Patents Examined by Donald L Raleigh
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Patent number: 11860400Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight source, a method of manufacturing the backlight source, and a display device. The backlight source comprising: a light guide plate; a light emitting device on a side of the light guide plate in a thickness direction, wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light irradiated into the light guide plate; and an optical element on a light emitting side of the light emitting device in a thickness direction, wherein the optical element is configured to convert the light emitted from the light emitting device into a parallel beam propagating in the light guide plate by total reflection.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Wang, Jifeng Tan, Xiandong Meng, Wenqing Zhao, Xiaochuan Chen
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Patent number: 11850826Abstract: A laminated pane, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, and at least two intermediate layers, wherein at least two separate functional elements with electrically controllable optical properties are arranged in a plane between the two intermediate layers, wherein on two opposite sides of each functional element, an inner bus bar is connected in each case to the respective functional element and at least one of the two opposite sides of each functional element is sealed by two PET barrier films, which are partly arranged between an intermediate layer and the functional element, wherein attached on one of the PET barrier films is at least one outer bus bar that is connected via an electrically conducting connection to the inner bus bar of a functional element, in order to electrically control the functional element separately from the other functional element or elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventor: Marcel Klein
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Patent number: 11852907Abstract: An aging pallet used in an aging process of a display panel is provided. The aging pallet can include a plurality of trays stacked on a driving unit. Each of the plurality of trays can include a seating portion on which the display panel is mounted, and at least one press bar disposed on the seating portion. The press bar can include protrusions protruding toward the seating portion or holes disposed at a surface of the press body toward the seating portion. Thus, the aging pallet can prevent the damage to the display panel due to particles in the aging process.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ji Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11849624Abstract: A display device having switchable viewing angle includes a display panel including a first emission area, a second emission area, a third emission area and a fourth emission area, from which light in different wavelength bands is emitted, and a transparent photochromic layer disposed on at least one surface of the display panel, wherein each of the first emission area, the second emission area and the third emission area emits light in a wavelength band of visible light, the fourth emission area emits light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet ray, and when the fourth emission area is in an emission state, an area of the photochromic layer including the area corresponding to the fourth emission area is an opaque area, and wherein when the fourth emission area is in a non-emission state, an area of the photochromic layer including the area corresponding to the fourth emission area is a transparent region, thereby providing a display device capable of switching viewing angles.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: WonKi Park, Sumin Lee
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Patent number: 11845888Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot not including cadmium and including: a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core and comprising zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell and comprising zinc and sulfur, a composition and composite including the same, and an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuho Won, Nayoun Won, Sungwoo Hwang, Eun Joo Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Jihyun Min, Garam Park, Shang Hyeun Park, Hyo Sook Jang, Shin Ae Jun, Yong Seok Han
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Patent number: 11841591Abstract: A switchable window element with a layer structure comprising a switchable layer, two polarizers and two optical retarders; wherein a first polarizer and a first optical retarder are arranged in an optical path prior to the switchable layer and a second polarizer and a second optical retarder are arranged in the optical path after the switchable layer wherein the switchable layer is a vertically aligned liquid crystal layer comprising a liquid crystalline medium and wherein the product of the thickness d of the switchable layer and the optical anisotropy ?n of the liquid crystalline medium is in the range of from 0.05 ?m to 3.0 ?m and the liquid crystalline medium has a clearing point of at least 70° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Michael Junge, Andreas Beyer
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Patent number: 11828664Abstract: A stretchable strain sensor may exhibit wavelength selectivity according to a thickness change of a thickness of the stretchable strain sensor, in a thickness direction extending parallel to the thickness of the stretchable strain sensor, due to elongation of the stretchable strain sensor in an elongation direction extending perpendicular to the thickness direction. The stretchable strain sensor may have an emission spectrum that changes according to strain variation of a strain on the stretchable strain sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Youngjun Yun
