Patents by Inventor Tohru Sakata

Tohru Sakata 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: 20230140018
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a thin film transistor including a drain electrode, a first insulation film included in an upper layer than the drain electrode and including a contact hole overlapping the drain electrode, a pixel electrode included in an upper layer than the first insulation film and overlaps the drain electrode at least inside the contact hole and is connected to the drain electrode, a second insulation film included in an upper layer than the pixel electrode and overlaps the pixel electrode inside the contact hole and extends outside the contact hole, a conductive portion included in an upper layer than the second insulation film and overlaps the pixel electrode at least inside the contact hole, and an insulation portion included in an upper layer than the pixel electrode and in a lower layer than the conductive portion and overlaps the pixel electrode inside the contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohisa AOKI, Tsuyoshi ITOH, Tohru SAKATA, Miho YAMADA, Kohichi KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 8750495
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus includes a phone body and an earpiece that is removably placed upright in the phone body. A supporting leg having a mounting surface that contacts a desk in a desk mount mode and that contacts a wall in a wall mount mode is provided on a sloped back side of the phone body so as to be turnable around a pivot. When the supporting leg is in a first turn position, a lower end of the slope of the phone body is substantially parallel to the mounting surface. When the supporting leg is in a second turn position after having turned through about 180 degrees from the first turn position, an upper end of the slope of the phone body becomes substantially parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daiichiro Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Haraguchi, Toshiya Sakai, Katsuhiko Uto, Tohru Sakata
  • Publication number: 20130208218
    Abstract: On a color filter substrate (color filter) that displays a plurality of colors that are different from each other, a base material, first and second color filter layers that are formed on the base material and respectively colored yellow and magenta, a first overcoat layer that functions as a color filter layer colored red, and a second overcoat layer that is provided so as to cover the first and second color filter layers and colored cyan are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kohara, Akira Nakagawa, Hidekazu Ohshima, Tohru Sakata
  • Publication number: 20120327020
    Abstract: A touch panel-equipped display device (1) includes: a TFT substrate (2); a CF substrate (3) facing the TFT substrate (2); a liquid crystal layer (4) provided between the TFT substrate (2) and the CF substrate (3); a touch panel conductive film (6) provided on a surface (3a) of the CF substrate (3) opposite the liquid crystal layer (4); and a display region (D) including a transmissive region (Db) through which light (L) passes, and a non-transmissive region (Da) through which the light does not pass. The conductive film (6) includes a wire (6a), and an opening (6b) surrounded by the wire (6a) is formed in the conductive film (6). The wire (6a) is arranged in the non-transmissive region (Da), and the opening (6b) is formed in the transmissive region (Db).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kohara, Akira Nakagawa, Hidekazu Ohshima, Tohru Sakata
  • Patent number: 8310628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a color filter substrate that can efficiently produce a color filter substrate including a multi-layer spacer. The production method of the color filter of the present invention is a production method of a color filter substrate including a colored layer, an electrode, a light-shielding layer, and a multi-layer spacer on a substrate, the production method including the steps of: forming the colored layer and a base colored layer of the multi-layer spacer, forming the electrode, and forming the light-shielding layer and a top layer of the multi-layer spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Sakata, Yasuhiro Kohara, Masaharu Akitomo
  • Publication number: 20120219147
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus includes a phone body and an earpiece that is removably placed upright in the phone body. A supporting leg having a mounting surface that contacts a desk in a desk mount mode and that contacts a wall in a wall mount mode is provided on a sloped back side of the phone body so as to be turnable around a pivot. When the supporting leg is in a first turn position, a lower end of the slope of the phone body is substantially parallel to the mounting surface. When the supporting leg is in a second turn position after having turned through about 180 degrees from the first turn position, an upper end of the slope of the phone body becomes substantially parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiichiro Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Haraguchi, Toshiya Sakai, Katsuhiko Uto, Tohru Sakata
  • Publication number: 20110080543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal display device that allow suppressing the occurrence of liquid crystal alignment disorder in the vicinity of stack spacers without increasing the number of processes, even in a case where a colored layer is used as a base of the stack spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kohara, Tohru Sakata, Makoto Nishiuchi
  • Publication number: 20100165266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a color filter substrate that can efficiently produce a color filter substrate including a multi-layer spacer. The production method of the color filter of the present invention is a production method of a color filter substrate including a colored layer, an electrode, a light-shielding layer, and a multi-layer spacer on a substrate, the production method including the steps of: forming the colored layer and a base colored layer of the multi-layer spacer, forming the electrode, and forming the light-shielding layer and a top layer of the multi-layer spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Tohru Sakata, Yasuhiro Kohara, Masaharu Akitomo
  • Publication number: 20060089178
    Abstract: A cordless telephone set includes a charger base and a telephone apparatus. A concave retaining section of the charger base has an inclined surface and an open section. A power feeding terminal for supplying power with a charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is provided on a lower part of the inclined surface of the concave retaining section. A positioning member for restraining the telephone apparatus is provided at the lower part of the concave retaining section. A first distance between a support point at which the positioning member supports the telephone apparatus and a center of gravity of the telephone apparatus is in a positional relationship greater by a plurality of times than a second distance between the support point and a contact point where the charging terminal of the telephone apparatus is brought into contact with the power feeding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakata, Toshiya Sakai, Mitsuhiro Haraguchi, Kazumasa Yamamoto, Atsushi Yamashita