Patents Examined by Hana A. Sanei
  • Patent number: 7459847
    Abstract: A wiring structure, a substrate for a display device provided therewith and a display device. The display device features a high brightness and a good display quality. The display device comprises a plurality of pixel regions arranged on a glass substrate; a TFT arranged for each of the pixel regions; an organic EL element including an anode formed by using an ITO for each of the pixel regions, and electrically connected to the source electrode of the TFT, an organic EL layer formed on the anode, and a cathode formed on the organic EL layer to transmit light from the organic EL layer; and a reflection plate for reflecting light from the organic EL layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Kurosawa, Takuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7456572
    Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: a front panel having a front plate and a plurality of electrodes arranged on a surface of the front plate in a predetermined pattern and a back panel having a back plate facing the front plate, a plurality of electrodes arranged on a surface of the back plate in a predetermined pattern to correspond to the plurality of electrodes of the front plate, and at least one ventilation hole. At least two back plates are formed by cutting one base plate on which at least two ventilation holes are formed. Each ventilation hole has a first width in a first edge direction of the back plate and a distance from the first edge to a center of the at least one ventilation hole is at least twice that of the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-Gi Hong, Tae-Kyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 7453192
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a receiving container having a bottom and a side member to provide a receiving space, a flat-type fluorescent lamp received into the receiving container to emit a light, and a supporting member having a buffer disposed between the receiving container and the flat-type fluorescent lamp to buff an impact applied to the flat-type fluorescent lamp while supporting the flat-type fluorescent lamp. The buffer has protrusions protruding from a face of the supporting member. Thus, the backlight assembly may enhance impact resistance of the backlight assembly and prevent damage of the flat-type fluorescent lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hea-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 7453206
    Abstract: A PDP has first and second substrates which face each other with a space in between. A display electrode pair and a dielectric layer are formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of discharge cells are formed between the first and second substrates along the display electrode pair. In this construction, two or more depressions are provided in the dielectric layer in an area corresponding to each discharge cell. This improves luminous intensity and illumination efficiency. Also, to form the dielectric layer on the first substrate, first a transfer film is made by providing a dielectric precursor layer on a support film, then depressions are formed in the dielectric precursor layer of the transfer film, and lastly the dielectric precursor layer of the transfer film is transferred onto the first substrate. This decreases the number of manufacturing steps and increases the yield, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Morio Fujitani, Hiroyuki Yonehara, Masaki Aoki, Keisuke Sumida, Hideki Asida, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 7449836
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) having improved light emission efficiency by minimizing blockage of emitted visible light rays includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates to define two sides of closed discharge cells; first electrodes and second electrodes arranged to extend in a direction intersecting the barrier ribs to define two other sides of the closed discharge cells and alternately arranged between the discharge cells defined consecutively; phosphor layers each arranged in the discharge cells partitioned by the barrier ribs and the first and second electrodes; address electrodes arranged on the second substrate; and third electrodes arranged on the first substrate to extend in a direction intersecting the address electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Doo Yi, Jeong-Nam Kim, Byoung-Min Chun, Tae-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 7443097
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided in which an organic light-emitting device is not degraded by oxygen, moisture, and the like. The organic light-emitting device is press-fit in vacuum using a wrapping film (105) that is covered with a DLC film (or a silicon nitride film, an AlN film, a film of a compound expressed as AlNXOY) (106) containing Ar. The organic light-emitting device thus can be completely shut off from the outside, and moisture, oxygen, or other external substances that accelerate degradation of an organic light emitting layer can be prevented from entering the organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junya Maruyama, Keiichi Ogura, Toru Takayama
  • Patent number: 7443098
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) including a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of discharge cells arranged between the first substrate, a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of phosphor portions, the second substrate arranged to at least partially overlap with the first substrate, the plurality of phosphor portions including a first group of the plurality of phosphor portions arranged on the first substrate, and a second group of phosphor portions arranged on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang-Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 7436116
    Abstract: There is disclosed an organic electro luminescence display device that is adaptive for improving rigidity. A cap of an organic electro luminescence display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first plane part which is opposite to the organic electro luminescence array; a second plane part which is bonded with the substrate through a sealant; and a tilt part which connects the first plane part and the second plane part and forms a designated angle with the second plane part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo dae Bae, Byoung Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 7425165
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate including a first insulating substrate, a TFT formed on the first insulating substrate and a capacitor; and an organic EL substrate including a second insulating substrate, and a transparent electrode, an organic EL layer and a metal electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the second insulating substrate; wherein the TFT is electrically connected to the metal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Dong Kim, Jung-Hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 7417372
