Patents Examined by Euncha Cherry
  • Polarizing plate and image display apparatus comprising same
    Patent number: 9733398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizing plate including a polarizer; and a protective layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizer, in which the protective layer is a cured product of a radical curable composition having a hydroxy value of 500 mg·KOH/g or more, and an image display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Soo Huh, Kwang-Seung Park, Mi-Rin Lee, Sung-Hyun Kim, Jun-Wuk Park
  • Scanning apparatus, confocal observation apparatus and disk scanning apparatus
    Patent number: 9733462
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator that modulates an incident beam of light on a first reflection surface, an illumination lens that irradiates the spatial light modulator with a beam of light from the light source and that refracts a principal ray of a beam of light modulated by the spatial light modulator so that an angle between the principal ray and an optical axis of the illumination lens decreases, and a first reflector that directs, toward the illumination lens, a beam of light by reflecting the beam of light multiple times between the illumination lens and a front focal plane of the illumination lens, the beam of light being modulated by the spatial light modulator and entering through the illumination lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Yamazaki
  • Actuator device and mirror drive device
    Patent number: 9729038
    Abstract: A torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections and a plurality of turnover sections. The plurality of straight sections extends in a first direction along a swing axis and is juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of turnover sections alternately couples two ends of the straight sections. Wiring is disposed on the torsion bar portion. The wiring includes first wiring sections and second wiring sections. The first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu. The second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Sadaharu Takimoto, Masakuni Kimoto, Norihide Adachi
  • Machine tool including viewing window controller
    Patent number: 9720226
    Abstract: According to an instruction of opening or closing a block plate from a controller, a first solenoid valve and a second solenoid valve supply compressed air supplied from an air source to an air cylinder to operate a block in a uniaxial direction. The block plate is attached to the block, and the block plate operates similarly to the block in response to the operation of the block. In other words, by the opening or closing operation of the block plate, a state can be switched between a state in which a machining area can be seen through a viewing window, which is attached to a splash guard (or an opening/closing door) of the machine tool, and a state in which the machining area cannot be seen through the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki Fujii
  • Exterior mirror assembly with actuator
    Patent number: 9718407
    Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly having a mounting portion mountable at a side of a vehicle and a mirror head portion pivotally adjustable relative to the mounting portion. The mirror assembly includes an actuator operable to impart pivotal movement of the mirror head portion relative to said mounting portion. The actuator includes a first motor and a second motor that are operable in tandem to cooperatively cause a common drive gear of a gear system to be driven to pivot the mirror head portion relative to the mounting portion. Operation of the first and second motors is synchronized and causes the common drive gear to rotate. A shutoff circuit is operable to determine a stalled condition and, responsive to such determination, is operable to deactivate driving of the common drive gear by the at least two motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Justin E. Sobecki, Eric S. Deuel
  • Cover assembly for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9720141
    Abstract: Describe herein are electronic devices that include a display stack having a cover component atop a display component. In some instances, the cover component includes an anti-reflective stack having multiple layers tuned to reduce the amount of natural light reflected at a user of the device. In some cases, an anti-fingerprint coating may be applied over the anti-reflective stack to provide an exterior surface to the display stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shan Cheng, Jianjun Yang, Minho Jung
  • Optical film including functional coating layer and polarizing plate and image display device including same
    Patent number: 9715045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film including an acryl-based film; and a functional coating layer formed on at least one surface of the acryl-based film, containing a conductive material and a water-dispersible resin and having surface resistance of 109 W/Sq to 1013 W/Sq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Won Kim, Nam-Jeong Lee, Hwa-Sub Shim, Jun-Wuk Park, Yi-Rang Lim
  • Vehicle-mounted camera
    Patent number: 9713984
    Abstract: A lens provided on a surface of a vehicle-mounted camera has a problem that a field of view becomes undesirable because small water droplets caused by fog, light rain and others adhere and scatter incident light. In the vehicle-mounted camera provided on a periphery of a vehicle, a hydrophilic film made of silicon dioxide particles and binder is provided on the lens surface, a mean particle diameter of silicon dioxide particles dispersed on the lens side of the hydrophilic film is larger than a mean particle diameter of silicon dioxide particles on the side in contact with air space outside the vehicle-mounted camera. The mean particle diameter on the side affixed to the lens side out of the silicon dioxide particles is 40 to 100 nm, and the mean particle diameter on the side in contact with air space is 10 to 15 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Kota Irie, Hayato Tsuchihashi
  • Scanning optical apparatus
    Patent number: 9715108
    Abstract: In a scanning optical apparatus provided with: a deflector including a rotating polygon mirror which deflects incident light; and an optical box which fixes the deflectors in a positioned state, the deflector uses any one of deflectors of a plurality of types having respectively different shapes of a fitting portion, which is fitted into a fit receiving portion provided in the optical box, and the optical box is provided with fit receiving portions of different shapes corresponding to the respective fitting portions of the deflectors of a plurality of types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Takamura
  • Dimming control device
    Patent number: 9707830
