Featuring Flexible Circuit (i.e., Tape Automated Bonding (tab), Etc.) Patents (Class 349/150)
  • Patent number: 11977415
    Abstract: A sturdy electronic device is provided. A reliable electronic device is provided. A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, a display portion having flexibility, and a power storage device having flexibility. The first board and the second board face each other. The display portion and the power storage device are provided between the first board and the second board. The display portion includes a first surface facing the power storage device. The first surface includes a first region not fixed to the power storage device. The first region overlaps with a display region of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11956899
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area, a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on the pad area, and an insulating layer disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of pad electrodes and including a heat absorbing particle. A laser is irradiated to heat the insulating layer, and the heat absorbing particle in the insulating layer absorbs the heat and cures an anisotropic conductive film by heat transfer to electrically connect the plurality of pad electrodes to a plurality of bump electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joo-Nyung Jang
  • Patent number: 11947398
    Abstract: A sturdy electronic device is provided. A reliable electronic device is provided. A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, a display portion having flexibility, and a power storage device having flexibility. The first board and the second board face each other. The display portion and the power storage device are provided between the first board and the second board. The display portion includes a first surface facing the power storage device. The first surface includes a first region not fixed to the power storage device. The first region overlaps with a display region of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11934076
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The array substrate includes at least one marking member in at least one marking sub-region and at least one bonding lead in at least one bonding sub-region, and the at least one marking sub-region and/or the at least one bonding sub-region are further provided with: a first substrate; a first reflecting layer on the first substrate; and a first light absorbing layer on a side of the first reflecting layer distal to the first substrate. The at least one marking member and/or the at least one bonding lead is on a side of the first light absorbing layer distal to the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daelim Choi, Jinliang Wang, Liangliang Li, Rong Wu
  • Patent number: 11862664
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device may bend about a bend axis. A foldable display panel may be configured to bend along the bend axis as the foldable device is folded. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image viewable through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that runs parallel to the bend axis and that overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. A rough surface texture and polymer coating may be provided in the recess. The recess may have shallowly sloping walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Que Anh S. Nguyen, Christian Weddeling, Hoon Sik Kim, Terry C. Lam
  • Patent number: 11845202
    Abstract: A microwave heating system includes: a variable-frequency microwave source having a usable bandwidth about a center frequency; a waveguide with an input side connected to the source and an output side terminating in a launch structure; and, a metallic reflector plate facing the launch structure and perpendicular thereto and spaced therefrom at a distance of no more than twice the microwave wavelength at an operative frequency of the microwave source, the reflector plate including a recessed area of a selected size and shape located facing the launch structure so that a material to be treated may be placed between the launch structure and the recessed area for exposure to microwave energy. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Expert Tooling and Automation, LTD
    Inventors: Robert J. Schauer, Keith R. Hicks, Andrew Cardin, Clayton R. DeCamillis, Yunchuan Liu, Andrew Bools
  • Patent number: 11800651
    Abstract: An information display apparatus (1) includes a pair of fixing parts (50) each having a strip-like part (51) and a pair of branching parts (52). By screwing two end parts of each of the strip-like parts (51) to a front case (10) respectively, a display panel (30) is fixed, and by screwing to the two pairs of branching parts (52), a circuit substrate (40) is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Utsunomiya, Shinji Ezaki
  • Patent number: 11785719
    Abstract: A display assembly for an electronic device can include a printed circuit board, a display panel, and a support structure affixed to the display panel and disposed between the display panel and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sameer Pandya, Kiran S. Pillai, Kyle M. Zampaglione
  • Patent number: 11740658
    Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Mathew, Thomas W. Wilson, Jr., Victor H. Yin, Bryan W. Posner, Chris Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Peteris K. Augenbergs
  • Patent number: 11698555
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to FFS technology is provided, which sufficiently provides a common electrode with common electric potential and improves an aperture ratio of pixels. A pixel electrode is formed of a first layer transparent electrode. A common electrode made of a second layer transparent electrode is formed above the pixel electrode interposing an insulation film between them. The common electrode in an upper layer is provided with a plurality of slits. The common electrode extends over all the pixels in a display region. An end of the common electrode is disposed on a periphery of the display region and connected with a peripheral common electric potential line that provides a common electric potential Vcom. There is provided neither an auxiliary common electrode line nor a pad electrode, both of which are provided in a liquid crystal display device according to a conventional art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohide Onogi, Yasuo Segawa
