Patents Examined by Brian M. Healy
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Patent number: 8174632Abstract: A stereoscopic liquid crystal display includes an LCD panel with an upper substrate, a lower substrate disposed opposite the upper substrate, and a liquid crystal material between the upper and lower substrates. A lenticular plate is disposed above the LCD panel. An hole is formed in the lenticular plate. The hole provides and air conduit that communicates in a space between a surface of the LCD panel and a surface of the lenticular plate. The hole is configured to facilitate evacuation of air from the space between LCD panel and the lenticular plate. A sealant material is disposed in a predetermined pattern between the surfaces of the LCD panel and the lenticular plate. Air is evacuated through the hole and a vacuum is formed in the space between the LCD panel and the lenticular plate. The vacuum minimizes or eliminates a gap between the surfaces of the LCD panel and the lenticular plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyeong Jin Kim, Su Dong Roh, Jae Hyun Soh
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Patent number: 8169583Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes; a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, a display area signal line disposed in the display area, a display area thin film transistor connected to the display area signal line, a plurality of peripheral area signal lines disposed in the peripheral area, a light-blocking member disposed on the display area signal line, the display area thin film transistor, and the plurality of peripheral area signal lines, a transparent connection electrically connecting the plurality of peripheral area signal lines to each other through a plurality of first contact holes, and a pixel electrode connected to the display area thin film transistor through a second contact hole, wherein an area density of the first contact hole in the peripheral area is less than or equal to about three times an area density of the second contact hole in the display area.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Young Lee, Seung-Soo Baek
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Patent number: 8170391Abstract: A fiber optic strain relief assembly includes a housing having a first end and an oppositely disposed second end. The housing defines a bore that extends between the first end and the second end. The fiber optic strain relief assembly further includes a strain relief plate disposed in the bore of the housing. The strain relief plate includes a retention portion that is adapted to receive a strength member of a fiber optic cable. The retention portion includes a plurality of gripping tabs adapted to engage an outer surface of the strength member.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventor: Ronald A. Beck
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Patent number: 8165438Abstract: An optical cable comprises a tight-buffered optical cable and a protective sleeve which surrounds the tight-buffered optical cable. An intermediate layer surrounds the protective sleeve has tension-resistant elements. Furthermore, the optical cable contains a cable sheath which surrounds the intermediate layer, and a transitional area facing its inner surface. In this transitional area, the material of the cable sheath is mixed with the tension-resistant elements of the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rainer Kamps, Dieter Erwin Kundis, Gerhard Merbach, Waldemar Stöcklein
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Patent number: 8164730Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel electrodes that are formed on the substrate, each of the pixel electrodes including first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the first and second subpixel electrodes are adjacently disposed in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes at least two parallelogram shaped electrode pieces having different inclination directions and at least one of electrode pieces of the second subpixel electrode is positioned on or under the first subpixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Hee-Joon Kim
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Patent number: 8160406Abstract: An acoustic sensor includes at least one structure including at least one photonic crystal slab and an optical fiber optically coupled to the at least one photonic crystal slab, and having at least one optical resonance with a resonance frequency and a resonance lineshape. The acoustic sensor further includes a housing mechanically coupled to the at least one structure. At least one of the resonance frequency and the resonance lineshape is responsive to acoustic waves incident upon the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Onur Kilic, Olav Solgaard, Michel J. F. Digonnet, Gordon S. Kino
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Patent number: 8160411Abstract: A diffractive beam expander (50) comprises an input grating (10), a crossed grating (20), and an output grating (30) implemented on a planar transparent substrate (7). The crossed grating (20) comprises a plurality of diffractive features (23) arranged along the lines of a first set of parallel lines (25) and along the lines of a second set of parallel lines (26) such that the lines (25) of the first set are parallel to the lines (26) of the second set. The lines of the first set have a first grating period and the lines of the second set have a second grating period. A light beam (B1) coupled into the substrate (7) by the input grating (10) impinges on the crossed grating (20) at a first location (EC1) and further locations (EC2). Interaction at the first location (EC1) provides several sub-beams (S00, S01, S10) which propagate in different directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Tapani Levola, Pasi Saarikko
