Patents Assigned to LTD.
  • Patent number: 12284879
    Abstract: A display device includes a first base, a pixel electrode on the first base, a pixel defining layer having an opening that at least partially exposes the pixel electrode, a light emitting layer on the pixel electrode, an auxiliary electrode on the same layer as the pixel electrode, a partition wall on the auxiliary electrode that at least partially exposes a side surface of the auxiliary electrode, an organic layer on the partition wall, and a common electrode continuously arranged on the light emitting layer and the organic layer, wherein a side surface of the partition wall has a reverse-tapered shape, and the common electrode contacts the side surface of the auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Tae Wook Kang, Tae Sung Kim, Dae Won Choi, Sang Gab Kim
  • Patent number: 12283616
    Abstract: A method includes forming a semiconductor fin; forming a gate dielectric layer over the semiconductor fin; depositing a first work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer, the first work function metal layer having a first concentration of a work function material; depositing a second work function metal layer over the first work function metal layer, the second work function metal layer having a second concentration of the work function material, wherein the first concentration is higher than the second concentration; and forming a gate electrode over the second work function metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng-Soon Lim, Zi-Wei Fang, Cheng-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 12283617
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a dielectric layer, depositing a plurality of mandrel strips over the dielectric layer, and forming a plurality of spacers on sidewalls of the plurality of mandrel strips to form a plurality of mask groups. Each of the plurality of mandrel strips and two of the plurality of spacers form a mask group in the plurality of mask groups. The method further includes forming a mask strip connecting two neighboring mask groups in the plurality of mask groups, using the plurality of mask groups and the mask strip collectively as an etching mask to etch the dielectric layer and to form trenches in the dielectric layer, and filling a conductive material into the trenches to form a plurality of conductive features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tze-Liang Lee
  • Patent number: 12282708
    Abstract: A portable terminal device in an information processing system and method includes a camera and a microphone. Data of obtained images and voice are transmitted to a server that identifies operations to be executed based on the received voice and image data. The server transmits an identification of one or more results of the plurality of operations to the portable terminal device. When the portable terminal device receives only one result from the server, an operation corresponding to the one result is executed, and when a plurality of results is received, the portable terminal device displays information corresponding to the plurality of results as candidates. Additional voice is captured for selecting one of the plurality of results during the displaying of the information. A determination of one result from the plurality of results is made based on the captured voice, and an operation corresponding to the determined result is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Hideo Nishijima
  • Patent number: 12280483
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a drive mechanism configured to be driven by compressed air supplied from an air intake; an air chamber configured to store the compressed air supplied; and a pressure adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the pressure of the compressed air in the air chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve body configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the air intake and the air chamber with each other; an elastic body configured to exert an urging force to the valve body to open the flow path; and a pressure receiving member configured to receive air pressure in the air chamber and exert an urging force in a direction of closing the flow path to the elastic body. The elastic body is arranged at a position closer to the air intake than the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuma Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12280577
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention discloses a bonding device. The bonding device includes a main body and a lamination part connected to the main body. The lamination part is configured to press and bond an adhesive layer to an apparatus to be bonded, and includes a lamination main portion and a squeeze sub-portion connected to the lamination main portion. Along a lamination direction perpendicular to the lamination part, a width of the squeeze sub-portion is less than a width of the lamination main portion. The present invention, by using the squeeze sub-portion of the lamination part with a smaller width, more conveniently squeezes and bonds the adhesive layer, which facilitates mechanized bonding, improves a bonding efficiency, and reduces a labor cost while guaranteeing a bonding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Biwu Liu
  • Patent number: 12284196
    Abstract: A data processing method a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: detecting, via a security detection device in response to receiving a data message sent by a client, whether a destination server corresponding to the data message is under cyberattack; in response to the destination server being under cyberattack, guiding the data message to a security protection device, and sending a test message to the client via the security protection device; and verifying, via the security protection device, the verification message returned by the client, and in response to the verification succeeding, determining that the client is a valid client and sending the data message to the destination server, or in response to the verification failing, determining that the client is an attacking client and discarding the data message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guo Chen
  • Patent number: 12282140
    Abstract: Provided are a flexible window film and a display apparatus comprising same, the flexible window film having a substrate layer, a buffer layer and a hard coating layer that are sequentially layered, wherein the buffer layer comprises, in a thickness direction, a first area in which the amount of an amide group gradually increases from the interface between the hard coating layer and the buffer layer, and a second area in which the amount of an amide group gradually decreases from the interface between the substrate layer and the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Woon Kim, Nak Hyun Sung, Min Hye Kim
  • Patent number: 12284444
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a method. The display apparatus includes a display, an interface component configured to connect with a rotatable camera and a controller. The controller is configured for: obtaining a reference image captured by the camera, where the reference image comprises one or more persons with one or more face patterns; extracting a tracking target area from the reference image according to a current imaging parameter of the camera, where the tracking target area is a regular-shaped area determined according to one or more weights for the one or more face patterns, the current imaging parameter of the camera comprises a focal length of the lens component of the camera; and sending a rotation instruction to the camera to adjust an orientation of the camera to cause the tracking target area locate in a middle area of an image presented on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinpeng Zu, Luming Yang, Jing Ning, Zhikui Wang, Qiyan Jia
  • Patent number: 12283758
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein describe an antenna with antenna elements that may be selectively activated and deactivated to define active apertures. The active apertures may be of different shapes and sizes. An antenna may include one active aperture or multiple active apertures at a point in time. These one or more active apertures may be reconfigured, e.g., by deactivating the active antenna elements and activating other antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronen Stoleru, Vesselin Peshlov