  • Patent number: 11693460
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating base that has a plate surface; a first circuit that is provided on the plate surface; a first terminal that is provided on the plate surface, and to which a mounting member is attached; a second terminal that is provided on the plate surface; a first wiring that connects the first circuit and the first terminal to each other; and a second wiring that connects the first terminal and the second terminal to each other, is electrically connected to the first wiring in the first terminal, and has a parallel section in which the second wiring is disposed close to and parallel to the first wiring without being electrically connected to the first wiring outside the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11644870
    Abstract: A sturdy electronic device is provided. A reliable electronic device is provided. A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, a display portion having flexibility, and a power storage device having flexibility. The first board and the second board face each other. The display portion and the power storage device are provided between the first board and the second board. The display portion includes a first surface facing the power storage device. The first surface includes a first region not fixed to the power storage device. The first region overlaps with a display region of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11605883
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an integrated circuit (IC), a substrate having a first region having one or more antenna disposed on a surface thereof and a second region flexibly bent and electrically connected to the IC to provide an electrical connection path to the one or more antenna and the IC, a set substrate electrically connected to the IC, and a set module disposed on the set substrate between the set substrate and the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Bal Kim, Wan Soo Kim, Sang Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11595557
    Abstract: An electronic module has a flexible wiring member, a wiring circuit board, and a conductive connection member. The flexible wiring member has a flexible base, a first wiring layer formed on at least one face of the flexible base, and a first electrode formed of the first wiring layer at the end part that is not covered by a first insulating layer. The wiring circuit board has a base provided with a wiring, a second insulating layer having opening formed on at least one face of the base, and a second electrode formed in the opening. The conductive connection member connects the first electrode and the second electrode to each other. The end of the flexible wiring member is arranged above the opening in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Okada, Koji Noguchi, Mitsutoshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11567372
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a display area and a non-display area, a bonding area is further disposed in the non-display area, a bonding lead is formed on an array substrate in the bonding area, and a first alignment film is further disposed on the array substrate. A dam is disposed on a side of the bonding lead near an edge of the display area, and the first dam is configured to isolate the first alignment film from the bonding lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Qingyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11553587
    Abstract: A display panel with display and non-display regions has pixel units in the display region. The non-display region defines a bonding region in which there are traces and driving chips. The driving chips are bonded in a flexible printed circuit, and electrically connect with the pixel units. The traces include high-speed signal traces, power traces, and grounding traces. The grounding traces are adjacent to the power traces and so disposed as to shield against electromagnetic interference affecting the signal and power traces, the grounding traces serving as reference ground to the power traces, and form a shield against electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JADARD TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Wei Hung, Gang Liu
  • Patent number: 11541731
    Abstract: Provided are a light control film whereby flickering is hard to recognize when observing external light via the light control film, a light control member comprising same, a vehicle, and an electricity supply method for the light control film. In the vehicle 130, the light control film 1 having a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer is attached to a sunroof 132. The light control film 1 is attached to the sunroof 132 of the vehicle 130 such that the liquid crystal molecules fall to the rear of the vehicle 130 when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer. As a result, passengers in the vehicle do not sense any flickering inside the car and have no discomfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Okabe
  • Patent number: 11527557
    Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulating layer. The first conductive layer includes at least two first conductive members disposed side by side in the bonding area. The second conductive layer includes at least two second conductive members; each of the second conductive members is provided corresponding to and electrically connected to each of the first conductive members, and at least two of the second conductive members and at least two of the first conductive members are electrically connected through a same via-hole on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaojin He, Chengcai Dong, Ilgon Kim
  • Patent number: 11528814
