Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
  • Patent number: 12210244
    Abstract: A light-emitting module is provided. The light-emitting module includes a circuit substrate and a first light-emitting element disposed on the circuit substrate. The light-emitting module also includes an optical pattern disposed on the circuit substrate and adjacent to the first light-emitting element. The light-emitting module further includes a lens covering the first light-emitting element and the optical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yujun Chiu, Lavender Cheng, Maggy Hsu
  • Patent number: 12207541
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a first and a second region, which are spaced apart from each other with a penetrating portion provided therebetween, and a display element arranged on the substrate and including a first display element overlapping the first region and a second display element overlapping the second region, wherein a first side surface of the substrate that corresponds to an edge of the first region, and a second side surface of the substrate that corresponds to an edge of the second region, define at least portions of the penetrating portion, and an interval between the first and second side surfaces from an upper surface of the substrate, the upper surface facing the display element, is less than an interval between the first and second side surfaces from a lower surface of the substrate that does not face the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwon Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Yongseok Kim, Gyujeong Lee
  • Patent number: 12200855
    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: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sidharth Dalmia, Zhenguo Jiang, William J. Lambert, Kirthika Nahalingam, Swathi Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 12197081
    Abstract: A light-emitting module including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a window plate, and an encapsulant is provided. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate and have a plurality of light colors. The window plate is disposed on light-emitting surfaces of the light emitting elements. The encapsulant wraps the light-emitting elements and surrounds the window plate. A front-lit liquid-crystal-on-silicon module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chi-Wen Lin, Chien-Tang Wang
  • Patent number: 12181145
    Abstract: An optical device for modifying a light distribution is made of transparent material and includes a front wall constituting a front portion, a coupling portion for connecting to a light source system, and side walls between the coupling portion and the front portion. The front wall is configured to let through a first part of light emitted by the light source, and the side walls are configured to let through a second part of the light. The side walls have grooves that refract at least 80% of the second part of the light obliquely rearwards with respect to a direction from the coupling portion to the front portion. Thus, the optical device can be used for illuminating both a floor and a ceiling so that light emitted to unwanted directions and potentially causing glare can be kept at a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LEDIL OY
    Inventors: Olli-Pekka Laakkio, Joel Jones, Veijo Isojunno
  • Patent number: 12183727
    Abstract: A flexible display device may include a display panel including a display area and a bending area extending from one side of the display area to be bent, a back plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a cushion tape disposed on a rear surface of the back plate, a driver integrated circuit (IC) disposed in a pad portion extending from the bending area, and a functional tape adhered between the cushion tape and the back plate and disposed to face the driver integrated circuit, so that effects capable of improving an EMI shielding function with a low cost, together with an adhesive function, and deriving an optimum efficiency, may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Insik Shin, Jongseok Cha
  • Patent number: 12181740
    Abstract: A transparent structure may have layers with curved cross-sectional profiles. The transparent structure may have inner and outer layers with curved portions formed by bending the layers. A display may be applied to one or more of the inner and outer layers. To reduce the strain applied to the display while being bent into a desired curvature, a carrier film may be used during bending operations. The carrier film may be modified with a patch or openings distribute the strain evenly across the display. Additionally or alternatively, a convex mold may be used to further decrease the strain on the display while being formed into the desired curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Lv, Mahmut Tosun, Ho Hyung Lee, Paul W Tsao, Da Yu, Michael Vosgueritchian, Francois R Jacob
  • Patent number: 12183570
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a field emission cathode, the field emission cathode including a substrate having a field emission layer engaged therewith, where the field emission layer includes a plurality of purified carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are purified via a graphitization or annealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NCX Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng Qian
  • Patent number: 12176684
    Abstract: A discharge device includes a discharge member, a support portion, and a protruding piece. The discharge member discharges when a voltage is applied thereto. The support portion has a flat-plate shape and supports the discharge member. The protruding piece is inclined relative to the support portion and protrudes in a direction intersecting the support portion. The support portion preferably includes a holding portion that holds the discharge member. The discharge member is preferably a bundle of fibers. The support portion preferably includes a pair of first surfaces. The holding portion preferably holds the discharge member on one first surface of the pair of first surfaces. The protruding piece is preferably inclined, relative to the support portion, in a direction in which the discharge member is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ezaki, Nobuyuki Ohe
  • Patent number: 12173872
    Abstract: An adjustable light fixture includes a frame configured to connect to a support. A lamp assembly is connected to the frame. The lamp assembly includes a housing, a light emitter connected to the housing, and a lens connected to the housing. The lamp assembly is rotatably connected to the frame about an axis offset from an axis of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Phonexay Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Prabhudas Patel, William Buck Thomas
