Patents Examined by Huyen Ngo
  • Patent number: 9817289
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels including first, second and third pixels that display different colors and are sequentially disposed, a plurality of data lines including first, second and third data lines sequentially and repeatedly disposed where the first data line is disposed between the third pixel and the first pixel, the second data line is disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel, and the third data line is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel, widths of the first, second and third data lines are substantially the same as each other, and a first interval between the first data line and the second data line is different from a second interval between the second data line and the third data line or a third interval between the third data line and the first data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Park, Hyang Yul Kim, Sung In Ro, Jun Ho Song, Jean Ho Song, Woong Ki Jeon
  • Patent number: 9810959
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The first substrate includes a semiconductor layer electrode electrically connected to a first source line on a first side of a position where the semiconductor layer intersects with a gate wire in a second direction, and to a contact portion on a second side of the position. A contact portion is arranged nearer the gate line than the main pixel electrode. The main pixel electrode extends from the contact portion in the second direction and is located nearer the second side than the first side. The contact portion is connected to the main pixel electrode only by a first portion of the main pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hoshina, Tetsuya Iizuka, Masato Nakamura, Kazuya Daishi
  • Patent number: 9810954
    Abstract: A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are disclosed, the display panel comprises an array substrate (10) and a cell-assembled substrate (20) arranged oppositely to the array substrate (10), spacers spaced from each other are arranged between the array substrate (10) and the cell-assembled substrate (20), the spacers comprise a plurality of primary spacers (31); and M, in number, of the primary spacers (31) are provided per unit area in a peripheral region of the display panel, N, in number, of the primary spacers (31) are provided per unit area in a central region of the display panel, and M is greater than (>) N. The display panel can avoid the breakage of the spacers in the peripheral region of the display panel or the breakage of the orientation layer on the spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuguang Fan, Wei Wang, Wukun Dai, Dengguo Xia
  • Patent number: 9791744
    Abstract: An electrode layer of a display panel includes a first trunk electrode extended along a first direction and a plurality of first and second branch electrodes disposed on two sides of the first trunk electrode. The first branch electrodes are separated by a distance (T). The first branch electrode has a first curved side, and the second branch electrode has a second curved side. The first curved side and second curved side have a first shortest distance (A) therebetween along a second direction. A first vertex is the highest point or lowest point of the first curved side along the first direction, and a second vertex is the highest point or lowest point of the second curved side along the first direction. The first vertex and second vertex have a second shortest distance (B) therebetween along the second direction. The equation of 0.5T?(B?A)?T is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Chao-Hsiang Wang, An-Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 9772532
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a transistor structure having at least five thin film transistors (TFTs), said transistor structure configured in view of changes in operating characteristics that depend on a channel length of a back channel etched (BCE) type oxide transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Woon Kim, Sang Hee Yu, Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 9753215
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a backlight comprising an optical component and a frame that comprises a receiving part, said optical component being disposed in said receiving part, said optical component comprising a reflective sheet for reflecting light towards a light exit of the backlight, said reflective sheet comprising a reflective sheet body and a lug arranged on at least one side of the reflective sheet body, said lug protruding outwardly of the reflective sheet body along a length or a width direction of the reflective sheet body, a clamp slot corresponding to the lug being arranged on a side wall of said receiving part, said lug being arranged within the clamp slot. Correspondingly, this disclosure provides also a liquid crystal module and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., XIAMEN BOE ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Changxin Nian
  • Patent number: 9740058
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first substrate; a third electrode and a fourth electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer injected between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where the second electrode extends substantially in a first direction, the third electrode extends substantially in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Hyung Hwang, Seong Su Lim, Jung Wook Kim, Tae Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9740063
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reflective type liquid crystal display device 11 that can be manufactured at low cost and that can improve a response speed and an aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal layer is a positive type liquid crystal layer including vertically-aligned liquid crystal molecules between an array substrate and a counter substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, a color filter, and a reflection layer. The color filter is disposed in a lower layer of the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes. The reflection layer is electrically connected to either the common electrodes or the pixel electrodes, and disposed at least in a lower layer of the color filter so as to reflect light having passed through the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takumi Sano
  • Patent number: 9733525
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a cross-shaped spacer structure thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a cross-shaped spacer structure sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The cross-shaped spacer structure includes a plurality of H-shaped first spacers disposed on the upper surface of the array substrate and a plurality of strip-like second spacers disposed on the lower surface of the color filter substrate. The end surface of the crossbar of each one of the H-shaped first spacers and the end surface of each one of the strip-like second spacers are abutted against each other in a cross manner. Thus, when the liquid crystal panel is impacted by external force, the H-shaped first spacers and the strip-like second spacers can keep a tight abutment therebetween, so as to ensure the display quality of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Hui Chen, Tsunglung Chang
  • Patent number: 9729812
    Abstract: Included are: a front side unit including a display and a bezel, the display being configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen, and the bezel supporting the display from a peripheral side and including an attached protrusion; and a rear side unit including a back chassis and an attachment frame, the back chassis being disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display, and the attachment frame being attached to a surface on a display side of the back chassis and including an attaching protrusion. The front side unit is configured to be butted against the rear side unit and slid with respect to the rear side unit in a surface direction of the display screen, allowing the attached protrusion to be engaged with the attaching protrusion to allow the front side unit to be connected to the rear side unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9726925
