Featuring Flexible Circuit (i.e., Tape Automated Bonding (tab), Etc.) Patents (Class 349/150)
  • Patent number: 9983447
    Abstract: A flat panel display module includes a display panel configured to comprise a display area and a first pad that is out of the display area; and an auxiliary panel configured to include a first auxiliary pad disposed on one side, a second auxiliary pad disposed on the other side, and an auxiliary connection line that connects the first auxiliary pad and the second auxiliary pad, wherein the first auxiliary pad is connected to the first pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghwan Shin, Jaehyung Jo
  • Patent number: 9978692
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a control circuitry, a plurality of pins, and a plurality of driving units coupled to the pins. The control circuitry provides a plurality of control signals according to data to be transmitted. The pins are coupled to a device via a plurality of conductive traces of a printed circuit board (PCB). The control signals control each of the driving units to selectively provide the data or one specific shielding pattern via the corresponding pin and the corresponding conductive trace of PCB to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: PoHao Chang, Chun-Wei Chang, Ching-Chih Li
  • Patent number: 9959824
    Abstract: A flat panel display includes a display panel comprising a display area and a non-display area which is disposed on a outside of the display area and has at least one recess on one end side thereof; a driving substrate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel; and at least one connection member connected to the display panel and the driving substrate through at least one recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwook Lee, Kibok Park
  • Patent number: 9942978
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel configured to display images, a first substrate having a plurality of pixels disposed therein, and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a display area, a bent part extending from the display area, and a pad part extending from the bent part. The flexible display device further includes a panel driver coupled to the pad part of the first substrate and configured to supply signals to the plurality of pixels on the display panel for displaying images. The first substrate further includes a first surface and a second surface, and the second substrate includes a third surface and a fourth surface. The first surface of the first substrate faces the fourth surface of the second substrate. The first substrate is curved at the bent part of the first substrate such that the pad part of the first substrate and the panel driver are disposed below the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dal Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9897738
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which receives light to display an image. A light guide plate guides the light toward the display panel. A light source unit is disposed at a first side of the light guide plate to provide the light to the light guide plate. The light source unit includes a printed circuit board which includes a first area and a second area. A first light source is disposed on the first area and generates the light. A first stepped part is disposed on the second area and faces the first light source. A first adhesive part is disposed on the second area. The first stepped part reflects the light which is generated from the first light source toward the light guide plate, and the first adhesive part attaches the printed circuit board to the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Young Song, Dongyeon Kang, Sunhee Oh
  • Patent number: 9877395
    Abstract: Terminal portions are arrayed at regular widths and regular intervals, and each face any enable terminal, and are electrically connected to the enable terminals by conductive particles. A lead portion is connected to the other terminal portion except for pair of terminal portions which is a pair of terminal portions adjacent to each other, and extends from an overlap region to a lead region. A connection portion connects the respective terminal portions that are not connected with the lead portion to the adjacent terminal portions that are connected to the lead portion within an area of the overlap region. An interval between a pair of lead portions extending from a pair of connection portions located to sandwich a pair of terminal portions that are not connected with the lead portion therebetween is larger than an interval between the other adjacent lead portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Yasushi Nakano, Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Ryouhei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9874967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch-panel display device. The touch-panel display device comprises a substrate, a display module, a sensing module and a function layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides of the substrate, respectively. The display module is proximal to the first surface of the substrate, and the sensing module is disposed between the display module and the substrate. The function layer, disposed on either the first surface or the second surface of the substrate, is configured to polarize light emitted from the display module towards the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Wu, Huilin Ye, Jing Yu, Tsung-Ke Chiu
  • Patent number: 9871899
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel for displaying an image, and a printed circuit board electrically connected with the flexible display panel through a circuit film. The printed circuit board may include a plurality of boards in a stack, the boards being respectively provided with integrated circuits, driving chips, and circuit wires, and a conducting portion connecting circuit wires of at least two boards among the plurality of boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Gwon Kim
  • Patent number: 9865646
    Abstract: This present invention provides a flexible LED display by utilizing flexible wirings and the locations of the conductive pins on the bottom side of each single color LEDs or full color LEDs to make each of the single color LEDs or full color LEDs mount on each pixel defined by the flexible wires formed on the transparent flexible substrate, and this flexible LED display which characterizes in separating the wirings crossing over with each other by a so-called bridge technology and utilizing a single-layered substrate to save costs of processes and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Cheng-Chang Transflex Display Corp.
