Patents Examined by Ashok Patel
  • Substrate for use in manufacturing display device and method for forming element on substrate
    Patent number: 10541368
    Abstract: A substrate is for use in manufacturing a display device. The substrate includes a first area that corresponds to pixel positions. The substrate further includes a second area adjacent to the first area. The substrate further includes a first mark disposed in the second area, wherein a first virtual line corresponds to the first mark. The substrate further includes a second mark disposed in the second area and spaced from the first mark, wherein a second virtual line corresponds to the second mark and intersects the first virtual line at a virtual reference point. The substrate further includes an indicator disposed in the second area, spaced from the first mark and the second mark, and corresponding to an opening of a mask, wherein a positional relation between the virtual reference point and a point of the indicator represents a positional relation between the substrate and the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol-Gyu Jeong
  • Illumination apparatus
    Patent number: 10539291
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a reflective shell, a front cover, a light-emitting device, and a plurality of optical micro-structures. The front cover is connected to the reflective shell. A containing space is formed between the reflective shell and the front cover. The light-emitting device is disposed in the containing space and is configured to emit a light beam. The optical micro-structures are disposed on at least one of the reflective shell and the front cover. Each of the optical micro-structures is a multilayer stair-structure. The optical micro-structures diffuse the light beam by refraction and reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Frontal light diffusing device for use in photoimmunotherapy
    Patent number: 10527771
    Abstract: The present invention provides a frontal light diffusing device comprising a non-circular core fiber section having a proximal end and a distal end, and a lens; wherein fiber core of the non-circular core section has a “top hat” core irradiance distribution and the frontal light diffusing device provides a “top hat” spatial irradiance distribution at a targeted location. The present invention further provides a frontal light diffusing device comprising an optical fiber and a collimation lens assembly wherein the collimation lens assembly includes a variable aperture that blocks portions of light outcoupled from the optical fiber thereby allowing only a central portion of the light to exit through the variable aperture resulting in a flat irradiance distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rakuten Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Rose, Kyle Johnston, Merrill Biel
  • Flexible display panel and display apparatus including the flexible display panel
    Patent number: 10528084
    Abstract: A flexible display panel including: a flexible substrate including a first region, second regions that extend from the first region and that have a curved surface, and a third region folded towards the second regions; a first display region in the first region of the flexible substrate; a second display region in the second regions of the flexible substrate; a plurality of non-display regions outside the first display region or the second display regions, wherein at least one of the plurality of non-display regions is in the third region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the first display region and the second display regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Direct connector for lamp base and light source driver board and LED bulb lamp using direct connector
    Patent number: 10520181
    Abstract: Direct connector for a lamp base and a light source driver board, mounted at the joint of the lamp base and a lamp cup. Its insulating base has a positive metal contact pin and a negative metal contact pin towards the lamp cup, which are electrically connected to the light source driver board. The insulating base has an insertion groove towards the lamp base, and a rivet of the lamp base is inserted. A positive conductor to be electrically connected to the rivet is disposed in the insertion groove and is in electrical conduction with the positive metal contact pin. A negative conductor to tightly press against a side wall of the lamp base for electrical connection is disposed on the side face of the insulating base and is in electrical conduction with the negative metal contact pin. An LED bulb lamp using the direct connector is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: DONGGUAN GHGM PRECISE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bingshui Chen
  • Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10520774
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a display apparatus and the display apparatus. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes preparing a first substrate including a display; adhering a second substrate to the first substrate by using a sealing element; exposing the sealing element by using a blocking member including a plurality of blocking patterns arranged apart from one another; and cutting the first substrate and the second substrate along portions thereof inside the blocking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaekyung Go, Eunjae Na, Minjun Jo, Hyunmin Hwang
  • Broadband light source including transparent portion with high hydroxide content
    Patent number: 10522340