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a data line selection circuit positioned on a display region side, a first terminal group, a second terminal group, a first video signal line electrically connected to a first terminal of the first terminal group, and a second video line electrically connected to a second terminal of the second terminal group. The first video signal line includes a first portion extending from the first terminal toward the second terminal group, a second portion extending from the first portion in a direction intersecting the first portion, and a third portion extending from the second portion toward the data line selection circuit. The second video signal line includes a fourth portion extending from the second terminal toward the first terminal group, a fifth portion extending from the fourth portion along the second portion, and a sixth portion extending from the fifth portion toward the data line selection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11491263
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for the synthesis of a biodegradable calcium release material that shows controlled ion release properties for tissue engineering, biomaterials containing the calcium particles as well as the calcium particles obtainable therefrom. By varying the treatment temperature of the described method, the calcium material shows different calcium release profiles. Contrary to a specific chemical composition such as CaCO3 which is associated to a specific calcium release profile, the present invention allows a manifold of compositions, with a manifold of calcium release profiles, all starting from a single specific chemical composition calcium precursor. Therefore, the invention also relates to the use of the controllable release, calcium material in tissue regeneration such as wound healing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA (IBEC), UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
    Inventors: Elisabeth Engel Lopez, Oscar Castano Linares, Joan Marti Munoz, Josep Anton Planell Estany
  • Patent number: 11490529
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a display panel; and a wiring board comprising a flexible base, a terminal electrically connected to the display panel, wherein the flexible base including a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, and a concavity in the second surface, the wiring board is mounted on the display panel and is bent so that the wiring board is opposed to a rear surface side of the display panel, and the concavity is provided in the portion of the wiring board which is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Motoyumi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 11448916
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart glass and a light adjusting method, a light adjusting device and a non-transitory computer storage medium. The smart glass includes a first glass module, a touch control layer and a control unit. The first glass module includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a first light adjusting layer between the first and second substrates. The light transmittance of the first light adjusting layer is adjusted by an electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch control layer is provided in at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The control unit is electrically coupled to the touch control layer to receive a touch control signal output by the touch control layer and adjust the electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate according to the touch control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaxing Wang, Hongliang Yuan, Xiaojuan Wu, Qi Zheng, Yao Bi, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xuan Zhong, Zhangxiang Cheng, Donghua Zhang, Ce Wang
  • Patent number: 11442299
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display module, a display device and a viewing-angle switching method. The display module includes a backlight module, a display panel, a lower polarizer sheet, a viewing-angle switching element and a transparent cover plate; the viewing-angle switching element and the transparent cover plate are arranged between the display panel and the lower polarizer sheet, and the transparent cover plate is arranged on a side of the viewing-angle switching element that is close to the lower polarizer sheet; the backlight module is configured to supply light that meets a preset condition, the viewing-angle switching element is configured to switch viewing-angle modes of the display module; the viewing-angle modes include; a first viewing-angle mode and a second viewing-angle mode; and a viewing-angle range of the first viewing-angle mode is smaller than a viewing angle range of the second viewing-angle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pan Yuan, Sijun Lei, Liang Gao, Xianyong Gao, Yansheng Sun, Yunsong Li, Zhicai Xu, Yong Long, Ying Zhang, Dengqian Li, Guojian Zhang, Fanjian Zeng, Shanbin Chen, Sen Tan, Hebing Ma, Chaojie Zhang, Song Liu, Xinzhi Shao, Yong Deng, Xiangchao Chen, Genchuan Yan, Ying Yang, Xinyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11355523
    Abstract: An array substrate (100, 200, 300) comprises a display region (110) and a bonding region (130, 230, 330). The bonding region (130, 230, 330) is disposed around the display region (110). The bonding region (130, 230, 330) of the array substrate (100, 200, 300) is provided with at least one pad (150, 250). The at least one pad (150, 250) comprises a plurality of first gold fingers (151, 251, 351) spaced apart and arranged in parallel. Intervals between adjacent first golden fingers (151, 251, 351) in the same pad (150, 250) are not entirely the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Patent number: 11329263
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module configured to display an image, and a flexible board in which a flat area and a bending area arranged in one direction in a plan view are defined, wherein at least a portion of the flat area is connected to the display module, and wherein the flexible board includes a base substrate connected to the display module, a cover member on the flat area, and covering a boundary at which the base substrate and the display module are connected to each other, and a blocking member on the flat area, and in contact with the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Park, Do-Hyeon Kim, Jeongjin Kim, Jungchul Woo, Moo-Hyun Jo
  • Patent number: 11327373
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including panel terminals; and a wiring substrate including first substrate terminals coupled to the panel terminals. The panel terminals include panel terminals arranged in a first region and panel terminals arranged in second regions sandwiching the first region. The first substrate terminals include first substrate terminals arranged in a third region and first substrate terminals arranged in fourth regions sandwiching the third region. A gap between panel terminals is substantially constant in the first and second regions. A first width of the panel terminals in the first region is different from a second width of the panel terminals is the second regions. A width of the first substrate terminals is substantially constant in the third and fourth regions. A first gap between first substrate terminals in the third region is different from a second gap between first substrate terminals in the fourth regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Yasuhito Aruga, Hiroyuki Onodera, Hiroki Kato, Yasushi Nakano, Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Keisuke Asada
  • Patent number: 11307706
    Abstract: An FPC connector includes a first insulating layer, a first circuit layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, and a second circuit layer. The first circuit layer is arranged between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The first circuit layer includes a number of conductive strips. The third insulating layer is arranged between the first insulating layer and the first circuit layer. The second circuit layer includes a number of conductive strips provided on an upper side of the third insulating layer. Ends of the conductive strips of the second circuit layer pass through the third insulating layer and are correspondingly connected to the conductive strips of the first circuit layer. The first circuit layer and the second insulating layer each has a forepart extending beyond a front end of each of the first insulating layer, the third insulating layer, and the second circuit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN STARTEK ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dejun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11291120
    Abstract: A optical module according to the present invention includes an optical semiconductor device, a package housing the optical semiconductor device, a first pattern provided on an upper surface of the package, a second pattern provided on a side surface continuous with the upper surface of the package, a flexible substrate provided on the first pattern and extending from the upper surface to a side surface side of the package and solder joining the first pattern and the flexible substrate together, wherein the solder is spread between a portion of the flexible substrate, the portion extending from the upper surface to the side surface side of the package, and the second pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Yoneda, Takuro Shinada
  • Patent number: 11287922
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11252819
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a substrate having a curved surface, a printed circuit board, and plural flexible wiring substrates, each of two of the plural flexible substrates has a terminal portion that is connected to the curved surface, the printed circuit board has a cutout between the two flexible wiring substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Youhei Iwai, Hideaki Abe
  • Patent number: 11169570
    Abstract: A flexible display panel including: a flexible panel including a first region including a display region and oriented on a first plane and a second region including a non-display region and oriented on a second plane different from the first plane; and a flexible encapsulation member disposed on the flexible panel so as to encapsulate at least the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11158252
    Abstract: A circuit board includes: a power supply wiring board that includes a power supply circuit that outputs the power supply voltage, and a first power supply line and a second power supply line which are connected with the power supply circuit; a first wiring board that includes a first line; a second wiring board that includes a second line; a first cable that includes a first conductor that connects the first power supply line and the first line; a second cable that includes a second conductor that connects the second power supply line and the second line; and a short-circuit conductor that short-circuits the first line and the second line. An electrical length of a route from the power supply circuit to the first wiring board is shorter than an electrical length of a route from the power supply circuit to the second wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Yutaka Nakano
  • Patent number: 11093006
    Abstract: A display module includes a cover plate, a display integrated circuit, a grounding lead wire and a shielding layer. The display integrated circuit is disposed on a side of the cover plate and has a grounding terminal. A first end of the grounding lead wire is electrically connected to the grounding terminal, and a second end of the grounding lead wire is electrically connected to a grounding conductor. The shielding layer is disposed between the cover plate and the display integrated circuit and is electrically connected to the grounding conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Yu, Jiaqiang Wang, Jianye Tang, Yanchao Zhang, Dawei Wang, Dong Liu, Yanming Wang, Cheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11083094