    Inventor: Hui-Lan Tso
  • Patent number: 9864221
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect, the display apparatus includes a flexible display panel configured to display images and a first frame arranged on the front surface of the flexible display panel and curved in a first direction. The display apparatus also includes a second frame arranged on a rear surface of the flexible display panel and curved in the first direction and a spacer arranged on at least one of the first and second frames. The spacer is configured to adjust the distance between the first and second frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Lee, Chunghui Lee, Byungchan Kim, Juhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9857843
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic component; a housing that has an accommodation space for accommodating the electronic component, and has an opening communicating with the accommodation space, the opening being provided at part of an outer member enclosing the accommodation space; a covering member that covers the opening and is in intimate contact with the outer member of the housing at a position enclosing the entire outer circumference of the opening and that has a slit provided at a position opposed to the opening; and a flexible printed circuit board including a first end and a second end, the first end being electrically coupled to the electronic component, the second end being drawn out to the outside of the accommodation space through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kimiyoshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9857930
    Abstract: In one embodiment a transparent conductive component is described comprising a flexible transparent substrate; a transparent conductive layer disposed on the flexible transparent substrate; and a plurality of metal traces disposed on and in electrical communication with the transparent conductive layer. A portion of the flexible transparent substrate comprising the transparent conductive layer and metal traces forms an interconnect circuit tab. At least the interconnect circuit tab comprises a cured organic polymeric material disposed on the (e.g. patterned) transparent conductive layer and metal traces metal traces and flexible transparent substrate such that the cured organic polymeric material forms an exposed surface layer. The cured organic polymeric material is optionally disposed at the bezel region and/or at a central region of the transparent conductive component (e.g. touch sensor).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Muthu Sebastian, Roger W. Barton, Dominic M. Travasso
  • Patent number: 9851593
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for rear assembly of a display with a frame assembly having a frame joined to a liquid crystal layer (e.g., cell), initially forming a front of the display. The frame may be substantially continuous with the cell and formed without an adhesive layer, reducing a thickness of the display. The frame may be injection molded about the cell with a thermoplastic or thermoset material. Molding the frame about the cell may enable the frame to uniformly support the cell and/or support the cell with less material or structure. Various layers may be added to the frame assembly from a rear of the display. Rear assembly may further reduce the thickness of the display by removing one or more adhesive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Steven M. Scardato
  • Patent number: 9841553
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a light source supplying light to the display panel; a lower frame on which the light source and the display panel are disposed; a light guide plate disposed between the lower frame and the display panel and dissipating light emitted from the light source toward the display panel; an optical sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel; and an adhesive member having one surface attached to the display panel and the other surface attached to the optical sheet, wherein the adhesive member includes a base portion disposed between the optical sheet and the display panel; and a protrusion portion protruding on a surface of the base portion and disposed on a side surface of the optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taechang Kim
  • Patent number: 9835650
    Abstract: An adapter apparatus and method includes using an adapter body defining a socket cavity configured to receive a packaged device and a socket lid assembly configured to apply a force upon a packaged device received in the socket cavity of the adapter body. A measurement apparatus associated with the socket lid assembly may include a measurement element (e.g., temperature sensing element, compressible element, etc.) that is configured to contact a packaged device received in the socket cavity when the socket lid assembly closes the socket cavity and applies a force upon the packaged device (e.g., a measurement signal is generated with use of the measurement element that is configured to contact the packaged device). An indicator may be configured to display a parameter based on the measurement signal (e.g., a count, a temperature, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: IRONWOOD ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ilavarasan M. Palaniappa, Mickiel P. Fedde, Vinayak Reddy Panavala, Sultan M. Faiz, Scott Delano
  • Patent number: 9807880
