Patents Examined by Donald Raleigh
  • Patent number: 10019091
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device integrated with a touch screen. According to the present invention, the display device integrated with a touch screen includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to be opposite to each other, having a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, in which the first substrate is formed with a color filter and a common electrode, a sensor pattern and a sensor signal line sensing a touch signal are formed beneath a transparent substrate of the second substrate, and a pixel electrode and a driving signal line driving the display device are formed beneath the sensor signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: G2TOUCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10012364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light diffuser casing comprising an enclosure defining a cavity and provided with a closable opening configured to enable a headlamp to be inserted inside the casing. A light diffuser is arranged in the casing to receive a light beam coming from the headlamp and to make said beam diffuse on the enclosure. The light diffuser is made from a translucent or transparent material so that said beam passes through it, and the enclosure is made from a translucent material. The invention also relates to a method for using the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ZEDEL
    Inventor: Raphaël Lanez
  • Patent number: 10011222
    Abstract: A system includes a shell at least partially formed in a shape of a steering wheel and having a first layer and a second layer spaced apart from one another. The system further includes an LED coupled to the shell or the steering wheel. The system also includes a positive triboelectric material coupled to the first layer of the shell and that loses electrons in response to friction. The system further includes a negative triboelectric material coupled to the second layer of the shell and that gains electrons in response to friction. The system further includes an electrical connector coupled to the LED and at least one of the positive triboelectric material or the negative triboelectric material. Current flows through the electrical connector to illuminate the LED when force is being applied to the shell causing the positive triboelectric material to contact the negative triboelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Songtao Wu, Chi-Ming Wang, Khoa Vo, Debasish Banerjee, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 10012858
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a first line and a second line extending between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel with a gap therebetween, and a first alignment film as an outermost layer. The second substrate includes a second alignment film opposed to the first alignment film. Further, the first substrate includes a groove in which the first alignment has a recessed surface between the first line and the second line, and the groove is filled with the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Genki Asozu, Shigesumi Araki
  • Patent number: 10003046
    Abstract: A bottom chassis of a display module is provided. The bottom chassis includes a bead part formed by depressing some portions of the bottom chassis toward a rear side, and a reinforcing panel attached to a front surface of the bottom chassis and spaced apart from the bead part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Joo Paek, Woo Sung In, Jun Ki Noh
  • Patent number: 9995962
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image using a light and a backlight unit generating the light, providing the light to the display panel and including a plurality of light source units generating the light and a plurality of light source substrates arranged in a first direction and disposed on the plurality of light source substrates where the plurality of light source substrates have a zigzag shape, and the plurality of light source units are disposed at predetermined areas of bending portions of the zigzag shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-min Park, Sangwon Lee, Younghye Son, Jiwon Lee
  • Patent number: 9995454
    Abstract: A lens for a light-emitting diode (LED) provides an even light pattern over a desired throw of light. An indentation on the top of the lens and a lens collector on the bottom are configured for a desired spread angle of light refracted an LED positioned on a circuit board below the light collector of the lens. One or more lenses may be formed in a lens unit for assembly with a circuit boards and molding into an LED module. The module may be used in sign cabinet and other lighting applications where LEDs are used as light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: US LED, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric Marcoux, Gabriel Corbeil
  • Patent number: 9989210
    Abstract: A modularized headlight has a heat sink base, a lens assembly on a front end of the heat sink base, a first illuminating module and a first reflector on a first stage of the heat sink base, a second illuminating module and a second reflector on a second stage of the heat sink base, and a shading component on the first stage. When the first illuminating module is emitting light, the light beams are reflected by the first reflector toward the lens assembly through the shading component to provide a low beam mode. When the second illuminating module is emitting light, the light beams are reflected by the second reflector toward the lens assembly to provide a high beam mode. The modularized headlight is switched between the two modes without mechanical mechanism so that components of the modularized headlight may not be worn out and durability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Yujing Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 9983437
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a display surface, which displays an image by selectively reflecting light entering the display surface, and an illuminating device including an optical modulator provided on a display surface side of the display panel and including a plurality of portions in a major surface thereof and a light source provided on a side surface of the optical modulator, and the illuminating device illuminates the display panel at a predetermined brightness specific for each respective portion with the light entering the optical modulator from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 9985078
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, a color filter layer, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a second insulating layer, a display layer, and a second conductive layer. The substrate includes a surface, wherein a first direction is perpendicular to the surface. The first insulating layer includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second insulating layer includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a third protrusion and a fourth protrusion disposed between the second and third electrodes. The second conductive layer includes a first reflection portion disposed between the first and second protrusions, and a second reflection portion disposed between the third and fourth protrusions. A first distance between the first reflection portion and the surface is different from a second distance between the second reflection portion and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Yen, Chao-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9986603