    Abstract: A dimming control device includes a transmittance changing part provided on a windshield of a vehicle and configured to change light transmittance of the windshield; a detector configured to detect a position of a contact operation on the windshield by a user; and a dimming control part configured to change the transmittance according to the position of the contact operation on a detection surface of the detector on condition that the detector has detected a contact operation at a control start region which is preset within the detection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Okuda, Takehiro Miyoshi, Takashi Kondo, Masaki Kawamura
  • Folding drive, exterior mirror and folding method
    Patent number: 9707894
    Abstract: A folding drive with an electric motor having a first component, a second component operatively connected to the first component for movement relative thereto, and an axial ball bearing arranged between the first component and the second component such that a rolling friction and a sliding friction are present in different percentage proportions depending on a direction of rotation of the axial ball bearing. The first component and the second component are rotatable relative to each other about a rotary axis which deviates from the vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA AUTECA AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Schadler
  • Asymmetric MEMS mirror assembly
    Patent number: 9703096
    Abstract: A mirror assembly includes a frame having a central opening and a mirror plate, which is contained within the central opening of the frame and is shaped to define separate first and second mirrors connected by a bridge extending between the first and second mirrors. A pair of hinges are connected between the frame and the mirror plate at locations on the central axis on opposing sides of the frame so as to enable rotation of the mirror plate about the central axis relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Shpunt, Yuval Gerson
  • MEMS light modulator for display
    Patent number: 9703094
    Abstract: Electromechanical light modulators and backlight providing efficient, low cost and high performance displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Edward Pakhchyan
  • Method of forming an exterior mirror reflector sub-assembly with auxiliary reflector portion
    Patent number: 9701247
    Abstract: A method of forming a mirror reflector sub-assembly suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes providing a glass substrate and physically removing glass from a portion of a second surface of the glass substrate to form a curved recess locally thereat, and coating via a vacuum deposition process the second surface of the glass substrate with a mirror reflector to form a mirror reflective element suitable for use in an automotive exterior rearview mirror assembly. The method includes forming a mirror back plate in a plastic molding operation and providing a heater pad and disposing the heater pad between the coated second surface of the glass substrate and the first side of the mirror back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: DONNELLY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mingtang Zhao
  • Light modulator for MEMS display
    Patent number: 9703095
    Abstract: Electromechanical light modulators and backlight providing efficient, low cost and high performance displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Edward Pakhchyan
  • Lens module comprising at least one exchangeable optical element
    Patent number: 9703098
    Abstract: An optical system has a housing with a mount and an opening to a receiving region, the receiving region being located within the housing and including the mount. At least one optical element is inserted into and removed from the receiving region through the opening, and at least one gas supply device provides a flow of gas in the receiving region. An associated method of inserting or removing an optical element into or from a receiving region in a housing is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Soyez, Stephan Back, Joachim Buechele, Julian Kaller, Guido Limbach, Harald Woelfle
  • Optical image scanning component and microscope device
    Patent number: 9696533
    Abstract: An optical image scanning component is suitable to receive a light provided by a light source of a microscope device and comprises a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit. The first scanning unit comprises a first scanning mirror rotated along a first direction as axis at a first resonance frequency. The second scanning unit comprises a second scanning mirror rotated along a second direction as axis at a second resonance frequency which is different from the first resonance frequency. The light is emitted to the first scanning mirror and reflected to the second scanning mirror, and the light is reflected by the second scanning mirror to be transmitted to an objective lens module of the microscope device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTHPORT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Yang Lee, Feng-Chieh Li
  • System and method for feedback control in scanning projectors
    Patent number: 9693029
    Abstract: A scanning projector and method is provided that generates a feedback signal from at least one photodetector. In the scanning projector, a scanning mirror is configured to reflect laser light into an image region and an over scanned region. The at least one photodetector is configured to receive a portion of the reflected laser light impacting the over scanned region, and provides the feedback signal responsive to the received portion of light. This feedback signal can then be used to provide precise control of the scanning mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert James Jackson
  • Optical device and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9690094
    Abstract: An optical device includes: an optical element having an optically functional surface which is pivotable; a base supporting the optical element; and a package housing the optical element and the base, in which the package includes: a wall that surrounds the optical element and the base; a window that closes a first opening defined by the wall, and forms an optical path to the optically functional surface, the window being transmissive to light; and a bottom plate that closes a second opening defined by the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kurozuka, Akihiro Morikawa, Toshiaki Horie, Shinsuke Nakazono
  • Anti-reflection structure and electronic device
    Patent number: 9690012
    Abstract: An anti-reflection structure includes a substrate including a planar portion, a protrusion portion disposed over the planar portion, and a coating layer, wherein the protrusion portion is integrated with the planar portion, and the coating layer conformably covers the planar portion and the protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tai-Nien Ko, I-Chun Cheng, Po-Yuan Chen, Yun-Shiuan Li, Chia-Yun Chou