Patents Examined by Tracie Y Green
  • Patent number: 11739923
    Abstract: A stretchable sheet-form electronic display having a generally rectangular shape with four edges, a thickness of less than 1.5 mm, and a longer dimension of at least 100 mm. The stretchable sheet-form electronic display includes an elastic substrate sheet comprising a thin layer of an optically transmissive material having a relatively high elastic range, a grid of flexible connecting members and a two-dimensional array of at least 100,000 digitally addressable solid-state light emitting devices such as micro OLEDs or LEDs. At least some of the solid-state light emitting devices may be arranged into light emitting clusters and directly or indirectly mounted to a plurality of support pads. The solid-state light emitting devices within the clusters may be configured for emitting light in different colors such as blue, red, and green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 11739884
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light-emitting diode, LED, filament (110). According to an embodiment, the LED filament comprises an elongated substrate (111) and a plurality of light-emitting diodes, LEDs, (112) which are mechanically coupled to the substrate. According to an embodiment, the LED filament further comprises an at least in part light-transmissive encapsulation (114) which encapsulate the plurality of LEDs and at least partially encapsulates the substrate, and a plurality of at least partially light-reflective particles (115) which are arranged on an outer surface of the encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11719392
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode, LED, filament lamp (100) which provides LED filament lamp light (100?). The LED filament lamp (100) comprises at least one LED filament (101) which has a LED filament length (L) which extends from a first end (1003) to a second end (1004). The at least one LED filament (101) provides LED filament light (101) and comprises an array (102) of a plurality of LEDs (103) and an encapsulant (104). The array (102) of a plurality of LEDs (103) provide LED light (103?) and extend along the LED filament length (L). The encapsulant (104) is at least partially enclosing the plurality of LEDs (103). The encapsulant (104) comprises a light scattering material (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Robert Jacob Pet, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11719977
    Abstract: A light reflecting structure, a backlight module, and a display device are provided. The light reflecting structure is configured to reflect light emitted from plural light emitting units. The light reflecting structure includes a bottom portion and plural sidewall portions. The sidewall portions are erected on the bottom portion. The sidewall portions respectively and correspondingly surround the light-emitting units, and the light emitted from each of the light-emitting units can be directed to a light reflecting surface corresponding to each of the sidewall portions to be reflected outward. A distance P is defined between any two adjacent sidewall portions, and each of the sidewall portions has a height H1. The distance P and the height H1 satisfy a first inequality, and the first inequality is H1<P/2Ă—tan ?. ? represents a complementary angle of a half light-intensity angle of each of the light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Radiant(Guangzhou) Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd, Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Yu Huang, Hsiu-Yi Lai, Shih-Cheng Hsiao, Shu-An Tsai, Pei-Ling Kao, I-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11715932
    Abstract: A spark plug includes a plug cover provided at a tip end portion of a housing to cover an auxiliary combustion chamber where an electrical discharge gap is located. The plug cover has a curved surface portion. The curved surface portion includes an outer curved surface convexly curved outward. The curved surface portion has an inclined injection hole formed therein to allow communication between the auxiliary combustion chamber and an outside. The inclined injection hole is opened to be inclined, relative to a plug axial direction, outward in a plug radial direction toward a tip end side. In a cross section including a central axis of the inclined injection hole and along the plug axial direction, a tangent line of a portion of the outer curved surface that overlaps an extended line of the central axis of the inclined injection hole is orthogonal to the extended line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akimitsu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11714224
    Abstract: An optical system including a light-guide optical element (LOE) with first and second sets (204, 206) of mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces at different orientations. Both sets of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between parallel major external surfaces. A third set of at least partially-reflecting surfaces (202), deployed at the coupling-in region, receive image illumination injected from a projector (2) with an optical aperture having a first in-plane width and direct the image illumination via reflection of at least part of the image illumination at the third set of at least partially-reflective facets towards the first set of partially-reflective facets with an effective optical aperture having a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventors: Yochay Danziger, Ronen Chriki, Jonathan Gelberg
  • Patent number: 11709393
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) and a backlight-type display device are provided. The light-emitting diode includes: a multi-color light emitting chip, an emission spectrum thereof including a first peak in a wavelength range of a first primary-color light and a second peak in a wavelength range of a second primary-color light, and an absolute value of a wavelength difference between the first and second peaks being greater than 50 nm; and a phosphor-containing layer, disposed over the multi-color light emitting chip and used to be excited to emit a third primary-color light. Owing to the LED adopts the multi-color light emitting chip which has the first and second peaks in different wavelength ranges and the absolute valve of the wavelength difference is greater than 50 nm, RGB three-primary-color lights can be outputted by adopting a single-color light phosphor powder with relatively high reliability. The backlight-type display device can obtain a high NTSC level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAISTAR LIGHTING (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingqiong Zhang, Changwen Liao
  • Patent number: 11709272
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LIDAR apparatus for a vehicle including a light-emitting unit configured to generate and emit laser light, a light-receiving unit configured to receive reflected light based on the laser light, at least one electronic component electrically connected to the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit, and a case configured to accommodate the light-emitting unit, the light-receiving unit, and the electronic component therein, wherein the case is formed of a metal material, and is in contact with at least one element included in at least one of the light-emitting unit, the light-receiving unit, or the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Lee, Jejong Lee, Sunghoon Cha, Gyujin Kim
  • Patent number: 11705544
