Patents Examined by Britt Hanley
  • Patent number: 8058781
    Abstract: An anodized metal substrate module superior in heat radiation properties and reduced in manufacturing costs. A metal plate is provided. An anodized film is formed on the metal plate. A heat generating device is mounted on the metal plate. Also, a conductive line is formed on the anodized film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ki Lee, Seog Moon Choi, Young Bok Yoon, Sang Hyun Shin
  • Patent number: 8047821
    Abstract: The Ring Rack Oil Pumping Machine is comprised of: a base, a frame mounted on the base, a roller mounted at the frame top, a sprocket case connects to the middle of the frame; a input shaft having a lower sprocket and a drive shaft having an upper sprocket are installed at the bottom and top of the sprocket case respectively, the upper sprocket and lower sprocket are connected by a chain; a guide wheel, track gear and centralizer wheel are mounted in sequence on the end of the drive shaft extended out of the sprocket case; the track gear meshes with a rack, a slide rail is mounted with the frame, and a sliding base (21) connected with the slide rail (20) moveably. Comparing to currently using pumping units, this invention features simple structure, high safety and reliability, upgraded efficiency, easy maintenance, smooth running and high durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sinopec Group, Shengli Petroleum Administration Transport Corporation
    Inventors: Xinyi Gu, Huanbo Zhou, Yonghai Liu, Zhisheng Tian, Zhengyou Feng
  • Patent number: 8044589
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus may include an external light shielding sheet attached to a front of a panel to absorb and shield externally incident light. Accordingly, a black image can be implemented close to an original color and bright and dark room contrast can be improved. Furthermore, thickness of the external light shielding sheet and height of a pattern unit have a given ratio in order to properly secure an aperture ratio of the external light shielding sheet. Accordingly, light emitted into the panel can transmit toward a user side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Park, Tae Deok Seo, Jun Hwan Ju
  • Patent number: 8040059
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device preventing the external invasion of water and/or oxygen and preventing the deterioration of a luminous element due to these invading substances and to provide a production method including simple production steps for producing the display device. The invention provides a display device having a sealing material on the rim of an exposed interlayer insulator for preventing the invasion of water and/or oxygen from the interlayer insulator. Further, the invention provides a display device having a barrier body on an exposed interlayer insulator for preventing the invasion of water and/or oxygen from the interlayer insulator. Furthermore, the application of droplet discharge technique in production steps for producing the display device can eliminate a photolithography step such as exposing and developing. Thus, a method of producing a display device having an improved yield is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keitaro Imai, Aya Anzai, Yasuko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8040032
    Abstract: A safety lamp connector assembly for use with at least one of more lamps comprising: an end cap for the lamp and a smooth action, spring loaded, twist locking, socket for receiving the end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: LightSources Inc.
    Inventor: George Kovacs
  • Patent number: 8033881
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a field emission device comprises: sequentially forming cathodes and a light blocking layer on a substrate, and patterning the light blocking layer to form blocking layer holes; sequentially forming an insulating layer and a gate material layer on the light blocking layer, and patterning the gate material layer to form gate electrodes in which gate electrode holes are formed; coating a photoresist on the gate electrodes, and exposing and developing the photoresist to form resist holes inside the gate electrode holes; isotropically etching portions of the insulating layer exposed through the resist holes to form insulating layer holes; etching portions of the gate electrodes exposed by the insulating layer holes to form gate holes, and removing the photoresist; and forming emitters on the cathode electrodes exposed by the blocking layer holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Hee Choi, Min-Jong Bae
  • Patent number: 8035295
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically-controlled field-emission cathode, comprising a substrate (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100) having at least one conducting surface (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101) and at least one conducting emitter element (16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106) in the vicinity of a conducting surface, characterized in that it also comprises at least one photoconducting element (13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93, 103) electrically connected in series between at least one emitter element and a conducting surface of the substrate. Another subject of the invention is an amplifier tube comprising such a cathode. The application is for Vacuum tubes, in particular for microwave amplification, with a view for example to applications in telecommunications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Pierre Legagneux, Laurent Gangloff, Eric Minoux, Jean-Philippe Schnell, Frederic Andre, Dominique Dieumegard
  • Patent number: 8025544
    Abstract: A dual panel-type organic electroluminescent display device includes a first substrate on which gate and data lines cross each other to define sub-pixels. Array elements are disposed at the sub-pixels on the first substrate. A first electrode is disposed on substantially the entire surface of a second substrate opposing the first substrate. An insulating pattern is disposed on the first electrode, an organic electroluminescent layer is disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode is disposed on the organic electroluminescent layer at each sub-pixel. A connection pattern connects the array element and the second electrode at each sub-pixel. The connection pattern contacts the second electrode under the insulating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong-Keun Yoo, Kwang-Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 8022612
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode device, includes a substrate; and a light-emitting element having two or more commonly-controlled portions, the light-emitting element having two electrodes and a common unpatterned white-light-emitting layer formed between the two electrodes, at least one portion having an optical spacer, each portion having a different optical structure, the optical structure in one portion being tuned to emit substantially white light and that one portion having a transparent electrode, and the optical structure in a different portion being tuned to emit colored light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology, LLC.
