Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
  • Patent number: 11971623
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display screen, a display device, and a method for manufacturing the display screen are disclosed. The display screen includes a display panel and a light bar. The light bar includes an array substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a first gap is provided between two adjacent light emitting elements. A reflecting wall is arranged in the first gap between at least two adjacent light emitting elements. By arranging the reflecting wall, the side light of the light emitting elements can be reflected upwards, thereby reducing an emission angle of the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD., TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun Lu, Juncheng Xiao, Hongyuan Xu
  • Patent number: 11971624
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit emitting a green light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device and a second display unit emitting a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. The first output spectrum has a main wave with a first peak. The second output spectrum has a main wave with a second peak and a sub wave with a sub peak. The second peak corresponds to a main wavelength, the sub peak corresponds to a sub wavelength, and the main wavelength is less than the sub wavelength. An intensity of the second peak is greater than an intensity of the sub peak and an intensity of the first peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jia-Yuan Chen, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11965639
    Abstract: A light source module provided includes a heat sink, a circuit board, a lamp shade, and a fixing member. The circuit board is provided with one side tightly attached to the heat sink, and the other side is provided with a plurality of light sources. The lamp shade is provided with a plurality of optical lenses, the plurality of the optical lenses are respectively formed by a plurality of recesses forming on a front surface of the lamp shade, and a plurality of arc protrusions corresponding to the plurality of the recess forming on a back surface of the lamp shade. The fixing member is configured to fix the lamp shade on the heat sink to receive the circuit board in a space defined by the lamp shade and heat sink. Further, a lighting apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU HANXING OPTOELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hongge Wu
  • Patent number: 11966109
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise a housing; an optical input/output device disposed inside the housing; an inner housing comprising a seating surface disposed inside the housing and including a hole to accommodate the optical input/output device, and a side wall protruding from the seating surface along the hole; a backlight module disposed on the seating surface and made of multiple layers, the backlight module comprising a first opening surrounding the side wall; a display panel disposed on the backlight module, the display panel comprising a first area corresponding to the hole area and a second area which surrounds the first area, and in which an active area is positioned; and a transparent plate disposed on the display panel. The side wall may comprise a first side surface facing the backlight module and may be black-processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Silkyu Lim, Dongpil Choi, Hyunchang Shin
  • Patent number: 11960169
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight module, a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, multiple light-emitting elements, a reflection structure and a rubber frame structure, and the multiple light-emitting elements, the reflection structure and the rubber frame structure are located on one side of the substrate. The multiple light-emitting elements and the reflection structure are located within a limited area of the rubber frame structure, and the reflection structure is located between every two adjacent light-emitting elements; and the reflection structure includes a first reflection surface adjacent to a light-emitting element, and the rubber frame structure includes a second reflection surface adjacent to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongyun Sun, Yankun Chu, Xiao Yang
  • Patent number: 11960160
    Abstract: A spliced screen and a display terminal are disclosed. In the spliced screen, a structural component is disposed on two adjacent display panels and covers a splicing gap between the two adjacent display panels. A lamp plate is disposed on a surface of the structural component. When the spliced screen displays an image, a plurality of luminescent bodies disposed on the lamp plate close to the display panels also emit light, thereby preventing black strips from appearing on the image. In the spliced screen, a viewing angle of the display panels and a viewing angle of the lamp plate are same, so that a brightness of the display panels and a brightness of the lamp plates are same when the spliced screen is viewed from a lateral side. As such, display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Bin Zhao, Juncheng Xiao, Hongyuan Xu, Huajun Lu
  • Patent number: 11940644
    Abstract: A performance of an apparatus is improved. A display apparatus includes: a light guide panel; a light source unit including a plurality of light emitting diode elements arranged in an X direction at a position facing a side surface of the light guide panel; and a plurality of lenses arranged in the X direction between the light guide panel and the light source unit and adhered to each other while sandwiching an adhesive layer allowing visible light to penetrate therethrough. Each of the plurality of lenses includes a surface facing the light source unit, a surface opposite to this surface, and a side surface (lens side surface) crossing these surfaces and being adhered to the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is arranged between the sides surfaces facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Motoki Tsuda, Kazuki Ichihara, Michikazu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11940692
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of first retaining walls, a second retaining wall, and a light emitting element. The first retaining walls are arranged on the substrate. The second retaining wall is arranged on the substrate and disposed within one of the first retaining walls. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate and disposed between the second retaining wall and one of the first retaining walls adjacent to the second retaining wall. In a cross section, there are a first distance between the light emitting element and the one of the first retaining walls, and a second distance between the light emitting element and the second retaining wall, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Hsu, Chun-Fang Chen, Wei-Ning Shih
  • Patent number: 11934068
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display module and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a printed circuit board connected to a backlight flexible circuit board. A side of the backlight flexible circuit board connected to the printed circuit board comprises at least two first bonding regions, wherein each of the first bonding regions includes at least two first bonding terminals distributed therein, and wherein a distance between any two adjacent first bonding regions is greater than a distance between any two adjacent first bonding terminals in each of the first bonding regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengfei Yu
