Patents Examined by Donald Raleigh
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Patent number: 9726946Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an electrode configuration layer provided on a support substrate, the electrode configuration layer includes a stripe region having a plurality of electrode regions and a plurality of insulator regions arranged in an alternating manner, and the electrode regions and the insulator regions are formed by partially performing a reduction treatment or an oxidation treatment on a layer made of one material, thereby controlling conductivity. Further, the electrode regions are included in at least one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode of the liquid crystal display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke Yamagata, Manabu Iwakawa, Toshihiro Yamashita, Koji Oda, Kazunori Inoue
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Patent number: 9730295Abstract: An electronic device including a first electronic component including a first pad unit, a second electronic component electrically connected to the first electronic component, the second electronic component including a second pad unit connected to the first pad unit, and a conductive adhesion film that couples the first pad unit to the second pad unit. The conductive adhesion film includes an adhesion resin layer, a conductive ball dispersed in the adhesion resin layer, and a curing agent capsule dispersed in the adhesion resin layer, the curing agent capsule including a curing initiator and a tube that seals the curing initiator.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taesik Kim, Hyeondeuk Hwang
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Patent number: 9725030Abstract: A vehicle light installed in a vehicle includes: a main case having a front opening; a first light guide disposed in the main case; a first light source that emits light into the first light guide; and a headlamp disposed in the main case. The first light guide (i) is rod-shaped, (ii) includes a first extended section extending from the inboard side of the first light guide relative to the vehicle widthwise direction toward the outboard side and a second extended section that continues from the first extended section, curves back inwardly, and extends to the inboard side, and (iii) opens toward a longitudinal center line of the vehicle. The headlamp is disposed between the first extended section and the second extended section. The first extended section and the second extended section extend toward the longitudinal center line of the vehicle to a point beyond the headlamp.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ogata, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yasufumi Shirakawa, Hiro Aoki, Toshifumi Tanaka, Yuki Nishida, Kazuki Masuda
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Patent number: 9718560Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit for emitting light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength, different from the first wavelength is disclosed. The exterior aircraft light unit has an integrated optical structure, which in turn has a first light source configured to emit the light of the first wavelength, a second light source configured to emit the light of the second wavelength, the second light source being positioned adjacent to the first light source, and an optical element for shaping a light emission distribution of the integrated optical structure. The optical element is arranged with respect to the first light source and the second light source in such a way that it affects both the light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Philippe G. Lapujade, Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Christian Schoen, Anil Kumar Jha
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Patent number: 9720173Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security feature for identifying objects or documents of value. The method may include the steps of encoding information in a pattern; and ink jet printing a chiral nematic liquid crystal material from a reservoir using a print head on to a substrate in the pattern. Thus, the method forms a patterned array of chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits. The print head, or the reservoir, or both, may be heated to a temperature above the clearing point of the chiral nematic liquid crystal material. The chiral axes of the chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits may be aligned substantially perpendicular to the substrate such that a predetermined portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is selectively reflected over other regions of the electromagnetic spectrum by the chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLCInventors: Harry Coles, Ian Hutchings, Damian Gardiner, Wen-Kai Hsiao, Philip Hands, Stephen Morris, Timothy Wilkinson
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Patent number: 9720272Abstract: A method for producing a display unit includes: inserting a covering glass into a first holder of a positioning device until the covering glass lies on a first contact surface parallel to the covering glass; thereafter inserting a bonding frame into a second holder of the positioning device until the bonding frame lies on a second contact surface parallel to the first contact surface. The bonding frame has a leg parallel to the covering glass, the peripheral edge of which leg directed toward the covering glass surrounds the peripheral edge of the covering glass at a distance forming a groove. Thereafter the groove between the covering glass and the leg of the bonding frame is filled with a first adhesive that connects these two parts to each other, and thereafter the surface of the covering glass facing away from an observer is covered with the layer of transparent bonding mass.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Hans Wedel, Edwin Esser, Ulrich Georg Hermann, Günter Urlaub, Ralf Leupert