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Joel D. Shore
  • Patent number: 8013507
    Abstract: A cold cathode fluorescent lamp which makes a step dedicated to the acquisition of advantageous effects unnecessary without lowering an optical flux maintaining factor and, at the same time, prevents peeling-off of a phosphor layer in a step of bending light transmitting glass tube is provided. The cold cathode fluorescent lamp includes a light-transmitting glass tube, a phosphor layer which is formed on an inner surface of the light-transmitting glass tube, mercury and a rare gas which is filled in the inside of the light-transmitting glass tube, and cold cathodes which are arranged in a sealed manner in both end portions of the light-transmitting glass tube in a state that the cold cathodes face each other in an opposed manner, wherein the phosphor layer is constituted of a plurality of phosphor particles and a bonding agent. The bonding agent is made of aluminum oxide and boron oxide. The phosphor particles are covered with the bonding agent by coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norikazu Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 7719174
    Abstract: A surface mounting discharge tube, comprise of a cylindrical ceramic envelope sealed at its two ends by side surfaces of electrodes, designed to be directly soldered on to a mounting board, where the electrodes at the two ends are rectangular, project outward radially at the ends of the ceramic envelope and are provided at peripheral edges at the side surfaces of the electrodes with soldering use tapers or step differences, whereby positional deviation at the time of soldering is suppressed and sufficient PCT properties are secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Machida, Kesayuki Takeuchi, Chisato Emori
  • Patent number: 7679289
    Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp is disclosed, wherein rows of U-shaped grooves are formed in a front glass substrate, rows of wavy parallel grooves are formed in a rear glass substrate, and the U-shaped grooves and the wavy parallel groves are made to be perpendicular to each other. Also, fluorescent substance coating films are interposed so as to be in contact with each other on the inner surfaces, and this realizes a structure resistant to an external air pressure. Furthermore, fluorescent discharge is produced inside a tunnel-shaped cavity between the rows of U-shaped grooves, and reduction in luminance at the lower side of the U-shaped grooves is compensated by illumination of the wall of the U-shaped grooves, where the reduction in brightness is due to non-illuminating sections being caused because the U-shaped grooves and the wavy parallel grooves are in contact with each other. Thus, a flat fluorescent lamp with uniform surface luminance is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanobu Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7659661
    Abstract: A full color organic light emitting display device (OLED) and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED includes an element substrate and an encapsulating substrate. The element substrate includes a color filter layer or a color conversion layer, as well as an organic layer with an emission layer that emits light of a single color. The encapsulating substrate includes a color filter or a color conversion layer and a moisture absorbent, and a the color filter or color conversion layer corresponds to the emission region. Accordingly, there is no need to have a separate process for the moisture absorbent and the color filter layer or the color conversion layer may be formed without using a shadow mask, so that a high resolution OLED may be advantageously realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joon-Young Park
  • Patent number: 7642720
    Abstract: An array of microcavity plasma devices is formed in a ceramic substrate that provides structure for and isolation of an array of microcavities that are defined in the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate isolates the microcavities from electrodes disposed within the ceramic substrate. The electrodes are disposed to ignite a discharge in microcavities in the array of microcavities upon application of a time-varying potential between the electrodes. Embodiments of the invention include electrode and microcavity arrangements that permit addressing of individual microcavities or groups of microcavities. The contour of the microcavity wall allows for the electric field within the microcavity to be shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: J. Gary Eden, Sung-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 7629736