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board including: a supporting substrate including a first region to which light emitting elements are mounted and a second region extending to be bent from the first region, wherein the second region comprises: a connector mounting portion to which a connector for supplying an electric current to the light emitting elements is mounted; and a non-mounting portion of a connector separated and spaced apart from the connector mounting portion, wherein the connector mounting portion is formed lower than the non-mounting portion of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Gyu Park, Min Jae Kim, Se Woong Na, In Hee Cho, Man Hue Choi, Seung Kwon Hong
  • Patent number: 9794382
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: a main body with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a back surface; and a case surrounding the main body, the case including: a top side portion covering the top surface of the main body; a backside portion including a first backside portion positioned in the upper part and covering the back of the main body and a second backside portion positioned below the first backside portion and covering the back of the main body; and a bottom side portion covering the bottom surface of the main body, wherein the top side portion, first backside portion, second backside portion, and bottom side portion may be made of a metal material, and separated from one another by a non-metal member, and the non-metal member may have a light-emitting portion that gives off light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsuk Yang, Jaichul Kim, Taewha Choi, Jongmo Kang, Jinho Jang
  • Patent number: 9756733
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. Drzaic, Jeremy C. Franklin, Stephen Brian Lynch, Scott A. Myers, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, John P. Ternus
  • Patent number: 9615477
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting a substrate unit and a chip unit includes a first flexible connection unit having at least one first wire extending from a first end to a second end on a surface of the substrate unit, and a rigid connection unit having at least one second conductive wire for electrically connecting to the first conductive wire. The chip unit is sequentially and electrically connected to the substrate unit first via the rigid connection unit and then via the flexible connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yan Ling
  • Patent number: 9600111
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for sealing the substrate; a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit; a window cover provided on the touch screen panel; an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and encapsulation unit. An area expansion portion is formed in a position of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Min Hong, Hyun-Min Hwang, Go-Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 9525012
    Abstract: A curved display device including a display area and a non-display area is provided. The curved display device includes a first direction area configured to maintain a flat state and a bending area connected to the first direction area. A thin film transistor (TFT) layer, a passivation layer, a sealing layer, and an upper film are provided on a base substrate in an area where the display area overlaps the bending area, and the sealing layer and the upper film extend to an area where the non-display area overlaps the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YuSok Lim, Sejun Cho
  • Patent number: 9462711
    Abstract: A recessed portion is formed in a side face of a display device. An elastic body is provided in a recessed portion. The elastic body is elastically deformed to fix the display device to a housing when the display device is mounted in a predetermined-shaped space of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Kokusho
  • Patent number: 9454025
    Abstract: An electronic device display may have a color filter layer, a thin-film-transistor layer, and a layer of liquid crystal material. The display may have a display cover layer such as a layer of glass or plastic. Adhesive may be used to attach the upper polarizer to the display cover layer. The thin-film transistor layer may have a substrate with upper and lower surfaces. Thin-film-transistor circuitry may be formed on the upper surface. A display driver integrated circuit may be mounted to the lower surface or a flexible printed circuit and may be coupled to the thin-film-transistor circuitry using wire bonding wires. Through vias that are formed through the thin-film-transistor layer substrate may be used in coupling the thin-film-transistor circuitry to the display driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John Z. Zhong, Cheng Chen, Shih-Chang Chang, Victor H. Yin, Shawn R. Gettemy, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9417473
    Abstract: A display device 10 according to this invention includes a display panel 11, a drive board 113, a flexible wiring 111, and a frame 13. The display panel 11 is configured to display an image on a front side. The drive board 113 is configured to control display driving of the display panel 11. The flexible wiring 111 having flexibility connects the display panel 11 and the drive board 113 electrically. The frame 13 includes a frame portion 13a, a sidewall 13b, and a housing portion 13c. The frame portion 13a has a frame-like shape that is opposite a peripheral area of the front side of the display panel 11. The sidewall 13b extends from the frame portion 13a toward a rear side of the display panel 11 and surrounds the display panel 11. The housing portion 13c is located inside the sidewall 13b and includes the groove 13c1 that opens to the frame portion 13a. The housing portion 13c holds the drive board 113 fitted in the groove 13c1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ozeki, Motomitsu Itoh
