Patents Examined by Christopher M. Raabe
  • Patent number: 11901375
    Abstract: An array substrate has a display area and a bonding area located on a side of the display area. The array substrate includes a base, a plurality of first transistors, a plurality of conductive pins and a plurality of conductive electrodes. The plurality of first transistors are disposed on a side of the base and located in the display area; a first transistor includes a first gate, a first source and a first drain. The plurality of conductive pins are disposed on the side of the base and located in the bonding area, and are disposed in a same layer as the first gate. The plurality of conductive electrodes are each disposed on a respective one of surfaces of the plurality of conductive pins away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbo Ju, Pengfei Cui, Jian Sun, Deshuai Wang, Xiangkai Shen, Jianbin Gao, Jiannan Wang, Guangshuai Wang
  • Patent number: 11901705
    Abstract: An electrode tip assembly for a spark plug includes an electrode tip that is formed on an electrode base using an additive manufacturing process, such as a powder bed fusion technique, after which the electrode base is welded to an electrode body. The electrode base includes a welding side and an additive manufacturing side, and the electrode tip includes a plurality of laser deposition layers built on the additive manufacturing side of the electrode base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Zeh, Rene Trebbels, John Antony Burrows
  • Patent number: 11891556
    Abstract: A nitride phosphor having a composition containing Eu, Si, Al, N, and a group 2 element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. In the composition, a ratio of a total molar content of the group 2 element and Eu to a molar content of Al is 0.8 or more and 1.1 or less, a molar ratio of Eu is 0.002 or more and 0.08 or less, a molar ratio of Si is 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, and a total molar ratio of Si and Al is 1.8 or more and 2.2 or less. The nitride phosphor has a first peak in a range of 17° 2? or more and 19° 2? or less and a second peak in a range of 34° 2? or more and 35.5° 2? or less in a CuK? powder X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11887836
    Abstract: A radiation source assembly comprises a source base, a UV transparent sleeve, and a UV lamp. The source base comprises a sealed electrical connection interface and an opposing sealed sleeve interface. The sealed electrical connection interface comprises a electrical contacts and the sealed sleeve interface comprise a radial sealing element, an outer collar, and a compression ring. The UV transparent sleeve is engaged with the sleeve interface such that the radial sealing element of the sealed sleeve interface is disposed between the UV transparent sleeve and the outer collar of the source base, and the compression ring is positioned over the UV transparent sleeve and engaged with the source base to compress the radial sealing element onto the UV transparent sleeve and the outer collar. The UV lamp is disposed within the UV transparent sleeve and electrically coupled to the electrical contacts of the electrical connection interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP ULC
    Inventor: Patrick Alexander Fay
  • Patent number: 11886066
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel and a light-emitting module. The light-emitting module includes a first light source having a first light-emitting point, a second light source having a second light-emitting point, a first light guide and a second light guide forming a contact portion in contact with the first light guide. The first light guide and the second light guide are arranged in a first direction, and a distance between the contact portion and the first light-emitting point along the first direction is equal to a distance between the contact portion and the second light-emitting point along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Zhengyi Gou, Hisanori Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11889603
    Abstract: A system for illuminating an environment, includes a first and second angularly varying light emitting devices operable to adjust light flux output into different angular bins individually, the second angularly varying light emitting device further comprises an imager positioned to receive light reflected from the environment from the first and second angularly varying light emitting devices, wherein when the first angularly varying light emitting device emits first light flux onto on object or individual in the environment and the object or individual occludes the first light flux creating a shadow region on a surface of the environment, the second angularly varying light emitting device emits second light flux from one or more second light sources into an angular bin that illuminates the shadow region. In one embodiment, the shadow region is identified in part by differentiating between a possible dark surface and a region comprising a shadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Zane Coleman
  • Patent number: 11881389
