Patents Examined by Donald Raleigh
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Patent number: 9947887Abstract: A display unit includes: an organic light emitting element including a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode in order, the organic layer including a conductive layer; and an auxiliary electrode configured to be electrically connected to the second electrode via the conductive layer in the organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tomoyoshi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9941671Abstract: A corona igniter assembly including an ignition coil assembly, a firing end assembly, and a dielectric compliant member is provided. The dielectric compliant member is compressed between a high voltage insulator of the ignition coil assembly and a ceramic insulator of the firing end assembly. During assembly of the corona igniter assembly, the dielectric compliant member pushes air outwards and forms a hermetic seal between the high voltage insulator and the ceramic insulation. The dielectric compliant member can have a rounded upper surface, which may improve the hermetic seal. Alternatively, or in addition to the rounded surface on the dielectric compliant member, the lower surface of the high voltage insulator can be rounded to push air outwards during assembly and provide a hermetic seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul LLCInventors: Kristapher Mixell, Paul Phillips
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Patent number: 9939681Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) module is provided. The LCD module comprises a backlight system, a color film substrate arranged opposite to the backlight system, and a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate disposed between the backlight system and the color film substrate. The backlight system emits visible light including red light, green light, blue light and at least one of cyan light, yellow light and magenta light. The red light, green light, blue light and at least one of the cyan light, yellow light and magenta light are mixed together to generate white light. The color film substrate includes a plurality of color barriers including red color barriers, green color barriers, blue color barriers, at least one of cyan, yellow, and magenta color barriers corresponding to colors of the visible light emitted from the backlight system, respectively. The TFT substrate includes a plurality of pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhaodong Zhang, Poping Shen, Ling Wu
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Patent number: 9941261Abstract: A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed adjacent to the first substrate and partially covering the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises a second arc edge and a second side, and the second arc edge connects to the second side; a driving unit disposed on a part of the first substrate uncovered with the second substrate; and a compensation panel disposed on the driving unit and comprising a third arc edge and a third side, wherein the third arc edge connects to the third side, wherein the third side corresponds to the second side, and the third arc edge corresponds to the second arc edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Cheng-Min Wu, Chien-Feng Shih, Sheng-Feng Huang
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Patent number: 9935246Abstract: LEDs comprising polysilazane/polysiloxane copolymers and curable compositions containing same are disclosed. Methods of providing thermal and UV degradation resistance to said LED's, as well as increased luminous flux, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Brad Williams, Shaow B. Lin
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Patent number: 9934955Abstract: An incandescent lamp is provided which prevents disconnection of a coupling part between a filament and a lead wire and also which improves impact resistance. A lead wire 4 has, in a standing portion 11 inside of a bulb 2, a first zone 19a to a third zone 19c in order from a top. The third zone 19c further penetrates through a pinch seal part 3 while firmly fixed thereto. The first zone 19a and the second zone 19b are formed of materials consisting primarily of molybdenum and nickel, respectively. The third zone 19c is formed of a Dumet wire 29.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Yasuda
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Patent number: 9929540Abstract: A spark plug including a center electrode having a center electrode tip. A ground electrode strap has a ground electrode base to which a ground electrode pad is mounted. The ground electrode base is trapezoid-shaped in cross-section. The ground electrode strap is triangular-shaped in cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Harrison Boll, Jeongung Hwang
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Patent number: 9929542Abstract: A spark plug has an elongated center electrode, ground electrode, convex part and noble metal coating layer. The center electrode is held in a housing. The ground electrode has a tip end opposing part opposing the center electrode. The convex part is extended from the tip end opposing part to an opposing part face in an axial direction of the spark plug. A spark discharge gap is formed between a tip end part of the center electrode and the convex part. The noble metal coating layer covers a surface of the convex part. The noble metal coating layer has an end face coating layer covering a projecting end face of the convex part and a side face coating layer covering at least a part of a side face of the convex part extended from the projecting end face. A root part of the side face coating layer is buried in the tip end opposing part. An extension is formed so that at least a part of the root part is extended to an outside of the spark plug along the opposing part face.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Araya, Koji Yamanaka, Ken Hanashi
