Patents Examined by Jacob R Stern
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Patent number: 10054430Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, an array of optical emitters arranged on the substrate in a two-dimensional pattern, a projection lens and a diffractive optical element (DOE). The projection lens is mounted on the semiconductor substrate and is configured to collect and focus light emitted by the optical emitters so as to project optical beams containing a light pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional pattern of the optical emitters on the substrate. The DOE is mounted on the substrate and is configured to produce and project multiple overlapping replicas of the pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Zafrir Mor, Boris Morgenstein
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Patent number: 10048534Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a pixel circuit, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, an optical element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a polarizer disposed between the second substrate and the optical element layer, wherein the second substrate has strength greater than that of the first substrate, and the second substrate constitutes the outermost substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Takenori Hirota
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Patent number: 10043649Abstract: The present invention relates to a field emission lighting arrangement, comprising an anode and a cathode, where the shape of the cathode is selected based on the shape of a evacuated envelope in which the anode and cathode is provided. The inventive shape of cathode allows for an improved uniformity of an electric field provided between the anode and cathode during operation of the field emission lighting arrangement. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for selecting a shape of such a cathode.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Lightlab Sweden ABInventor: Jonas Tirén
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Patent number: 10036911Abstract: A tiled display device includes a first display module including a first display panel configured to display an image, and first top chassis blocks disposed to surround the first display panel, and a second display module including a second display panel configured to display an image associated with the image displayed in the first display panel, and second top chassis blocks disposed to surround the second display panel. The first and second display modules are disposed in a tiled form, and each of the first top chassis blocks and the second top chassis blocks are spaced apart from each other by a first distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Beom Cho, Gyu Su Lee, Yun Gun Lee, Du Yeon Han
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Patent number: 10021763Abstract: Provide is a bezel-free display device comprising: a flexible substrate comprising an element area including an electronic element and positioned on the upper surface thereof, a terminal area including a terminal electrically connected to the electronic element, and positioned at the rear surface thereof, and a flexible area positioned between the element area and the terminal area and having flexibility; a flexible wire positioned on the flexible area of the flexible substrate, electrically connecting the element and the terminal, and having flexibility; and a display member positioned on the element area of the flexible substrate and electrically connected with the electronic element.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)Inventors: Jang-Ung Park, Mi Jung Kim, Ji Hun Park, Kyoung Hee Pyo, Sung Won Kim, Byeong Wan An
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Patent number: 10001595Abstract: A display device includes a lower substrate, a light source, a polarized light activation layer, an inner polarizer layer, a light modulation layer, and an upper substrate. The lower substrate has a light entrance side, and a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other. The light source generates light entering the lower substrate through the light entrance side. The light entering into the lower substrate at least partially passes through the bottom surface to enter and excite the polarized light activation layer into generating a plurality of polarized color lights of different colors. The polarized color lights have their polarization levels increased by the inner polarizer layer before reaching the light modulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Syuan-Ling Yang
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Patent number: 10000696Abstract: A light-emitting ceramic that contains, as a major component thereof, a pyrochlore compound represented by ABOw, wherein A includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Y, Gd, Yb and Lu, B includes Bi and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sn and Hf, and W is a positive number.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Kuretake
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Patent number: 9984846Abstract: An emitter containing a metal boride material has an at least partly rounded tip with a radius of 1 ?m or less. An electric field can be applied to the emitter and an electron beam is generated from the emitter. To form the emitter, material is removed from a single crystal rod to form an emitter containing a metal boride material having a rounded tip with a radius of 1 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: William G. Schultz, Gildardo R. Delgado, Frances Hill, Edgardo Garcia Berrios, Rudy Garcia
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Patent number: 9977173Abstract: In an embodiment, a display panel unit includes a reflective polarizing layer, a transparent layer, and a display panel. The polarizing layer transmits a first polarized component of light incident on an incident surface to an exit surface and reflects a second polarized component of the light. The transparent layer transmits the first and second polarized component of the light incident on a second surface to a first surface adhered to the incident surface and transmits the second polarized component reflected by the polarizing layer to be incident on the first surface to the second surface. The panel faces the exit surface, and selectively transmits the light exiting from the exit surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Michikazu Noguchi
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Patent number: 9949335Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a display apparatus, including forming a display unit on a first substrate; applying a fit on an encapsulating substrate; melting at least a portion of the frit on the encapsulating substrate; arranging and bonding the first substrate and the encapsulating substrate after melting at least a portion of the frit on the encapsulating substrate, so that the frit is disposed between the first substrate and the encapsulating substrate; and completely melting the frit between the first substrate and the encapsulating substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Joonyung Jang