  • Patent number: 11933489
    Abstract: An optical device includes a metal reflective layer substantially made of a metal material, a first light transmissive layer disposed on the metal reflective layer, an optical multilayer reflective film disposed on the first light transmissive layer and including a plurality of sublayers stacked on each other and having different refractive indexes, and a wavelength converting layer disposed on the optical multilayer reflective film and containing a fluorescent material capable of absorbing incident excitation light and generating fluorescent light having a lower energy. The wavelength converting layer is capable of generating mixed light containing the excitation light and the fluorescent light in response to irradiation with the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokobayashi, Yasuyuki Kawakami, Yosuke Maemura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Keijiro Takashima, Ryosuke Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11937367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radio frequency (RF) front-end structures, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an RF front-end package may include an RF package substrate including an embedded passive circuit element. At least a portion of the embedded passive circuit element may be included in a metal layer of the RF package substrate. The RF package substrate may also include a ground plane in the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sidharth Dalmia, Zhenguo Jiang, William J. Lambert, Kirthika Nahalingam, Swathi Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 11913629
    Abstract: Provided is Provided is a light fixture comprising: a body made from a metal; a circular LED board; a plurality of led light sources placed on the board, the LED light sources illuminating in an inwardly direction; a light guide positioned directly in front of the LED lights in such configuration that light from the LED light sources travels to inside of the guide through a side of the light guide; a reflective paper positioned above the light guide; a lens below the light guide; a ring below the lens for keeping the lens in place; and clips attached to the body for securing the light fixture in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Hamid Rashidi Doust
  • Patent number: 11914259
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Matthew E. Last, Ryan J. Garrone, Budhadipta Dan, Khadijeh Bayat, Gregory A. Cohoon, Jack E. Graves
  • Patent number: 11914243
    Abstract: A display panel (display device) includes a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, a first light source unit, a second light source unit, and a reflection film. In a display region, an air layer is interposed between a first substrate and the first light guide plate, and a second adhesive layer is interposed between a second substrate and the second light guide plate. In a peripheral region, the first light guide plate, a first adhesive layer, the first substrate, the second substrate, the second adhesive layer, and the second light guide plate are interposed between a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface of the reflection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Michikazu Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11906776
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a backplane, a light guide plate, a light bar assembly, and fixing adhesive tape. The backplane includes a bottom plate, a counter plate and a side plate connected to form an accommodating space. The light guide plate is in the accommodating space. The light bar assembly is in a U-shaped slot of the backplane and comprises a flexible circuit board and a light-emitting component. The flexible circuit board is on a side of the light guide plate facing away from the bottom plate, and the light-emitting component is at a side surface of the light guide plate. The fixing adhesive tape is between the counter plate and the flexible circuit board. The orthographic projection of the fixing adhesive tape on the bottom plate does not overlap the orthographic projection of the light-emitting component on the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hefel BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11898720
    Abstract: A downlight fixture housing fabrication method in which upper and lower downlight fixture housing portions are formed in separate steps and joined by press-fitting, a bonding agent, pinning, and/or threaded engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Man-D-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Roy Mandy, Zhang Jun, Dalton John Mandy
  • Patent number: 11899219
    Abstract: In one aspect, a light-mixing system is disclosed, which includes a light pipe having an input surface configured for receiving light from a light source, a light-mixing segment optically coupled to the input surface, and an output surface optically coupled to said light-mixing segment through which light exits the light pipe. A putative vector normal to at least one of the input or the output surface forms a non-zero angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the light-mixing segment. In some embodiments, the non-zero angle can be, for example, about 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Fraen Corporation
    Inventors: Carlton S. Jones, Robert A. Gobron, Anthony L. Bolzan
  • Patent number: 11898728
    Abstract: A flexible light emitting diode (LED) sheet operable to (i) produce light, (ii) enhance an amount of light and/or connected light-emitting diodes and/or sheets that can be daisy chained together, and (iii) lower wattage consumption. Lighting options include single color, color changing lighting, and pixel lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Diodify, LLC
    Inventors: James Boros, Kelly Blackwood Carter
  • Patent number: 11899294
    Abstract: A light path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode disposed under the second substrate; a light conversion unit disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an adhesive layer between the second electrode and the light conversion unit; and a buffer layer between the first electrode and the light conversion unit. The light conversion unit includes a plurality of partition wall portions, a plurality of accommodation portions, and a base portion. The accommodation portions have a light conversion material disposed therein, and include at least two sealing regions formed on at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sik Shin, Jong Sik Lee, Jong Tae Kwon, Byung Sook Kim, Jin Gyeong Park
  • Patent number: 11892653
    Abstract: A light source module includes a first light-splitting element, a second light-splitting element, a first light source, a second light source and a third light source. The first light source emits a first light having a first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a first optical path direction. The second light source emits a second light having the first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a second optical path direction perpendicular to the first optical path direction. The third light source emits a third light having a second wavelength to the first and second light-splitting elements in a third optical path direction opposite to the second optical path direction, and the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first light source and the second light source include reflection layers configured to reflect light having the first wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Shiung Chien, Ming-Kuen Lin, Yi-Ling Lo, Tsung-Hsun Wu