    Abstract: An excimer lamp according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is capable of improving start-up characteristics and a light irradiation efficiency of a lamp and being miniaturized. The excimer lamp includes a light emitting tube emitting light, a first electrode disposed at an outer side of the light emitting tube, a second electrode disposed at an outer side of the light emitting tube in correspondence to the first electrode, and an auxiliary light emitting body disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit light toward the light emitting tube when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, and a light irradiation device having the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNILAM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Young Yoon, Eun Sik Kim, Hong Chae Jung, Se Hwi Park, So Ree Kim
  • Patent number: 11879605
    Abstract: A magnetic swaying electronic candle includes a cylindrical support, a support base and a cylindrical housing, where the cylindrical support is sleeved inside the cylindrical housing, the support base is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cylindrical housing, a candle cover is fixedly connected to the top of the cylindrical housing, and the candle cover, the cylindrical housing and the cylindrical support form a receiving space. An electromagnet is repulsed against magnetism from and is homopolar to an opposite side to a magnet ring. When a PCB board is powered on, the electromagnet is energized to generate magnetism; when a magnet ring is close to the electromagnet with magnetism, the electromagnet will push the magnet ring away in an opposite direction; and when the magnet ring sways to a vertical position, the electromagnet will be energized again, and push the magnet ring away again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CHANG ZHOU MAN MEI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Guo
  • Patent number: 11878332
    Abstract: A panel flattening assembly includes a first fixing assembly and a second fixing assembly respectively disposed at a first corner and a second corner adjacent to the first corner in a first direction on a rear surface of a display panel; a first supporting member disposed between the first fixing assembly and the second fixing assembly and spaced apart from the display panel; a first displacement adjusting member connected to the first fixing assembly and adjusting a distance between the first fixing assembly and a first end of the first supporting member by adjusting a displacement of the first fixing assembly; and a second displacement adjusting member connected to the second fixing assembly and adjusting a distance between the second fixing assembly and a second end of the first supporting member by adjusting a displacement of the second fixing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Maeng, Min Gwan Hyun, Man Soo Kim, Ju Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11874558
    Abstract: A supporting column fixed on a light bar, the light bar and a backlight module are provided. The supporting column includes: a base plate; a supporting sheet arranged on a side of the base plate, wherein one end of the supporting sheet is connected with the base plate and the supporting sheet is configured to be rotatable in a direction towards the base plate and a direction away from the base plate, so that the supporting sheet has a first state and a second state, and an included angle between the supporting sheet and the base plate in the first state is smaller than that in the second state; and a clamping part configured to be clamp-fitted with the supporting sheet upon the supporting sheet being in the second state so as to fix the supporting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianrong Cheng
  • Patent number: 11873435
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100° C. to the emission intensity at 25° C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byungchul Hong, Naoki Sako, Naoto Kijima, Masahiko Yoshino, Takashi Hase, Fumiko Yoyasu, Kentarou Horibe
  • Patent number: 11874564
    Abstract: A pattern film, a transmittance variable device comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing a transmittance variable device are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a pattern film includes a first base layer, and a spacer pattern formed on the first base layer, wherein the spacer pattern comprises a partition wall spacer and a ball spacer, wherein the ball spacer is one of embedded in, partially embedded in, or in contact with the partition wall spacer, and wherein an area of the spacer pattern per unit area of the first base layer is 5% or greater to 17% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Cheolock Song, Han Min Seo, Nam Seok Bae, Jinhong Kim, Minjun Gim
  • Patent number: 11868008
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight component, a light adjusting component, a display panel, and a first polarizing film. The backlight component is configured to generate polarized light. The light adjusting component is disposed on one side of the backlight component, and is configured to deflect or not deflect polarized light generated by the backlight component. The first polarizing film is disposed between the light adjusting component and the display panel. In the display apparatus) provided in this application, when the polarized light obtained after passing through the light adjusting component passes through the first polarizing film, if a vibration direction of the polarized light is consistent with a transmission direction of the first polarizing film, the polarized light can be transmitted. If the vibration direction of the polarized light is perpendicular to the transmission direction of the first polarizing film, the polarized light cannot be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yiwen Chang, Chenxiang Zhao, Kang Chung Liu