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Patent number: 8159631Abstract: An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (122), a first light source (125) and a second light source (126). The first light source includes first light emitting diodes (1252) and first reflective members (1253). The second light source includes second light emitting diodes (1262) and second reflective members (1263). The light guide plate includes a first light incident surface (1220) and a second light incident surface (1221) opposite to the first light incident surface. The first light source and the second light source are provided adjacent to the first light incident surface and the second light incident surface, respectively. The first light emitting diodes face the second reflective members, and the second light emitting diodes face the first reflective members.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: Chih-Chung Hsiao
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Patent number: 8157454Abstract: A receptacle (20) detachably accommodating a connector plug (34) connected to optical fibers (32) is rotatably supported by a shaft (14) provided in an installation table (10). The receptacle (20) is biased by a leaf spring (16) for biasing opposite ends of the shaft (14) in one direction. A locking/unlocking mechanism for selectively locking or unlocking the receptacle (20) connected with the connector plug (34) relative to the installation table (10) and a locking mechanism fixing portion (12) includes a locking nib (30Ra) of a lock releasing button (30R), a locking nib (30La) of a lock releasing button (30L), locking nib receiving portions (12na, 12nb) and a coil spring (31).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignees: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Toshiyasu Ito, Hiromasa Tanobe, Yoshihisa Sakai, Masaru Kobayashi, Ryo Nagase
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Patent number: 8152384Abstract: Push-pull fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies having a latch that is actuated by a cam surface are disclosed. The fiber optic connectors include a ferrule and a housing having the latch. A shroud fits over a portion of the housing and allows the craft to grab the shroud and push the shroud and hence the fiber optic connector into a suitable adapter or the like. Likewise, the craft can grab the shroud and pull on the same to remove the fiber optic connector out of the adapter or the like. The cam surface is disposed on a decoupling member, wherein the decoupling member is attached to the shroud so the components can move together. Methods of making the push-pull fiber optic connector are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLCInventors: Michael de Jong, Paul X. Devereaux, Ashley W. Jones, Ronald L. Mudd
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Patent number: 8145024Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical communications system that allows improving OSNR while suppressing the power increase of pumping light for distributed Raman amplification. In the optical communications system, an optical fiber is laid in a transmission section between a transmitter station (or repeater station) and a receiver station (or repeater station), and optical signals are transmitted from the transmitter station to the receiver station via the optical fiber. In the optical communications system, pumping light for Raman amplification, outputted by a pumping light source provided in the receiver station, is fed into the optical fiber via an optical coupler, and the optical signals are distributed-Raman-amplified in the optical fiber. The transmission loss and the effective area of the optical fiber satisfy, at the wavelength of 1550 nm, a predetermined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Eisuke Sasaoka, Kazuya Kuwahara
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Patent number: 8145021Abstract: Disclosed is a cable for use in a concentrating photovoltaic module. The cable includes at least one strand wrapped with an optically pervious or reflective sheath. The pervious sheath is made of a material that exhibits a penetration rate of 90% and survives a temperature of at least 140 degrees Celsius. The reflective sheath is made of a material that exhibits a reflection rate of 95% and survives a temperature of at least 140 degrees Celsius. The cable is used to connect an anode of the concentrating photovoltaic module to a cathode of the same. The material of the reflective sheath may be isolating.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Atomic Energy Council-Institute of Nuclear ResearchInventors: Yi-Ping Liang, Kuo-Hsin Lin, Hwen-Fen Hong, Hwa-Yuh Shin, Cherng-Tsong Kuo
