Patents Examined by José M Díaz
  • Display panel and method for manufacturing display panel
    Patent number: 11532602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a method for manufacturing a display panel. The display panel includes a first substrate having a first wiring, a second substrate having a second wiring, the first substrate, and the second substrate being laminated on each other to form a laminated structure, and a third wiring located on a side surface of the laminated structure, wherein the third wiring connects the first wiring and the second wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Liu, Yujun Zhang, Jing Yu
  • Device housing with lighting
    Patent number: 11525951
    Abstract: The application is directed to a device housing. The device housing includes a first light device, the first light device including a first electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first light emitting diode (LED), the first LED separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, wherein the diffuser film includes a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Cecilia Zimmerman, Jules VanDersarl
  • Electronic device display assembly
    Patent number: 11513383
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing that at least partially defines an exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, and a display assembly at least partially disposed in the internal volume. The display assembly can include a transparent cover that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the electronic device, a backlight unit disposed between the cover and the housing, a frame coupling the cover to the backlight unit, a portion of the frame at least partially defining an aperture, and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume and extending through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Lauren M. Farrell, Adam T. Garelli, Brian P. Graves, David P. Tarkington, Eric L. Benson, Erik A. Zweigle, Kwonil D. Fleischman, Paul X. Wang, Simon S. Lee, Tingjun Xu, Nicholas A. Rundle
  • Ultrathin OLED lighting panel
    Patent number: 11506363
    Abstract: A flexible lighting panel comprising a light-emitting unit with electrical contact pads on a flexible substrate; a flat flexible printed circuit board with a bendable extension tab, wherein the circuit board is located on the opposite side of the light-emitting unit from the substrate; the area of the circuit board, not including the extension tab, is the same or greater than and overlaps the emissive area of the light-emitting unit; and the circuit board has at least two flat electrical connectors in electrical contact with the contact pads of the light-emitting unit; the flat electrical connectors extending along the extension tab of the circuit board for connection to a power source. The light emitting unit can be an OLED. The extension tab can be bent so that the flat electrical connections become accessible in different orientations. The panel can be ultrathin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: OLEDWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Manfred Ruske, Konrad Sell, Thomas Hoegen, Joerg Knipping
  • Display apparatus and holder thereof
    Patent number: 11500148
    Abstract: The holder is suitable for a display apparatus, where the display apparatus includes a light guide plate and a display panel. The light guide plate includes a light emitting portion and a curved portion connected to the light emitting portion, and the display panel has a bottom surface and a side surface connected to the bottom surface. At least one part of the holder is attached to the side surface of the display panel, and the holder is wrapped with the curved portion of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chuan Wen
  • Display panel
    Patent number: 11502136
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a first substrate including a plurality of light emitting elements to emit a first light; and a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, the second substrate including: a first color filter including a first blue filter, a second blue filter, and a third blue filter disposed on the first substrate; a light control layer including a first light control portion to transmit the first light and disposed on the first blue filter, a second light control portion to convert the first light to a second light and disposed on the second blue filter, and a third light control portion to convert the first light to a third light and disposed on the third blue filter; and a second color filter exposing an upper surface of the first light control portion and covering the second light control portion and the third light control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Sooguy Rho
  • Dielectric barrier discharge electrode and dielectric barrier discharge device
    Patent number: 11497110
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge electrode of an embodiment has: a dielectric; a first electrode provided to be exposed on the dielectric; a second electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric; and a third electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric in a neighborhood of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Sato, Akio Ui, Masato Akita, Shotaro Oka, Tomonao Takamatsu, Hiroyuki Yasui, Shinya Matsuda
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11489035
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; an insulating layer on the substrate and including a first opening; a first panel pad on the substrate and the insulating layer; and an anisotropic conductive film on the first panel pad, and the first panel pad includes a center area located at a center of the first opening, and a first edge area and a second edge area arranged along a lateral side of the insulating layer and located on respective sides of the center area with respect to a first direction, and the anisotropic conductive film overlaps at least one of the center area, the first edge area, and the second edge area of the first panel pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Moon, Chun Gi You
  • Automobile sideview mirror bracket for mounting auxiliary lights
    Patent number: 11472334
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a device that allows auxiliary lights to be mounted to a side view mirror of a motor vehicle. The device includes a shell which is custom manufactured to conform to a shape of a cover of a sideview mirror on a particular make, model, and year of a motor vehicle. The shell is configured to house one or more auxiliary light elements which can be chosen by a motor vehicle owner. The device also includes one or more air passage sections configured on the shell formed to direct air into an interior of the shell to cool the auxiliary light elements. The device also includes one or more through openings configured on the forward-facing side of the shell to which one or more light covers may be positioned over and arranged in front of the auxiliary light elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Nikolay Pukharev
  • Method and system for RGB illuminator
    Patent number: 11474364
    Abstract: An optical combiner includes a rotating mirror configured to rotate through a range of angular displacement. During a first time period, the rotating mirror is disposed at a first angular displacement, and is configured to receive a first incident light beam and provide a first output light beam along an output optical axis. During a second time period, the rotating mirror is disposed at a second angular displacement, and is configured to receive a second incident light beam and provide a second output light beam along the output optical axis. The optical combiner is configured to provide a time sequential collimated combined output light beam along the output optical axis. In optical combiner, the rotating mirror can also be configured to dither the combined output light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristina Uhlendorf
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11474392
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit emitting a green light that has a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device, and a second display unit emitting a blue light that has a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. An intensity integral of the first output spectrum within a range from 380 nm to 780 nm is defined as a first intensity integral. An intensity integral of the second output spectrum within a range from 511 nm to 597 nm is defined as a second intensity integral. A ratio of the second intensity integral to the first intensity integral is defined as a first ratio, and the first ratio is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 25.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jia-Yuan Chen, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Linear LED module
    Patent number: 11466827
    Abstract: Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus include a substrate having at least one angled portion. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include at least one light emitting device arranged on the substrate. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a plurality of conductors arranged on the substrate. In some aspects of the light emitting apparatus, the conductors are electrically coupled to the at least one light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.
