Patents Examined by Donald Raleigh
  • Side cover film for display and display device comprising the same
    Patent number: 9759944
    Abstract: Discussed are a side cover film for a display device and the display device including the same, which include a reduced bezel area and which effectively discharge static electricity. The display device can include a display panel including a signal line, a panel supporting frame supporting the display panel, a driving circuit unit connected to the signal line at a side surface of the display panel and disposed on one side surface of the panel supporting frame, a cover shield covering the driving circuit unit, and a side cover film covering the side surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TaeJin Kim
  • Curved backlight unit and curved display apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 9759856
    Abstract: A curved backlight unit is provided. The backlight unit includes a curved light guide plate having a curvature, a first light source configured to provide a first illumination light to a first surface of the curved light guide plate, an array of a plurality of different grating elements disposed on a second surface of the curved light guide plate and configured to allow the first illumination light to exit the curved light guide plate from the second surface, and a second light source configured to provide a second illumination light to a third surface facing the second surface of the curved light guide plate. The curved light guide plate includes a first area configured to allow the second illumination light to exist at a first intensity and a second area configured to allow the second illumination light to exist at a second intensity that is less than the first intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELETRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taesung Jung, Dongouk Kim, Joonyong Park, Jihyun Bae, Bongsu Shin, Sunghoon Lee, Jaeseung Chung, Alexander V. Morozov
  • Multipurpose lighting and entertainment stand
    Patent number: 9759368
    Abstract: A multipurpose lighting and entertainment stand including a base unit and each of a plurality of vertically disposed telescopic legs and a trash can attached to the base unit. A horizontally disposed platform is disposed directly atop the plurality of vertically disposed telescopic legs. Each of a right opening and a left opening of a pair of circular cup holder openings is disposed through the horizontally disposed platform. A pair of attached identical triangular compartments is disposed on and extended rearward from a rear edge of the horizontally disposed platform. Each of a right hook and a left hook of a pair of hooks is attached to an external surface of the pair of attached identical triangular compartments. A lighting unit having a plurality of upward facing light emitting diodes is disposed on an upper ledge of the pair of attached identical triangular compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Terry Parks, Esther Parks
  • Vehicular lamp
    Patent number: 9759397
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes: a circuit board having three or more light source mounting portions provided along a vehicle-width direction; a plurality of light sources mounted on the respective light source mounting portions; and a reflector unit having three or more reflectors each reflecting light from each of the light sources. The reflector unit has a first positioning pin and a second positioning pin. The circuit board has a first positioning hole to receive the first positioning pin and a second positioning hole to receive the second positioning pin. The first positioning hole is provided at a location inward of a first end light source mounting portion positioned on one end side in the vehicle-width direction, and the second positioning hole is provided at a position inward of a second end light source mounting portion positioned on the other end side in the vehicle-width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Kadowaki
  • Organic electroluminescent device and repairing method thereof
    Patent number: 9761644
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions each having a light emission region and an element region; a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) including at least one switching TFT and at least one driving TFT in each element region; a planarization layer on the plurality of TFTs; a first electrode on the planarization layer and including first to third portions connected to one another, wherein the first and second portions are at each pixel region, and the third portion is at a neighboring pixel region; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer, wherein an end of the third portion overlaps the driving TFT of the neighboring pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hun Jeong, Ki-Sul Cho
  • Laminated structure, display device and display unit employing same
    Patent number: 9761825
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes, in order an anode, an organic layer comprising a light-emitting layer, and a cathode. The anode is a laminated structure comprising in order: a first anode layer comprising a metal compound or a conductive oxide; a second anode layer that is a reflective layer; and a third anode layer comprising a metal compound or a conductive oxide. Light generated in the light-emitting layer is extracted through the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichi Yokoyama
  • Landscape light
    Patent number: 9752761
    Abstract: A landscape light incorporating two or more lasers or LEDs of different colors (e.g., red, green, white, blue) in the same housing, each laser or LED preferably having a separate lens. The apparatus projects any of a variety of colors including red, green, white, blue, or other colors, or combinations of any colors, as well as providing an optional flash/pulse setting for the lights. The apparatus preferably includes an RF remote which enables the user to control the apparatus from anywhere in and around the house, and may also include a built-in timer which runs the lights for selected periods such as 2, 4, 6, or 8 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Telebrands Corp.
