Patents Assigned to TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Patent number: 11961637
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stretchable composite electrode and a fabricating method thereof, and particularly relates to a stretchable composite electrode including a silver nanowire layer and a flexible polymer film and a fabricating method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Wei Sheng Chen, Ching Mao Huang, Jia Hui Zhou, Huan Ran Yu, Shu Xiong Wang, Chin Hui Lee
  • Patent number: 11853516
    Abstract: A protective assembly includes a cover plate, a buffer layer, and a flexible substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the cover plate and made of transparent polymer. The buffer layer has a light transmittance greater than about 85%, a thickness ranging from about 3 ?m to about 15 ?m, and a Poisson's ratio greater than about 0.4. The flexible substrate is disposed on the buffer layer and doped with an inorganic compound. The flexible substrate has a thickness ranging from about 3 ?m to about 10 ?m and a Young's coefficient ranging from about 1 GPa to about 10 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jen-Chang Liu, Xiang Mei Chen, Lian Jie Ji, Lien-Hsin Lee, Tai-Shih Cheng
  • Patent number: 11829544
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover plate assembly, a frameless display panel assembly, and an adhesive layer. The cover plate assembly has a first major surface. A peripheral region of the first major surface has a first area. The frameless display panel assembly is disposed below the cover plate assembly and has a second major surface. A peripheral region of the second major surface has a second area smaller than the first area. The adhesive layer is disposed between the peripheral region of the first major surface and the peripheral region of the second major surface. The adhesive layer is a frame-shaped and elastic colloid. The adhesive layer, the cover plate assembly, and the frameless display panel assembly together form a closed space after being pressed together, and the closed space has a spacing smaller than 200 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chih Sheng Wang, Li Hung Chang, Jin Huo Liao
  • Patent number: 11829539
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, and a silver layer. The metal nanowire layer is disposed on a main surface of the substrate and defines an electrode portion and first and second wirings, in which the first wiring includes a lead-out portion connected to the electrode portion and a lead portion connected to the lead-out portion, and the second wiring is disposed on a side of the first wiring relatively away from the visible area and adjacent to an edge of the main surface. The silver layer is stacked on the first and second wirings and has a first side facing toward the visible area and a second side facing away from the visible area, and an edge roughness on the first side is greater than an edge roughness on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Shao Jie Liu, Chia Jui Lin, Chien Hsien Yu, Jian Zhang, Si Qiang Xu, Jun Hua Huang, Mei Fen Bai, Song Xin Wang, Long Yun Zhan, Bo Huang
  • Patent number: 11809648
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate, sensing channels, and a protective layer. The sensing channels are disposed at intervals on a surface of the substrate, and any one of the sensing channels includes an electrode portion and a silver trace portion electrically connected to the electrode portion. The protective layer is disposed on the substrate and covers and encapsulates the sensing channels. After the touch sensor is subjected to a salt spray test with sodium chloride solution of a mass percentage concentration of 5% at a rate of 1 mL/H to 2 mL/H under an ambient temperature of 35° C. for 48 hours, a resistance change rate of any one of the sensing channels is less than or equal to 10%, and a resistance distribution difference between the sensing channels is less than or equal to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shao Jie Liu, Si Qiang Xu, Chien Hsien Yu, Chia Jui Lin, Jian Zhang, Wei Na Cao, Mei Fang Lan, Jun Hua Huang, Mei Fen Bai, Song Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11802995
    Abstract: A membrane structure includes a plurality of first refraction films and a plurality of second refraction films. The second refraction films and the first refraction films are alternately stacked. A transparent substrate including the membrane structure is disclosed. The membrane structure can effectively reduce the reflectance of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yenhsiang Chang, Weibin Wu, Yungfeng Yeh, Xiangkang Wei
  • Patent number: 11800642
    Abstract: A bonding pad structure includes a substrate, a flexible printed circuit board, and a plurality of bonding pins. The bonding pins include at least one central bonding pin and at least two first bonding pins. The at least one central bonding pin is located at a center of bonding pins. The at least two first bonding pins are located farthest away from the at least one central bonding pin and have mirror symmetry with respect to the at least one central bonding pin. The at least one central bonding pin includes a first end and a second end. A first width A of the first end and a second width B of the second end satisfy 0<A/B?1. A tilt angle ? is formed between one of the at least two first bonding pins and one side of the substrate and satisfies 0<??90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xian-Bin Xu, He Luo, Ming-Qiang Fu, Xiong-Min Zhang, Chen-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 11785730
