Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa MANTOKU

Yoshihisa MANTOKU 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).

  • Display panel
    Patent number: 11958416
    Abstract: A sensor that includes a switch unit and that detects a pressure applied from the front side to the switch unit or a finger approaching the switch unit from the front side is located on the back side of upholstery. A base member has a protruding portion on its surface. The upholstery includes: a light-transmitting region that is located over a light guide portion of the base member and the switch unit of the sensor and that allows light from a light source to transmit therethrough to the front side; and a non-light-transmitting region that blocks the light from the light source. A raised portion that is raised on the front side of the upholstery is located near the light-transmitting region in the non-light-transmitting region of the upholstery. The protruding portion of the base member is placed in the raised portion from the back side of the upholstery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: DaikyoNishikawa Corporation, HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Yamamoto, Hideki Yamashita, Yoshihisa Mantoku, Masato Shimizu, Takeshi Isoda
  • DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20220105877
    Abstract: A sensor that includes a switch unit and that detects a pressure applied from the front side to the switch unit or a finger approaching the switch unit from the front side is located on the back side of upholstery. A base member has a protruding portion on its surface. The upholstery includes: a light-transmitting region that is located over a light guide portion of the base member and the switch unit of the sensor and that allows light from a light source to transmit therethrough to the front side; and a non-light-transmitting region that blocks the light from the light source. A raised portion that is raised on the front side of the upholstery is located near the light-transmitting region in the non-light-transmitting region of the upholstery. The protruding portion of the base member is placed in the raised portion from the back side of the upholstery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: DaikyoNishikawa Corporation, HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki YAMAMOTO, Hideki YAMASHITA, Yoshihisa MANTOKU, Masato SHIMIZU, Takeshi ISODA