Patents Examined by J. E. Schoenholtz
  • Patent number: 11539010
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base layer that includes at least a display region. The display region includes a plurality of opening regions, and each of the plurality of opening regions includes a plurality of islands spaced apart from each other by a plurality of openings and connected to each other by a plurality of bridges. At least two of the plurality of opening regions have different elastic moduli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangxu Cao, Pinfan Wang
  • Patent number: 11538890
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate and lines. The lines include first lines each including a first linear portion and a second linear portion. The first linear portions extend in a first direction and are arranged at intervals in a second direction. The second linear portions extend in a third direction and are arranged at intervals in a fourth direction. A length of each of the first linear portions changes gradually in the second direction. A length of each of the second linear portions changes gradually in the fourth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Mochizuki, Yoshiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11538892
    Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method of the display panel, and a display device including the display panel are provided. The display panel includes an insulating substrate; a first circuit at a first side of the insulating substrate; and a second circuit at a second side of the insulating substrate. The first side and the second side of the insulating substrate are opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a display surface, and the first circuit and the second circuit on opposing sides of the insulating substrate are electrically connected by tapered through hole and tapered pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shulei Li, Hua Huang, Changhan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11532796
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display device layer, a polarizing plate, and a warpage suppressing member. The flexible substrate has a front surface on a front surface side and a back surface on a back surface side. The display device layer is provided on the front surface side of the flexible substrate and includes a self-luminescent element. The polarizing plate is opposed to the flexible substrate across the display device layer and has a predetermined dimensional change characteristic corresponding to environmental change. The warpage suppressing member is provided on the back surface side of the flexible substrate and has a dimensional change characteristic of the same tendency as the dimensional change characteristic of the polarizing plate. The warpage suppressing member is configured to cancel at least a portion of warping stress of the polarizing plate to be applied to the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Noda, Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: 11532804
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible OLED module includes: forming a polymer layer on one surface of a base substrate; forming a thin glass sheet on one surface of the polymer layer; forming multiple OLED elements on one surface of the thin glass sheet; forming a protective layer on one surface of the thin glass sheet to cover the OLED elements; separating the base substrate and the polymer layer from each other through separation of the sacrificial layer by laser lift-off (LLO); and cutting the thin glass sheet and the protective layer to provide multiple unit OLED modules each including the OLED element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: BSP CO., LTD., JOONGWOO M-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Jin Park, Sung Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11527597
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a window, a metal layer, and a first conductive tape. The display panel includes a display area, a non-display area, and a bending area disposed between the display area and the non-display area and bent such that the non-display area overlaps the display area. The window is disposed on a first surface of the display panel and includes a protruding portion overlapping the non-display area. The metal layer is disposed on a second surface of the display panel. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The first conductive tape connects the protruding portion of the window to the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Kwang Hwang
  • Patent number: 11522164
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a metal reflection layer having a phase modulation surface, a color conversion layer provided on the phase modulation surface of the metal reflection layer, a first electrode provided on the color conversion layer, a hole injection and transport layer provided on the first electrode, a blue organic light-emitting layer provided on the hole injection and transport layer, an electron injection and transport layer provided on the blue organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode provided on the electron injection and transport layer. The phase modulation surface of the metal reflection layer generates magnetic resonance with respect to incident light. The color conversion layer includes a photoluminescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonjae Joo, Jisoo Kyoung
  • Patent number: 11522038
    Abstract: A frame region includes a first routed wire extending from one of a plurality of scan signal lines, one of a plurality of light-emission control lines, or one of a plurality of data signal lines. The first routed wire is electrically connected to drive circuits. The first routed wire is included in a first metal layer. A first conductive film is included in a second metal layer. The first routed wire and the first conductive film overlap each other via an inorganic insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Junichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11515514
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes irradiating a laser beam onto a work panel along a beam irradiation line corresponding to an outer edge of the display device including a first thickness area and a second thickness area. The irradiating of the laser beam includes first irradiating the laser beam under a first driving condition to provide a first portion of the beam irradiation line at the first area, stopping driving of the laser beam while changing the first driving condition to a second driving condition different from the first driving condition, after the first irradiating of the laser beam, and second irradiating the laser beam under the second driving condition to provide a second portion of the beam irradiation line at the second area, after the stopping of the driving of the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Geunwoo Yug
  • Patent number: 11515513
    Abstract: A display device manufacturing method according to the disclosure includes the steps of forming a first resin layer serving as a first flexible substrate on a first mother substrate, forming a first light-emitting layer on the first resin layer, and forming, on the first light-emitting layer, a first encapsulating layer encapsulating the first light-emitting layer, forming a second resin layer serving as a second flexible substrate on a second mother substrate, forming a second light-emitting layer on the second resin layer, and forming, on the second light-emitting layer, a second encapsulating layer encapsulating the second light-emitting layer, bonding the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate with a buffer sheet interposed between the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate so that the first encapsulating layer and the second encapsulating layer face each other, peeling the first resin layer from the first mother substrate in a state where the first resin layer and the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yixin Yang
  • Patent number: 11515371