    Abstract: An organic EL device having a large effective area with improved uniformity in luminescent brightness. A transparent first electrode, an organic EL layer, a second electrode, and a protective film are formed on a glass substrate. A conductive film is formed insulated from the second electrode. The conductive film, which covers the second electrode, is connected to opposite ends of the first electrode. One of the ends of the first electrode includes a connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shoichi Maeda, Mitsuharu Muta
  • Patent number: 7414367
    Abstract: A high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp which comprises, as filling, only zinc, a halogen and a noble gas. In order to improve the color rendering index, a calcium halide may be added to the lamp filling. The coupling-in of energy preferably takes place without electrodes in the radio-frequency range or in the microwave range, but may also be carried out by means of metal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Baier, Rainer Hilbig, Achim Gerhard Rolf Körber, Robert Peter Scholl, Matthias Born
  • Patent number: 7414357
    Abstract: A window (1) with an opaque coating (2) comprising a surface region (3) which has opaque surface portions (5) and which is perforated by surface portions (4) allowing light to pass through and distributed over the surface. At least one flat electroluminescent light element (EL) with several layers, including a transparent electrode (8), is placed in at least some of the opaque surface portions (5) of the surface region (3), which element, after applying an electrical supply voltage to the side of the transparent electrode (8), radiates light through at least one of the faces of the window (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Bernhard Reul, Volkmar Offermann, Horst Mercks, Walter Goerenz, Dieter Linnhoefer
  • Patent number: 7405515
    Abstract: A display device using an organic light emitting element is provided which is structured so as to ensure excellent display performance by avoiding dot defect and improve long-term reliability. The distance between an organic light emitting element and a sealing substrate is controlled using the top of a bank that is placed in a pixel portion and the top of an insulating film that is placed in a driving circuit portion. As a result, a gap is provided between the organic light emitting element and the sealing substrate and a damage to the organic light emitting element can be avoided. Furthermore, the sealing substrate can be as close to an element substrate as possible, thereby keeping the amount of moisture that enters the display device from its sides small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rumo Satake
  • Patent number: 7405517
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel (PDP) that displays images by generating discharges in discharge cells in response to a power supplied through a metal electrode disposed toward a surface of the plasma display panel on which images are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Tae Park
  • Patent number: 7402943
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment according to the present invention provides in one preferred mode an oxynitride phosphor especially suitable for a light emitting device such as but not limited to a white light emitting diode lamp and also such a light emitting device. The oxynitride phosphor in the embodiment is represented by a general formula Cax(Si,Al)12(O,N)16:Eu2+y, wherein a Ca composition of x is in a range of from 0.75 to 1.0 and a Eu composition of y is in a range of from 0.04 to 0.25, and wherein a main phase thereof has substantially an alpha SiAlON crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Ken Sakuma, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 7400086
    Abstract: A self-luminous display device includes emission pixels which are formed by sandwiching, through insulator layers, an emission layer between first and second electrodes. Holes are opened and arranged regularly in at least one of the first and second electrodes. The open sizes of the holes may be equal to or smaller than 50 ?m, and may be smaller than 20 ?m. Therefore, the self-luminous display device can be operated with a low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Ishihara, Yutaka Hattori
  • Patent number: 7399215
    Abstract: In an electron-emitting device having an electron-emitting member containing carbon as a main component, and an extraction electrode arranged near the electron-emitting member, electrons can be emitted by substantially only a region of the electron-emitting member close to the extraction electrode. Brightness nonuniformity and abnormal lights-on errors are reduced in an image forming apparatus in which the electron-emitting devices are constituted into an electron. The electron-emitting threshold field of the electron-emitting member is set low at a portion close to the extraction electrode and high at a portion apart from the extraction electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 7391157
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes: a plasma display panel; a chassis base supporting the plasma display panel, the chassis base being parallel to the plasma display panel; a thermally conductive layer arranged between the plasma display panel and the chassis base, the thermally conductive layer being adjacent to the plasma display panel; and a thermally non-conductive layer arranged between the thermally conductive layer and the chassis base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Won Bae, Myoung-Kon Kim, Tae-Kyoung Kang, Ki-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 7388323
    Abstract: A spark plug including: an insulator having a through hole extending in an axial direction, the through hole including, a first portion and a second portion provided on a rear end side of the first portion, the second portion having a larger diameter than that of the first portion; a center electrode provided in the first portion; an external terminal provided in the second portion; and a sintered ceramic resistor provided in the second portion. The sintered ceramic resistor is formed from a sintered body of a conductive ceramic, connecting the center electrode and the external terminal electrically, and having a length in an axial direction of 40% or more of a length in an axial direction of the second portion of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shibata, Hiroyuki Tanabe
  • Patent number: 7382094
    Abstract: A plasma display panel that includes a front substrate, and a sustain electrode formed on the front substrate. The sustain electrode comprises a transparent electrode and a bus electrode coupled to each other, and the bus electrode comprises conductive particles and adhesive particles. An average diameter of the conductive particles and an average diameter of the adhesive particles are less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-Gi Hong, Tae-Kyoung Kang