Patents Examined by Glenn Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 9303850
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight frame, a backlight structure and an LCD display device, the backlight frame comprises: a frame body and a plurality of limiting structures disposed outside the frame body, one end of the limiting structure is connected to the frame body detachably, the other end of the limiting structure is provided with a limiting portion, a limiting face of the limiting portion and a side surface of the frame body are coplanar, and the limiting face of the limiting portion is disposed above the side surface of the frame body. By detachably disposing limiting structure on frame body of backlight frame and limiting display element formed on frame body with limiting structure when assembling, contraposition installation can be achieved accurately, operator operation can be facilitated. Limiting structure is disposed detachably, thereby width of frame body is not increased, and it satisfies narrow bezel design requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zijian Wang, Huanyu Wang
  • Patent number: 9303839
    Abstract: An element for ventilating a housing containing an electrical, mechanical, electromechanical or similar member includes a rigid body having an outer cylindrical wall, closed at a first end by a closure part, the cylindrical wall being open at a second end coupled to the housing, the body containing an internal member of at least partly yieldable material having a first end close to the closure part of the rigid body and carrying a filtering membrane, and an open second end facing the housing. From the closure part an internal cylindrical portion projects containing the member and couples to this latter by interference so as to retain it within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: GVS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Scagliarini
  • Patent number: 9297500
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a first light-emitting element that emits light from an upper surface and side surfaces thereof; a second light-emitting element that mainly emits light from an upper surface thereof; a first sealer; and a second sealer. A first ratio, defined as a ratio of a heightwise distance from a top of the first sealer to the upper surface of the substrate with respect to a width of the first sealer at the upper surface of the substrate, is larger than a second ratio, defined as a ratio of a heightwise distance from a top of the second sealer to the upper surface of the second light-emitting element with respect to a width of the second sealer at a position corresponding to the upper surface of the second light-emitting element. A ratio of the first ratio to the second ratio is less than 1.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9279576
    Abstract: An illustrative lighting system provides a single light housing and an associated lens cover that together interchangeably receive one of a selection of heat sink trays and one of a selection of light reflectors. Each of the selection of heat sink trays includes a different number and/or orientation of light emitter packages. Each the selection of light reflectors includes openings and surfaces matching the number and orientation of light emitter packages for one of the selection of heat sink trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Guercio, Jiang Hu
  • Patent number: 9282614
    Abstract: A display module and a fabricating method of the display module are provided. The display module includes a transparent cover, a first protection film, and an organic light-emitting display (OLED) device. The OLED device is disposed between the transparent cover and the first protection film. An area of the OLED device is smaller than an area of the transparent cover and an area of the first protection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: 9279550
    Abstract: An indirect linear luminaire that produces a batwing photometric distribution. The luminaire includes a rectangular housing having a substantially rectangular chamber defined by two opposed bifold wings and a bi-concave door extending therebetween. A linear light engine emits light upwards towards the bi-concave door and bifold wings and the light is reflected off of the bifold wings and bi-concave door in a batwing distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Mozhgan Torabifard, Christopher Henry Wilson
  • Patent number: 9279933
    Abstract: The display device contains a light guide plate, a light source unit adjacent to a light entry face of the light guide plate, a heat dissipation base carrying the light source unit, first and second frame members fixedly joined to the heat dissipation base, and first and second display panels. The first and second frame member are positioned above and below a first light emission face and a second light emission face of the light guide plate, respectively. The first and second display panels are fixedly positioned on the first frame member and beneath the second frame member, oppositely to the first and second light emission face, respectively. The display device achieves superior heat dissipation, narrow bezel, and enhanced structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuchun Hsiao, Guofu Tang, Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 9279987
    Abstract: A reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43) which is configured in order to transmit light (P1) of at least one first wavelength, concentrate light (P1) shone through the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43) onto a first focal point (F) and reflect light (R) of at least one second wavelength, shone from the first focal point (F) onto the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43), onto a second focal point (F?) of the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Finsterbusch, Ulrich Hartwig
  • Patent number: 9275845
    Abstract: A ceramic metal-halide lamp is provided that can improve both lamp efficacy and color characteristics, and in which light color shift from the white region can be prevented when the lamp is dimmed. The lamp includes a luminous material, which contains sodium iodide (NaI), cerium iodide (CeI3), thallium iodide (TIl), dysprosium iodide (DyI3) and indium iodide (InI). The amount D[DyI3] of dysprosium iodide DyI3 is selected so as to fall within a range of 0.07 mg/cm3?D[DyI3]?1.53 mg/cm3 and a weight ratio R[InI/TIl] of indium iodide InI relative to thallium iodide TIl contained in the luminous material is selected to so as to fall within a range of 0<R[InI/TIl]?0.23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Matsumoto, Yasushi Sasai, Akiyoshi Maehara
  • Patent number: 9257817
    Abstract: A spark plug (1) includes a center electrode (5), an insulator (2), a metallic shell (3), a ground electrode (27), and a noble metal tip (32) provided on at least one object member of the center electrode and the ground electrode. One end surface of the noble metal tip is joined to the object member via a fusion zone (35). The fusion zone includes a first fusion zone (351) formed through radiation of a laser beam or the like to the boundary between the object member and the one end surface of the noble metal tip along a perimetrical direction of the noble metal tip, and a second fusion zone (352) formed through radiation of the laser beam or the like from the side from which the laser beam or the like has been radiated in forming the first fusion zone, and intersecting with the first fusion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9255707
