Patents Examined by Joseph L. Williams
  • Patent number: 11099443
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel having a plurality of wirings in the fan-out area respectively connected to a plurality of signal lines in the display area, each of the plurality of wirings in the fan-out area configured to transmit a signal to one of a plurality of subpixels through one of the plurality of signal lines in the display area; and a plurality of bonding pads respectively connected to the plurality of wirings, configured to bond the plurality of wirings with a driver integrated circuit. The plurality of wirings are grouped into a plurality of groups of wirings comprising a first group of a plurality of first wirings and a second group of a plurality of second wirings. The plurality of first wirings are made of a first conductive material. The plurality of second wirings are made of a second conductive material. The second conductive material has a resistivity greater than that of the first conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunze Li, Ni Yang, Ming Deng, Zhiyong Li, Mengqiu Liu, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 11092833
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a display panel to display an image; a cabinet covering an front edge portion of the display panel; a light source package disposed behind the display panel to provide light onto the display panel; a bottom cover coupled to behind the cabinet to package the display panel and the light source package; and a back cover covering a first portion of a rear side of the bottom cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Munhe Lee, Gyoungbok Kim
  • Patent number: 11092297
    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: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.
    Inventor: Vladimir Odnoblyudov
  • Patent number: 11096257
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device, in particular of a vehicle combined lighting device, including at least two controllable light modules with point light sources with automotive certification, which are connected to a power source and to a control unit. Each light module includes a driver to which point light sources of the light module are connected, wherein the drivers are connected by their data input via a common data-conducting path of the lighting device to a common control unit and are further connected by their electrical terminals to a two-wire common power distribution system from the source of electrical energy, wherein each point light source is connected to the power output of its driver and to a negative pole of the source of electrical energy or to a grounding pole. A light module for a vehicle lighting device, in particular for a vehicle combined lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tomas Gloss, Petr Novak, Ludek Mazal
  • Patent number: 11092323
    Abstract: A firearm-mountable device having an improved switch assembly is shown and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Hawk, William D. Worman, Jonathan R. Sharrah
  • Patent number: 11088352
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided, in the field of display technology. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a thin-film transistor, a light-emitting device, an encapsulation structure, and a conductive film layer sequentially disposed on the base substrate in a direction away from the base substrate. Since the display substrate includes a conductive film layer on a side of the encapsulation structure away from the base substrate, when the protective film layer on the side of the conductive film layer away from the base substrate is peeled off, static electricity generated by the separation of the film layer can be released to the conductive film layer, avoiding electron transition to the active layer of the thin-film transistor in the display substrate to cause offset of the threshold voltage of the thin-film transistor. The display brightness uniformity of the display substrate can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenqu Liu, Feng Zhang, Qi Yao, Zhijun Lv, Liwen Dong, Shizheng Zhang, Ning Dang, Xiaoxin Song, Zhao Cui
  • Patent number: 11085624
    Abstract: A lighting unit has an input connector which has a first terminal arrangement which connects to a protection circuit to engage a lighting driver in an initial connection of the lighting unit (14) and the lighting driver (12), and a second terminal arrangement which connects to a light source. The second terminal arrangement is adapted to engage the lighting driver later than an engagement of the first terminal arrangement to the light driver. The protection circuit (22) is adapted to operate earlier than an engagement of the light source (20) to the lighting driver (20). The protection circuit prevents current surges from being delivered by the lighting driver at the time of connection of the lighting unit. The protection circuit is only applied temporarily, before direct connection is made between the light source and the lighting driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Johannes Gertrudis Gielen, Remco Christianus Wilhelmus Leermakers, Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg
  • Patent number: 11081319
    Abstract: Glass sealed gas discharge tubes. In some embodiments, a gas discharge tube (GDT) can include an insulator substrate having first and second sides and defining an opening. The GDT can further include a first electrode implemented to cover the opening on the first side of the insulator substrate, and a second electrode implemented to cover the opening on the second side of the insulator substrate. The GDT can further include a first glass seal implemented between the first electrode and the first side of the insulator substrate, and a second glass seal implemented between the second electrode and the second side of the insulator substrate, such that the first and second glass seals provide a hermetic seal for a chamber defined by the opening and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Bourns, Inc.
    Inventors: Zuoyi Wang, Peter Shak, Gordon L. Bourns
  • Patent number: 11081865
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting a gap between a first electrode and a second electrode of a spark plug, encompassing at least a counter-brace, a gap plate, and a plunger, which are disposed along a longitudinal axis; the counter-brace being configured to brace the spark plug; the gap plate being disposed between the counter-brace and the plunger in the direction of the longitudinal axis; the gap plate being configured to be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and the plunger being configured to apply a deformation force in the direction of the longitudinal axis onto the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Nicolai Claus
  • Patent number: 11083054
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Won-Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11075504
    Abstract: A corona comprises a central electrode surrounded by an insulator, which is surrounded by a conductive component. The conductive component includes a shell and an intermediate part both formed of an electrically conductive material. The intermediate part is a layer of metal which brazes the insulator to the shell. An outer surface of the insulator presents a lower ledge, and the layer of metal can be applied to the insulator above the lower ledge prior to or after inserting the insulator into the shell. The conductive inner diameter is less than an insulator outer diameter directly below the lower ledge such the insulator thickness increases toward the electrode firing end. The insulator outer diameter is also typically less than the shell inner diameter so that the corona igniter can be forward-assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Tenneco Inc.