    Abstract: A display device includes a bank including an opening defining a plurality of pixels; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in the plurality of pixels; a color conversion layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting elements in the opening; and a low refractive layer disposed on the color conversion layer in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Gu Kim, Ji Yun Park, Bong Sung Seo, Jong Ho Son, Yeon Hee Lee, Baek Kyun Jeon, Kyung Seon Tak, Jae Jin Lyu
  • Patent number: 11701445
    Abstract: An electronic scented candle is described that includes a movable flame-shaped component, a shell including an installation chamber, a fragrance container that is removably positioned inside the installation chamber and a scent chamber. An electric fan is positioned within the shell to drive the air into the scent chamber and a scent outlet coupled to the scent chamber to allow the fragrance material to leave the scent chamber and to reach an external environment of the electronic scented candle. The electronic candle also includes a receptacle for connecting a power cord on a bottom surface of the electronic candle. The bottom surface includes a plurality of protruding stands that provide a space to allow the power cord to be connected to the receptacle and be routed below the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaofeng Li
  • Patent number: 11703718
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a liquid crystal panel, a substrate, a light source module disposed on the substrate, and a control assembly configured to control the light source module and the liquid crystal panel. The light source module includes a light emitting diode disposed on the substrate, a feed pad provided on the substrate, and at least one antistatic pad provided on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyukjun Jang, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11703710
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11697374
    Abstract: The optical assembly disclosed in the embodiment includes a housing having an inclined bottom surface, a plurality of inner surfaces around an outer periphery of the bottom surface, and a receiving space in which an upper portion is opened; and a lighting module disposed on the inclined bottom surface, wherein the lighting module includes a substrate inclinedly disposed on the inclined bottom surface; at least one light emitting device disposed on the substrate; and a resin layer sealing the light emitting device and the substrate, wherein an upper surface of the resin layer emits light by diffusing light emitted from the light emitting device, wherein the plurality of inner surfaces includes a first inner surface adjacent to the light emitting device, a second inner surface facing the first inner surface, and third and fourth inner surfaces facing each other and disposed between the first and second inner surfaces, wherein a height between the bottom surface of the housing and an upper surface of the housing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11692136
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof and a production thereof are disclosed, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein the core-shell quantum dot(s) includes chlorine, wherein in the core-shell quantum dot, a mole ratio of chlorine with respect to tellurium is greater than or equal to about 0.01:1 and wherein a quantum efficiency of the core-shell quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Jihyun Min, Sungwoo Hwang, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11688827
    Abstract: A nanorod semiconductor layer having a flat upper surface, a micro-LED including the nanorod semiconductor layer, a pixel plate including the micro-LED, a display device including the pixel plate, and an electronic device including the pixel plate are provided. The nanorod semiconductor layer includes: a main body; and an upper end formed from the main body, wherein the upper end includes: a first inclined surface; a second inclined surface facing the first inclined surface; and a flat upper surface between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface, and a width of the upper end becomes narrower in an upward direction, and when a length of the upper end protruded from the main body (a thickness of the upper end) is L1, an inclination angle between a surface extending parallel to a surface selected from the first and second inclined surfaces and the flat upper surface is ?, and a width of the main body is D, a width D1 of the flat upper surface satisfies Equation 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nakhyun Kim, Junhee Choi, Jinjoo Park, Joohun Han
  • Patent number: 11688579
    Abstract: Electron emitters and methods of fabricating the electron emitters are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, an electron emitter includes a tip with a planar region having a diameter in a range of approximately (0.05-10) micrometers. The electron emitter tip is configured to release field emission electrons. The electron emitter further includes a work-function-lowering material coated on the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Juying Dou, Zheng Fan, Tzu-Yi Kuo, Zhong-wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11688834
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a phosphor; a metal joining layer provided on a bottom surface and a side surface of the phosphor; a metal heat-dissipating holding unit including a recess that covers the bottom surface and at least a portion of the side surface of the phosphor and that accommodates the phosphor so that the phosphor is embedded in the recess; and a metal porous joining material provided between the metal joining layer and the metal heat-dissipating holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11681180
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes a plurality of lenses; and two or more light-emitting devices covered by each of the lenses, and the two or more light-emitting devices covered by one lens of the lenses are electrically separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11681147
    Abstract: The display device includes the first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first color filter through which light from the first light-emitting element passes, and a second color filter through which the light from the second light-emitting element passes. The relative positional relationship between the center of the first light-emitting element and the center of the first color filter is different from the relative positional relationship between the center of the second light-emitting element and the center of the second color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Koshihara, Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 11676990
    Abstract: To improve color reproduction areas in a display device having light-emitting elements. A display region has a plurality of picture elements. Each picture element includes: first and second pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate in a CIE-XY chromaticity diagram is 0.50 or more; third and fourth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose y-coordinate in the diagram is 0.55 or more; and fifth and sixth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate and y-coordinate in the diagram are 0.20 or less and 0.25 or less, respectively. The light-emitting elements in the first and second pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; the light-emitting elements in the third and fourth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; and the light-emitting elements in the fifth and sixth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Miyaguchi