  • Patent number: 11870221
    Abstract: A spark plug and method of manufacturing, where the spark plug meets particular geometric relationships to maintain and potentially improve dielectric performance while downsizing other plug dimensions. The spark plug includes an insulator that can withstand higher voltages while having areas with a reduced cross-sectional thickness. In some embodiments, the insulator has a dielectric strength of 42 kV/mm or more with a radial thickness at the internal seal of 1.5 to 1.6 mm, inclusive, and a radial thickness at a gasket of 0.6 to 0.9 mm, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC
    Inventor: William J. Walker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11871504
    Abstract: An electronic system includes an external jacket; a wall of an internal cavity that is to be cooled; at least one fixed connection fixing the external wall of the internal cavity that is to be cooled to the external jacket; a heat-transport fluid cooling circuit comprising grooves on the external surface of the wall of the internal cavity and a sleeve comprising a flexible portion positioned flush with the external surface of the external wall of the internal cavity, thereby forming mini-canals with said grooves; a radial extension of the wall of the internal cavity creating connecting points intended to hold the sleeve in place; and a space between the external jacket and the sleeve at the flexible portion of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Alberto Leggieri, François Legrand, Rodolphe Marchesin, Andrea Allio, Rosa Difonzo, Laura Savoldi
  • Patent number: 11862943
    Abstract: Spark plug has center electrode having leg portion extending in an axis direction, brim portion located at rear end side with respect to the leg portion and protruding outwards in a radial direction with respect to the leg portion and connecting portion connecting the leg portion and the brim portion; insulator having penetration hole and supporting the center electrode; and seal member filling the penetration hole and fixing the brim portion and the insulator. The center electrode satisfies “(D1-D2)/D1?0.06”, where a maximum value of a radius of the brim portion is D1, and a minimum value of the radius of the brim portion is D2, also satisfies “L2/L1?0.30”, where a size of the center electrode along the axis direction is L1, and a size along the axis direction from boundary between the connecting portion and the leg portion to a center of gravity of the center electrode is L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nakai, Masahiro Nishida, Shingo Kozuka
  • Patent number: 11860461
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel. The display panel includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate, and a first adhesive layer and light guide layer located between the display substrate and the opposite substrate and stacked on each other. The first adhesive layer includes a photo-cured layer formed by curing a photocurable material layer. And the light guide layer is used to direct light to the photocurable material layer during the curing to form the cured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Sui, Qian Jin, Jinxiang Xue, Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11855417
    Abstract: Spark plug for igniting a combustible fuel in an internal combustion engine, wherein the spark plug has an igniter arranged at an end of the spark plug facing the combustion chamber, when the spark plug is mounted in the internal combustion engine. The spark plug includes a wall and a sealing area. The wall at least partially surrounds the igniter. The sealing area is used for sealing the combustion chamber against the environment. The wall has the sealing area located at an end of the wall, which end faces the combustion chamber when the spark plug is mounted in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Stefan Prankl, Johann Klausner, Robert Grabner
  • Patent number: 11852929
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dimming glass window assembly, and the dimming glass window assembly includes a window frame, and a dimming glass located in the window frame, where the dimming glass includes a first glass layer and a second glass layer which are opposite to each other and spaced apart, a dimming function layer and a sealant layer which are arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, the dimming function layer is located in a sealed space bound by the sealant layer, the first glass layer and the second glass layer. The dimming glass further includes a control line unit connected to an external dimming controller, the control line unit includes: a flexible printed circuit, a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhong Hu, Chen Meng, Jiarong Liu, Yutao Tang, Yongbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11845686
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubes is provided. The apparatus includes a Danner-pipe, a heating device, and a heating chamber having the Danner-pipe and the heating device arranged therein. The Danner-pipe is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane by a Danner-angle. The heating device is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane by a heating-angle. The Danner-angle and/or the heating angle are in a range of 1° to 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Markus Ollig, Arne Riecke, Volker Trinks, Rainer Eichholz, Ulrich Lange, Sebastian Stark, Stephan Tratzky, Rainer Schmid, Wassilis Bagaris, Reinhard Gmeiner