  • Patent number: 9419065
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an organic light-emitting diode display with minimized border regions. The border regions may be minimized by providing the display with bent edge portions having neutral plane adjustment features that facilitate bending of the bent edge portions while minimizing damage to the bent edge portions. The neutral plane adjustment features may include a modified backfilm layer of the display in which portions of the backfilm layer are removed in a bend region. A display device may include a substrate, a display panel on the substrate having display pixels, and peripheral circuitry proximate the display panel and configured to drive the display pixels. A portion of the periphery of the substrate may be bent substantially orthogonal to the display panel to reduce an apparent surface area of the display device. The bent portion may include an electrode for communication with the peripheral circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Chieh-Wei Chen, Dinesh C. Mathew, Paul S. Drzaic, Sang Ha Kim, Silvio Grespan, John Z. Zhong, Jean-Pierre Guillou, Kuo-Hua Sung, Young Bae Park, Vasudha Gupta
  • Patent number: 9411184
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a back plate splicing structure for large-size backlight modules. The back plate includes a bottom flat plate and a splicing member joined to an end of the bottom flat plate, wherein the splicing member includes a side plate, and an upper supporting plate and a lower supporting plate configured on a same side of the side plate; the upper supporting plate, the lower supporting plate, and the side plate cooperatively define a clamping opening clamping the bottom flat plate therein; the upper supporting plate fixes the bottom flat plate in the clamping opening, and at least one fixing screw is configured between the bottom flat plate and the splicing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-cheng Kuo, Yuchun Hsiao, Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 9392718
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module, a support plate on which the display module is disposed, and a plurality of openings which are disposed along an outer circumference of the support plate and which reduce vibration transmitted to the display module through the support plate, wherein the vibration is caused by a shock generated in an outer side of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-Kun Cho, Cheol-Hee Kim, Hun-Hong Kim, Hyun-Su Lim, Byoung-Uk Yoon
  • Patent number: 9391109
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, and a method of fabrication, is introduced. In an embodiment, one or more passivation layers are formed over a first substrate. Recesses are formed in the passivation layers and a first plurality of bonding pads and a second plurality of bonding pads are formed in the recesses. In an embodiment, the first plurality of bonding pads have a first width and a first pitch, and the second plurality of bonding pads have the first width and are grouped into clusters. The first plurality of bonding pads and the second plurality of bonding pads in the first substrate are aligned to a third plurality of bonding pads in a second substrate and are bonded using a direct bonding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Szu-Ying Chen, Dun-Nian Yaung
  • Patent number: 9383882
    Abstract: A conductive substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of conductive areas, a plurality of first conductive wires, a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of second conductive wires. The conductive areas are disposed on the substrate along a first direction in sequence. The conductive areas are formed and have a plurality of extending conductive portions along a second direction. The conductive portions of two of the adjacent conductive areas are disposed interlacedly. One terminal of each of the first conductive wires is electrically connected to one of the conductive areas. Each of the conductive pads is electrically connected to other terminal of one of the first conductive wires. One terminal of each of the second conductive wire is electrically connected to one of the conductive pads. In addition, a touch panel is also disclosed in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: Wistron Corporation, eTurboTouch Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Kuei-Ching Wang, Ta-Hu Lin
  • Patent number: 9361609
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through the display layers in the display. The display layers may include a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The backlight structures may include a light guide plate. A plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on a flexible printed circuit may be coupled to an edge of the light guide plate. The flexible printed circuit may be curled into a spring element to bias the light-emitting diodes against the edge of the light guide plate. A plurality of gaps may be formed in the flexible printed circuit and may be used to separate and mechanically decouple adjacent light-emitting diodes. Individual light-emitting diodes may independently register to the light guide plate to maximize optical efficiency in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Derek W. Wright, Wenyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9332649