    Inventor: Lou Lentine
  • Spark plug
    Patent number: 9755404
    Abstract: A spark plug includes an insulator made of an alumina sintered body containing Al2O3 as a principal component and additional components including; an Si component, a Ba component, an Mg component, a Ca component, an Sr component, and a rare earth element component. When the additional components are expressed as oxides including RSiO2, RBaO, RMgO, RCaO, RSrO, and RRE2O3, contents (mass %) of the sub-component satisfy expressions (1) to (6) as follows: (1) 1.0?RSiO2?5.0; (2) 0.5?RBaO?5.0; (3) 0?RMgO?0.18; (4) 0?RMgO/RBaO?0.36; (5) 0.3?(RMgO+RCaO+RSrO)?1.8; and (6) 0?RRE2O3?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei Isasa, Haruki Yoshida, Yutaka Yokoyama, Kuniharu Tanaka, Nobuyoshi Araki, Toshiki Kon
  • Display device with adjustable rigidity
    Patent number: 9756702
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device includes a first sheet configured to flex; a second sheet disposed below the first sheet; and an intermediate region disposed between the sheets. The intermediate region may include multiple supports, each of the supports connected to portions of the first and second sheets and configured to maintain a spacing between the sheets. The intermediate region may also include multiple channels configured to contain a fluid in the spacing between the sheets, each of the channels disposed between two or more supports. The fluid is configured to be in an active or an inactive state. When the fluid is in the inactive state, the device is substantially flexible, and when the fluid is in the active state, the device is substantially rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeffrey G. Hamel
  • Vacuum integrated electronic device and manufacturing process thereof
    Patent number: 9754756
    Abstract: A vacuum integrated electronic device has an anode region of conductive material; an insulating region on top of the anode region; a cavity extending through the insulating region and having a sidewall; and a cathode region. The cathode region has a tip portion extending peripherally within the cavity, adjacent to the sidewall of the cavity. The cathode region is formed by tilted deposition, carried out at an angle of 30-60° with respect to a perpendicular to the surface of device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Davide Giuseppe Patti, Myung Sung Kim
  • Apparatus and method for manufacturing spark plug
    Patent number: 9748742
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a spark plug by working of a workpiece with dies, wherein the workpiece has a metal shell part to be processed into a metal shell of the spark plug and a ground electrode part to be processed into a ground electrode of the spark plug. In the manufacturing apparatus, a position of the ground electrode part is measured in a non-contact manner by a position measurement unit in a state where the workpiece is held in position by a holding unit. The dies are controlled by a die control unit so as to adjust the working phase of the dies relative to the workpiece based on the measured position of the ground electrode part and then effect working of the workpiece with the dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawano, Takashi Ukimori, Kyosuke Handa
  • Modular illuminated decorative article
    Patent number: 9744472
    Abstract: An illuminated modular decorative article includes a base control panel and a side panel. The base control panel includes a base, a first electrical/mechanical connection interface, and a power source. The side panel includes a base, a second electrical/mechanical connection interface, and illumination sources. The first electrical/mechanical connection interface connects to the second electrical/mechanical connection interface to electrically connect the base control panel to the side panel and to mechanically connect the base control panel substantially orthogonally to the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Augustine J. DiCiacce
  • Display device and manufacturing method of the same
    Patent number: 9740036
    Abstract: A display device includes: display and peripheral regions, the peripheral region including: a first wire on a first insulating layer; a passivation layer on the first insulating layer, exposing a portion of the first wire; a light blocking member on the passivation layer, a first hole therein exposing the portion of the first wire; a second insulating layer on the light blocking member, a second hole therein exposing the portion of the first wire; a third insulating layer on the second insulating layer, covering sides of the light blocking member and the second insulating layer at the first and second holes; and a second wire on the third insulating layer, in contact with the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Jin Kim, You Young Jin
  • OLED device and preparation method thereof, and display device
    Patent number: 9741972