    Abstract: A laser-sustained plasma light source includes a plasma lamp configured to contain a volume of gas and receive illumination from a pump laser in order to generate a plasma. The plasma lamp includes one or more transparent portions transparent to illumination from the pump laser and at least a portion of the broadband radiation emitted by the plasma. The one or more transparent portions are formed from a transparent material having elevated hydroxide content above 700 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Wilson, Anant Chimmalgi, Matthew Panzer, Ilya Bezel
  • Electron tube
    Patent number: 10515775
    Abstract: An electron tube includes a housing having an internal space airtightly sealed, and an electrode configured to generation or detection of energy by electron emission in the internal space. The housing has a main body part made of an insulating material and formed with a recess constituting the internal space, and a lid part fixed to the main body part so as to close an opening of the recess. The recess expands toward the opening side. The main body part is fixed with a penetrating member that is electrically connected to the electrode and passes through the main body part. The penetrating member has an internal space projecting part that projects from a bottom surface of the recess into the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kodama, Yasuyuki Kohno, Shinichi Hara, Hideki Shimoi, Hiroyuki Kageyama, Yusuke Hasegawa, Ryota Kakei
  • Decorative sheet, decorative molded article, and decorative module
    Patent number: 10513097
    Abstract: A decorative sheet is caused to emit light from part of the front surface to improve the design features. A decorative sheet 1 according to an embodiment includes a first refractive index layer (high refractive index layer) 11 having a first refractive index, a decorative layer 14, a second refractive index layer (low refractive index resin layer) 12 that has a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index and is provided between the first refractive index layer and the decorative layer, and a light diffusion layer 15 that is provided in partial contact with one surface of the first refractive index layer and diffuses light entering from the first refractive index layer so that light is released from part of the front surface of the decorative sheet. A resin molded body 21 may be integrally laminated on the back surface side of the decorative sheet 1 to form a decorative molded article 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEIREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihide Suzuki, Hidekazu Shiomi, Shoichi Takeshima, Hajime Arai
  • Flash light source device
    Patent number: 10514142
    Abstract: A flash light source device includes: a flash lamp; a wiring board that is provided with a circuit configured to cause the flash lamp to emit light; a housing that is formed of a conductive material and accommodates the flash lamp and the wiring board; and an electromagnetic shield cable that includes a wire directly connected to the wiring board, an electromagnetic shield layer that covers the wire, and an insulating protective layer that covers the electromagnetic shield layer, and extends to the inside and outside of the housing through an opening formed in the housing. The electromagnetic shield layer is exposed at least at a part corresponding to the opening. The part corresponding to the opening in the electromagnetic shield layer is electrically connected to a part defining the opening in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Nozomi Takeuchi
  • Light apparatus with enlightened pattern
    Patent number: 10508775
    Abstract: A light apparatus with an enlightened pattern includes a driver circuit, a LED plate, an optical light guide, a connector and a bulb shell. The LED plate connected to the driver circuit has a LED module for emitting a light. The optical light guide has a bottom end facing to the LED module for receiving the light and has a top end forming an enlightened pattern where the light escaped from the top end of the optical light guide. The connector is used for fixing the LED plate to the optical light guide for aligning the LED module to emit the light into the bottom end and for transmitting heat of the LED plate to the optical light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yanzeng Gao, Juncheng Che, Hongkui Jiang
  • Display device manufacturing method, and display device
    Patent number: 10510807
    Abstract: In this manufacturing method, in a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both a subpixel and a subpixel; in a green fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel; and in a red light-emitting layer formation step, a red light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel. In at least two of the abovementioned steps, linear vapor deposition is performed using a slit mask having an opening that is provided so as to extend across a plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHARK KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Seiichi Mitsui, Shinichi Kawato, Satoshi Inoue, Yuhki Kobayashi, Takashi Ochi
  • Fabrication method and fabrication apparatus for backlight source, display device, and a display system
    Patent number: 10503012
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a backlight source includes determining an n-step MacAdam ellipse in a uniform chromaticity diagram, where n is an integer smaller than or equal to 3; and fabricating the backlight source according to chromaticity coordinates within the n-step MacAdam ellipse to cause chromaticity coordinates of light emitted from different ones of light-emitting diodes of the backlight source to be within the n-step MacAdam ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shixin Geng, Jin Han, Tengfei Wang, Wei Zhang, Hao Zhou, Weihao Hu, Yu Zhang
