Patents by Inventor Tohru Sonoda

Tohru Sonoda 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).

  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE BY UV-CURING ORGANIC LAYER OF SEALING FILM
    Publication number: 20190363293
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an organic EL display device, including forming a sealing film to cover an organic EL element. The forming a sealing film includes forming a first inorganic layer to cover the organic EL element, forming a partition on the first inorganic layer, forming an organic layer on the first inorganic layer by applying an organic material inward from the partition on a surface of the first inorganic layer, removing the partition, and forming a second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer to cover the organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro MATSUI, Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Tohru SONODA, Takashi OCHI, Hisao OCHI
  • VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190360091
    Abstract: A sheet portion and a first projection are included. The sheet portion has a sheet shape and includes one or more mask openings. The first projection is provided on a surface of the sheet portion the surface is configured to face a substrate, and the first projection has a frame shape and is formed along an edge of at least one of the one or more mask openings. With this configuration, thin films having dimensions conforming to the design dimensions and preventing blurring are formed over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu MIYAMOTO, Takeshi HIRASE, Tohru SONODA, Akihiro MATSUI, Hisao OCHI, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Jumpei TAKAHASHI
  • OLED PANEL
    Publication number: 20190361550
    Abstract: OLED elements and a seal portion covering the OLED elements are provided on an upper side of a base substrate. The seal portion includes a light-transmitting conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tohru SONODA, Takashi OCHI, Hisao OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Akihiro MATSUI, Jumpei TAKAHASHI
  • SUBSTRATE MOUNTING STAGE, INK-JET APPLYING DEVICE, LEVELING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190363302
    Abstract: A substrate mounting portion includes a low temperature portion whose temperature is adjusted to an atmospheric temperature or lower at a position corresponding to a frame-shaped bank surrounding a pixel formation region of a substrate. An edge width of a sealing layer is narrowed with this configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Takeshi HIRASE, Hisao OCHI, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Tohru SONODA, Akihiro MATSUI, Yoshinobu MIYAMOTO
  • ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190341576
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device, a taper angle of a separation layer surrounding edges of an organic EL layer disposed in each pixel and being disposed between adjacent pixels is different from a taper angle of a frame-shaped bank surrounding edges of an organic layer. As a result, qualities required for layers surrounded by the separation layer and the frame-shaped bank respectively are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hisao OCHI, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SONODA, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Akihiro MATSUI, Jumpei TAKAHASHI
  • Organic electroluminescence display device
    Patent number: 10468467
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device including an organic EL display panel exhibiting flexibility, a functional layer portion provided to face the organic EL display panel on one surface side thereof and exhibiting flexibility, and a support layer portion provided to face the organic EL display panel on the other surface side thereof and exhibiting flexibility. The functional layer portion is slidably provided on one surface of the organic EL display panel, and the support layer portion is slidably provided on the other surface of the organic EL display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takeshi Hirase, Tohru Senoo, Takashi Ochi, Mamoru Ishida
  • Organic EL display device
    Patent number: 10461270
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL display panel having a plastic substrate exhibiting flexibility and organic EL elements formed on the plastic substrate, a first inorganic layer provided on an upper surface of the organic EL display panel, and a second inorganic layer provided on a lower surface of the organic EL display panel. The entire thickness T of the organic EL display device is equal to or less than 74 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Ishida, Yoshifumi Ohta, Takeshi Hirase, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda
  • ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190326375
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a circuit substrate including a flattening layer provided on a surface of the circuit substrate, at least one electro-optical element provided on the flattening layer, a sealing film configured to seal the electro-optical element and including at least a resin layer, and a frame-shaped bank surrounding the flattening layer and covered by the resin layer on an inner side of the frame-shaped bank. In a plan view, an unevenness is provided at a peripheral edge of the flattening layer facing the frame-shaped bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hisao OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Takeshi HIRASE, Tohru SONODA, Takashi OCHI, Akihiro MATSUI
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190319217
    Abstract: An organic EL display device including: a base substrate; an organic EL element formed on the base substrate, and including a plurality of organic EL layers arranged in a matrix shape; and a sealing film formed on the organic EL element, wherein a plurality of subpixels are defined in association with the plurality of organic EL layers, and a plurality of grooves are formed in the sealing film through the interstices among the plurality of subpixels, and a foreign-matter contact portion configured to be in contact with a foreign matter existing on the organic EL element is formed in the sealing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Tohru SONODA, Takashi OCHI, Takeshi HIRASE, Hisao OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Akihiro MATSUI
  • DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190319218
    Abstract: In a sealing film in which a first inorganic film, an organic film, and a second inorganic film are layered in that order, a high-wettability region having a relatively high wettability with respect to droplets configured to become the organic film, and a low-wettability region having a relatively low wettability with respect to the droplets, are arranged in an alternating manner on an organic film side surface of the first inorganic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Tohru SONODA, Yoshinobu MIYAMOTO
  • ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190312230
