Patents by Inventor Yasuo Funozo

Yasuo Funozo 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).

  • Flat luminescent lamp for liquid crystalline display
    Patent number: 4767965
    Abstract: In a flat luminescent lamp fitted to an under surface of the liquid crystalline TV display panel to backlight its image, a pair of the electrode plates 14 of cold cathode type are opposingly positioned in the cavity. The electrode plate has a concave cross section, auxiliary electrodes on each electrode plate project toward the other electrode plate from both terminations and has a lead plate projecting outwardly in the same direction as the extract tube of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Yamano, Katsuhiro Hinotani, Hajime Hayama, Shunichi Kishimoto, Nobutake Kawamori, Katsumi Terada, Kazuhiro Kono, Yasuo Funozo