Patents Examined by Joseph L. Williams
  • Patent number: 11302749
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Patent number: 11299087
    Abstract: A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle includes a vehicle base configured to be coupled to the surface of the vehicle, and a light head coupled to the vehicle base and including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a lens. The lens has a plurality of total internal reflection lenses. Each total internal reflection lens has a truncated frustoconical cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Schermerhorn, David Proeber, Josh Adams, Duane W. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 11302507
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electron beam generator and an electron beam applicator for which maintenance is facilitated. The electron beam generator comprises a vacuum chamber, a photocathode holder, an activation vessel, and an internal motive power transmission member. The photocathode holder is capable of moving relative to the activation vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Photo electron Soul Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishitani, Atsushi Koizumi, Tomoaki Kawamata, Haruka Shikano
  • Patent number: 11302772
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, a pad area in the peripheral area, and a bending area between the display area and the pad area; a thin film transistor in the display area and an organic light-emitting device electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a first voltage line between a side of the display area and the pad area, in the peripheral area, the first voltage line supplying a first voltage to the organic light-emitting device; and a first sensing line in the peripheral area, the first sensing line measuring the first voltage of the first voltage line, wherein a first contact where an end of the first sensing line and the first voltage line are connected is between the bending area and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junwon Choi, Wonmi Hwang, Junyong An, Yunkyeong In
  • Patent number: 11302522
    Abstract: A first-stage dynode is a first-stage dynode to be used in a photomultiplier tube, and includes a bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions extending from both end portions of the bottom wall portion in a predetermined direction to one side. An electron emission surface is formed by a bottom surface of the bottom wall portion on the one side and a pair of side surfaces of the pair of side wall portions on the one side, and each of the pair of side surfaces is a curved surface that is curved in a concave shape in a cross section parallel to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yuki Nishimura, Masahiro Kotani, Takanori Ichinomiya
  • Patent number: 11294211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a flexible base, a display area, first lines arranged in a first direction, pixel electrodes, and a first inorganic insulating layer contacting the lines. The display area includes a first area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a first pitch and a second area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a second pitch greater than the first pitch, and the second area is located between the first area and an edge of the base in the first direction. In the second area, the first inorganic insulating layer comprises a first slit extending along the lines between adjacent lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shigesumi Araki
  • Patent number: 11296263
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion apparatus that includes a metal substrate; and a light-emitting ceramic layer. The light-emitting ceramic layer is used for absorbing excitation light and emitting excited light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light. A metal reflective layer and a silica gel layer are stacked between the metal substrate and the light-emitting ceramic layer, and the reflective layer is used for reflecting the excited light and an unconverted part of the excitation light. The wavelength conversion device can reduce heat generated in the wavelength conversion apparatus, while realizing an aim of emitting excited light having a high illumination intensity in the wavelength conversion apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qian Li, Fei Hu, Yangang Wang, Yanzheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11294267
    Abstract: A structured phosphor device includes a frame member that includes wall regions separating multiple openings of window regions. Further, the structured phosphor device includes a phosphor material filled in each of the multiple openings with a first surface thereof being exposed to an excitation light from one or more laser sources to generate an emitted light out of each window region. Additionally, the structured phosphor device includes an anti-reflective film overlying the first surface of the phosphor material. Furthermore, the structured phosphor device includes a substrate attached to a second surface of the phosphor material in each of the multiple openings. Alternatively, the structured phosphor device includes an array of phosphor pixels dividing a plate of single-crystalline or poly-crystalline phosphor material separated by optically reflective and thermally conductive walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Vlad Joseph Novotny, Troy Trottier, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
  • Patent number: 11294215
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel to display an image; a cabinet having a front part covering a front edge portion of the display panel and a side part covering a side portion of the display panel; a light source package disposed on a rear side of the display panel to provide light onto the display panel; a bottom cover disposed on a rear side of the light source package, the bottom cover being coupled to the cabinet to package the display panel and the light source package; a back cover covering a first portion of a rear side of the bottom cover; and a flexible circuit board extending from a bottom edge of the display panel to the rear side of the bottom cover, wherein the front part of the cabinet, the side part of the cabinet, and a second portion of the rear side of the bottom cover are exposed outwardly, wherein the cabinet includes: at least one first fitting rib protruding from the front part of the cabinet at an upper portion and both lateral portions; at least one first latch protrusion p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Munhe Lee, Gyoungbok Kim
  • Patent number: 11289299
    Abstract: A duoplasmatron ion source with a partially ferromagnetic anode can be used in multiple applications, including the production of negative ions for secondary ion mass spectrometers and particle accelerators. A partially ferromagnetic anode, which may be embodied in a partially ferromagnetic anode insert, includes a ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic portions joined together at a juncture, with an ion extraction aperture defined in the ferromagnetic portion and the juncture being laterally offset from the aperture. An asymmetric magnetic field produced by the partially ferromagnetic region facilitates extraction of charged ions from the central, most intense region of a source plasma in the duoplasmatron ion source. A ferromagnetic conical portion of the anode defines the ion extraction aperture in order to maximize the magnetic field in the vicinity of this aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Peter Williams