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a frame, a flexible component disposed on the frame, and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a chain and at least one elastic padding. The chain is connected to the frame and includes a plurality of chain units. The elastic padding is disposed in at least one of the chain units or encapsulates at least one of the chain units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Pin Hung, Tu Teng Shen, Xin Chang Lai, Po-Wen Chen, Qing Hui Lu
  • Patent number: 11775107
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, and a silver layer. The metal nanowire layer is disposed on a main surface of the substrate and defines a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the visible area and a plurality of wiring portions corresponding to the peripheral area. The electrode portions are arranged at intervals, and the wiring portions are respectively connected to the electrode portions and arranged at intervals. Two adjacent electrode portions are spaced apart by a first spacer region, and two adjacent wiring portions are spaced apart by a second spacer region. The silver layer is disposed on the wiring portions and in contact with the wiring portions. A thickness of the substrate corresponding to the first spacer region is smaller than a thickness of the substrate corresponding to the second spacer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Chia Jui Lin, Shao Jie Liu, Jian Zhang, Si Qiang Xu, Jun Hua Huang, Mei Fen Bai, Song Xin Wang, Long Yun Zhan, Bo Huang
  • Patent number: 11762498
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, a transitional insulating portion, and a silver layer. The metal nanowire layer is disposed on the substrate and defines a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the visible area and a plurality of wiring portions corresponding to the peripheral area, in which the adjacent wiring portions are spaced apart by a spaced region. The transitional insulating portion is disposed in the spaced region and adjacent and connected to a sidewall of each of the wiring portions, and a gap is between two of the transitional insulating portions that are respectively connected to the adjacent wiring portions. The silver layer is disposed on an upper surface of the wiring portions, and the silver layer and the wiring portions together constitute a plurality of peripheral traces of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shao Jie Liu, Chia Jui Lin, Wei Chuan Chao, Jian Zhang, Longyun Zhan, Jun Hua Huang
  • Patent number: 11703966
    Abstract: A touch display module includes a touch device and a polarizing element. The polarizing element includes a polarizer and a retardation film assembly. The retardation film assembly has a polarization ellipticity value (e-value), and the absolute value of the e-value is greater than 0.8. A reflection rate of the polarizing element is less than 6%, and a total reflection rate of the touch device and the polarizing element is less than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Chung Liu, Yi Lung Yang, Ya Chin Chang, Po Yu Hsiao, Sheng Fa Liu, Wei Chou Chen, Xue Fen Wang, Yong Bin Ke, Chia Jui Lin, Shao Jie Liu, Xue Long Zhang, Xian Bin Xu
  • Patent number: 11675448
    Abstract: A touch panel having a visible area and a non-visible area disposed at least on one side of the visible area. The touch panel includes a substrate, a nano-metal conductive layer, a trace layer, a first passivation layer, and a second passivation layer. The nano-metal conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and at least in the visible area. The trace layer is disposed on the substrate and in the non-visible area. The trace layer is electrically connected to the nano-metal conductive layer. The first passivation layer covers the trace layer. The second passivation layer covers at least a portion of the first passivation layer. The first passivation layer has a different Young's modulus than the second passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Mei Yan, Jin-Hui Zhang, Fang Fang, Kang-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 11650704
    Abstract: A bonding structure includes a substrate, a first sensing electrode layer, a second sensing electrode layer, an optical film layer, and a protective layer. The substrate has opposite first and second surfaces. A sensing area and a bonding area are defined on the substrate. The first sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface. The second sensing electrode layer is disposed on the second surface. The optical film layer covers the first sensing electrode layer and has a first bonding opening located in the bonding area. The protective layer covers the second sensing electrode layer and has a second bonding opening located in the bonding area. The first and second bonding openings respectively expose a part of the first sensing electrode layer and a part of the second sensing electrode layer and are misaligned in a direction perpendicular to the first or second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xian Bin Xu, Xiong Min Zhang, Bao Huang Chen, Qing Hui Lu, Chen-Hsin Chang, Po-Pin Hung