  • Patent number: 12169285
    Abstract: In one aspect, a light pipe is disclosed. In some embodiments, the light pipe comprises an input section including a waveguide having a circular cross section; and an output section having a polygonal cross section, wherein the input section has an input surface for receiving light from one or more light sources and an output surface through which light exits the input section, and the output section has an input surface optically coupled to the output surface of the input section to receive at least a portion of the light exiting the input section, and an output surface through which light exits the light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fraen Corporation
    Inventors: Carlton S. Jones, Robert A. Gobron, Anthony L. Bolzan
  • Patent number: 12166020
    Abstract: A display module includes a substrate including a mounting surface on which a plurality of inorganic LEDs are mounted and a side surface orthogonal to the mounting surface; a cover which is disposed on the mounting surface, and is configured to cover the mounting surface and extend to an area outside the mounting surface; and a side surface member provided on the side surface, and configured to be bonded to a lower surface of a region of the cover that corresponds to the area outside the mounting surface and to at least a part of the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seonghwan Shin
  • Patent number: 12161023
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate comprising a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area surrounding each of the plurality of pixel areas. The non-pixel area includes a plurality of first areas and a second area surrounding the plurality of first areas. A functional layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first holes defined through the functional layer and overlapping the plurality of first areas. An element layer is disposed on the functional layer. A pixel definition layer is disposed on the element layer and overlaps the non-pixel area. The pixel definition layer includes pixel openings defined therethrough. The pixel openings overlap the plurality of pixel areas. A plurality of light emitting elements is disposed on the element layer and is disposed in the pixel openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-hun Ryu, IlNam Kim, Jae-Kyoung Kim, WonSang Park, Eunjin Sung, Seongryong Lee, Jonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12152596
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Go Pan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 12144135
    Abstract: The application discloses a display module and a display device, comprising a flexible circuit board; the flexible circuit board includes a plurality of binding terminals and insulating parts; each of binding terminals includes a first sub-part and a second sub-part connected to each other, the flexible circuit board includes a first binding terminal and a second binding terminal, and the volume of the first sub-pare of the first binding terminal is larger than the volume of the first sub-part of the second binding terminal; and the insulating part includes a first insulating protrusion corresponding to the second binding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cuilin Zhu
  • Patent number: 12127448
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixel circuits defining pixel circuit rows each extending in a first direction and pixel circuit columns each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; active patterns disposed to correspond to the pixel circuits, respectively; a horizontal diode initialization voltage line which transmits a diode initialization voltage and extends in the first direction; and a vertical diode initialization voltage line extending in the second direction and connected to the horizontal diode initialization voltage line. Each of the active patterns includes first and second diode initialization active regions to which the diode initialization voltage is applied. First active patterns of the plurality of the active patterns corresponding to one of the pixel circuit rows are connected to each other. A first end of one of the first and second diode initialization active regions contact the vertical diode initialization voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junwon Choi, Jaewon Kim, Junyoung Min
  • Patent number: 12117637
    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: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Cecilia Zimmerman, Jules VanDersarl
  • Patent number: 12105317
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources, a sealant frame and at least an optical film. The light guide plate includes a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other. The plurality of light sources are disposed adjacent to the second end portion and are arranged along the first direction. The sealant frame is disposed adjacent to the first end portion. One of the at least an optical film includes a body portion and a lug portion connected to the body portion, and the lug portion is fixed on the sealant frame. The body portion includes a first side adjacent to the sealant frame and, in a second direction, a shortest distance between the first side and the sealant film is in a range of 0 mm to 0.4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Ching Hsu, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chia-Yu Chung
  • Patent number: 12104753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color tunable and/or color temperature tunable LED filament (20, 22, 24), said LED filament comprising an elongated carrier (220), said elongated carrier comprising a first major surface (222) and a second major surface (224) arranged opposite to said first major surface, a plurality of LEDs (210) arranged in at least one linear array on said first surface of said elongated carrier, wherein the plurality of LEDs includes LEDs of different colors and/or different color temperatures, a first elongated transparent or substantially transparent layer (230) covering the plurality of LEDs on the first major surface and also at least partly covering said first major surface, and a first elongated light scattering layer (240), arranged to at least partially cover said first transparent or substantially transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems
  • Patent number: 12100691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting component comprising a light-emitting semiconductor chip, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two electrical connection points, wherein the transparent conductive layer covers the light-emitting semiconductor chip at least in places, and the electrical connection points are arranged on a side of the light-emitting semiconductor chip facing away from the transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Herrmann