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, a display apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a display device. The display device comprises a mainboard, a display panel disposed on the mainboard, and a fingerprint recognition sensor. The fingerprint recognition sensor is disposed on the mainboard, and the fingerprint recognition sensor is located between the mainboard and the display panel. A groove is formed on a surface of the display panel facing the mainboard, and an orthographic projection of the groove on the mainboard corresponds to a position of the fingerprint recognition sensor. The groove is configured to form an air gap between the fingerprint recognition sensor and the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Guo, Chao Fu, Fei Li, Guangjie Yang
  • Patent number: 11515372
    Abstract: A method includes: providing an unfinished set module for a display panel having an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area and being foldable about a foldable axis extending in one direction, the active area including a hole formation area; selectively irradiating a laser beam along a path defined along a boundary between the hole formation area and the active area, the path including first paths spaced apart from each other in a direction substantially parallel to the foldable axis and second paths disposed between the first paths, at a first energy density and at second energy density different from the first energy density, wherein the laser beam is irradiated at the first energy density along the first paths and at the second energy density along the second paths; and forming a set module having a hole by removing the hole formation area from the unfinished set module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Geunwoo Yug
  • Patent number: 11508922
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a folding area and a bending area, a support member disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel and including a plurality of openings formed in the folding area, an elastic member disposed on a bottom surface of the support member and overlapping the openings in the folding area, and a first adhesive member disposed between the support member and the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Chun Park, Dongcheol Kim, Yun Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 11508921
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device including a resin substrate layer, a TFT layer provided on the resin substrate layer, and a light-emitting element that is provided on the TFT layer and constitutes a display region. The resin substrate layer includes a first resin layer, an inorganic layer, and a second resin layer, which are provided in that order from a side opposite to the TFT layer. The interior of the first resin layer contains a plurality of air bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Yukinobu Nakata, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Takehisa Sakurai, Masaki Fujiwara, Tokuo Yoshida, Shoji Okazaki, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11508947
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus includes: providing a work substrate including a preliminary set module including an active area including a hole formation area; and a protective film covering at least one of an upper surface and a rear surface of the preliminary set module; radiating the laser beam to the work substrate from a first start point toward a moving path removing at least a portion of the work substrate to form a first start cutting line in the hole formation area, the moving path of the laser beam defined as a boundary between the hole formation area and the active area; radiating the laser beam along the moving path; and removing the hole formation area from the preliminary set module to form a module hole, wherein the first start cutting line forms a predetermined angle with respect to a tangential line of the moving path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geunwoo Yug, Mu-Hyun Kim, Bon-Joo Koo, Taehyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11508799
    Abstract: A flexible organic EL display device includes a plurality of short ring wiring lines. Each of the plurality of short ring wiring lines contacts a flattening film that is a resin layer on an end face of a terminal portion region in the flexible organic EL display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Tamotsu Sakai
  • Patent number: 11502280
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front surface at which an image is displayed and a rear surface which is opposite to the front surface; a circuit board connected to the display panel and facing the rear surface of the display panel; and a heat dissipation layer between the rear surface of the display panel and the circuit board. The heat dissipation layer includes a first heat dissipation sheet electrically connected to the circuit board and a second heat dissipation sheet spaced apart from the first heat dissipation sheet in a direction along the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seo-Yeon Kim, Youngbin Kim, Kwangdeuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11489028
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display substrate, a fabrication method thereof and a display device. The display substrate includes a base, and has a display area and a frame area. The method includes: forming an active region of a thin film transistor in the display area; forming a first lead in the frame area; forming a buffer layer directly covering the first lead; forming a connection via hole communicating with the active region; forming a protective layer directly covering the buffer layer in the frame area; cleaning the active region exposed by the connection via hole after forming the protective layer; removing the protective layer in the frame area after cleaning; and forming a second lead in the frame area after removing the protective layer, an orthographic projection of the second lead on the base and an orthographic projection of the first lead on the base at least partially overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanxiang Xu, Shi Shu, Qi Yao
  • Patent number: 11489112
    Abstract: An apparatus, includes an interconnect, including a conductive material, above a substrate and a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device coupled to the interconnect. The RRAM device includes an electrode structure above the interconnect, where an upper portion of the electrode structure has a first width. The RRAM device further includes a switching layer on the electrode structure, where the switching layer has the first width and an oxygen exchange layer, having a second width less than the first width, on a portion of the switching layer. The RRAM device further includes a top electrode above the oxygen exchange layer, where the top electrode has the second width and an encapsulation layer on a portion of the switching layer, where the switching layer extends along a sidewall of the oxygen exchange layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Namrata S. Asuri, Oleg Golonzka, Nathan Strutt, Patrick J. Hentges, Trinh T. Van, Hiten Kothari, Ameya S. Chaudhari, Matthew J. Andrus, Timothy E. Glassman, Dragos Seghete, Christopher J. Wiegand, Daniel G. Ouellette
  • Patent number: 11489126
    Abstract: A foldable thin film device assembly is provided comprising: a flexible thin film device with a thickness smaller than 50 micrometer. The thin film device has a stack of electroactive layers formed on a substrate. A protective inorganic capping layer caps the stack of electroactive layers and a backside elastomeric layer backs the flexible thin film device. A frontside transparent elastomeric layer covers the flexible thin film device, and backside and frontside flexible layers are dimensioned to mechanically form a neutral line for the protective inorganic layer. The elastomeric material has a Young's modulus smaller than 100 MPa smaller than 100 MPa and thickness larger than 100 micron, with a flexural rigidity equal or larger than the thin film device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Hylke Broer Akkerman, Petrus Cornelis Paulus Bouten, Ahmed Fawzy, Venkata Krishna Pradeep Panditha, Joris Franciscus Johannes De Riet, Raghu Kishore Pendyala