    Abstract: An illuminated water bottle cage includes a cage forming a receiving space for a water bottle and including a bottom and a backing extending from a top edge of the bottom. The backing includes two barriers on two respective lateral sides thereof. The bottom, the backing, and the two barriers delimit the receiving space. An illuminating device engages with the cage and includes an illuminating member. The illuminating member in use projects light rays in a direction toward the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Louis Chuang
  • Patent number: 9249940
    Abstract: A lighting device may include at least one semiconductor light source cast with at least one first casting compound, wherein at least one region of the lighting device has: at least one connection area, which is electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor light source, and at least one electrical connecting element, which has at least one electrical line, wherein at least one electrical line is connected to an associated connection area and protrudes at one end out of the lighting device, and the at least one connection area and the at least one electrical connecting element are arranged in a cutout in the first casting compound and are cast by means of a second casting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Reiss, Gerhard Holzapfel, Steffen Strauss
  • Patent number: 9252339
    Abstract: Disclosed are a red light-emitting nitride material, a light-emitting part and a light-emitting device comprising the same. The General Formula of the light-emitting material is: Ma(Al,B)bSicNdOe:Eum, Rn, wherein M is at least one of the alkaline earth metal elements Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn; R is at least one of the rare earth elements Y, La, Ce, Gd and Lu; and 0.9?a<1.1, 0.9?b?1, 1?c?1.5, 2.5<d<5, 0<e<0.1, 0<m<0.05, 0<n<0.1 and 1<c/b<1.5. The light-emitting material can be effectively excited by a radiation light having a wavelength below 500 nm, and then emits a visible red light having a wide spectrum from 500 nm to 780 nm. The light-emitting material of the present disclosure has the characteristics of high light-emitting efficiency, good temperature properties and a wide half-width etc., and the material can be used alone or in combination with other light-emitting materials for making high performance light-emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GRIREM ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunsheng Hu, Tao He, Huaqiang He, Weidong Zhuang, Ronghui Liu, Yuanhong Liu, Nan Li
  • Patent number: 9240564
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device is capable of enhancing reflectance of an anode, resulting in improved light-emitting efficiency. An anode, a thin film layer for hole injection, an insulating layer, an organic layer including a luminescent layer and a cathode including a semi-transparent electrode are laminated in order on a substrate. The anode comprises silver which is a metal with high reflectance or an alloy including silver, and the thin film layer for hole injection comprises chromium oxide or the like. Light generated in the luminescent layer is multiply reflected between the anode and the semi-transparent electrode to be emitted from the cathode. As the reflectance of the anode is enhanced, the light generated in the luminescent layer can be efficiently emitted. An alloy comprised in the anode preferably includes silver, palladium and copper, and a silver content is preferably 50% by mass or over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hanawa, Jiro Yamada, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9234996
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an LED, a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate, a chassis, a frame, a board attachment member, an LED board, and a holding member. The chassis is arranged on an opposite side of the light guide plate from the liquid crystal panel. The frame is arranged on a display surface side of the liquid crystal panel and in contact with the chassis. The frame and the chassis hold the liquid crystal panel, the LED, and the light guide plate therebetween. The board attachment member is mounted on the chassis and spaced apart from the frame. The LED board is in contact with the board attachment member and includes the LED mounted on a plate surface thereof. The holding member sandwiches the board attachment member and the LED board so as to hold the LED board to the board attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 9236007
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device comprising first through third pixels emitting light of first through third colors, respectively and a fourth pixel comprising first through third subpixels which emit light of the first through third colors, respectively, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Mi Choi
  • Patent number: 9230770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive nanostructure, a method for molding the same, and a method for manufacturing a field emitter using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a field-emitting nanostructure comprising a conductive substrate, a conductive nanostructure arranged on the conductive substrate, and a conductive interfacial compound disposed in the interface between the conductive substrate and the conductive nanostructure, as well as to a method for molding the same, and a method for manufacturing a field emitter using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong Hyup Kim, Wal Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 9228736
    Abstract: An article of protective clothing, such as a boot, for providing visibility to a wearer has at least one light source encased within a housing. The housing is integrated within the article of protective clothing. The article of protective clothing includes a light-permeable shield positioned over the encased light source in the housing. Also, the article of protective clothing has a power source functionally coupled to the light source. The shield has one or more protective properties equal to or greater than one or more protective properties of the protective clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Austin
  • Patent number: 9213132
    Abstract: Provided is a directional backlight unit that enables a three-dimensional (3D) image to be viewed at various viewing angles. The directional backlight unit includes a light source configured to emit light, a first reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the light source, a second reflector configured to additionally reflect the light reflected by the first reflector, a light guide plate configured to accommodate the light reflected by the first reflector or the second reflector and output the light to an outside, and an angle adjustor configured to rotate the first reflector or the second reflector to a reflective angle. The angle adjustor rotates the first reflector or the second reflector to change an incident angle of the light incident on the light guide plate and a refractive angle of the light output to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soo Yong Jung, Sei Hyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9207392
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a backlight unit, a display device therewith, and a lighting system therewith, the backlight unit including a first reflector and a second reflector, at least one light source disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector, an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate separate from each other, and a heat dissipation unit for holding the light source and being disposed between the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate to dissipate heat from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Hoon Kim