    Abstract: An OLED device and a preparation method thereof, and a display device are provided. The OLED device comprises a substrate and a plurality of functional layers disposed sequentially on the substrate. One functional layer of the plurality of functional layers is a transition functional layer, the transition functional layer comprises a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer provided on the first sub-layer, the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer are made of a same material; and the first sub-layer is prepared by using a first process, and the second sub-layer is prepared by using a second process different from the first process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Yen Wu, Chin Lung Liao, Guang Yan
  • Organic light-emitting display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9735223
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit arranged on the substrate, a dam unit arranged at a periphery of the display unit and on the substrate and an encapsulating layer to encapsulate the display unit, wherein the encapsulating layer includes an organic film covering the display unit, and an inorganic film covering the organic film and the dam unit, and wherein a hardness of the dam unit is lower than that of the inorganic film. According to this, lateral moisture-proof characteristics of the organic light-emitting display apparatus are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Ho Oh, Yoon-Hyeung Cho, Yong-Tak Kim, So-Young Lee, Jong-Woo Kim, Ji-Young Moon
  • Light directing film
    Patent number: 9733400
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light directing film comprising a first structured major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first structured major surface, wherein the first structured major surface comprises a first prism element and a second prism element meandering in a wary manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: UBright Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kong-Hua Wang, Ching-An Yang, Han-Tsung Pan
  • Lighting device
    Patent number: 9732916
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a substrate and a planar light source portion including a plurality of LED chips arrayed on the substrate. The planar light source portion faces an illumination space (space to be illuminated) by a predetermined opening area. The plurality of LED chips are arrayed on the substrate such that the mounting density with respect to the opening area is not less than 3/cm2, and accordingly, a planar light source is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Fujita, Toshio Watanabe, Yusaku Kawabata
  • Smart glass using guided self-assembled photonic crystal
    Patent number: 9733467
    Abstract: A smart glass uses a guided self-assembled photonic crystal, including a photonic crystal layer that is interposed between a pair of conductive glass plates. The smart glass includes a first material and a second material having a different refractive index from the first material and surrounding the first material. Thereby, the smart glass has a color, even when a dye is not included, by strongly reflecting light in a specific wavelength range incident to the photonic crystal layer. This is because the first material is formed regularly to have a constant distance by guided self-assembly, and the smart glass thereby may obtain a target color by randomly adjusting the distance between the first materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Hyun Sub Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Young Sub Oh, Jin Hee Lee, Yong Ho Seo
  • Method for manufacturing spark plug
    Patent number: 9735554
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spark plug includes: a joining step of joining a rod-shaped ground electrode member to a front end portion of a metal shell; a tilt step of tilting the ground electrode member in a radial direction of the metal shell; a correction step of decreasing a tilt angle of the ground electrode member to an allowable tilt angle or less; and a welding step of welding a ground electrode tip to the ground electrode member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keisuke Fujii
  • Liquid crystal lens panel
    Patent number: 9726942
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens panel including: a lens region in which a plurality of unit liquid crystal lenses are located, each of the plurality of unit liquid crystal lenses including a plurality of electrodes, a peripheral area configured to surround the lens region, a first bus line at the peripheral area and including a first contact region coupled to a first one of the electrodes of the unit liquid crystal, and a second bus line at the peripheral area and in parallel to and separate from the first bus line, the second bus line including a second contact region coupled to a second one of the electrodes of the unit liquid crystal lens, wherein the first contact region protrudes from the first bus line, and the second contact region protrudes from the second bus line in a direction facing the first contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Suk Lee, Hae Young Yun, Kyung Ho Jung