Patents Examined by Lucy Chien
  • Patent number: 9658479
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with electrical components mounted in an electronic device housing. A display module may be attached to a display cover layer with a layer of adhesive to form a display module assembly. The display module assembly may include a display module assembly chassis. The display module assembly chassis may include a plastic display module assembly chassis molded over a metal display module assembly chassis. The display module assembly and a backlight unit may be assembled to form a display module that is installed within the electronic device housing or display module assembly layers and backlight unit structures may be assembled into the electronic device housing. The backlight unit may include a backlight unit chassis. A metal housing midplate may serve as part of the backlight unit chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua G. Wurzel, David A. Doyle, Shawn R. Gettemy, Wey-Jiun Lin
  • Patent number: 9651809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display module and a display device. The display module includes a display panel, a backlight arranged to be opposite to the display panel and a frame used for connecting the display panel with the backlight, wherein the frame includes a plurality of frame side walls arranged on surroundings of the display panel and the backlight in a surrounding manner, supporting structures used for supporting the display panel are respectively arranged on at least two oppositely arranged frame side walls, the backlight is arranged below the supporting structures, and the frame further includes a fixing structure used for fixing the display panel on the supporting structures. No rubber frame is needed in the display module provided by the present invention, thereby saving the cost and increasing the display area, and meanwhile, the display panel can be stably fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9645448
    Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposite to each other to form a cell through a sealant. A first sealant-blocking structure configured to prevent the sealant from extending toward an edge of the display panel is formed on the first substrate and/or the second substrate. The display panel effectively prevents the sealant from extending toward the edge of the display panel by forming the first sealant-blocking structure on an outside of the sealant, and hence achieves an ultra-narrow frame or unframed design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianyun Xie, Hailin Xue, Chuncheng Che
  • Patent number: 9645307
    Abstract: The invention discloses a backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shihhsiang Chen, Dehua Li, Yuchun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9645460
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a reference electrode disposed on the substrate; a reference electrode passivation layer disposed on the reference electrode; a thin film transistor disposed on the reference electrode passivation layer; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode passivation layer disposed on a portion of the pixel electrode; a light blocking member disposed on the pixel electrode passivation layer; a color filter disposed so as to face the pixel electrode; a micro cavity disposed between the pixel electrode and the color filter; and a liquid crystal material disposed in the micro cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil Sook Kwon, Yong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 9632352
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible liquid crystal display, comprising a flexible backlight module and a flexible liquid crystal display panel positioned on the flexible backlight module, and the flexible liquid crystal display panel comprises a lower polarizer, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter substrate and an upper polarizer from bottom to top in sequence; the color filter substrate comprises a first substrate, a color filter layer positioned on the first substrate, a flat layer positioned on the color filter layer, a common electrode layer positioned on the flat layer, a black matrix block wall positioned on the common electrode layer; wherein the common electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrode blocks, which are separately positioned, and the plurality of electrode blocks are electrically connected with metal lines to prevent that the brittle rupture of the common electrode layer happens during the bending operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinhui Zhong, Yungjui Lee
  • Patent number: 9632342
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal module to display an image at a front surface thereof, a cover to encase at least a portion of the liquid crystal module, and at least one fastening unit to couple the cover to the liquid crystal module, wherein the fastening unit is provided at a rear surface of the liquid crystal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Youn Lee, Hyun Jun Jung, Dong-hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9632338
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal device according to the invention, a pre-tilt angle of a liquid crystal layer is greater on an opposing electrode side than on a pixel electrode side. A high potential and a low potential relative to an opposing electrode potential are alternately applied to pixel electrodes through switching elements; and the opposing electrode potential is higher than a standard potential, the standard potential being a potential in which the average potential between the high potential and the low potential has been shifted by an amount equivalent to the average value of the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance in the switching elements when the high potential is applied to the pixel electrodes and the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance when the low potential is applied to the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Nishida, Shohei Yoshida, Takenori Hirota, Tomokazu Umeno, Akinori Masuzawa
  • Patent number: 9632373
    Abstract: A display panel including a driving substrate, a display film, a first protection film, a first adhesion layer, and a sidewall structure is provided. The display film is disposed on the driving substrate. The first protection film is adhered on the display film through the first adhesion layer. The display film is located between the driving substrate and the first protection film. A material of the first adhesion layer is thermal melt-able. The sidewall structure is in contact with a side surface of the display film and includes the material of the first adhesion layer which is melted and re-solidified. In addition, a manufacture method of the display panel includes irradiating the driving substrate the first protection film and the first adhesion layer with a laser to form the sidewall structure in contact with the side surface of the display film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jiun-Ru Huang, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yu-Chi Chiu, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9625770
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and an electrode layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate and facing the second substrate, and includes at least a first part and a second part adjacent to the first part. The first part includes a plurality of first branch electrodes disposed along a direction and spaced from each other by a first distance (T). The centers of two adjacent ones of the first branch electrodes are separated by a second distance (P). The first part and the second part have a spacing (S) therebetween. The values of S, T and P satisfy the following equation: 1 2 ? a · ( b + P · m 2 + 1 4 · T 2 P ) - 1.5 ? S ? 1 2 ? a · ( b + P · m 2 + 1 4 · T 2 P ) + 1.5 wherein, a= 1/12, b=¼, m= 1/10, and the units of S, T and P are micrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Che Yang, Tsung-Han Tsai, Chao-Hsiang Wang, An-Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 9627446