  • Patent number: 12280634
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a refrigerant system and a coolant system. The refrigerant system includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first flow regulating device, a first heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchanger includes a first port and a second port. The first flow regulating device has a bi-directional throttling function. The first heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange section and a second heat exchange section. The thermal management system has a heating mode and a cooling mode which can be achieved by the same first flow regulating device. A control method of the thermal management system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junqi Dong
  • Patent number: 12284301
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display including a display area, wherein the display area is extendable in one or more directions with respect to the housing by moving a portion of the flexible display through the housing to be visually exposed, and at least one processor configured to be operatively connected to the flexible display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display first content on a first area of the flexible display, detect an event for displaying second content related to the first content, identify an attribute of the second content according to the detection of the event, identify a direction in which the flexible display is to be extended based on the attribute of the second content, and display at least a portion of the second content in a second area of the flexible display extended in the identified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghyuk Koh, Juyeoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12282199
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source and a waveguide structure. The light source emits light having a directionality. The waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide and an exterior part. The optical waveguide has an incident end surface and an emission end surface, converts a wavelength of the light incident from the incident end surface, and emits the light from the emission end surface. The exterior part is optically transparent and covers the optical waveguide such that the incident end surface and the emission end surface are exposed from the exterior part. The optical waveguide is elongated in a length direction. The length direction of the optical waveguide is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an optical axis of the light in a predetermined plane including the length direction of the optical waveguide and the optical axis of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Asahi, Naoya Ryoki, Yukio Nishikawa, Yoshio Okayama
  • Patent number: 12283310
    Abstract: A first insulating layer 21 is disposed on a substrate 20. N+ layers 2 are separated from the insulating layer and in directions horizontal and vertical to the substrate. P layers 1 contact the n+ layers 2 and extend in the horizontal direction. N+ layers 3 contact the p layers 1. Gate insulating layers 4 cover the p layers 1 and part of the n+ layers 2 and 3. Second gate conductor layers 6 are electrically separated from a first gate conductor layer 5 contacting the gate insulating layers 4. A conductor layer 12 contacts the n+ layers 2. A conductor layer 13 contacts the n+ layers 3. A second insulating layer 22 contacts the first gate conductor layer 5, the n+ layers 2, and the conductor layer 12. A third insulating layer 23 contacts the second gate conductor layers 6, the n+ layers 3, and the conductor layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kakumu, Koji Sakui, Nozomu Harada
  • Patent number: 12283576
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first plate having a first internal surface facing a first surface of the substrate, and at least one first through-hole and at least one second through-hole, first and second semiconductor packages spaced apart from each other between the first surface and the first internal surface, a first thermal interface material layer contacting an upper surface of the first semiconductor package and the first internal surface, and filling at least a portion of the at least one first through-hole, and a second thermal interface material layer contacting an upper surface of the second semiconductor package and the first internal surface, and filling at least a portion of the at least one second through-hole. At least one of side surfaces of the first and second thermal interface material layers is exposed to an empty space between the first internal surface and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongha Kim, Bonggyu Kang, Youngsoo Jang
  • Patent number: 12283774
    Abstract: It is aimed to avoid making a movable arm portion difficult to deflect. A connector is provided with a male housing (10) connectable to a female housing (40), a sealing ring (15) to be mounted on an inner peripheral surface of the male housing (10) for sealing between the inner peripheral surface of the male housing (10) and an outer peripheral surface of the female housing (40), resiliently deformable movable arm portions (30) formed on the male housing (40), and stoppers (37) for restricting a movement of the sealing ring (15). The movable arm portion (30) includes a fulcrum portion (31) and a displacing portion (32) extending from the fulcrum portion (31) and displaceable in a direction intersecting an extending direction. The stopper (37) projects from the displacing portion (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Saito, Yuma Mamiya
  • Patent number: 12283532
    Abstract: Test pad structures and methods of forming a test pad are described herein. A method for forming a test pad includes forming a device element over a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer over the device element and the substrate, and etching openings in the dielectric layer to a first depth. Once the openings have been formed, a conductive material is deposited in the openings and followed by a chemical mechanical planarization to form a first grid feature and a panel region of the test pad, the first grid feature extending lengthwise from the panel region to a perimeter of the test pad. Once formed, a probe may be used to contact the panel region of the test pad during a wafer acceptance test (WAT) and/or a process control monitoring (PCM) test of the device element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Te Huang, Liang-Chor Chung
  • Patent number: 12283837
    Abstract: A secondary battery management system, a secondary battery management method and a secondary battery management program for the secondary battery management system, and a secondary battery system with which a target state of charge of a secondary battery can be appropriately set by taking into consideration a degradation degree. A secondary battery management system includes a setting unit configured to set a temporary target state of charge of a secondary battery based on a target power amount, an estimating unit configured to estimate a degradation degree of the secondary battery based on an amount of change in a state of charge of the secondary battery over a predetermined constant-current charging period of the secondary battery, and a calculating unit configured to calculate a target state of charge of the secondary battery by correcting the temporary target state of charge in accordance with the degradation degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Yasugi
  • Patent number: 12284797
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit including an array of memory cells having the word lines and high-voltage power lines positioned on one side of the transistors and the bit lines and low voltage power lines positioned on the other side of the transistor. The memory cells according to the present disclosure also improve routing efficiency, thus, removing bottleneck of further scaling both SRAM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: D1072017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: S-Light (Guangdong) Optics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianxun Wang