    Abstract: An optical film includes: a liquid crystal coating; and a base layer on the liquid crystal coating, wherein the liquid crystal coating has reversed wavelength dispersion and in-plane retardation for a reference wavelength ranging from 126 nm to 153 nm, and the base layer has in-plane retardation ranging from about 0 to about 50 nm and out-of-plane retardation ranging from about 0 nm to about 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Hee-Kyung Kim, Moon Yeon Lee, Kyoung Ah Oh, Kyu Yeol In, Ji-Hoon Lee, Myung Sup Jung, Sang ah Gam
  • Patent number: 9976738
    Abstract: A lighting system attaches to a sectional door. The sectional door has a plurality of hinge-connected panels which roll along left and right tracks which are connected to a structure. Each panel has an inside surface. The sectional door is positionable to a closed position and to an open position. The lighting system includes a light which connects to the inside surface of a panel of the sectional door. A movable electric contactor connects to a panel of the sectional door, and a fixed electric contactor connects to the structure. A holder carries the fixed contactor, the holder is shaped and dimensioned to removably connect to either the left track or to the right track. In the open position of the sectional door the movable electric contactor is configured to contact the fixed electric contactor and energize the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Graham Holloway
  • Patent number: 9976714
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes light delivery and distribution components of a light duct that can be used as a luminaire, such as a bollard-style luminaire that can be useful for the illumination of pedestrian crosswalks, the light engine useful in the luminaire, and methods for making the light engine and the luminaire. The present disclosure further describes methods for crosswalk illumination using the bollard-style luminaires, and methods of communication between bollard luminaires. The bollard luminaire includes a design that generally confines light to illuminate the crosswalk and the pedestrian in the crosswalk, such that light that could produce glare for the pedestrian and/or a driver approaching the crosswalk is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Karl J. L. Geisler, Glendon D. Kappel, David G. Freier, Mark G. Mathews, Nicholas G. Amell, Scott E. Simons
  • Patent number: 9964688
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light source unit, a light guide unit, a lens, and a light emitting layer. The light source unit emits light to the light guide unit. The lens concentrates the light emitted from the light source unit. The light guide unit guides the light concentrated by the lens toward the light emitting layer. The light guided by the light guide unit is transmitted to the light emission layer without any intervening prism layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Komura, Toshihiko Fukuma, Youichi Asakawa, Ken Onoda
  • Patent number: 9964808
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display device may include first and second substrates having curved surfaces along a first direction; first and second alignment layers on inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second alignment layers; and a seal pattern in an edge area surrounding the liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the first and second alignment layers have an alignment direction substantially parallel with the first direction to orient liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hong Park, Hee-Young Chae, In-Yeong Kong, Jong-Sin Park, Ja-Young Pyun, Dong-Yoon Lee, Jae-Woong Youn
  • Patent number: 9961809
    Abstract: Provided are heat radiation sheet and method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SHINWHA INTERTEK CORP
    Inventors: Sung Chul Yoon, Cheol Heung Ahn, Dong Hyun Kim, Hak-Soo Kim, Su-Han Woo, Jin Go, Won Jae Choi, Dae-Bok Park
  • Patent number: 9958590
    Abstract: Provided are: a light source device which can reduce the amount of light that escapes from a light-entering surface of a light guide plate in an edge light-type light source device, and which can maintain high display quality; and a display device employing the light source device. The light source device comprises a light guide plate having a rectangular shape, and a substrate having a strip shape on which light emitting diodes are mounted on a surface that faces a side surface of the light guide plate. A plurality of peripheral walls are provided on the substrate so as to enclose at least one of the light emitting diodes. Each of the plurality of peripheral walls has a light reflective inner surface and has a height equal to or greater than the facing distance between the light guide plate and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Teragawa
  • Patent number: 9958735
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes a substrate; a thin film transistor positioned on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a roof layer positioned to face the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the pixel electrode and the roof layer within a plurality of microcavities; a capping layer positioned adjacent to the microcavities; and a color conversion panel including a plurality of color conversion media layers on the roof layer and the capping layer, wherein the capping layer is positioned along a trench formed between the plurality of microcavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Ho Song, Jung Hyun Kwon, Kwang Keun Lee, You Young Jin
  • Patent number: 9952284
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display (OLED) device that may include a thin film transistor on a substrate; a first electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor; an organic emitting layer on the first electrode, the organic emitting layer separated by a partition; a partition cover on the partition; a second electrode on the organic emitting layer; and an encapsulation layer on the second electrode, wherein a width of an upper surface of the partition cover is smaller than a width of a lower surface of the partition cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeSung Lee, Joonsuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9952378
    Abstract: A light guide plate for guiding of visible light for the backlighting of a liquid crystal display is provided. The light guide plate has two parallel lateral faces and at least one edge face, which serves preferably as a light input face. The light guide plate is a glass that contains B2O3 and SiO2 as components, wherein the total content of B2O3 and SiO2 is at least 70 weight percent and the B2O3 content is greater than 10%. The total content of metal oxide of divalent metals in the composition of the glass is less than 3 weight percent. Al2O3 is contained between 1 weight percent and 5 weight percent in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Lautenschläger, Thomas Kloss, Jochen Alkemper, Matthias Schmidt, Andreas Voitsch