F) a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer and has a pH of from 1.5 to 2.5, and a etching method of using it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Adaniya, Satoshi Okabe, Toshiyuki Gotou, Taketo Maruyama, Kazuki Kobayashi, Keiichi Tanaka, Wataru Nakamura, Kenichi Kitoh, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110279766
    Abstract: A connecting terminal has a configuration in which a plurality of parts of a first line (2) and respective corresponding plurality of parts of a second line (6) are connected to each other by a transparent conductive thin film (10). In a connecting terminal part, the plurality of parts of the first line (2) and the respective corresponding plurality of parts of the second line (6) are connected to each other in parallel. With the configuration, it is possible to greatly reduce a risk of disconnection. It is therefore possible to prevent disconnection from being caused by corrosion in the connecting terminal part of a display apparatus etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitoh, Wataru Nakamura, Tetsunori Tanaka, Takeshi Hara, Yuya Nakano
  • Publication number: 20110227085
    Abstract: The present invention is a substrate for use in a display panel. According to the substrate, lines (102, 106, 107, and 113) provided in a display region on the substrate are made up of multiple layers whose uppermost layers (102c, 106c, 107c, and 113c) are each made from (i) an oxide of first metal selected from the group consisting of copper, titanium, and molybdenum or (ii) a nitride of copper. This can prevent external light from being reflected and thereby improve a contrast in a bright room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Nakamura, Kenichi Kitoh, Tetsunori Tanaka, Takeshi Hara, Yuya Nakano
  • Publication number: 20100259715
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (30) of the present invention includes a substrate, a gate line (50) formed on the substrate, and an interlayer insulating layer (90) for insulating a layer formed on the gate line (50) from the gate line (50). In a region of the substrate, the interlayer insulating layer (90) is not provided on an upper surface of the gate line (50), and therefore, the upper surface is exposed. On the other hand, the insulating layer (90) is provided on the substrate so as to have contact with at least an edge face of the gate line (50) which edge face is on an extension of a longitudinal direction of the gate line (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Atsushi Ban, Tohru Senoo, Wataru Nakamura, Yukimine Shimada
  • Patent number: 5105060
    Abstract: This feed system comprises: feed device for feeding a part to be welded, which can be inserted into a hole of a work, to the vicinity of an electrode of a welder; chuck for removably chucking the part fed by the feed means; first transfer device for transferring the trailing end of the feed device to and from the chuck; a guide pin held capable of being transferred by the electrode for being inserted into the work when the work is to be positioned; second transfer device connected to the chuck for positioning the part, which is chucked by the chuck, concentrically of the guide pin of the electrode; and pusher transferred by the second transfer device for pushing the part, which is chucked concentrically of the guide pin by the chuck, to insert the part into the hole of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Yajima Kogyo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Shizuo Sagara, Nobuji Koda, Takehito Tanabe