    Inventors: John Antony Burrows, John E. Miller, Kristapher I. Mixell, James D. Lykowski
  • Patent number: 11069503
    Abstract: An electron generating apparatus includes a filament, a power supply configured to supply power to the filament so as to make the filament emit an electron, and a controller configured to repeatedly detect a value having a correlation with power supplied from the power supply to the filament, determine whether a state of the filament satisfies a notification condition, by using a plurality of detected values, and perform notification when the state satisfies the notification condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Saito, Kyuma Iizuka, Eriko Chida
  • Patent number: 11067268
    Abstract: An apparatus to provide a source of light includes a lighted mirror. The lighted mirror is configured for installation within a building. A single electrical power circuit provides a source of electrical power to the lighted mirror from the building. The single electrical power circuit is either in an ON state or an OFF state. The lighted mirror includes a nightlight system. The nightlight system includes a battery. The battery is electrically connected to charge when the single electrical circuit is in the ON state. The nightlight system includes a first sensor. The first sensor is configured to receive electrical power from the battery and to measure a first value for a first parameter from an area proximate to the lighted mirror. The nightlight system includes a nightlight. The nightlight is electrically connected to receive electrical power from the battery. The nightlight system has an ON state and an OFF state and control logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRIC MIRROR, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Philip Johnston, Seth Axel Coady, Templeton Briggs, III
  • Patent number: 11067261
    Abstract: Side molded combination type line lights according to the present invention are configured to include: a fixed frame having a basic C-shaped cross sectional structure formed with a closing portion, opposite side walls, and an opening portion, wherein a protruding locking portion for guiding fixation of pieces is formed on each inner side of the opposite side walls, and a side mold coupling end is formed at each of the end portions of the opposite side walls; a diffusion plate coupled with the opening portion of the fixed frame; and a side mold formed in an L-shaped or T-shaped cross section, wherein an engaging portion to be coupled with the side mold coupling end is formed on one of the two types of side molds and coupled with each of the end portions of the opposite side walls of the fixed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Cheol Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11067232
    Abstract: A modular ceiling kit comprising a luminaire arrangement and a mounting frame (12) is disclosed. The luminaire arrangement has a luminaire (20) with a first light exit window (22) framed by a rim (25). The mounting frame (12) has an aperture (13) for receiving the luminaire (20). The luminaire arrangement also has a component (30) that is mountable in between the mounting frame (12) and the luminaire (20). The component (30) has a first light exit window (22) framed by a rim (25). The component (30) comprises a second light exit window (35) larger than the first light exit window (22), the second light exit window (35) being delimited by a side wall arrangement (33) extending away from the second light exit window (35), wherein the component (30) is dimensioned such that when the component (30) is positioned on the luminaire (20), the component (30) obscures the rim (25) and the sidewall arrangement (33) creates a clearance (40) between the first light exit window (22) and the second light exit window (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Rick Gerhardus Nijkamp, Silvia Maria Booij
  • Patent number: 11066008
    Abstract: An illuminable vehicle component and a method for illuminating a vehicle component includes a vehicle component including an A-surface, a photoluminescent or electroluminescent light source covering the A-surface, a pigmented layer coving the photoluminescent or electroluminescent light source, and an optional optically clear top coat covering the pigmented layer. When the photoluminescent or electroluminescent light source is not activated and is not emitting light, the pigmented layer has an opaque appearance. When the photoluminescent or electroluminescent light source is activated to emit light, light emitted from the photoluminescent or electroluminescent light source is transmitted through the pigmented layer and the optional optically clear top coat such that the illuminable vehicle component has an illuminated appearance and the component is illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nichole A. Verwys, Zachary Segraves
  • Patent number: 11067267
    Abstract: A head wearable device includes a headpiece, a housing attached to the headpiece, a luminaire attached to the headpiece, the luminaire including a luminaire housing and at least one light source located within the luminaire housing, a duct system connecting the luminaire to the housing, a ball joint rotatably connecting the duct system to the luminaire, and an air moving device configured to induce a cooling air flow through an inlet in the luminaire housing, through the heatsink, through the ball joint, through the duct system, and out of an exhaust in the housing attached to of the headpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Neeley, Greg Falendysz, Steve Dieter, Parker Hren, Nick Higbee, Charles David Strubbe
  • Patent number: 11062628
    Abstract: A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) apparatus has one or more LED display modules. At least one of the one or more LED display modules has a plurality of LED display submodules. The plurality of LED display submodules are flexibly coupled to each other to form a flexible display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: 10644137 CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Sam Scherwitz, Iman Askarianabyaneh, Shekari Dawood Beyragh
  • Patent number: 11060712
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan, LED lighting system and electric blue killer. The disclosed systems may include a housing forming an air chamber and an axial fan. The fan may include a fan cavity having an air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting, fan and electric bug killing components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. The LED light fixture emits a blue or light blue light which attracts bugs. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more electric bug killing devices to kill any bugs as air flows through the air chamber. The present invention may also include grow light fixture in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: WLC Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11060690
    Abstract: A luminous device for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source including a plurality of emitting elements that are configured to form at least one first emission zone and one second emission zone that are addressable selectively from each other. The luminous device also comprises a screen that is at least partially transparent to the light emitted by the light source, comprising first transmission zones and second transmission zones that are respectively arranged facing the first and second emission zones, the first transmission zones being configured to scatter the light beams emitted by the first emission zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Vincent Godbillon