  • Patent number: 11652051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes: a substrate; a copper layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the copper layer, wherein the adhesion promotion layer forms a monomolecular adsorption layer on the surface of the copper layer; and a silver nanowire layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is 3B or more. In the present disclosure, by disposing the adhesion promotion layer on the copper layer, in the stacked structure of the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer, the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is increased, so as to prevent a peeling phenomenon of the copper layer occurring in the subsequent yellow-light process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Jiang, Xi-Zhao Wang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen, Chao-Hui Kuo, Wei-Chuan Chao, Chia Jui Lin
  • Patent number: 11650705
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided in the present disclosure, including: a substrate, a conductive trace structure, and a light-shielding structure. The substrate includes a visible area and a peripheral area, and the visible area is surrounded by the peripheral area. A conductive trace structure is disposed on the visible area. The light-shielding structure includes a first material layer and a second material layer, in which the optical density of the light-shielding structure is lower than 4, the first material layer is disposed on the peripheral area, and the second material layer is disposed on the first material layer. A method of manufacturing a touch panel is provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure for the effects of saving cost and improving wire drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Wei You Hsu, Wei-Chen Huang, Liang-Yi Chang, Han-Wei Chen, Ho-Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 11648627
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, including a transparent cover, a patterned touch sensing film layer, a light-shielding layer, and a UV-blocking layer. The patterned touch sensing film layer covers a first surface of the transparent cover. The light-shielding layer is located between the transparent cover and the patterned touch sensing film layer. The UV-blocking layer prevents UV from irradiating the light-shielding layer. The UV-blocking layer is located between the light-shielding layer and the patterned touch sensing film layer and covers the light-shielding layer. A method of forming a touch display device is also provided. The touch display device and formation method thereof provided in some embodiments avoid the injury of the light-shielding layer caused by the laser by disposing of the UV-blocking layer in the single-side electrode structure, which replaces the wet etching steps and decreases the cost of the etching steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Chen Hsin Chang, Liang Zhen Xu
  • Patent number: 11652052
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes a substrate, a copper layer, an organic composite protective layer, and a silver nanowire layer. The copper layer is disposed on the substrate. The nanowire-distribution-promotion layer is disposed between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xi-Zhao Wang, Yi-Min Jiang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chao-Hui Kuo, Can-Liang Zhao, Hong-Yan Lian, Chun-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11647645
    Abstract: A cover plate used in an electronic device includes a glass layer and at least one transparent covering layer. The glass layer has a first surface and a second surface. The transparent covering layer contacts and is disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and the transparent covering layer is laminated with the glass layer. The cover plate has a Young's modulus of about 10 GPa to about 200 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Yan Wu, Lien-Hsin Lee, Shi Yuan Lian, Xian Bin Xu, Ming Qiang Fu, Ming Hsien Ko
  • Patent number: 11640210
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a raised structure, a touch sensing electrode layer, and a peripheral circuit layer. The substrate has a visible region and a border region surrounding the visible region. The raised structure is disposed on the substrate and located in the border region, in which the raised structure and the substrate constitute a step area. The touch sensing electrode layer is disposed in the visible region and partially extends to the border region to cross over the raised structure and cover the step area. The peripheral circuit layer is disposed in the border region, and overlaps the touch sensing electrode layer at least on the raised structure and the step area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsien Yu, Zi-Jun Ding, Yun-Guo Xu, Jian-Hua Fang, Li-De Lv
  • Patent number: 11630541
    Abstract: A touch panel has a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, a touch sensing electrode disposed in the display region of the substrate, and a peripheral circuit disposed in the peripheral region of the substrate. The touch sensing electrode is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit, and the touch sensing electrode layer includes a first portion of a patterned metal nanowire layer. The peripheral circuit includes a patterned conductive layer and a second portion of the metal nanowire layer. At least a non-conductive material of the conductive layer is between the peripheral circuit and a second peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen