Flexible Board Patents (Class 361/749)
  • Patent number: 10199363
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a module substrate, a line pattern provided to the module substrate, first and second semiconductor chips on the module substrate and coupled to the line pattern, and a termination resister on the module substrate and coupled to the line pattern, the termination resistor being located between the first and second semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Tsukada, Masayuki Honda, Yoshihisa Fukushima, Scott Richard Cyr
  • Patent number: 10194527
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a method for manufacturing a stretchable circuit board, which can facilitate positioning of an external terminal and a stretchable wiring, and increase manufacturing yield of a stretchable circuit board. [Solving Mean] A stretchable circuit board is manufactured through: a step in which an external terminal 31 is formed on a main surface 33b located on one side of a film base 33; a step in which a stretchable wiring portion 55 is formed on a main surface 53a located on one side of a stretchable base 53; and a step in which the stretchable wiring portion 55 is positioned with the external terminal 31, and pressure and heat are applied to the film base 33 and the stretchable wiring portion 55 to join them, whereby the external terminal 31 and the stretchable wiring portion 55 are connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 10191206
    Abstract: A light source circuit unit and a lighting device including the light source circuit unit that are configured such that a bent-type metal substrate is formed on an upper surface of the printed circuit board so that the occurrence of a defect due to circuit damage at a bent part upon bending the substrate can be prevented, and slimness and a heat-dissipation property of a device can be improved. The light source circuit board includes: a substrate having a first part with at least one opening portion, and a second part bent from the first part; a printed circuit board on one surface of the substrate; and a light source element mounted to the printed circuit board and inserted into the opening portion, the light source element emitting light to an opposing side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Man Hue Choi, Min Jae Kim, Bi Yi Kim, Se Woong Na, Hyun Gyu Park, In Hee Cho, Seung Kwon Hong
  • Patent number: 10181576
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a protective member disposed outside the display panel. The circuit layer includes a display area and a non-display area, and a first bending line and a second bending line crossing the first bending line are defined are defined in the non-display area. The non-display area includes: a first non-display area bent from the display area with respect to the first bending line; a second non-display area bent from the display area with respect to the second bending line; and a corner non-display area bent from the second non-display area with respect to the first bending line and bent from the first non-display area with respect to the second bending line. A slit is defined in the protective member, and the slit overlap at least a part of the first bending line and the second bending line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-mo Chung, Ilhun Seo, Hojin Yoon, Daewoo Lee, Minseong Yi, Miyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 10177327
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilchan Jung, Jiyeon Kang
  • Patent number: 10147698
    Abstract: A packaged RF device is provided that utilizes flexible circuit leads. The RF device includes at least one integrated circuit (IC) die configured to implement the RF device. The IC die is contained inside a package. In accordance with the embodiments described herein, a flexible circuit is implemented as a lead. Specifically, the flexible circuit lead is coupled to the at least one IC die inside the package and extends to outside the package, the flexible circuit lead thus providing an electrical connection to the at least one IC die inside the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Lakshminarayan Viswanathan, Michael Watts
  • Patent number: 10143081
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, devices, systems and fabrication methods for stretchable composite materials and stretchable electronics devices. In some aspects, an elastic composite material for a stretchable electronics device includes a first material having a particular electrical, mechanical or optical property; and a multi-block copolymer configured to form a hyperelastic binder that creates contact between the first material and the multi-block copolymer, in which the elastic composite material is structured to stretch at least 500% in at least one direction of the material and to exhibit the particular electrical, mechanical or optical property imparted from the first material. In some aspects, the stretchable electronics device includes a stretchable battery, biofuel cell, sensor, supercapacitor or other device able to be mounted to skin, clothing or other surface of a user or object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joseph Wang, Rajan Kumar, Ying Shirley Meng, Jae Wook Shin, Lu Yin
  • Patent number: 10128598
    Abstract: A connector is provided which includes a stage having an arrangement surface for arranging the end portion of the flat cable, and an opposing portion formed so as to face the arrangement surface. An engaging protruding portion is formed in the arrangement surface for engaging the flat cable. The end portion of the flat cable is insertable from the front side to the rear side of the connector between the arrangement surface and the opposing portion. The opposing portion has an extending portion positioned in front of the engaging protruding portion, and an overhanging portion extending to the rear of a first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Yoshiteru Nogawa, Kazuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10126785