    Abstract: A method for producing a multiple glazing unit with variable diffusion by liquid crystals can include applying a pre-seal on an internal face of a first substrate to form a strip delimiting a space. The method can further include depositing a liquid crystal composition containing liquid crystals in a polymer matrix on the delimited space. In some examples, the first substrate is assembled with a second substrate and calendared or pressed. Thereafter, the resulting assembly is irradiated and/or heated to simultaneously cross-link the pre-seal and polymerize the liquid crystal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Relot, Nicolas Le Houx, Jingwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9726954
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (100A) includes a TFT (20), a scanning line (11) substantially parallel to a first direction, a signal line (12) substantially parallel to a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, a first interlayer insulating layer (16) covering the TFT, a lower layer electrode (17) provided on the first interlayer insulating layer, a dielectric layer (18) provided on the lower layer electrode, and an upper layer electrode (19) overlapping at least a portion of the lower layer electrode via the dielectric layer. A first contact hole (31) includes a first aperture (16a) formed in the first interlayer insulating layer and a second aperture (18a) formed in the dielectric layer. A width of the first aperture along one of the first direction and the second direction is smaller than a width of the second aperture along the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Amano
  • Patent number: 9720289
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a cross-shaped spacer structure thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a cross-shaped spacer structure sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The cross-shaped spacer structure includes a plurality of strip-like first spacers disposed on the upper surface of the array substrate and a plurality of strip-like second spacers disposed on the lower surface of the color filter substrate. The end surface of each one of the strip-like first spacers and the end surfaces of each three of the strip-like second spacers are abutted against each other in a cross manner. Thus, when the liquid crystal panel is impacted by external force, the strip-like first spacers and the strip-like second spacers can keep a tight abutment therebetween, so as to ensure the display quality of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Hui Chen, Tsunglung Chang
  • Patent number: 9715140
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel configured to display images; at least one light source configured to supply light to the liquid crystal panel; a front chassis member and a rear chassis member configured to accommodate the liquid crystal panel and the light source module and a circuit board configured to control the liquid crystal display apparatus. The rear chassis member may include a light source supporting portion supporting the at least one light source and a plurality of side surface portions extending from the light source supporting portion to the rear chassis member. The circuit board may be disposed in at least one of the side surface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye-hoon Lee, Jin Liu, Won-yong Lee, Suk-ju Choi
  • Patent number: 9716877
    Abstract: A 3D display apparatus is provided, which includes a display panel which displays a multi-viewpoint image, a barrier arranged on one side of the display panel unit, and a controller which controls the barrier to alternately form light transmitting areas and light blocking areas. The barrier includes a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of upper electrodes arranged to be spaced apart from one another on an upper surface of the liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of lower electrodes arranged to be spaced apart from one another on a lower surface of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyung Kang, Dong-Choon Hwang, Sang-Moo Park, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Soo-Bae Moon
  • Patent number: 9703130
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member may include an incident surface, a first optical surface, and a second optical surface. The first optical surface may be separated from the incident surface in a direction of an optical axis and includes a concave portion recessed toward the incident surface. The second optical surface may form a side surface of the luminous flux control member. The first optical surface may include a connection portion that connects the concave portion to the second optical surface. In at least one embodiment, the connection portion may have a width ranging from 1 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Young Jung, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Patent number: 9684178
    Abstract: A solid state illuminator for generating time sequential 6-primary color includes a first light source, a second light source, a path choosing module, a multi-band filter, a first photoluminescence module, a second photoluminescence module, a first optical module, and a second optical module. The first light source and the second light source provide a first beam with a first wavelength and a second beam with a second wavelength respectively, and the first wavelength is not overlapped with the second wavelength. The first optical module enables the first beam to enter the first photoluminescence module and guide the beam to pass through the multi-band filter to arrive at a predetermined position. The second optical module enables the second beam to enter the second photoluminescence module and guide the beam to be reflected by the multi-band filter to arrive at the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: June-Jei Huang
  • Patent number: 9684212
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, an insulating film, and a first, second, and third translucent electrode. The second substrate is disposed facing the first substrate. The first translucent electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the first substrate. The second translucent electrode is disposed between the first translucent electrode and the first substrate. The insulating film is disposed between the second translucent electrode and the first substrate. The third translucent electrode is disposed between the insulating film and the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitake Tateno, Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 9671645
    Abstract: A direct-type backlight and a liquid crystal display device including the same are disclosed. The direct-type backlight comprises: a prism component (1) having a plurality of prism-unit structures (11); a plurality of rows of lights sources (2) located below the prism component (1), and a plurality of gratings (3) located between the prism component (1) and the plurality of rows of lights sources (2), each row of the lights sources (2) corresponds to one prism-unit structure (11), and each row of the lights sources (2) comprises a plurality of lights sources (21). Divergent lights emitted from each of the lights sources (21) are converted into one or two bundles of linear lights after passing through the corresponding grating (3), and each bundle of the linear lights is split into visible lights of seven colors after being refracted by the corresponding prism-unit structure (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunbing Zhang, Bin Yan
  • Patent number: 9658504
    Abstract: A display panel comprising a substrate, a plurality of gate lines, source lines, semiconductor layers and light shielding layers is provided. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel. The source lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel. The gate lines and the source lines are intercrossed to define a plurality of pixel areas. The semiconductor layers are disposed on the corresponding pixel areas, and each semiconductor layer includes at least one channel region overlapping each gate line. The slight shielding layers are located between the channel regions and the substrate. In a normal direction of the substrate, one of the gate lines is overlapped by two of the light shielding layers, and one of the light shielding layers overlaps even number of the source lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung-Hsin Lu, Cheng-Min Wu, Ming-Yo Chiang, Jyun-Yu Chen