  • Dual parabolic laser driven sealed beam lamp
    Patent number: 10504714
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a sealed high intensity illumination device configured to receive a laser beam from a laser light source. A sealed chamber is configured to contain an ionizable medium. The chamber includes a reflective chamber interior surface having a first parabolic contour and parabolic focal region, a second parabolic contour and parabolic focal region, an ingress surface configured to admit the laser beam into the chamber, and an egress surface configured to emit high intensity light from the chamber. The first parabolic contour is configured to reflect light from the first parabolic focal region to the second parabolic contour, and the second parabolic contour is configured to reflect light from the first parabolic contour to the second parabolic focal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Rudi Blondia
  • Multiple panel substrate, display device and method of manufacturing display device
    Patent number: 10495915
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device, the display device including, a substrate, a circuit element layer including a semiconductor layer, an insulation layer and a conducting layer, a bump part including at least one layer selected from the semiconductor layer, the insulation layer and the conducting layer forming the circuit element, and a sealing film, the method is provided including forming the circuit element layer in a display region of a plurality of display panels on a first surface above the substrate, forming the bump part in a boundary region of the plurality of display panels, forming the sealing film on approximately the entire surface of the plurality of display panels, and dividing the display panels at the bump part by cutting the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nagata
  • Backlight module
    Patent number: 10488708
    Abstract: A backlight module including a light output module, a first prism sheet, and a second prism sheet is provided. The light output module has a light output surface. The first prism sheet is disposed on the light output surface of the light output module. The first prism sheet has a plurality of first prism structures extending in a first extending direction. The second prism sheet is disposed on the first prism sheet. The second prism sheet has a plurality of second prism structures extending in a second extending direction. The angle between the first extending direction and the second extending direction is less than or equal to 30 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu, Li-Jia Chen, Cheng-Chuan Chen, Chih-Kang Wu
  • Heat sinks for light fixtures
    Patent number: 10488031
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly for a light fixture can include at least one heat sink fin disposed in thermal communication with at least one heat-generating component of the light fixture, where the at least one heat sink fin includes a thermoplastic material. The at least one heat sink fin can absorb and dissipate sufficient heat to comply with applicable industry standards for the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Alok Das, Anzar Pandurang Rade, Omkar Bharat Jadhav, Siddhartha Satya Saladi, Matthew Allan Canales, Sanjeev Bhimasenrao Kulkarni, Christopher Lee Bohler, Arnab Guha
  • Organic electroluminescence display device
    Patent number: 10483484
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence display device including a base member, a display member disposed on the base member and including an organic electroluminescent element; and an encapsulating member disposed on the display member and encapsulating the display member. The encapsulating member includes a first inorganic layer disposed on the display member; a first organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer; and a second inorganic layer disposed on the first organic layer. The first inorganic layer has a multilayer structure in which first layers having a first refractive index and second layers having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index are alternately disposed. Each of the first organic layer and the second inorganic layer has a single layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunshik Lee
  • Lighting apparatus and straddle-type vehicle
    Patent number: 10480741
    Abstract: A headlight is provided with a light source unit, an aiming mechanism which can adjust aiming with respect to the light source, a headlight cover which is arranged in front of the light source, and a housing which, by fitting with the headlight cover, covers the light source unit and the aiming mechanism. Inside of the headlight, and between the headlight cover and the light source unit, a stay is provided for arranging the light source unit and the aiming mechanism on the headlight cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kudo, Shota Yamasaki, Mizuki Fujiwara
  • Phosphor plate composition and phosphor plate for vehicle headlamp comprising same
    Patent number: 10472566
    Abstract: Examples of the present invention relate to a phosphor plate composition having a wide emission region while improving luminance. The composition comprises: yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) or gadolinium yttrium aluminum garnet ((Gd,Y)AG) phosphor powders doped with any one dopant selected from cerium (Ce), gadolinium (Gd) and neodymium (Nd); and a sintering agent of any one selected from lithium fluoride (LiF), magnesium oxide (MgO) and spinel (MgAl2O4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Yeon Won, Won Jin Kim