Patents Examined by Christopher Raabe
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Patent number: 10254604Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a lower substrate including a display unit and a non-display unit; an upper substrate opposing the lower substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed in the display unit of the lower substrate; a light shielding layer defining a pixel region of the lower substrate; a pixel electrode disposed in the pixel region of the lower substrate; a pixel transistor disposed in the display unit of the lower substrate and connected to the gate line, the data line, and the pixel electrode; a driving transistor disposed in the non-display unit of the lower substrate; a first protection layer disposed on the pixel transistor and the driving transistor; a shielding layer disposed on the first protection layer, the shielding layer overlapping at least one of the pixel transistor and the driving transistor; and a second protection layer disposed on the shielding layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungin Ro, Donggun Oh
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Patent number: 10249469Abstract: An electron emitter assembly includes a plurality of electron emitters, and a removable structure connected to, and fixing a positional relationship among, individual ones of the plurality of electron emitters. A method of assembling an electron emitter assembly includes connecting individual ones of a plurality of electron emitters together with a removable structure, and fixing a positional relationship among the individual ones of the plurality of electron emitters.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Gregory Alan Steinlage, Andrew Marconnet
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Patent number: 10242846Abstract: An ion source includes a chamber. The ion source further includes a first hollow cathode having a first hollow cathode cavity and a first plasma exit orifice and a second hollow cathode having a second hollow cathode cavity and a second plasma exit orifice. The first and second hollow cathodes are disposed adjacently in the chamber. The ion source further includes a first ion accelerator between and in communication with the first plasma exit orifice and the chamber. The first ion accelerator forms a first ion acceleration cavity. The ion source further includes a second ion accelerator between and in communication with the second plasma orifice and the chamber. The second ion accelerator forms a second ion acceleration cavity. The first hollow cathode and the second hollow cathode are configured to alternatively function as electrode and counter-electrode to generate a plasma.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD., AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: John Chambers, Peter Maschwitz
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Patent number: 10232765Abstract: A lamp assembly for illuminating a ground area adjacent a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing; an outer lens covering the housing; a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources arranged in the housing; and a reflector mounted in the housing. The light emitted from the plurality of LED light sources is captured by the reflector which reflects light towards the lens, the lens directing light generally downward towards the ground area. The light output from the lamp assembly appears to be emitted from a single light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.Inventors: Garry Gordon Leslie Fimeri, Simon Belcher, James Nicholas Dickson
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Patent number: 10234689Abstract: An optic to transform incident light emitted by a light source to form an irradiation pattern on a projection surface has a freeform surface formed by a union of an aspheric lens and a collection of Cartesian ovals. Each Cartesian oval is a lens focusing the incident light to a point and the collection of Cartesian ovals directs the incident light to a collection of points forming a border of the irradiation pattern. The aspheric lens is a portion of a refractive lens directing the incident light to form an interior of the irradiation pattern. The aspheric lens is combined with the collection of Cartesian ovals to form the union, such that each Cartesian oval shares a radiant focus of the refractive lens and makes a tangential contact with the surface of the aspheric lens at a single point.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Matthew Brand
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Patent number: 10222645Abstract: A display device may include a first layer, a passivation layer, and a pixel. The passivation layer may overlap the first layer and may include a first passivation portion and a second passivation portion. The pixel may include a first-color filter, a first-color-corresponding electrode, a second-color filter, and a second-color-corresponding electrode. The first-color-corresponding electrode may overlap the first-color filter and may be positioned between the first layer and the first passivation portion. The second-color-corresponding electrode may overlap the second-color filter. The second passivation portion may be positioned between the first layer and the second-color-corresponding electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ock Soo Son, Sung In Ro, Jun Ho Song, Sung Jin Kim, Seung Hyun Park, Young Jin Park, Yeo Geon Yoon, Jae Hak Lee, Woong Ki Jeon
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Patent number: 10222638Abstract: Disclosed are a curved display manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a curved surface suction mold comprising a panel seat surface having a curved shape corresponding to a curved shape of the curved display to be formed, and air sucking holes formed through the panel seat surface; an air sucking unit for sucking air through the air sucking holes; a main frame for supporting the curved surface suction mold, to space the curved surface suction mold from a bottom of the main frame; and a pressing roller unit for pressing a curvature maintaining member to maintain the display panel in a bent state while sliding along a curved surface of the display panel under a condition that the curvature maintaining member overlaps with the display panel, for pressed attachment of the curvature maintaining member to the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hwan Jin Kim, Chang Min Oh, Gi Yun Eom
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Patent number: 10210775Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative article comprising a globe held on a meridian, wherein the meridian is provided with at least one first light outlet element, the first light outlet element being optically coupled to at least one first lamp.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Ole Stoewahse
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Patent number: 10203448Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a backlight assembly, a backlight module, and a display device. The backlight assembly of the present disclosure comprises a light guide plate and a light bar, wherein an edge of a light-entering end of the light guide plate comprises one or more first edge segments and one or more second edge segments, and the one or more first edge segments protrude from positions of the edge of the light-entering end of the light guide plate other than the one or more second edge segments in a direction facing away from the light guide plate. The light bar comprises one or more LED light bars disposed on one or more light-entering side of the one or more first edge segments and one or more line light sources disposed on one or more light-entering sides of the one or more second edge segments.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHANTANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenjun Li