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Patent number: 9921435Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a pixel electrode is provided in a first light-transmitting substrate, and a lens, which overlaps the pixel electrode in a plan view, and a common electrode are provided in a second light-transmitting substrate. The pixel electrode includes an ITO film which includes a first electrically conducting layer stacked a first light-transmitting dielectric layer, and the common electrode includes a second electrically conducting layer which includes an ITO film which is stacked a second light-transmitting dielectric layer. Therefore, it is possible to suppress wavelength dispersion in a case in which incident light is modulated and is emitted. The first dielectric layer includes a silicon oxide film and the second dielectric layer includes an aluminum oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yoshitake Tateno
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Patent number: 9921436Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode electrically connected with a drain electrode through a first contact hole and a second contact hole, respectively. The first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode include a plurality of vertical stems, a plurality of horizontal stems, and a plurality of branch electrodes. The first subpixel electrode is formed above a gate line and the second subpixel electrode is formed below a gate line. The thin film transistor array panel further includes a first protrusion formed in the plurality of vertical stems of the first subpixel electrode and the plurality of vertical stems of the second subpixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee Hwan Lee, Kyu Su Ahn, Kyung Ho Kim, Kee Bum Park
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Patent number: 9915410Abstract: A variety of light-emitting devices are disclosed that are configured to output light provided by a light-emitting element (LEE). In general, embodiments of the light-emitting devices feature two or more light-emitting elements, a scattering element that is spaced apart from the light-emitting elements, an extractor element coupled to the scattering element, and a reflective element that is configured and arranged to reflect light emitted from the light-emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Quarkstar LLCInventors: Allan Brent York, Roland H. Haitz, Louis Lerman
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Patent number: 9910209Abstract: A backlight module, a display module and a display device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light guide plate (LGP); a light source disposed on a light incidence side of the LGP; and a photoluminescent layer disposed on a light-emitting surface of the LGP, the photoluminescent layer is made from phosphor materials, wherein a plurality of lens structures are disposed on one side of the photoluminescent layer facing away from the LGP. The display module includes a LCD and the backlight module. The display device includes the display module.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Qing Tian
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Patent number: 9910303Abstract: Electrical switchable glasses production comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first and second cover glass; (b) providing a PDLC or other electrically switchable film; (c) providing a first and second layer of adhesive interlayer; (d) providing a PDLC inspection station further comprising: (i) a levelled-up table; (ii) means for inspecting properties of the PDLC film and/or glasses selected from the group consisting of electric properties, optical properties, mechanical properties and any combination thereof; (e) placing the first cover glass onto the levelled-up table; (f) spreading a first layer of adhesive interlayer (g) spreading the PDLC film over the previously placed adhesive interlayer; (h) spreading a second layer of adhesive interlayer; (i) covering the PDLC film by means of the second cover glass; (j) laminating the PDLC film between the first and second cover glasses; and (k) inspecting the glass properties by means of the PDLC inspection station before and after laminating the PDLC film.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: GAUZY LTD.Inventors: Adrian Lofer, Eyal Peso, Dimitri Dobrenko, Yair Asulin
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Patent number: 9903561Abstract: A luminaire provides an asymmetric light distribution biased toward a forward horizontal direction. The luminaire includes a luminaire housing, light engines, dome optics, and first and second reflecting surfaces. The light engines emit light downwardly, and are in a row substantially orthogonal to the forward direction. Each of the dome optics is substantially similar, and refracts the light emitted by at least one of the light engines. The first reflecting surface reflects at least a first portion of the refracted light toward the forward direction, is proximate and behind each of the dome optics, forms an approximately vertical angle, and has a height greater than or equal to a height of the dome optics. The second reflecting surface is forward of the dome optics, forms an angle of 45 degrees or more with respect to vertical, and reflects downwardly at least a second portion of the refracted light.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jie Chen, Yinan Wu, John Bryan Harvey, Craig Eugene Marquardt, Charles H. Fails