    Inventor: Vladimir Odnoblyudov
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11455913
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of flexible films which is electrically connected to one end of the display panel and is disposed on one surface of the back cover, a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the plurality of flexible films and disposed on the one surface of the back cover, and a roller to which the display panel and the back cover are wound or unwound, and the roller includes a flat portion and a first curved portion and a second curved portion having different radii of curvature. Accordingly, the damage of the plurality of flexible films and the printed circuit board may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoiyong Kwon, JiHun Song
  • LED light bulb
    Patent number: 11448370
    Abstract: The lighting device includes at least one filament module, a base, at least one pillar, and a base. The filament module includes more than two filaments. Each filament includes a substrate, multiple LED chips, a phosphor film, a top extended electrode, and a bottom extended electrode. Multiple LED chips are mounted on the substrate. The phosphor film covers the substrate and multiple LED chips. The top extended electrode and bottom extended electrode are connected to two ends of the substrate respectively. At least part of top extended electrode and bottom extended electrode are not covered by the phosphor film, and each top extended electrode of the filaments is fixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkui Jiang, Yanzeng Gao
  • Light source device having rotating wheel and image projection apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11442347
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit and a rotating wheel. The light source unit is configured to emit first blue light and second blue light. The rotating wheel includes a diffuser layer configured to diffuse and transmit the first blue light, and a phosphor layer configured to convert at least a part of the second blue light into yellow light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nakamura
  • High voltage vacuum feedthrough
    Patent number: 11443912
    Abstract: A feedthrough for providing an electrical connection is provided. The feedthrough comprises a conductor and a quartz or a glass structure configured to surround at least a portion of the conductor and provide isolation to the conductor. The conductor and the quartz or glass structure may be coaxially arranged. The feedthrough can provide an electrical connection between an inside and outside of a vacuum chamber that contains a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Ronald Van Der Wilk
  • Vehicular exterior door handle assembly with illumination module
    Patent number: 11440463
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion, a light transmitting cover element disposed at least partially along a length dimension of the handle portion, and an illumination module having an illumination source. When the illumination source is electrically powered, light emitted by the illumination source passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion. With the exterior door handle assembly mounted at a door handle region of a vehicle door and when the illumination source is electrically powered, light that passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion is viewable by a person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly. When the illumination source is not electrically powered, the illumination source is covert to the person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Dingman, Brett A. Gorby, Keith D. Foote
  • Privacy film and display device including the same
    Patent number: 11435639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a privacy film and a display device including the privacy film, and more specifically, to a privacy film capable of reducing a viewing angle by including a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of light blocking patterns disposed on the first electrode, a light transmission layer disposed on the first electrode and the plurality of light blocking patterns and including a plurality of capsules, a second electrode disposed on the light transmission layer, and a second substrate disposed on the second electrode, and a display device including the privacy film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sooyoun Kim, SeongYong Uhm, Seong-Il Kim, SeokHo Lee
  • Device for lighting a court and corresponding lighting strip
    Patent number: 11435039
    Abstract: A device for lighting a court including at least one lighting strip extending substantially horizontally along at least one side of the court, at a predefined height relative to the court of less than 3.5 meters. The strip includes a series of light sources distributed along its length, each of the light sources projecting a light beam oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip. The at least one strip includes rails which extend along a length of said strip and are suitable for holding a fixing element at any point along the length of said rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NLX
    Inventors: Jérôme Papineau, Jean-Luc Tournebise
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 11422298
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and an illumination unit which illuminates the liquid crystal panel. The illumination unit includes a light guide comprising a first side surface, a main surface opposing the liquid crystal panel and an opening made by a notch or a through hole, a first light source opposing to the first side surface, and a second light source provided closer to the opening than to the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ota, Kazutaka Nagaoka, Michihide Shibata, Toshihiro Yajima