    Abstract: A hinge for providing determinant motion in an electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a lock. The lock includes a first cam connected to the first body and a second cam connected to the second body. The first cam has a first cam surface and the second cam has a second cam surface. The follower is positioned and moveable between the first cam and the second cam and is configured to be received by the first cam surface and the second cam surface. The first cam is rotatable about a first pivot point and the second cam is rotatable about a second pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Errol Mark Tazbaz, Gary Russell McClary
  • Patent number: 10122142
    Abstract: A substrate for an electric flat cable is disclosed that includes an inner limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the inner limb, at least one outer limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the outer limb, and a connecting web, which extends so as to adjoin the first portions of the inner and the at least one outer limb. The inner limb extends at least substantially parallel to the outer limb, in a first direction. The second portion of the outer limb surrounds the second portion of the inner limb, at least partially, such that at least a cart of the second portion of the outer limb is disposed in the first direction in respect of the second portion of the inner limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Franke, Michael Himmel
  • Patent number: 10121978
    Abstract: A display device includes: an insulating substrate having flexibility and including a bent portion that is bent at 90 degrees or more outside a display area provided with an image display function; and a spacer disposed inside the bent portion and including a curved area around which the bent portion is wrapped and a plane area facing the insulating substrate, wherein the insulating substrate includes a flat portion adjacent to the bent portion and provided so as to face the plane area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Saeki, Naohisa Ando
  • Patent number: 10123424
    Abstract: Provided are display devices. The display device comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); an under-panel sheet which is disposed on the PCB and in which a groove recessed from a surface facing the PCB toward an opposite surface is defined; and a sensor which is disposed on the PCB and in the groove, wherein one or more openings are defined in the PCB in plan view, and the PCB comprises a first area and a second area divided by the openings interposed between the first area and the second area, wherein the first area is an area where the sensor is disposed, and the second area is an area where a portion of the under-panel sheet in which the groove is not defined is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: So Hyun Lee, Dong Cheol Kim, Min Seop Kim
  • Patent number: 10120421
    Abstract: An information handling system having rotationally coupled housing portions supports a flexible display disposed across the housing portions with a hinge structure that manages flexible display curve radius in a folded configuration. A set of plural hinges having five geared rotational portions interconnect with a bar fixedly coupled to the center hinge rotational portion. The bar presses against a shape memory alloy support that manages curve radius of a flexible display during rotation of the hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Hong, Kevin M. Turchin, John T. Morrison, Gerald R. Pelissier
  • Patent number: 10107464
    Abstract: A system and method comprised of an LED light strip whose electrically insulating core structure is somewhat flexible and elastic and whose alternating light producing sections and narrower clip sections have a top side containing LED elements and control signals and an underside containing a high capacity voltage bus, and a three sided mounting structure where an installed LED light strip is the fourth side with LED elements facing out and the voltage bus protected inside, and a clip system of two halves which affix to each other around a narrower clip section with a lower half connecting electrically to the voltage bus under the narrower clip section and installing in one side of the mounting structure and an upper half connecting electrically to control signals on the top half of the narrower clip section and installing in the other side of the mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Jeremy P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10103351
    Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. The method includes: forming a material layer on a first face of a display panel; forming a touch panel and a polarizer sequentially on a second face of the display panel, the display panel having an end projecting beyond lateral faces of the touch panel and the polarizer; removing a portion of the material layer located in a first area on the display panel, the first area being located out of an effective display region of the display panel; and bending the first area of the display panel towards the first face such that a second area and a third area of the display panel are located on both sides of the material layer respectively, wherein the second area and the third area are connected to two ends of the first area respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Li, Baoming Cai, Weifeng Zhou, Lu Liu
  • Patent number: 10098227
    Abstract: A support structure for lighting devices, the support structure includes a ribbon-like support member with electrically conductive lines with mounting locations for electrically powered light radiation sources. The structure includes a sequence of adjacent units having opposed end regions and is severable between mutually facing end regions of adjacent units in the sequence. The units include, at the end regions, at least one electrical connection formation. The electrical connection formation includes a proximal portion electrically coupled to the electrically conductive lines of the respective unit, and a distal portion electrically insulated from the proximal portion. The distal portion is electrically coupled to the distal portion of an electrical connection formation provided in an adjacent unit to the respective unit in the sequence of adjacent units and is separable therefrom by severing the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Alessio Griffoni, Franco Zanon
  • Patent number: 10088718