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and subpixel groups disposed on the substrate. Each subpixel group includes four first subpixels for emitting four first color lights, four second subpixels for emitting four second color lights, and eight third subpixels for emitting eight third color lights. The first subpixels, the second subpixels, and the third subpixels are respectively arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis and a second axis intersecting the first axis, in which each of the first subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the first subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, each of the second subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the second subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, and each of the third subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the third subpixels along at least one of the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Patent number: 9618795
    Abstract: The liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer on the other side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optically anisotropic element disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer, and a second optically anisotropic element disposed between the first optically anisotropic element and the liquid crystal cell. Absorption axes of the first and the second polarizers are perpendicular to each other. The first optically anisotropic element has a slow axis direction parallel to the absorption axis direction of the first polarizer. The second optically anisotropic element has a slow axis direction perpendicular to the absorption axis direction of the first polarizer. The first and the second optically anisotropic elements each have in-plane and thickness-direction retardation values within specific ranges, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Iida, Nao Murakami
  • Patent number: 9618669
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with displays that have polarizers. A polarizer may have a polymer layer that has a portion covered with a dichroic dye to form a polarized region and a portion that is free of dichroic dye to form an unpolarized region. The unpolarized region may be formed by masking the polymer layer during a dye coating process. Masks may be formed from polymers. The shape of the mask may define the shape of the unpolarized region. The mask may be left in place within the polarizer or may be removed from the polarizer during fabrication. Unpolarized regions may also be formed by light bleaching, chemical bleaching, and material removal techniques. Bleached areas may be chemically stabilized. A moisture barrier layer may be incorporated into the polarizer to help prevent the unpolarized region from reverting to a polarized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Masato Kuwabara, Christopher L. Boitnott, Jun Qi, Nathan K. Gupta, Victor H. Yin, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 9618811
    Abstract: A multiple circuit board includes a board having a plurality of product regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of array boards and an out-of-product region, out-of-product wires provided in the out-of-product region, waveform wires electrically connected to the out-of-product wires and extending to depict waveforms to alternately pass inside and outside of the respective product regions, circuit elements provided in respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, scanning circuits provided adjacent to the respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, and a plurality of scanning lines extending from the scanning circuits to both sides in each of the product regions and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the waveform wires inside the product region at the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Agata
  • Patent number: 9612491
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel includes a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a backlight module. The second liquid crystal is stacked on the first liquid crystal panel. The backlight module is set below the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel are similar as shape and size and both have a same pixel arrangement. Each pixel on the first liquid crystal panel is aligned with a corresponding pixel on the second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel is a normal white liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal is a normal black liquid crystal panel. A light from the backlight module orderly passes through the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel and is modulated to display an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: JhenWei He
  • Patent number: 9601584
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a thin-film transistor substrate, including: a substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the gate electrode; an active layer disposed on the gate insulating layer and above the gate electrode, wherein the active layer includes a metal oxide; a source electrode disposed on and electrically connecting to the active layer; a first insulating layer covering the source electrode; and a drain electrode disposed on and electrically connecting to the active layer, wherein the drain electrode includes a metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Chih-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 9599845
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and common electrodes disposed on a first substrate that overlap each other with a passivation layer interposed therebetween, and a connection portion disposed between a common voltage applying unit and the common electrode. The common electrode has a plurality of first cutouts, the passivation layer has a plurality of second cutouts, and the first cutout and the second cutout have substantially the same planar shape. The connection portion includes a lower connection portion formed from a same layer as the common electrode, and an upper connection portion disposed on the lower connection portion that includes a low resistance metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Man Kim, Duk-Sung Kim, Man Hong Na, Jun Ho Song, Young Je Cho
  • Patent number: 9599853
    Abstract: In order to provide a display device capable of improving the display quality at the time of 2D display and 3D display, the present invention provides a display device that includes: a display panel that displays an image; and a liquid crystal lens panel that is arranged on the display surface side of the display panel, controls a refractive index in a cylindrical lens manner to form parallax barriers, and switches 2D display and 3D display, and the liquid crystal lens panel includes: a first transparent substrate that is arranged on the display panel side; a second transparent substrate that is arranged to face the first substrate through a liquid crystal layer; and a first polarizing plate that is formed on the display surface side of the second transparent substrate to control a polarization direction of light transmitting through the liquid crystal lens panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugita, Shinichiro Oka, Shinichi Komura, Toshio Miyazawa, Terunori Saitou
  • Patent number: 9594281
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device preventing flicker. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels each having a transistor, a liquid crystal element to which a first signal and a second signal having opposite polarities are alternately applied through the transistor, and a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode. The liquid crystal element includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode partly overlapping with each other with an insulating film interposed therebetween, and a liquid crystal layer over the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The potential of the second electrode changes between a first potential and a second potential having different levels after the first signal is applied until the second signal is applied, whereby a change in the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9588369
    Abstract: The present application relates to a liquid crystal cell, a method for preparing a liquid crystal cell and a display device. An exemplary liquid crystal cell may be applied to various types of display devices so as to control a viewing angle or light transmittance of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Min, Dong Hyun Oh, Jun Won Chang, Kyung Jun Kim, Hye Won Jeong, Moon Soo Park