Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11421855
    Abstract: A white light source includes a light source and a phosphor conversion component. The light source emits short wavelength light peaked at a peak wavelength of 570 nanometers or shorter. The phosphor conversion component includes a light conversion layer comprising a phosphor effective to convert the short wavelength light to converted light. The light conversion layer includes light passages comprising openings or passage material that does not comprise the phosphor and is light transmissive for the short wavelength light. The light source is disposed respective to the phosphor conversion component so as to illuminate the light conversion layer with the emitted short wavelength light and to pass the short wavelength light through the light passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael P. Newell
  • Patent number: 11416030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example edge-to-edge display devices and related methods. An example display device includes a display screen and a backlight including a light guide frame defining a cavity therein. The example display device includes an integrated circuit coupled to the display screen. The example display device includes a flexible printed circuit in communication with the integrated circuit and including an electrical component coupled thereto. The electrical component is at least partially disposed in the cavity of the light guide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John Lang, Seh Kwa, Zhiming Zhuang, Jackson Tsai, Jun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11417687
    Abstract: A high-definition display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first transistor and a display element electrically connected to the first transistor. The first transistor includes a first oxide, a second oxide, a first conductor, a second conductor, a third conductor, a first insulator, and a second insulator. The first conductor and the second conductor are positioned over the first oxide to be apart from each other. The first insulator is positioned over the first conductor and the second conductor and includes an opening. The opening overlaps with a portion between the first conductor and the second conductor. The third conductor is positioned in the opening. The second insulator is positioned between the third conductor, and the first oxide, the first conductor, the second conductor, and the first insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11415282
    Abstract: The present invention provides an LED module that can prevent breakage of an LED chip due to pulse lighting for a flash when the LED module is used in a flashing lamp. An LED module (10) for flashing lamp includes: an LED substrate (13); plural LEDs (12); and plural resin layers (11). In the LED module (10), the LEDs (12) are mounted on a mounting surface of the LED substrate (13). Each resin layer (11) is stacked on a surface of each LED (12) opposite to the LED substrate (13). Adjacent resin layers (11) stacked on the LEDs (12) are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HotaluX, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norimasa Mizobe