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible display device, including a flexible display panel and a support structure, the flexible display panel includes a main structure region, a bending region and an extension region, the bending region is bent to locate the extension region at a back of the main structure region, an accommodation space is formed between the main structure region, the extension region and the bending region, at least part of the support structure is located in the accommodation space, and one end of the support structure extends into a bending space surrounded by the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghong Zhou, Shiming Shi, Shangchieh Chu
  • Patent number: 11003213
    Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Mathew, Thomas W. Wilson, Jr., Victor H. Yin, Bryan W. Posner, Chris Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Peteris K. Augenbergs
  • Patent number: 10980118
    Abstract: A flexible circuit film including a first flexible film, a second flexible film facing the first flexible film, and a plurality of wirings arranged between the first flexible film and the second flexible film. Each of the wirings has a first portion extending in a second direction from a first terminal portion to a first connection part, a second portion extending in a first direction different from the second direction from the first connection part to a second connection part, and a third portion extending in a direction opposite to the second direction from the second connection part to a second terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ho Hwang, Jang-Mi Lee
  • Patent number: 10964440
    Abstract: A cationically polymerizable anisotropic conductive film is provided. The cationically polymerizable anisotropic conductive film includes an alicyclic epoxy compound and achieves storage life property better than known anisotropic conductive films while ensuring curing temperature and connection reliability equivalent to known anisotropic conductive films. The anisotropic conductive film contains a binder composition containing a film forming component and a cationically polymerizable component, a cationic polymerization initiator, and conductive particles. The anisotropic conductive film contains a quaternary ammonium salt-based thermal acid generator as a cationic polymerization initiator and an alicyclic epoxy compound and a low polarity oxetane compound as a cationically polymerizable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Hayashi, Kenji Tokuhisa, Etsuko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10951883
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic display assembly includes a circuit board and a plurality of display facets. Each display facet is coupled to one side of the circuit board. Each display facet includes a plurality of display pixels. Each display facet includes a selectable display resolution from a plurality of display resolutions. Each display facet is individually addressable such that the plurality of display facets are configurable to provide heterogeneous display resolutions. The circuit board includes a plurality of facet locations. Each particular facet location is configured to transmit signals to a particular display facet that is electrically coupled to the particular facet location, thereby displaying light on the particular display facet at a particular selected display resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Lamkin, Kyle Martin Ringgenberg, Jordan David Lamkin
  • Patent number: 10930196
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, at least one light emitting element and at least two driving arrays. The at least one light emitting element is disposed on the substrate, and the at least one light emitting element has a first terminal and a second terminal. The at least two driving arrays are disposed on the substrate, and one of the at least two driving arrays is electrically connected to the first terminal of the at least one light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Ming-Chun Tseng, Liang-Lu Chen
  • Patent number: 10921936
    Abstract: To block noise and achieve slimness and integration, a liquid crystal display device includes according to an embodiment a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer formed therebetween, a shielding electrode formed throughout the entire rear surface of the second substrate of the liquid crystal panel, a first polarizing plate formed on the shielding electrode, a third substrate formed above the first polarizing plate and including intersecting first and second electrodes, a touch FPC including a touch drive IC to control driving and sensing of the first and second electrodes, and a printed circuit board formed at one side of the liquid crystal panel and generating a main panel control signal to control driving of the liquid crystal panel, a touch control signal to control the touch drive IC, and a voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Hwan Kim, Min-Woo Hwang
  • Patent number: 10925157
    Abstract: A flexible board is formed by mounting a one end of the flexible board on a mounting surface provided on a liquid crystal panel, the mounting surface having a curved shape, and by folding back the flexible board from the one end through another end. The flexible board includes a bent portion in which, at a position between the one end and the other end, a gap to the one end changes according to the position along a curving direction of the mounting surface, the bent portion being formed by bending at least a portion among the positions where the gap to the one end is small so as to make the portion protrude in a direction that crosses a board surface of the flexible board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki Yabuuchi
  • Patent number: 10921853
    Abstract: A display device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a first circuit board which has a first end attached onto the display panel, a driver integrated circuit which is disposed on the first circuit board, a sealing member disposed on the first circuit board and which surrounds an outer surface of the driver integrated circuit, and an insulating tape which is disposed on the sealing member and the driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lu Ly Lee
  • Patent number: 10910410