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Patent number: 11830387Abstract: A wheel rotation imaging control system, including: a wheel rotation imaging apparatus, which can display images during wheel rotation; and a data processing apparatus, which can establish a connection with the wheel rotation imaging apparatus, process data related to the wheel rotation imaging apparatus, and control the wheel rotation imaging apparatus to image. By means of wireless connection, the present application can realize non-contact remote reading and configuration of internal parameters of a wheel rotation imaging device, remote control of media playback, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiwen Xu, Minglei Li, Yao Dai, Shaoqian Wang, Weidong Liu, Xi Li
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Patent number: 11828438Abstract: A method for producing a 3D item (1) by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising a 3D printing stage comprising layer-wise depositing an extrudate (321) comprising 3D printable material (201), to provide the 3D item (1) comprising 3D printed material (202), wherein the 3D item (1) comprises a plurality of layers (322) of 3D printed material (202), and an opening (405) in the 3D printed material (202), the opening (405) having an opening edge (410) that is at least partly defined by one or more interruptions (1410) in a subset (1322) of one or more layers (322) of the plurality of layers (322), wherein the method comprises providing each interruption (1410) by 3D printing a layer (322) of the subset (1322) with oppositely arranged turns (415), wherein each turn (415) connects a first layer part (3221) and a second layer part (3222), the first layer part (3221) and the second layer part (3222) forming legs of a U-turn (435), wherein, for each turn (415), the first layer part (3221) has a firstType: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os
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Patent number: 11830743Abstract: A dry-state non-contact method for patterning of nanostructured conducting materials is disclosed. Short self-generated electron-emission pulses in air at atmospheric pressure can enable an electron-emission-based (field enhancement) interaction between a sharp tungsten tip and elements of the nanostructured materials to cause largely non-oxidative sequential decomposition of the nanostructured elements. Embodiments can employ a substrate/tip gap of 10 to 20 nm, discharge voltages of 25-30 V, and patterning speeds as fast as 10 cm/s to provide precisely patterned nanostructures (<200 nm) that are largely free of foreign contaminants, thermal impact and sub-surface structural changes.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: Ali E. Aliev, Ray H. Baughman
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Patent number: 11829024Abstract: An optical stack for reflecting and transmitting light in a predetermined wavelength range includes stacked first and second optical films, the predetermined wavelength range defining a first wavelength range and a remaining wavelength range. For normally incident light and for each wavelength in a first wavelength range, the first optical film substantially reflects light having a first polarization state, and substantially transmits light having a second polarization state. For each of the first and second polarization states, for wavelengths in the first wavelength range, the second optical film has a maximum optical transmittance Tmax for light incident at a first incident angle, and an optical transmittance Tmax/2 for light incident at a second incident angle, where the second incident angle is greater than the first incident angle by less than about 50 degrees. For wavelengths in the remaining wavelength range, the second optical film reflects at least 80% of light.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Gilles J. Benoit, Carl A. Stover, Matthew B. Johnson, Ryan T. Fabick, Quinn D. Sanford
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Patent number: 11829031Abstract: A multilayer light diffuser plate and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The multilayer light diffusion plate comprises a main layer and a partially-transmissive and partially-reflective layer located under the main layer. The top surface of the main layer is the light-emitting surface, and the light-incident surface is the bottom surface of the partially-transmissive and partially-reflective layer. The partially-transmissive and partially-reflective layer comprises a plurality of first base material layers and a plurality of second base material layers stacked alternately. The materials of the first and second base material layers have different refractive indices. The partially-transmissive and partially-reflective layer formed by alternately stacking the first and second base material layers with different refractive indices is arranged on the light-incident surface of the light diffuser plate by means of extrusion, which is simpler and less expensive to manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventors: Chih Wen Yang, Yu Wei Chang, Mao Hsing Lin
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Patent number: 11829018Abstract: The present invention relates the quality of a display device by implementing a function capable of increasing the response time of the liquid crystal in the low temperature environment by preventing deterioration in visibility on a panel surface and applying a structure capable of generating heat.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jung Young Lee