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Patent number: 10198038Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and an impact absorption film adjacent to the second surface of the display panel and including first and second impact absorption layers. The second impact absorption layer includes a soft part corresponding to a first region of the second impact absorption layer and a hard part corresponding to a second region of the second impact absorption layer. The first impact absorption layer and the soft part of the second impact absorption layer have an elastic modulus value less than an elastic modulus value of the hard part.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Jin Jang, Noh-Jin Myung, Byoung-Har Hwang, Sang-Wook Woo, Tae-Hyoung Kwak
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Patent number: 10196278Abstract: Provided is an aluminate fluorescent material having a composition represented by the formula X1aMgbMncAldOa+b+c+1.5d, in which X1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr; and Ca, a, b, c, and d satisfy 0.5?a?1.0, 0.0?b<0.4, 0.3?c?0.7, 8.5?d?13.0, and 9.0?b+c+d?14.0.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Nishimata, Shoji Hosokawa, Tomokazu Yoshida
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Patent number: 10197839Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. An LCD device includes: a gate line on a substrate; first and second data lines crossing the gate line to respectively define first and second pixel regions; and a plurality of electrodes at each of the first and second pixel regions and including a plurality of bars, the plurality of electrodes including a first and a second outermost electrode, wherein the first data line overlaps an upper portion of the first outermost electrode of the first pixel region, and is spaced apart from a lower portion of the first outermost electrode of the first pixel region, and wherein the second data line is spaced apart from an upper portion of the second outermost electrode of the first pixel region, and overlaps a lower portion of the second outermost electrode of the first pixel region.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang-Wook Lee
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Patent number: 10191207Abstract: A light emitting module adapted to a mainboard is provided. The mainboard includes a side edge. The light emitting module comprises a circuit board and a light guide bar. The circuit board is detachably attached to the mainboard and adjacent to the side edge of the mainboard. A plurality of light emitting elements are disposed at the circuit board. The light guide bar is disposed at the circuit board, when the light emitting module is assembled to the mainboard, the light guide bar uniformly guides light from the light emitting elements. An electronic device including the light emitting device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Ho-Jui Kao, Yu-Sheng Wang
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Patent number: 10186394Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes forming a first diamond layer on a substrate and inducing a layer of graphene from the first diamond layer by heating the substrate and the first diamond layer. The method includes forming a second diamond layer on top of the layer of graphene and applying a mask to the second diamond layer. The mask includes a shape of a cathode, an anode, and one or more grids. The method further includes forming a two-dimensional cold cathode, a two-dimensional anode, and one or more two-dimensional grids by reactive-ion electron-beam etching. Each of the two-dimensional cold cathode, the two-dimensional anode, and the one or more two-dimensional grids includes a portion of the first diamond layer, the graphene layer, and the second diamond layer such that the graphene layer is positioned between the first diamond layer and the second diamond layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: David Glen Findley
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Patent number: 10180607Abstract: A display panel and a display device comprising the same are disclosed, in which a contact area between a connection electrode and a signal line is increased to reduce the contact resistance thereof and to improve picture quality.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Younghyun Kong, SungLim Nam, WonJun Choi, Misun Park, Jaewoong Choi
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Patent number: 10162214Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel of a vertical alignment mode, and an optical control member disposed on a light-exiting side of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixels having at least two domains (50a, 50b), in which directors of liquid crystal molecules are in a first direction. An absorption axis of a first polarizing sheet and an absorption axis of a second polarizing sheet are a mutually orthogonal and form angle that is approximately 45°. The optical control member includes a base, a light diffusion part, a light blocking layer and a low refractive index part.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Katsuta, Yasushi Asaoka, Sho Ochi, Emi Yamamoto, Hideomi Yui, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Yuhsuke Tsuda, Katsumi Kondoh
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Patent number: 10160905Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blue-green light-emitting phosphor having excellent high-temperature property and excellent light-emitting properties such as brightness and half width. The phosphor is constituted of a plurality of alkaline earth metal elements including a barium element, phosphoric acid and a halogen element, and Eu as an activator, in which the molar ratio of the barium element to the total content of the alkaline earth metal elements is larger than 60% and smaller than 95%, and upon irradiation with a near-ultraviolet ray, the blue-green light-emitting phosphor is excited to thereby emit blue-green visible light.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: DYDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Chengzhou Li
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Patent number: 10156332Abstract: A modular headlamp assembly includes a low beam headlamp module, a high beam headlamp module, and front turn/parking lamp module. The low beam headlamp module and the high beam headlamp module are supported by a reflector carrier. Each of the high and low beam headlamp modules includes a heat sink and mounting assembly with a heat sink portion bisecting a reflector member. The reflector carrier is adjustably fastened to a housing to allow for adjustment of the high and low beam headlamp modules within the modular headlamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Truck-lite Co, LLCInventors: Michael Marley, Gregory Alan Stoi
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Patent number: 10119677Abstract: The invention proposes a lighting device for a motor vehicle. Such a device includes one or more electronic circuits incorporating electronic components sensitive to an electrostatic discharge. Thanks to the features of the invention, the components are protected by encouraging the controlled flow to ground of any electrostatic discharges. All portions of one or more electronic circuits can therefore be protected by preventing random electrostatic discharges liable to destroy or to degrade sensitive electronic components.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Christophe Roger, Jerome Jobard, Pierre Placais
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Patent number: 10120238Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises first and second substrate having light transmissivity and opposing each other, a light-modulating layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light source unit which illuminates the light-modulating layer from an outer side of a position which opposes a display area, along a normal direction, first to third color filters of different colors arranged on the first substrate, and first to third electrodes which oppose the first to third color filters, respectively, the light-modulating layer being able to change light dispersibility of each of regions which oppose the first to third color filters according to the electric field produced by each respective one of the first to third electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Kentaro Okuyama