    Abstract: A touch control display and a controlling method are provided. The display comprises a TFT array substrate; an opposite substrate; a cover glass disposed on an outside surface of the opposite substrate, wherein the cover glass has an inner surface facing the opposing substrate and an outside surface, and the cover glass, the TFT array substrate, and the opposite substrate collectively define a display area and a non-display area; first electrodes disposed in the display area of the opposite substrate; second electrodes disposed in the non-display area of the cover glass, and on the inner surface of the cover glass; and third electrodes disposed between the opposite substrate and the TFT array substrate. The third electrodes are disposed opposite to the plurality of first electrodes, and at least one of the plurality of third electrodes is multiplexed as a common electrode of the TFT array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Xianxiang Zhang, Yingying Xu, Xiaoye Li, Gang Liu, Xingyao Zhou, Kang Yang, Zhaokeng Cao, Juan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10079158
    Abstract: An interconnect topology that includes vertical trench routing in a substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interconnect comprises a substrate having a plurality of layers including a first ground plane layer; a pair of signal conductors that form a differential signal pair, each conductor of the pair of signal conductors having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion extending from the first portion into at least one of the plurality of layers, wherein width of the second portion is less than width of the first portion; and wherein the first ground plane layer is only a first partial layer and has a first void region that is closer to the pair of signal conductors than the first partial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jackson Kong, Bok Eng Cheah, Khang Choong Yong, Howard L. Heck, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10067195
    Abstract: A first pattern and a second pattern are stacked with each other. In a pattern of a first circuit for high voltage, a GND is formed as a solid pattern. In a pattern of a second circuit for low voltage, a GND is formed as a solid pattern. The solid pattern of the GND of the pattern of the first circuit for high voltage and the solid pattern of the GND of the pattern of the second circuit for low voltage partially face each other, thereby improving noise-resistant performance of the circuit for high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Chiyajo, Hidehiko Shimizu, Yasutaka Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 10056435
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a stretchable substrate, a plurality of pixel forming plates, first and second pixels, and a cut-out groove. The pixel forming plates are on the substrate and spaced apart from each other. The first and second pixels are on respective first and second pixel forming plates of the plurality of the pixel forming plates adjacent in a first direction. The first and second pixel forming plates are connected by a first bridge. The cut-out groove are in the first and second pixel forming plates and adjacent to an area connected to the first bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Won Il Choi, Hye Jin Joo, Won Sang Park, Mu Gyeom Kim, Man Sik Myeong, Hyo Yul Yoon
  • Patent number: 10054300
    Abstract: A light board for a light fixture includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least one light emitting element, and the second portion includes at least one light emitting element. A first state is defined by the second portion being coupled to the first portion and a second state is defined by the second portion being detached from the first portion. In the first state, the light emitting elements of the first portion and the second portion are configured to provide an evenly distributed light output along at least the combined length of the first portion and the second portion. In the second state, the at least one light emitting element of the first portion is configured to provide an evenly distributed light output along at least the length of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek B. Baker, Cory A. Passerello, Thomas Clawson
  • Patent number: 10026844
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device, the method including: preparing a carrier substrate including an element region and a wiring region; forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate; forming an electronic element on the sacrificial layer of the element region; forming a first elastic layer having a corrugated surface on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a metal wirings electrically connecting the electronic element thereto, on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a second elastic layer covering the metal wirings, on the first elastic layer; forming a high rigidity pattern filling in a recess of the second elastic layer above the electronic element so as to overlap the electronic element, and having a corrugated surface; forming a third elastic layer on the second elastic layer and the high rigidity pattern; and separating the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kyoung Ik Cho, Jae Bon Koo, Chan Woo Park, Bock Soon Na, Sang Seok Lee, Sang Chul Lim, Soon-Won Jung, Hye Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 10018331
    Abstract: A back plate assembly with variable curvatures is disclosed. It comprises a flexible back plate, a connecting component, and an adjustment mechanism, and the adjustment mechanism comprises a connecting shaft disposed on the back plate, and the connecting component connects to the connecting shaft and abuts to the back plate, and the adjustment mechanism adjusts the connecting component on the connecting shaft to modulate clamping force of the back plate received from the connecting component. The back plate assembly can adapt to the backlight units and the display devices with different curvatures based on the requirement of the bend degree. Many kind of the back plate assemblies do not need to be manufactured to fit the backlight unit and the display device having different curvatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shihhsiang Chen, Dehua Li
  • Patent number: 10018794
    Abstract: An optical module may include a case, an optical assembly, a circuit board interface positioned on the case, and a circuit board attached to the case through the circuit board interface. The optical assembly may be arranged in the case. The circuit board may include a first area that may electrically connect the circuit board to the optical assembly. The circuit board may also include a second area that may secure the circuit board to the circuit board interface. An optical module manufacturing method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: InnoLight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzhou Sun, Zhenzhong Wang, Dengqun Yu, Yonggan Zhang, Jiang Chang, Xiangzhong Wang
  • Patent number: 10001811
    Abstract: A portable information device that can stably support a foldable display is provided. A portable information device includes: a first chassis member and a second chassis member, inner end surfaces, which are adjacent edges, of the first chassis member and the second chassis member being coupled to each other by a hinge mechanism so that the first chassis member and the second chassis member are foldable in two; a display that is disposed at inner surfaces of both the first chassis member and the second chassis member and that is foldable in two; and a first support plate and a second support plate supporting a back surface of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9992862
    Abstract: A display device includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate facing the lower substrate; a printed board assembly disposed on a rear surface of the lower substrate; a first flexible printed circuit board having a first end and a second end that are respectively connected to the lower substrate and the printed board assembly; and a second flexible printed circuit board having a first end and a second end that are respectively connected to the upper substrate and the printed board assembly. One of the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board has an opening at a central portion, and the other flexible printed circuit board at least partially overlaps the opening in a plane view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun Shin, In-Su Baek, Jee-Na Lee
  • Patent number: 9983428
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight assembly, a back cover and a curve control assembly. The back cover has a curved shape and faces the display panel with the backlight assembly therebetween to cover a back surface of the backlight assembly. The curve control assembly is between the backlight assembly and the back cover to adjust a curved degree of the display panel. The curve control assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a rolling unit. The first rail is coupled to the back surface of the backlight assembly, and the second rail is coupled to the back cover to face the first rail. The rolling unit is commonly connected to each of the first rail and the second rail and is movable along the first and second rails to move the display panel in directions toward and away from the back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-sung Im, Jeongjin Park, Je-yun Lee
  • Patent number: 9978984
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packing assembly for a display panel. The packing assembly includes an adhesive layer, a first surface of the adhesive layer bonded onto a substrate; a plurality of deformable structures, and a plurality of packing assembly segments. The plurality of packing assembly segments are connected by the plurality of deformable structures, the plurality of packing assembly segments and the plurality of deformable structures being bonded onto a second surface of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Sun
  • Patent number: 9979425
    Abstract: A radiation shield comprises a substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a front face of a cellular telephone, adjacent the substrate polymer layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. A radiation shield comprising a first substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a touch-sensitive screen of the front face, adjacent the first substrate polymer layer, a second substrate polymer layer adjacent the conductive layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. At least one opening provides access to the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Erich W. Wolf, II
  • Patent number: 9980380
    Abstract: In a method for producing a printed circuit board consisting of at least two printed circuit regions, wherein the printed circuit board regions each compromise at least one conductive layer and/or at least one device or once conductive component, wherein printed circuit board regions to be connected to another one, in the region of in each case at least one lateral surface directly adjoining one another, are connected to one another by a coupling or connection, and wherein, after a coupling or connection of printed circuit board regions, at least one additional layer or ply of the printed circuit board is applied over the printed circuit board regions, the additional layer is embodied as a conductive layer, which is contact-connected via plated-through holes to conductive layers or devices or components integrated in the printed circuit board regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rainer Pludra, Dietmar Drofenik, Johannes Stahr, Siegfried Götzinger, Ljubomir Mareljic
  • Patent number: 9977466
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a display area to display an image, and a non-display area disposed outside the display area. The non-display area includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from the display area, and includes a support layer disposed on a flexible substrate. The second portion extends from the first portion, and is bent from a plane of the first portion. A property of a material of the support layer in the first portion is different than the property of the material of the support layer in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohjune Kwon, Seungyong Song, Jeongdo Yang, Seung-Hwa Ha, Sanghyeon Song, Jungyun Jo, Jeongho Hwang
  • Patent number: 9974167