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Patent number: 11822222Abstract: Disclosed is a non-coaxial projection light source system including a light source, a fluorescent wheel, and a converging shaping lens group located between the light source and the fluorescent wheel. Excitation light emitted by the light source is emitted to the converging shaping lens group in an optical axis direction inclined to the converging shaping lens group and then is emitted to the fluorescent wheel. Radiating fluorescent light generated by excitation on the fluorescent wheel is emitted to the converging shaping lens group and then is converged to a light path direction different from the excitation light to be output.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CHENGDU XGIMI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Zhong, Shi Xiao, Lei Yin
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Patent number: 11825588Abstract: An illumination source includes a laser driver unit configured to emit a plasma sustaining beam. An ingress collimator receives the plasma sustaining beam and produces a collimated ingress beam. A focusing optic receives the collimated ingress beam and produce a focused sustaining beam. A sealed lamp chamber contains an ionizable media that, once ignited, forms a high intensity light emitting plasma having a waist size smaller than 150 microns. The sealed lamp chamber further includes an ingress window configured to receive the focused sustaining beam and an egress window configured to emit the high intensity light. An ignition source is configured to ignite the ionizable media, and an exit fiber is configured to receive and convey the high intensity light. The high intensity light is white light with a black body spectrum, and the exit fiber has a diameter in the range of 200-500 micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Excelitas Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Rudi Blondia
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Patent number: 11818934Abstract: An embodiment discloses a display panel and a display device including the same. The display panel includes a first display region in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, and a second display region including a plurality of pixel regions, in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, and a plurality of light-transmitting regions disposed between the plurality of pixel regions, wherein the second display region includes a plurality of first pixels disposed in the plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of second pixels disposed in the plurality of light-transmitting regions, and a plurality of first electrodes extending from the plurality of pixel regions to the plurality of light-transmitting regions to electrically connect the plurality of first pixels to the plurality of second pixels.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung Uk Jang, Chul Nam
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Patent number: 11813200Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic darkening filter 20 which is suitable for darkening for protection from light, in particular from high intensity light, with a simplified set-up, as well as to a set-up device 40 for setting up parameters of a such filter 20. The present disclosure also relates to a system 100, 100? comprising such an automatic darkening filter 20 and such a set-up device 40, in particular a welding device 110. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a method for setting up such an automatic darkening filter 20 as well as to a headgear 10 with such an automatic darkening filter 20 and to a welding device 110 with such a set-up device 40.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Christian A. Ripken, Markus Glocker
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Patent number: 11815245Abstract: A kit for joining together at least a pair of light fixture segments at a joint interface therebetween to form a light fixture assembly, comprises at least a pair of complementary coupling units, each coupling unit configured to be located in an operative position in one of said light fixture segments to join the other coupling unit at the joint interface defined by complementary abutment surfaces on said light fixture segments, at least one of the complementary coupling units being configured to be adjustably located in the operative position to displace another of the coupling units along a designated travel path toward a limit position, wherein the joining of the light fixture segments at the joint interface occurs in advance of the other coupling unit reaching the limit position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Axis Lighting Inc.Inventors: Howard Yaphe, Andrew Miles, Stephane Beland, Jean Gagne
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Patent number: 11815704Abstract: A light beam emission system includes: a blower that forms a flow path in which aerosol flows; and an emitter that emits a light beam. At least part of the light beam propagates along the flow path of the aerosol.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Kohei Noma, Hideki Aoyama, Mitsuaki Oshima
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Patent number: 11805690Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a first region, a second region adjacent to the first region, and a third region adjacent to the second region; a plurality of emission layers on the first substrate; a first anti-reflection layer on the plurality of emission layers, and to transmit a first colored light; a second anti-reflection layer on the plurality of emission layers, and to transmit a second colored light and a third colored light that are different from the first colored light; and a second substrate on the first anti-reflection layer and the second anti-reflection layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongbeom Hong, Reehyang Kim, Yongsub Shim, Youngjun Yoo