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for stabilizing a threshold voltage in an active matrix field emission device are disclosed. The method includes formation of radiation-blocking elements between a cathodoluminescent display screen of an FED and semiconductor junctions formed on a baseplate of the FED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Hofmann, John K. Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush
  • Patent number: 7605527
    Abstract: A discharge lamp encompassing a sealed-off tube filled with a discharge gas and a discharge electrode provided in the sealed-off tube. The discharge electrode embraces a supporting base and an electron-emitting layer formed of a wide bandgap semiconductor and provided on the supporting base, implemented by a plurality of protrusions, at least part of surfaces of the protrusions are unseen from a perpendicular direction to thereof above a top surface of the electron-emitting layer, dangling bonds of the wide bandgap semiconductor at the surfaces are terminated with hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakai, Tomio Ono, Naoshi Sakuma, Hiroaki Yoshida, Mariko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7605525
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) assembly including a PDP, a chassis base supporting the PDP, a driving circuit unit, a tape carrier package electrically coupling the PDP with the driving circuit unit, and including a driving integrated circuit (IC), and a short circuit preventive unit arranged between the chassis base and the tape carrier package and preventing the tape carrier package from short-circuiting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung-Kon Kim
  • Patent number: 7602110
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus that includes a plasma display panel adapted to display an image, a chassis base arranged at a rear of the plasma display panel, a circuit unit arranged on the chassis base and adapted to drive the plasma display panel and a heat dissipation unit arranged between the plasma display panel and the chassis base, the heat dissipation unit comprising a first heat dissipation element comprised of a material that produces debris, a first heat dissipation element arranged parallel to both the plasma display panel and the chassis base and adapted to dissipate heat generated by the plasma display panel and a second heat dissipation element covering at least a portion of the first heat dissipation element and being adapted to prevent debris from being released from the first heat dissipation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang-Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 7581998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a spark plug, the spark plug being defined herein, the method including a center electrode position measuring step of measuring an X-directional position of the front end of the center electrode; a regulation member positioning step of positioning an X-directional position of a regulation member based on the X-directional position of the front end of the center electrode measured in the center electrode position measuring step, the regulation member regulating an X-directional position of a front end surface of the ground electrode when the ground electrode is pressed and bent in a Y direction; and a gap forming step of using the regulation member to regulate the X-directional position of the front end surface of the ground electrode while pressing and bending the ground electrode in the Y direction so as to form the spark discharge gap; wherein: the X direction and the Y direction are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Fujita, Masahiro Enuma, Shinichiro Mitsumatsu
  • Patent number: 7583024
    Abstract: A double-faced plasma display panel includes two parallel viewing screens (20, 20?), and a discharge structure (30) located between the viewing screens. Each viewing screen includes a transparent substrate (21, 21?), with a plurality of transparent electrodes (23, 24, 23?, 24?), a transparent dielectric layer (22, 22?), and a protection layer (25, 25?) formed at an inner surface of the transparent substrate. The discharge structure includes an opaque insulative substrate (31), with a plurality of addressing electrodes (37, 37?), an opaque dielectric layer (38, 38?), a plurality of separation walls (39, 39?), and a fluorescent layer (40, 40?) formed at each of opposite surfaces (310, 310?) thereof. Symmetrically opposite pairs of same electrodes are electrically interconnected so that the viewing screens can simultaneous display a same image. Only a single driving system is needed to achieve the simultaneous display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pi-Jin Chen, Peng Liu, Li Qian, Yang Wei, Lei-Mei Sheng, You-Hua Lei, Liang Liu, Shou-Shan Fan