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board, a semiconductor package, and methods of forming the same are provided. The flexible circuit board includes: a base film; an input line pattern, an output line pattern, and a dummy pattern on a first surface of the base film; and a ground pattern on a second surface of the base film and electrically connected with the dummy pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: DoYoung Kim, KyungDuk Kim
  • Patent number: 9318427
    Abstract: A flexible display substrate, a flexible organic light emitting display device, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The flexible display substrate comprises a flexible substrate including a display area and a non-display area extending from the display area, a first wire formed on the display area of the flexible substrate, and a second wire formed on the non-display area of the flexible substrate, wherein at least a part of the non-display area of the flexible substrate is curved in a bending direction, and the second wire formed on at least a part of the non-display area of the flexible substrate includes a first portion formed to extend in a first direction and a second portion formed to extend in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangcheon Youn, HeeSeok Yang, Sanghyeon Kwak, YoonDong Cho, SeYeoul Kwon, Saemleenuri Lee, SoYoung Jo, DongYoon Kim, AnNa Ha
  • Patent number: 9313889
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible circuit film having a rear surface connected to the display panel, and a front surface opposite to the rear surface, the front surface having a chip mounted thereon, and a first lead bonding portion electrically connecting the chip to the display panel. The first lead bonding portion includes a first portion connected to the chip and overlying a portion of the flexible circuit film, a second portion passing through the flexible circuit film, and a third portion disposed between the flexible circuit film and the display panel on the rear surface of the flexible circuit film, where the third portion overlaps the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungsuk Yang, Jeong-Kyu Ha, PaLan Lee, Narae Shin, Soyoung Lim, Jae-Min Jung, KyongSoon Cho
  • Patent number: 9298046
    Abstract: A conductive film (12) that covers the upper surface of a CF glass substrate (11) or the upper surface of a polarization plate (13) overlaid on the CF glass substrate is provided. The conductive film and a ground electrode (16) on a TFT glass substrate (10) are electrically connected with a conductive tape (20) having adherence. Then, a conductive paste (22), (23) is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the conductive film, and is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the ground electrode. The conductive tape is provided with a length allowance such that the entire length is longer than the shortest distance between a connection part between the conductive tape and the conductive film and a connection part between the conductive tape and the ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sumida, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 9256094
    Abstract: A touch panel is presented, which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The first substrate includes a first side having a first circuit. The second substrate includes a first side arranged on the first side of the first substrate and a second side having a second circuit. The third substrate is arranged on the second side of the second substrate. Therefore, by using the structure of the touch panel, the substrates of the touch panel can be integrated, so as to achieve the objective of decreasing the overall thickness of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Winsky Technology Limited
    Inventor: Winston Chan
  • Patent number: 9250488
    Abstract: The flexible printed circuit board includes a base material with a connection terminal and a signal wiring formed thereon, a first cover layer disposed on a first side of the base material, and a second cover layer disposed on a second side different from the first side. The display panel is connected to the connection terminal. The first cover layer is spaced from an end portion of the display panel by a gap of a predetermined size thereby leaving at least one of the connection terminal and the signal wiring exposed. The second cover layer overlaps with the gap in a planar view. A second end portion of the second cover layer is disposed on an opposite side the display panel. A shape of the second end portion is formed to be wavy or concavo-convex including crests and troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Atsuo Nakagawa, Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 9239489
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having backlight structures that include a light guide plate formed from a clear polymer film. The polymer film may have an edge into which light is emitted from an adjacent array of light-emitting diodes. The light emitting diodes may each include a semiconductor device that emits light. The semiconductor device in each diode may be mounted on lead frame structures and wirebonded to the lead frame structures with first and second wire bonds. To improve backlight homogeneity and thereby reduce the mixing distance for light in the light guide plate, the diodes may be spaced closely together using diode packages having end faces that are free of lead frame structures. Exposed lead frame structures for soldering the light-emitting diodes to a substrate may be formed under the light-emitting diodes and on rear surfaces of the light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Doyle, Shawn R. Gettemy
