Patents by Inventor Tohru Horii

Tohru Horii 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: 8704894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device provided with a circuit board applicable to various models, wherein the operations of a system microcomputer on the circuit board can be switched without using a physical connector. The display device is provided with: a main board applicable to various models; and a TV microcomputer, which is provided on the main board and stores the set value data of each of the models. The main board is provided with: an external memory I/F which has external memory said external memory storing the model identifying information of the display device stored. The TV microcomputer specifies the set value data of the display device on the basis of the model identifying information of the display device, said model identifying information having been read out from the external memory, and the TV microcomputer switches the operation on the basis of the specified set value data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Kitaya, Tohru Horii
  • Publication number: 20120105650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device provided with a circuit board applicable to various models, wherein the operations of a system microcomputer on the circuit board can be switched without using a physical connector. The display device is provided with: a main board applicable to various models; and a TV microcomputer, which is provided on the main board and stores the set value data of each of the models. The main board is provided with: an external memory I/F which has external memory said external memory storing the model identifying information of the display device stored. The TV microcomputer specifies the set value data of the display device on the basis of the model identifying information of the display device, said model identifying information having been read out from the external memory, and the TV microcomputer switches the operation on the basis of the specified set value data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Akio Kitaya, Tohru Horii
  • Patent number: 5521024
    Abstract: A lead acid storage battery has a cell composed of a positive plate comprising a positive active material layer and a positive current collector plate, a negative plate comprising a negative active material layer and a negative current collector plate, a separator and a frame-shaped gasket. In the cell, the positive plate and the negative plate are laminated with the gasket put between them. The gasket is in contact with peripheral edges of the positive current collector plate and the negative current collector plate. The positive active material layer and the negative active material layer are located in a cell space surrounded by both of the plates and the gasket with the separator put between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Yuasa Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Masahiro Arakawa, Tohru Horii, Kazuo Murata
  • Patent number: 5498496
    Abstract: A battery of this invention is equipped with a positive electrode having a following structure. A resin sheet is bonded to one side or both sides of a metal sheet, a large number of through holes are made at least on the resin sheet, and an active material is filled in the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Yuasa Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Tohru Horii, Masahiro Arakawa, Kazuo Murata