    Abstract: A wiring board includes: a base member having stretchability; and a wiring including a plurality of conductive thread-like members that are sewn in the base member in a meandering manner and do not have stretchability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shunji Baba, Noritsugu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9971448
    Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Scott A. Myers, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Stephen Brian Lynch, John P. Ternus, Justin R. Wodrich
  • Patent number: 9930773
    Abstract: Examples are provided for a flexible circuit element including a flexible insulating support structure, a solid metal trace extending at least partially between a first connector and a second connector on the flexible insulating support structure, and a liquid metal conductor disposed in contact with the solid metal trace in a region of the trace configured to repeatedly flex when installed in a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: James David Holbery, Siyuan Ma, Michael David Dickey
  • Patent number: 9911793
    Abstract: A foldable display apparatus includes a flexible display panel and a case. The flexible display panel includes a protection film, and the case supports the flexible display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeseob Lee, Youngshin Pyo
  • Patent number: 9885629
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a chamber and a pressurizer. The chamber includes a space portion configured to house at least a sealed portion of a battery, and an opening portion configured to open a partial portion of the battery other than the sealed portion to an atmosphere. The pressurizer is configured to put the space portion into a pressurized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Baba, Takeshi Sato, Masaaki Kitaura
  • Patent number: 9847155
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an electrically conductive stretchable interconnect using a twisted nature of yarn fibers and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the electrically conductive stretchable interconnect includes: an elastic body in which a stretchable tunnel is formed in a length direction; and a conductive twisted yarn including a stretchable structure positioned inside the stretchable tunnel and extended by a force applied in the length direction and an extending part extending from the stretchable structure to an outside of the elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ji-Eun Kim, Yong-Ki Son, Jong-Moo Sohn
  • Patent number: 9842828
    Abstract: One or more embodiments are directed to stacked packages, such as Package-on-Package (PoP) packages, that are stacked on a flexible folded substrate. The stacked packages have compliant corners. In particular, the stacked packages include an adhesive material at the corners between layers of the folded substrate. The adhesive material has a low modulus of elasticity, such as, for example, a modulus of elasticity of silicone adhesive. The low modulus of elasticity of the adhesive material produces compliant corners of the stacked package. The adhesive material fills openings between the folded substrate that are formed around a bottom semiconductor package of the stack package. In that regard, the bottom semiconductor package may have pulled back or recessed corners and the adhesive material fills the openings formed by the recessed corners. The recessed corners may be any size or shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jefferson Talledo
  • Patent number: 9839145
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device according to the present invention includes a display panel, a module cover coupled to the rear side of the display panel, and a housing coupled to the rear side of the module cover, wherein the housing comprises a driving unit configured to push at least part of the module cover such that the display panel is in at least one of a first state in which the display panel is flat and a second state in which the display panel is curved, wherein the driving unit comprises a motor assembly, at least one link having one side coupled to the motor assembly and the other side coupled to the module cover, and a guide coming into contact with at least one side of the at least one link to enable the at least one link to be pushed up and pulled down according to direction of a driving force transferred from the motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunjong Ryu, Kitae Kang, Jaehyun Sung, Sangdon Park, Jinha Heo, Sungjin Eun, Inkeun Ryu, Donghyok Shin
  • Patent number: 9829069
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display body including a display configured to display an image and a case disposed around an outside of the display; a handle unit disposed with at least a portion thereof outside the display body; and a link unit configured to linearly move and to vary a curvature of the display according to a rotational movement of the handle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hoo Park, Jun Pil Oh, Gyu Sung Do
  • Patent number: 9826667
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a back cover having a front side facing the display panel and a rear side opposite the front side, the back cover having a back cover cavity open on at least the rear side of the back cover; a nut coupled to the back cover, a lower body of the nut disposed in the back cover cavity, a stopper of the nut protruding along the rear side of the back cover and in contact with the rear side of the back cover, the nut having a fastening cavity; and a screw comprising an engaging portion and a head, the engaging portion held in the fastening cavity of the nut, the screw securing a printed circuit board between the head of the screw and the back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JinYoung Bang
  • Patent number: 9820375
    Abstract: Rigid-flex-type circuit-board structure and manufacturing method, in which a flexible membrane and a sacrificial-material piece are attached to an insulator membrane in the location of the flexible zone. An insulator layer, which encloses within itself a sacrificial-material piece is manufactured on the surface of the conductor membrane. The flexible zone is formed in such a way that an opening is made in the insulator layer, through which the sacrificial-material piece is removed. The flexible zone comprises at least part of the flexible membrane as well as conductors, which are manufactured by patterning the insulator membrane at a suitable stage in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Antti Iihola, Tuomas Waris