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Patent number: 8145020Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a direct light-triggered thyristor triggered by an optical gate signal, a first optical fiber connected to the direct light-triggered thyristor and through which the optical gate signal is transmitted, a second optical fiber used to extend the first optical fiber, and a inter-optical-fiber relaying unit configured to connect the first optical fiber to the second optical fiber and to input the optical gate signal output from the second optical fiber to the first optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi—Electric Industrial Systems CorporationInventor: Takafumi Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8139913Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right panels and the cable guides. The termination modules hold fiber optic modules with front termination locations. The fiber optic modules can house couplers, such as splitters, combiners, and wave length division multiplexers. A retention mechanism retains each fiber optic module in a partially removed position from the termination module. An adapter retainer may be removably mounted within an open front of the fiber optic modules, and a fiber optic module may include a plurality of rows of adapters.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kristofer J. Bolster, Heidi L. Miller
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Patent number: 8139172Abstract: A 3-dimensional display device includes a display panel for displaying image; a backlight for supplying light to the display panel; a light scattering control unit between the display panel and the backlight to scatter or transmit the light from the backlight; and a light control film over the backlight to reflect and focus the light from the backlight.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-Hyun Soh
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Patent number: 8126303Abstract: A low cost, high performance, low profile flexible reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement members, but are less rigid than glass pultruded rods. Communications cables utilizing these members are lightweight and exhibit an improved combination of strength and flexibility compared to traditional communications cables. Further, these communication cables may then be installed into underground ducts using more economical and faster installation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Neptco JV, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Hager, Richard N. Lehman, James R. Priest
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Patent number: 8116600Abstract: Provided is a small-size optical phase modulation element and an optical modulator using it. The optical phase modulation element includes a Plasmon waveguide having a clad made of a metal material having a complex dielectric constant having a negative real part in the used wavelength and a core formed by a dielectric metal material having a complex dielectric constant having a positive real part in the used wavelength. The Plasmon waveguide is connected to an optical waveguide including a clad and a core both having a complex dielectric constant having a positive real part. The core of the Plasmon waveguide and the core of the optical waveguide are formed, at least partially, of the same semiconductor material. The Plasmon waveguide has a function to phase-modulate the incident light when voltage is applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Masafumi Nakada, Junichi Fujikata
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Patent number: 8113723Abstract: One embodiment includes an integrated boot and release slide having a release slide and a boot. The release slide includes a main body, a plurality of arms, and a plurality of coupling structures. The arms extend from a first end of the main body. The coupling structures extend from a second end of the main body opposite the first end. The boot is overmolded over the coupling structures of the release slide and defines a cavity configured to slidably receive a communications cable.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Finisar CorporationInventors: Chris K. Togami, Tat Ming Teo, Frank J. Flens
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Patent number: 8113724Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical communication module for manufacturing the optical communication module, including the sequentially performed steps of: (1) mounting a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element on a side surface of a sub-mount substrate and mounting the sub-mount substrate on a printed circuit board such that the light-emitting and -receiving directions of the light-emitting element and light-receiving element are parallel to the printed circuit board; (2) aligning an optical waveguide; and (3) dropping resin solution on an area of the sub-mount substrate including an optical waveguide end and the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element, and curing the resin solution. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical communication module which can be made thin, small and cheap.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Terada, Masakazu Ohashi, Koji Azegami, Kentaro Ichii
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Patent number: 8113721Abstract: An off-axis misalignment compensating fiber optic cable plug is provided. The plug has a cable interface to engage a fiber optic core end, where the fiber optic core has a cross-sectional area. The plug also includes a lens having a first surface to transceive an optical signal with a jack. The first surface has a cross-sectional area at least 30 times as large as the core cross-sectional area. The lens has a second surface to transceive optical signals with the fiber optic line core end. In one aspect, the lens has an axis and the lens first surface is convex with a radius of curvature capable of receiving an optical signal beam with a beam axis of up to ±2 degrees off from the lens axis. Even 2 degrees off-axis, the lens is able to focus the beam on the fiber optic line core end.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: Igor Zhovnirovsky, Subhash Roy