  • Patent number: 9217889
    Abstract: A narrow bezel LCD module, comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight module having at least one plastic frame to carry the liquid crystal panel; a front frame surrounding the plastic frame to fix the liquid crystal panel and form an accommodating space formed between the front frame and the plastic frame; at least one flexible package component disposed in the accommodating space and having a flexible circuit board which electrically connects to the liquid crystal panel and a driver circuit board; and at least one guide block disposed in the accommodating space, fixed on one inner side of the front frame and having a guide slope facing the flexible circuit board. The invention can avoid the flexible package component from being curved upward and damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Quan Li
  • Patent number: 9214640
    Abstract: A flexible display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The flexible display device comprises a first flexible substrate including a display area including an organic light emitting layer, and a peripheral circuit area, and a second flexible substrate coming in contact with the first flexible substrate and including a pattern for facilitating bending thereof, wherein the second flexible substrate has a certain shape according to the pattern, and the first flexible substrate has a shape corresponding to the certain shape. Various embodiments of the present invention provide a flexible display device capable of realizing a narrow bezel-type or bezel-free display device and simultaneously realizing improved types of design, facilitating bending of a bezel area so as to realize a narrow bezel-type or bezel-free display device, and minimizing damage to an area to be bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanwoo Lee, JongHyun Park, TaeWoo Kim, Jaekyung Choi, Sangcheon Youn, SungJoon Min, SeYeoul Kwon, KwonHyung Lee
  • Patent number: 9213195
    Abstract: A display device (50aa) includes a display panel (30) which has a display region (D) for image display and a non-display region (N) surrounding the display region (D), and has flexibility, wherein a reinforcing member (35a) is bonded to in the non-display region (N) of the display panel (30) such that the display region (D) is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriko Watanabe, Takuto Yasumatsu
  • Patent number: 9210810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the design and fabrication of flexible devices, including high-performance large-area OLEDs, narrow border display panels and lighting panels are provided. Various described fabrication- and design-processes may be used to provide the necessary electrical drive to lighting and display panels. Electrical drive may be provided to one or more row- and column-signals by patterning conductive elements near the panel edge. The electrical elements may further be folded over a region near the panel edge back on itself, such that electrical traces may route around the display edge. This may allow the display active area to be substantially the same area as its viewing area, and furthermore may allow pixels go substantially all the way to the edge of the viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Emory Krall, Ruiqing Ma
  • Patent number: 9195108
    Abstract: A display may be provided with an active central region and a peripheral inactive region. The display may have one or more flexible edges in the peripheral inactive region. Conductive lines may pass between components in the active central region such as display pixels and touch sensor electrodes and components in the inactive peripheral region such as gate driver circuitry and patterned interconnect lines. Each conductive line may have an unbent segment on a portion of a display layer in the active central region and may have a segment on the bent edge of the display layer. The display layer may be formed from a polymer or other flexible material. The bent segments may be configured to be less susceptible to increases in resistance from bending than the unbent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Young Bae Park, John Z. Zhong, Shih-Chang Chang, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9195358
    Abstract: A folded micro-wire substrate structure includes a transparent folded flexible substrate having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side. The flexible substrate has a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion of the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has at least a first fold between the first and second portions so that the first portion is aligned with the second portion in a perpendicular direction. One or more electrical conductors is located in or on the flexible substrate, at least one electrical component is located on or in the flexible substrate in the first portion. At least one optical element is located on or in the flexible substrate in the second portion located so that the optical element directs light to or from the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Thomas Nathaniel Tombs