    Abstract: A flexible array substrate has a main display area, and includes a flexible substrate and a plurality of signal connecting portions. The flexible substrate includes at least one bent portion extending from at least one side of the main display area. The plurality of signal connecting portions are disposed at a side of the at least one bent portion away from the main display area. A plurality of signal lines are disposed on a first surface of the flexible substrate in the main display area. The plurality of signal connecting portions are configured to electrically connect the plurality of signal lines to at least one driving circuit. The at least one bent portion is configured to bend toward a second surface of the flexible substrate opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO.. LTD
    Inventor: Xiaolong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10912215
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a second driving circuit that applies a gate signal to the plurality of pixels, and a first connecting member connected to the display panel on a first edge of the display panel. The first connecting member includes a control signal wiring connected to the second driving circuit. The display device further includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected to the display panel on a second edge of the display panel. The second edge faces the first edge, and the FPCB includes a first driving circuit that applies a data voltage to the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Jun Lee, Myung Ho Lee, Myoung Seop Song
  • Patent number: 10901252
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a mold frame that has a support for a lower surface of the display panel, and a first side wall portion that vertically extends from the support; a flexible printed circuit board disposed outside the first side wall portion that connects the circuit board and the display panel; and a shielding case that includes a second bottom portion that covers a part of the flexible printed circuit board, and a third side wall portion that extends upward from the second bottom portion, is fastened to the first side wall portion and covers a part of the flexible printed circuit board. The first side wall portion has an opening, and the shielding case includes a hook that extends from the third side wall portion into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyu Sim, Kwangsun You, Dongjin Park, Junggil Oh, Wonchul Lee, Byoungjin Jin, Jonghyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 10849237
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes: a stage to support a first substrate and a second substrate of a display device; a fixing member to fix a flexible printed circuit board connected with the first substrate onto the second substrate; and a press member to press first pad electrodes of the flexible printed circuit board and second pad electrodes of the second substrate, and the fixing member is configured to press a pad electrode-free area of the flexible printed circuit board. A pressing method of a press apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Uk Cho
  • Patent number: 10840481
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a plurality of pixels that are formed on the substrate and each have a light emission area from which visible rays are emitted and a transmission area through which external light is transmitted; a pixel circuit portion disposed in each light emission area of the plurality of pixels; a first electrode that is disposed in each light emission area and is electrically connected to the pixel circuit portion; an intermediate layer that is formed on the first electrode and includes an organic emissive layer; a second electrode formed on the intermediate layer; and a capping layer that is disposed on the second electrode and includes a first capping layer corresponding to the light emission area and a second capping layer corresponding to the transmission area. Accordingly, electrical characteristics and image quality of the organic light-emitting display apparatus may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Choi, Jin-Koo Chung, Seong-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10823996
    Abstract: A display panel includes a cover plate, an array substrate, and an opposite substrate. The array substrate is disposed between the cover plate and the opposite substrate. An edge of a surface of the array substrate away from the cover plate includes a bonding region for bonding at least one circuit, and a portion of a surface of the array substrate close to the cover plate corresponding to the bonding region is fixedly connected to the cover plate. The opposite substrate is assembled face to face with the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianguo Zhu, Fangyi Liu, Yangli Zheng, Xiaoping Zhang, Xingpan Sun, Le Zhang, Yaodong Wang, Yang Zhang, Luo Zhang, Jiazhen Liu, Yizhe Li, Hui Yin, Qi Jing
  • Patent number: 10818634
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate; a printed circuit board; a chip on film; an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer, connected between the chip on film and the substrate, and between the chip on film and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shishuai Huang
  • Patent number: 10795199
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display panel and a liquid-crystal display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display panel also includes a first base including a first substrate, and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the display region. Moreover, the display panel includes a second base including a second substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer disposed between the first base and the second base. In addition, the display panel includes a heating power terminal disposed in the non-display region and including a first heating power terminal for outputting a high voltage and a second heating power terminal for outputting a low voltage. Further, the display panel includes at least one heating electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and used to heat the liquid-crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHENGDU TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Ling Shen, Feng Qin, Zhidan Su