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Patent number: 9722147Abstract: Networks of semiconductor structures with fused insulator coatings and methods of fabricating networks of semiconductor structures with fused insulator coatings are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes an insulator network. A plurality of discrete semiconductor nanocrystals is disposed in the insulator network. Each of the plurality of discrete semiconductor nanocrystals is spaced apart from one another by the insulator network.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Pacific Light Technologies Corp.Inventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, Weiwen Zhao, Kari N. Haley, Juanita N. Kurtin
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Patent number: 9716228Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising at least two electron transport layers between a cathode and a light-emitting layer of the device, wherein energy barrier of different electron transport layers successively increase from the cathode to the light-emitting layer. The present disclosure also provides an evaporation equipment and an OLED device manufacturing method, wherein the electron transport layers of the OLED device are formed by an evaporation process using the evaporation equipment. The OLED device of the present disclosure improves the luminescence efficiency of OLED devices, and the evaporation equipment can readily effect a fast switching between different evaporation rates within a same evaporation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yunasheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ang Xiao
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Patent number: 9711577Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device (01) and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The OLED display device (01) comprises a plurality of sub-pixel units, and each of the sub-pixel units includes a first electrode (20), an organic material functional layer (30) and a second electrode (40) which are sequentially disposed on a base substrate (10). The sub-pixel unit further includes: a first buffer layer (50) disposed between the base substrate (10) and the first electrode (20). A surface of a part, corresponding to the first electrode (20), of the first buffer layer (50) on a side away from the base substrate (10) is in a concave shape; the first electrode (20) is a transparent electrode, and the second electrode (40) is a non-transparent metal electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Peng Zhang
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Patent number: 9709223Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a first resin member and a second resin member. The substrate includes a base member, a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, and a covering layer covering the wiring portions with an opening formed in a part of the covering layer. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate in the opening of the covering layer and having an upper surface at a position higher than the covering layer. The first resin member is arranged at least in the opening of the covering layer and at periphery of the light emitting element. The second resin member seals the substrate and the light emitting element. The second resin member is disposed in contact with the first resin member.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiro Kamada
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Patent number: 9709722Abstract: A backlight module for illuminating a display or keypad is described. The backlight module may be provided in an electronic device along with a light source. In one embodiment, the backlight module comprises: a light diffuser; a light guide located directly below the light diffuser; a prism structure located directly below the light guide, the prism structure having a plurality of prisms extending towards the light guide, wherein an air gap is defined between the prism structure and the light guide; and a reflector located directly below the prism structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Hsin Chin Lee, Michael Lorne Purdy, Choongho Lee
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Patent number: 9709259Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device (100) (100), comprising at least one light emitting element (102) configured to emit light, a housing (300) having an elongated hollow base portion (302) and a light exit portion (304), wherein the elongated hollow base portion (302) has a polygonal cross section, and a heat transferring arrangement (200) formed from a folded sheet of a thermo conducting material inserted into and fixed inside of the housing (300), the heat transferring arrangement (200) comprising a first section (202) onto which the light emitting element (102) is arranged and adapted to receive heat generated from the at least one light emitting element (102) when emitting light, and a second section (204) having an outer surface which once fixed inside of the housing (300) is formed to be in abutment with an inner surface of the elongated hollow base portion (302) of the housing (300), so that the generated heat is thermally transferred to the housing (300).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Reinier Imre Anton Den Boer, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems
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Patent number: 9709241Abstract: A method of making an LED display includes fabricating an LED display screen cover using a light-permeable material, positioning the LED display screen cover over an LED display screen body having an array of LED pixel units each including a respective LED lamp, and securing the positioned LED display screen cover to the LED display screen body. The fabricated screen cover includes a plurality of cover units arranged in an array of multiple rows and multiple columns. Each cover unit includes a convex outer surface and an inner surface, the outer convex surfaces of adjacent cover units are configured and joined along the columns and rows, and the inner surfaces of the adjacent cover units are separated from each other. Each cover unit in the LED display screen cover is positioned on top of a respective LED lamp of the LED display screen body.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Beijing Universal Lanbo Technology Co., LtdInventors: Didi Hu, Donglin Pi
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Patent number: 9704685Abstract: Embodiments related to the use and production of porous carbon materials in ion emitters and other applications are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Paulo C. Lozano, Carla Perez Martinez, Corey P. Fucetola, Jimmy Andrey Rojas Herrera
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Patent number: 9704924Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate layer, first and second metal layers sequentially formed on the substrate layer, and an organic material layer formed between the first and second metal layers. The first metal layer has a uniform thickness or has metal portions or further has an open portion exposing a portion of the surface of the substrate layer. The organic material layer includes a hole transport material and an electron transport material in contact with one another. An interaction between the hole transport material and the electron transport material generates exciplexes capable of emitting light having a peak wavelength in a first range, and a coupling is generated between the first and second metal layers. By adjusting the distance between the first and second metal layers or the thickness of the first metal layer, the peak wavelength of the light is shifted to a second range and/or a third range.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yi-Ping Lin, Jung-Yu Li, Guan-Yu Chen, Shih-Pu Chen, Jin-Han Wu, Cheng-Chang Chen
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Patent number: 9704422Abstract: An illuminated color displaying device having at least one light diffusing waveguide coupled to a plurality of different light sources emitting light at different wavelengths, to provide color modulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Alranzo Boh Ruffin
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Patent number: 9702514Abstract: A three-way bulb including light emitting diodes is used to achieve a variety of light output colors and/or intensities. In some embodiments, the inputs to a three-way bulb are configured to perform other functions, such as power a motor. In some embodiments, a bulb including light emitting diodes includes a replicable cover and/or a replicable LED. This cover may be configured to project images or support a shade made of a heat sensitive material.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Steven Michael Colby
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Patent number: 9705292Abstract: A spark plug comprising a center electrode, a ground electrode disposed on the center electrode across a gap, and a tip joined to an opposed surface of the ground electrode that is opposed to the center electrode, the tip has a discharge layer and a relieving layer, the relieving layer is formed from a Pt—Ni alloy and joined to the opposed surface via a diffusion layer, the discharge layer is formed from a Pt—Rh alloy and joined via a clad diffusion layer to a side of the relieving layer opposite to a side of the relieving layer at which the ground electrode is joined, and 0.81?A/B?1.21 is satisfied when an average cross-sectional area of the discharge layer is A mm2 and an average cross-sectional area of the relieving layer is B mm2, and a method for producing the spark plug.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Gozawa, Daisuke Sumoyama, Tsutomu Shibata
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Patent number: 9698168Abstract: An array substrate for a display device includes a first base substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate that includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; a first passivation layer that covers the thin film transistor and that includes an inorganic insulating material; a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer that includes an exposure hole that exposes the first passivation layer on the drain electrode; a common electrode disposed on the second passivation layer; a third passivation layer that covers the common electrode and that includes a contact hole inside the exposure hole to expose the drain electrode; a cavity between the first passivation layer and the third passivation layer on the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode disposed on the third passivation layer and connected with the drain electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Duk-Sung Kim
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Patent number: 9698385Abstract: The disclosed OLED display panel includes: an OLED unit, including one or more pixel light-emitting units, wherein light emitted from the pixel light-emitting units is transmitted in a first area; a rotatable optical component, arranged on a transmission path of the light emitted from the pixel light-emitting units, wherein the light emitted from the pixel light-emitting units is transmitted onto the optical component and then reflected by the same, and light reflected by the optical component, when the optical component is rotated, is projected onto a second area within a predetermine period, wherein the second area is larger than the first area; and a light-transmitting display substrate, arranged on a transmission path of the light reflected by the optical component and arranged corresponding to the second area.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Qing Tian