  • Patent number: 9196584
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, first LEDs and second LEDs mounted on the substrate, multiple wirings separately formed on the substrate, and a conductive member for connecting adjacent two wirings in multiple wirings for establishing series connection, parallel connection, or a combination of series and parallel connections of the first LEDs and the second LEDs. This achieves the light-emitting device that can support multiple different specifications, using a single type of substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Masumi Abe, Kenji Ueda, Masashi Funakoshi, Kosuke Takehara, Keiji Kiba
  • Patent number: 9185817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel including: a first input terminal group in which input terminals are disposed at intervals along first long side of a rectangular driver IC facing a panel end portion; a second input terminal group in which input terminals are disposed at intervals along the second long side of the driver IC facing a display section; a first wiring group connected to the first input terminal group, that extends under the first short side of the driver IC and extends out from between the driver IC and the panel body; and a second wiring group connected to the second input terminal group, that passes under the second long side of the driver IC and extends out from between the driver IC and the panel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ohno, Takahiro Imayoshi, Masakuni Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 9158152
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source module which emits light to a side surface of the light guide plate, and a housing which accommodates the light guide plate and the light source module. The light source module includes a printed circuit board on which a plurality of a point light source is mounted, and a light source fixing board which supports the printed circuit board. The housing includes a bottom portion on which the light guide plate is placed, and a fixing portion which extends from an edge of the bottom portion. An extension portion of the light source fixing board, which is adjacent to a corner of the light guide plate, and an end of the fixing portion of the housing, are coupled to a reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Yong Noh, Seong-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9128568
    Abstract: A capacitive touch screen panel includes top and bottom ITO coated glass sheets that may both be connected to detection electronics (e.g., a controller) by way of a single, normal flexible printed circuit connector. The ITO coated surface of each of the top and bottom glass sheets may face each other and a transparent material such as an optically clear adhesive may be disposed between the top and bottom glass sheets. In some embodiments, a number of spacers may be disposed between the top and bottom glass sheets to maintain a desired gap between the sheets. In other embodiments, the single, normal flexible printed circuit connector may generally reside in a single plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: New Vision Display (Shenzhen) CO., Limited
    Inventors: Ding Hua Long, Hai Hui Zhang, Hai Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 9119300
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a circuit board having a control circuit controlling electric power to be supplied to a motor, a base fixedly supporting the circuit board, a flexible printed circuit supplying electric power to the motor, a pin terminal disposed on the circuit board, being electrically connected with the control circuit, a dummy pin terminal disposed on the circuit board, being electrically free from the control circuit, a wiring pattern land disposed on the FPC, being electrically connected with the pin terminal, and a dummy wiring pattern land disposed on the FPC, being connected with the dummy pin terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Hijikata, Takayuki Matsui, Kazuo Takada, Haruka Miyaji
  • Patent number: 9116277
    Abstract: The edge light type backlight device (12) includes a light guide plate (19); an LED light source (17); a reflective sheet (25), the edge thereof on the side facing the LED light source (17) extending toward the LED light source (17) beyond the surface of the light-guiding plate (19) that faces the LED light source (17); and a chassis (14) that has a bottom plate (14a) and side plates (14b) rise from one surface of the bottom plate (14a) and that stores therein the LED light source (17), the reflective sheet (25), and the light guide plate (19). The LED light source (17) is affixed to the side plate (14b) of the chassis (14). In the reflective sheet (25), near an edge of the reflective sheet (25) on a side facing the LED light source (17), a fold line (25a) for bending is disposed across two edges connected to that edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9118142
    Abstract: A connector including a housing. A lock is positioned on a mating end of the housing. The connector also includes a contact. A slide member is positioned on the housing and is slideable along a longitudinal axis to the mating end and engageable with the lock in a lock position, and being slideable along the longitudinal axis to a terminal end of the housing in an unlock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Taisuke Nagasaki