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of organic layers each made of an organic material and each having a predetermined modulus of elasticity and a predetermined thickness; and a plurality of inorganic layers each made of an inorganic material and each having a predetermined modulus of elasticity and a predetermined thickness. The plurality of organic layers and the plurality of inorganic layers are stacked together to constitute a device body which forms the display device. A quotient obtained by dividing the sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers by the sum total of the sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of organic layers and the sum of the flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers is 0.78 or higher and 1 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi OCHI, Mamoru ISHIDA, Tohru SONODA, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190312228
    Abstract: A first protruding portion that has a surface having liquid-philic properties to an ink material and has a frame shape and a second protruding portion that has a surface having liquid-repellent properties to the ink material, surrounds the first protruding portion such that at least a part of the first protruding portion is located inside, and has a frame shape are formed so as to surround an electro-optical element. Then, the ink material is applied to a region surrounded by the first protruding portion and is cured, and thus an organic layer that seals the electro-optical element is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tohru SONODA, Hisao OCHI, Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Takashi OCHI, Akihiro MATSUI, Yoshinobu MIYAMOTO
  • Flexible device
    Patent number: 10440840
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible device which is free of twist and distortion at a bent part of a flexible module, and has excellent display quality and a high level of reliability. The flexible device (1) includes a first housing (31), a second housing (41), a third housing (61), and a plurality of turning bodies (80) each of which is fixed to the first housing (31) or the second housing (41) and rolls on the third housing (61) so that a turning axis (80a) of the each of the plurality of turning bodies (80) horizontally moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Mamoru Ishida
  • Cleaning method, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and plasma treatment device
    Patent number: 10410855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning method by which it is possible to prevent deformation of a film formation mask (31). While the film formation mask (31) disposed between a shower head (4) and a susceptor (3) within a chamber (2) is cooled, a cleaning gas made into plasma, which cleaning gas reacts with a reaction product (32) deposited on a surface of the film formation mask (31), is blown on the film formation mask (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daichi Nishikawa, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Seiji Fujiwara, Mamoru Ishida
  • Organic EL display device
    Patent number: 10411207
    Abstract: An organic EL display device (1) includes: an organic EL display panel (2) including a flexible plastic substrate and an organic EL element formed on the plastic substrate; and a protective member (3) provided on the organic EL display panel (2), the protective member (3) being bendable. The protective member (3) includes a plurality of protective layers (3a) to (3e) stacked so as to be mutually slidable. The organic EL display panel (2) and the protective layer (3a) being in contact with the organic EL display panel (2) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Mamoru Ishida
  • Organic el display device and method for producing organic el display device
    Patent number: 10388904
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device that includes: a substrate; a first electrode provided on the substrate; an organic EL layer provided on the first electrode; a second electrode provided on the organic EL layer; and a sealing film layer provided so as to cover the second electrode. The sealing film layer has protruding portions and recessed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Daichi Nishikawa, Mamoru Ishida
  • Electroluminescent device including a plurality of sealing films
    Patent number: 10355242
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device (electroluminescent device) including an organic EL element (electroluminescent element), a first sealing film covers the organic El element, a second sealing film is formed on the first sealing film, and a third sealing film covers the first sealing film and the second sealing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okamoto, Takeshi Hirase, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Wataru Nakamura
  • Organic EL display device
    Patent number: 10355244
    Abstract: A the organic EL display 1 includes: a first substrate 10; an organic EL element 4 provided above the first substrate 10; and a multilayer sealing film 2 provided above the first substrate 10 to cover the organic EL element 4, and including a barrier layer and a buffer layer lower in hardness than the barrier layer. The organic EL element covered with the multi layer sealing film includes a protrusion, and a relationship (d/h)<2 holds where h is a height of the protrusion directly below the buffer layer and d is a thickness of the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Daichi Nishikawa, Mamoru Ishida
  • Organic EL display device
    Patent number: 10355055
    Abstract: This organic EL display device is provided with: a TFT substrate; a counter substrate; an organic EL element provided on the TFT substrate; a sealing film that seals the organic EL element; a color filter layer provided on the counter substrate on a side closer to the organic EL element; and a filler layer that is filled between the sealing film and the color filter layer. This organic EL display device satisfies nM(h?1)/nMh×LM(h?1)/?(TM(h?1)2+LM(h?1)2)?1, nMh/ng×LMh/?(TMh2+LMh2)?1, ng/nCF×Lg/?(Tg2+Lg2)?1, nCF/nGL×LCF/?(TCF2+LCF2)?1, or nGL/nair×LGL/?(TGL2+LGL2)?1, while satisfying XEC/2+XBM/2??(TMi×tan ?Mi)+Tg×tan ?g+TCF×tan ?CF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda
  • EL display device and method for manufacturing EL display device
    Patent number: 10347862
    Abstract: An organic EL display device (1) includes: a plurality of organic EL elements (30) each including a lower electrode (31), an EL layer (32), and an upper portion (33); and a sealing layer (40) covering the plurality of organic EL elements (30), the organic EL display device (1) having, in a non-light-emitting portion (5) of a display region (2), at least one contact hole (34) extending through at least the upper electrode (33) and the EL layer (32) and allowing the sealing layer (40) to be in contact with a surface of a layer below the organic EL layer (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takeshi Hirase, Tetsuya Okamoto, Tohru Senoo, Mamoru Ishida