  • Patent number: 9810833
    Abstract: A display device includes a curved display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light guide film and a light source unit. The light guide film defines: a light emission part thereof facing the display panel, a folding part thereof extending from the light emission part to be folded in a folded state of the light guide film, and a light incident part thereof extending from the folding part to face the display panel with the light emission part therebetween, The light incident part is extended at a first end thereof from the folding part and defines a light incident surface of the light guide film at a second end of the light incident part opposite to the first end thereof. The light source unit is overlapped with the light emission part and face the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Luly Lee, Sojeong La, Young-min Park, Donghyeon Lee, Jaesang Lee
  • Patent number: 9807886
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic circuit including a substrate having a flat device region and a curved interconnection region. A conduction line may extend along an uneven portion in the interconnection region and may be curved. The uneven portion and the conductive line may have a wavy shape. An external force applied to the electronic circuit may be absorbed by the uneven portion and the conductive line. The electronic device may not be affected by the external force. Therefore, functions of the electronic circuit may be maintained. A method of fabricating an electronic circuit according to the present invention may easily adjust areas and positions of the interconnection region and the device region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chan Woo Park, Jae Bon Koo, Sang Chul Lim, Ji-Young Oh, Soon-Won Jung
  • Patent number: 9798354
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display panel including a substrate and an encapsulating member and realizing an image; a circuit member arranged to overlap at least a portion of the substrate of the display panel; and a shield member arranged between a surface portion of the substrate of the display panel and the circuit member, the surface portion overlapping the circuit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sunghwan Park
  • Patent number: 9786695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TFT substrate structure, comprising a Switching TFT and a Driving TFT, and the Switching TFT comprises a first active layer, and the Driving TFT comprises a second active layer, and the first active layer and the second active layer are made by the same or different materials and the electrical properties of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT are different. According to the different functions of the different TFTs, the present invention employs different working structures for the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to respectively implement deposition and photolithography, and employs different materials for the active layers of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to differentiate the electrical properties of different TFTs in the TFT substrate. Accordingly, the accurate control to the OLED with lowest cost can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hejing Zhang, Chihyuan Tseng, Chihyu Su, Wenhui Li, Longqiang Shi, Xiaowen Lv
  • Patent number: 9786247
    Abstract: A wearable display device of the present invention includes: a wearable part configured for placement on a portion of a human body; a flexible display unit connected to the wearable part through a coupling part; at least one curvature changer configured to alter a curvature of at least a portion of the flexible display unit; and a curvature holder configured to maintain the curvature of the at least a portion of the flexible display unit once the curvature is altered by the at least one curvature changer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Patent number: 9778774
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a body having a front surface, a roar surface and side surfaces; a window disposed on the front surface, and having its edge portion bent so as to form at least part of the side surfaces; a frame configured to support the window; a display disposed to face the window, and configured to output visual information and formed such that its edge portion is bent in correspondence to a bent shape of the window; and a touch sensor disposed between the window and the display, configured to sense a touch input applied to the window. Also, the touch sensor includes a folded part. Furthermore, the touch sensor comprises a curved portion curved by the folded part of the touch sensor. In addition, the curved portion is spaced from an end part of the display in a thickness direction of the body so as to form a space between the end part of the display and the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungkwon Jang, Kuangjun An, Junghoon Hwang, Taeho Kim
  • Patent number: 9753497
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoudong Tian, Shaolian Liu, Wei Su
  • Patent number: 9748718
    Abstract: A connection adapter is provided. In certain configurations, the connection adapter includes an input portion with a plurality of sets of input connectors, a first output portion extending from the input portion in a first direction and including a first set of output connectors, and a second output portion extending from the input portion in a second direction and including a second set of output connectors. In the connection adapter, the sets of input connectors are electrically coupled to each of the first set of output connectors and the second set of output connectors. Further, the first and second directions are substantially perpendicular to each other, while the input portion extends in a third direction that is not substantially perpendicular to the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chun Huang