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Patent number: 9904097Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a quantum dot color filter substrate, in which a black photoresist layer and a transparent photoresist layer are first coated and formed on a backing plate in sequence and then, first, second, and third patterns of a photo mask having different grey levels are used to pattern the black photoresist layer and the transparent photoresist layer to obtain a plurality of transparent barrier walls corresponding to the first pattern, sub spacers corresponding to the second pattern and located on the transparent barrier walls, and main spacers corresponding to the third pattern and located on the transparent barrier walls and also to obtain a plurality of black barrier walls covered by the plurality of transparent barrier walls, the plurality of black barrier walls and the plurality of transparent barrier walls located thereon collectively defining a plurality of pixel barrier walls; and then, patterned quantum dot layers are formed in sub-pixel zones that areType: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lanyan Li, Yuheng Liang
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Patent number: 9905793Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the first electrode layer includes a first transparent conductive layer, a nanostructured layer and a second transparent conductive layer sequentially, and the second transparent conductive layer is closer to the organic light-emitting layer than the first transparent conductive layer. In the organic light-emitting device, silver nanowires or carbon nanotubes can be introduced between the two transparent conductive layers of the first electrode layer, which facilitates the injection equilibrium of electrons-holes, thereby improving the quantum efficiency. Therefore, the organic light-emitting device has a high luminous efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rui Peng, Xinwei Gao, Leilei Cheng, Wenbin Jia, Xinxin Wang, Daqing Hu
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Patent number: 9903544Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention is a light-emitting apparatus configured to emit light from a light-emitting surface, and includes: a light source configured to emit first light that is ultraviolet light or near-ultraviolet light; a conversion member configured to convert the first light to second light that is white light; and a first filter member configured to reflect the first light and transmit the second light, wherein the light source, the conversion member, and the first filter member are provided in an order of the light source, the conversion member, and the first filter member in a direction from the light source toward the light-emitting surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanao Kurita
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Patent number: 9899805Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a spark plug, wherein at least one of a center electrode and the ground electrode includes an electrode base material and a columnar noble metal tip welded to the electrode base material. The method includes a laser welding step of applying a pulse oscillation laser to form a plurality of unit fusion portions on a peripheral area of a boundary between the electrode base material and the noble metal tip and welding the electrode base material and the noble metal tip. One unit fusion portion is formed by one-time laser irradiation. In the laser welding step, an irradiation axis of the laser is displaced from a central axis of the noble metal tip in a radial direction of the noble metal tip. When a diameter of the noble metal tip is denoted as a diameter A and an amount of displacement of the irradiation axis of the laser is denoted as X, A/20?|X|?A/4 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Kato, Ryuichi Ohno
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Patent number: 9897847Abstract: A display device includes a display member and a backlight unit, where the display member includes a base substrate, a cover layer that is on the base substrate, extends in a first direction, and includes a plurality of portions defining a first cavity and a second cavity that are spaced apart from the base substrate and adjacent to each other in the first direction, a first display element and a second display element that respectively correspond to the first cavity and the second cavity, a color conversion filter that is disposed on the cover layer, and includes a first filter which overlaps the first cavity and converts incident light into a first color light, and a second filter which overlaps the second cavity and converts incident light into a second color light, and an optical member which is disposed between the color conversion filter and the cover layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-uk Kim, Youngmin Kim, Haeil Park, Seon-tae Yoon, Junhan Lee
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Patent number: 9897874Abstract: A pixel array, a display device and a display method thereof are provided. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel rows, each odd pixel row including subpixels of first color, subpixels of second color and subpixels of third color which are sequentially and repeatedly arranged, each even row including subpixels of third color, subpixels of first color and subpixels of second color which are sequentially and repeatedly arranged. For each subpixel, two opposite bases are parallel to a row direction, and an angle between two opposite sides and a direction perpendicular to the row direction is greater than 0 degree and less than or equal to 20 degrees. In adjacent pixel rows, a minimum distance of midpoints of bases of subpixels of a same color, close to a border between the adjacent pixel rows, along the row direction is greater than a width of one subpixel and less than or equal to a width of 3/2 subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Renwei Guo, Dong Chen