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Patent number: 9927111Abstract: An LED based illumination device includes LEDs mounted to an LED mounting board, an integrated output window sub-assembly, and a thermal frame coupled between the integrated output window sub-assembly and the LED mounting board. The integrated output window sub-assembly may include an output window and a thermally conductive ring coupled to the perimeter surface of the output window. The thermally conductive ring may have a radial width equal to or greater than the thickness of the output window. Additionally, the output window and the thermally conductive ring may have coplanar top and bottom surfaces. The thermally conductive ring surrounding the perimeter of the output window may include one or more pockets into which a curable, thermally conductive bonding material is disposed in an uncured state and flows into a gap between the perimeter of the output window and the thermally conductive ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Xicato, Inc.Inventors: Gerard Harbers, Gregory W. Eng, Jim W. Li
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Patent number: 9922815Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an improved adapter for simplified lamps for use as a source of heat radiation in a rapid thermal processing (RTP) chamber. In one embodiment, a lamp assembly is provided. The lamp element includes a capsule having a filament disposed therein, a press seal extending from the capsule, and an adapter having a receptacle contoured to receive at least a portion of the press seal, wherein the press seal is removably engaged with the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Joseph M. Ranish, Oleg V. Serebryanov
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Patent number: 9910202Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of an edge-type back light unit, particularly to a structure comprising a light source receiving part, which receives a light source such as LED formed to the central direction of an optical plate at one side or the other side of the optical plate. The present invention has excellent optical property and has an effect of wide application to various LCDs because it comprises a light source receiving part, which can install a printed circuit board mounting the light source such as LED to an embedded form in an edge-type back light unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Soo Ahn, Sang Jun Park, Jae Hyuk Jang, Jong Sun Kim, Jeong Oh Lee
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Patent number: 9885917Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display panel includes lower substrate having a first substrate; an upper substrate having a second substrate that is opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer is disposed between the lower and upper substrates such that liquid crystals are arranged in a first region between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a dam pattern arranged in a second region which surrounds a circumference of the first region as a region between the first substrate and the second substrate, the dam pattern having both a physical barrier function and a chemical barrier function.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LtdInventors: Taek Joon Lee, Tae Jin Kong, Sang Gyun Kim, Su Jeong Kim, Seul Gee Lee
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Patent number: 9885911Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel configured to display an image; a backlight unit located at the rear of the liquid crystal display panel, and including a plurality of light sources; a bottom chassis in which the backlight unit is positioned; and a reflector located in the bottom chassis, and configured to forwardly reflect light emitted from the plurality of light sources toward the liquid crystal display panel; and a reflection angle adjuster located in each corner of the reflector, and configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of light sources in order to cause the reflected light to be incident toward corner areas of the liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Eun Lee, Dae Hee Lee, Young Chol Lee, Byoung Jin Cho
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Patent number: 9887518Abstract: In a spark plug, at a cross section of a ground electrode which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of an electrode base material and passes an axis of an electrode tip, a surface of the base material is exposed, and the following conditions are satisfied: 1.2E?F?1.9E; 0.05 mm?Da?0.30 mm; 0.05 mm?Db?0.30 mm; and 0.20 mm?J?0.70 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventor: Magoki Shimadate
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Patent number: 9880428Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first pixel electrode disposed in a red color pixel, a second pixel electrode disposed in a green color pixel, and a third pixel electrode disposed in a blue color pixel, a second substrate including a common electrode having a first slit opposed to the first pixel electrode, a second slit opposed to the second pixel electrode, and a third slit opposed to the third pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least one of an area and an area ratio of the third slit is greater than that of the first slit and the second slit.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Keiji Tago, Kayoko Miyazaki, Ayumi Mori
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Patent number: 9874333Abstract: A modular fixture that is well-suited for use with solid state light sources, such as LEDs, to provide a surface ambient light (SAL). The fixture comprises two structural components: a housing subassembly and a lighting subassembly. These two subassemblies may be removably attached to operate as a singular fixture. Many different lighting subassemblies may be compatible with a single housing subassembly and vice versa. The housing subassembly comprises a frame that is mountable to an external structure. The lighting subassembly comprises the light sources and optical elements that tailor the light to achieve a particular profile. Electronics necessary to power and control the light sources may be disposed in the lighting subassembly. Various mount mechanisms may be used to attach the fixture to a surface such as a ceiling or a wall. Multiple fixtures can be connected serially to provide an extended linear fixture.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: CREE, INC.Inventors: James Michael Lay, Jennifer Denise West
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Patent number: 9860942Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; an OLED on the substrate in the display region; an encapsulation substrate bonded to the substrate via an adhesive layer such that the encapsulation substrate and the substrate face each other; and a step-difference compensation portion in the non-display region and configured to compensate for a step difference between the display region and the non-display region.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung-Soo Lee, Sun-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 9843166Abstract: A spark plug includes: a metallic shell having a through hole extending in a direction of an axis; a cap covering an opening in the metallic shell; a melt portion formed between the cap and the metallic shell to join the cap and the metallic shell to each other; and a gap extending from a specific space which is surrounded by the metallic shell and the cap to the melt portion and interposed between the metallic shell and the cap.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Okazaki, Kei Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mori