  • Patent number: 11287692
    Abstract: A backlit display for emitting a display light, said display comprising a backlight configured to emit a high circadian stimulation backlight spectrum having a spectral power distribution (SPD) with an overall power, and a blue range from 440-490 nm with a blue SPD power of at least 25% of said overall power, a pixel array comprising at least three filters, said at least three filter comprising at least a first filter, a second filter, and third filter, forming at least three sub-pixels, wherein said backlight is configured to backlight said pixel array, and wherein said display light has a gamut having an sRGB coverage of at least 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Sina Afshari, Raghuram L. V. Petluri
  • Patent number: 11287695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing frame, a backlight module, and a display device. A supporting portion is disposed in a first placement slot of the sealing frame configured to accommodate a flexible printed circuit board such that when the flexible printed circuit board experiences a pulling force during assembling thereof to the backlight module, supporting portion supports the flexible printed circuit board and prevents flexible printed circuit board from suffering an excessive pulling force and transferring the force to the liquid crystal display panel to result in variation of a portion of a cell gap of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11280955
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided, including: a main body; a display panel over the main body for displaying information; and a driving circuit coupled to the display panel, where the driving circuit is configured to control the display panel to switch between: a transparent non-displaying state in which the main body is viewable by a user, and a displaying state in which the information displayed is viewable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Long Wang, Mengjun Hou, Tuo Sun, Nanfang Jia, Zongmin Liu
  • Patent number: 11282989
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light emitter including a light-emitting portion that emits first emission light having a first peak wavelength in a range of 380 to 425 nm and a half width of 15 to 35 nm, and a coating located over the light-emitting portion of the light emitter and containing phosphors to emit second emission light having a second peak wavelength in a range of 430 to 475 nm and having a third peak wavelength in a range of 490 to 540 nm. The light-emitting device emits external emission light having a peak region including the first peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength, and the third peak wavelength 14P02303 and having a long wavelength region defined between an upper end of the range of the third peak wavelength and a wavelength of 750 nm in which a light intensity decreases continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetaka Katou, Tamio Kusano, Kiyotaka Yokoi
  • Patent number: 11273766
    Abstract: A multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be moveable relative to the vehicle, a rearview element including at least one of a reflective element, a camera and a display element, a bezel formed at an outer portion of the multi-function rearview device surrounding the rearview element, with the rearview element being attached to at least one of the bezel and the housing, one or more light assemblies providing at least one or more light function indications, including a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and at least one sensor, the sensor controlling the one or more light assemblies or the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
  • Patent number: 11276808
    Abstract: A conductive substrate for a display device has a plurality of rows of electrode connecting areas, a plurality of first conductive wires, a plurality of second conductive wires, and a plurality of first transparent electrically insulating layers disposed on an electrically insulating substrate. The second conductive wires are separated by the rows of the electrode connecting areas each including a plurality of electrically isolated electrode connecting areas. Each of the second conductive wires disposed between two neighboring rows of the electrode connecting areas has its one end connected to a single electrode contact in one electrode connecting area of the same row of the electrode connecting areas. Each of the first transparent electrically insulating layers is disposed between the second conductive wires respectively connected to a first section and a second section of the electrode connecting areas in the same row of the electrode connecting areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Wen-Chang Fan
  • Patent number: 11262620
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and light source device which includes an optical dome having a specifically defined shape to be able to maintain an optical profile of a light source. A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and emitting light, an optical dome formed to enclose the LED chip by being dispensed on the LED chip, a liquid crystal panel blocking or passing light output from the LED chip, and an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel, wherein a ratio of height of the optical dome to a diameter of a bottom surface of the optical dome may be 0.25 to 0.31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11262047
    Abstract: A display unit includes a transparent or translucent layer with a display side and a rear side, with an opaque or semitransparent layer on the display side, containing a plurality of apertures, a plurality of illuminants which are present at, or at a distance from, the rear side of the transparent or translucent layer, at least partly embedded in the layer, wherein at least one illuminant is substantially behind one of the apertures in each case configured and designed to emit light in the direction of and through the aperture, a transparent or translucent lamination ply adjoining the opaque or semitransparent layer and covering the plurality of apertures, and a transparent or translucent protective layer adjoining this lamination ply. Also disclosed are a display apparatus and a traffic guidance system comprising such a display unit, and use of the display unit as a media energy façade or a daylight display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Volker Probst
  • Patent number: 11262051
    Abstract: A flat lamp with a light guide plate comprises a lamp body, an LED plate arranged on a side wall of the lamp body, an upper support plate snap-fitted and connected to an opening end of the lamp body, and a fixing assembly arranged over a surface of the upper support plate and connected with the upper support plate. A method for mounting the flat lamp comprises steps of screwing screws into arc grooves of the cover plate of the fixing assembly and into screw holes provided at ends of the support plate members and fixing the fixing assembly on a roof; and moving the support plate members (41) to allow them to slide into the V-shaped bent portions of the connecting components and then continue sliding until being restrained by the bent plate at an end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Sang Pil Moon
  • Patent number: 11255336
    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: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WLC Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson