Patents Examined by Joseph L. Williams
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Patent number: 12187190Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes brackets designed to break in response to a force, or load, to the lamp. Based in part on the breaking of the brackets, the lamp may move relative to the vehicle. As a result, when a pedestrian provides the force, the impact by the lamp to the pedestrian is reduced, thus decreasing the likelihood of injury to the pedestrians. A lamp may further include one or more clips that secure to a front end module of the vehicle. In the event of impact to the lamp, the clip(s) promote movement of the lamp relative to the vehicle. A lamp may further include a damper designed to absorb energy from the force to the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Revathi Krishnamoorthy, Shubham Prakash Kulkarni, Diana Betzabe Cuellar Alcala, Vijay Jayaraman, Shammika Ashan Wickramasinghe, Timothy Beaven, Simon Baker, Siobhan Marie Casey
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Patent number: 12181761Abstract: An Embodiment of the present disclosure provide a display substrate, including a base substrate, and a plurality of first scanning lines, a plurality of second scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrodes and a plurality of pixel electrodes on the base substrate. The second scanning lines are parallel to the data lines, and the second scanning lines, the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes are in different layers. The common electrodes are located on a side of the second scanning lines and the data lines away from the base substrate, and on a side of the pixel electrodes proximal to the base substrate. An orthographic projection of one of the data line and the second scanning line on the base substrate is located in a spacer region between adjacent pixel electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuntian Zhang, Maoxiu Zhou, Haipeng Yang, Ke Dai, Mengmeng Li, Yanping Liao, Lei Guo
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Patent number: 12173856Abstract: The lighting device disclosed at an embodiment of the invention comprises: a reflective member; a resin layer disposed on the reflective member; a light emitting device disposed to correspond to one side surface of the resin layer; and a light wavelength conversion layer disposed on one surface of the resin layer. The light wavelength conversion layer includes a main phosphor pattern disposed in a long axis direction of the resin layer, the main phosphor pattern includes a first unit-phosphor pattern disposed in a first region and a second unit-phosphor pattern disposed in a second region, the first region may be located closer to the light emitting device than the second region, and a width of the first unit-phosphor pattern may be less than a width of the second unit-phosphor pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kee Youn Jang, Dong Il Eom, Jae Hyuk Jang
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Patent number: 12170272Abstract: A display device and a method of fabricating a display device. The display device includes a substrate including an emission area and a subarea adjacent to the emission area, a bank disposed in the emission area of the substrate, a height difference compensation pattern disposed in the subarea of the substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on the bank, the first electrode and the second electrode being spaced apart from each other, and a light-emitting element disposed in the emission area, between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Chan Lee, Jeong Hyun Lee, Hyun Kim, Jung Gun Nam, Jang Soon Park, Jeong Su Park, Sung Geun Bae, Myeong Hun Song, Da Sol Jeong, Won Hyeong Heo
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Patent number: 12158662Abstract: Provided is a barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet that, when applied to a wavelength conversion sheet, can suppress in-plane uneven brightness of the wavelength conversion sheet. A barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet, the barrier film including a first base material film, a second base material film, a barrier layer, a primer layer, and an adhesive layer positioned between the first base material film and the second base material film, wherein the barrier film satisfies the following condition 1: <Condition 1> A surface of the barrier film on a side having the primer layer with respect to the adhesive layer is defined as a surface 1; an elevation of the surface 1 is measured at intervals of 1 mm to obtain elevation data about the surface 1; a contour curve of the surface 1 determined by the elevation data is defined as a contour curve 1; at least a part of the surface 1 has at least one irregularity 1 having a height difference between an adjacent peak and valley of 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Shuichi Tamura, Akihito Haruki, Ryutaro Harada
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Patent number: 12148592Abstract: A system for melting, sintering, or heat treating a material is provided. The system includes a cathode, an anode, and a focus coil assembly having a quadrupole magnet. The quadrupole magnet includes four poles and a yoke. The four poles are spaced apart and surround a beam cavity. Each of the four poles includes a pole face proximate the beam cavity and an end opposite the pole face. The first and third poles are aligned along an x-axis and configured to have a first magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and a second magnetic polarity opposite the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The second and fourth poles are aligned along a y-axis and configured to have the second magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The yoke surrounds the poles and is coupled to the poles.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John Scott Price, Ye Bai, Antonio Caiafa, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Uwe Wiedmann
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Patent number: 12147139Abstract: The present application provides a display device, when the display device is in a first display mode, a transmittance of first optical units to light is less than a transmittance of second optical units to light, so that diffracted light is emitted due to a phenomenon that apertures in a diffraction panel are alternating between light and dark. After the diffracted light emitted by the diffraction panel passes through a display panel, the display device has a wide viewing angle in the first display mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qian Deng, Wei Cheng
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Patent number: 12148607Abstract: A lamp and epitaxial processing apparatus are described herein. In one example, the lamp includes a bulb, a filament, and a plurality of filament supports disposed in spaced-apart relation to the filament, each of the filament supports having a hook support and a hook. The hook includes a connector configured to fasten the hook to the hook support, a first vertical portion extending from the connector toward the filament, and a rounded portion extending from an end of the first vertical portion distal from the connector and configured to wrap around the filament. A second vertical portion extends from an end of the rounded portion distal from the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion has a length between 60% and 100% of the length of the first vertical portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Yao-Hung Yang, Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Kaushik Rao, Vincent Joseph Kirchhoff, Sagir Kadiwala, Munirah Mahyudin, Daniel Chou
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Patent number: 12148330Abstract: A spliced LED box body includes at least four LED boxes arranged in rows and columns and spliced with each other, wherein connecting components are provided on opposite adjacent splicing surfaces of the LED box. The connecting components include a first connecting component, a second connecting component, a third connecting component and a fourth connecting component. The first connecting component and third connecting component are arranged on two adjacent side surfaces of the LED box, the second connecting component is arranged on a side surface of the LED box opposite to the first connecting component, and the fourth connecting component is arranged on a side surface of the LED box opposite to the third connecting component. When two adjacent LED boxes are spliced, the first connecting component and the second connecting component are matched and connected, and the third connecting component and the fourth connecting component are matched and connected.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Shenzhen Time Waying Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changsheng Hu, Shuanli Hou
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Patent number: 12140801Abstract: A waveguide heater is configured to heat an optical waveguide. The heater includes multiple heating elements and has one or two conditions selected from a group consisting of a first condition and the second condition. The first condition is the heater including multiple interior connectors that are each included in an interior electrical pathway between a pair of the heating elements where the interior connectors are connected in parallel and provide electrical communication between the heating elements included in the pair. The second condition is multiple exterior connectors that are each included in an exterior electrical pathway between electronics and a first one of the heating elements where the exterior connectors are connected in parallel and provide electrical communication between the electronics and the first heating element. The electronics are configured to apply an electrical bias to the heater. In some instances, the heater in included in a wavelength tuner.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SiLC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Amir Tavallaee, Amir Hanjani, Chen Chen
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Patent number: 12140790Abstract: A light-guide optical element (LOE) and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The LOE includes a transparent substrate having a first refractive index, the substrate having a pair of parallel external surfaces along a length thereof, and a plurality of mutually parallel at least partially reflective internal surfaces, the mutually parallel internal surfaces being angled obliquely relative to the pair of external surfaces; and a transparent polymer resin encapsulating at least a part of the substrate to form an encapsulated structure, the polymer resin having a second refractive index that is matched to the first refractive index; wherein the encapsulated structure comprises a pair of parallel external surfaces of optical quality formed from the resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: LUMUS LTD.Inventors: Amit Maziel, Yuval Ofir
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Patent number: 12135457Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, an alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a liquid crystal layer which overlaps the alignment film, which includes cholesteric liquid crystals, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, and a transparent first protective layer which overlaps the liquid crystal layer, and which is formed of a water-soluble polymer or a fluorine-based resin.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2024Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignees: Japan Display Inc., OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Koichi Igeta, Shinichiro Oka, Yasushi Tomioka, Junji Kobashi, Hiroyuki Yoshida
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Patent number: 12129975Abstract: A device can include a body including a sensor and an accelerometer. The sensor can detect contact with the body. The accelerometer can detect a movement of the body. The device can also include at least one processor. The at least one processor can determine an action corresponding to the movement of the body. The action can include at least one of a thermal effect, a production of light, or a transmission of power. The at least one processor can also cause the device to perform the action.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Abishek Sadhu Anchan, Fong Shyr Yang
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Patent number: 12119201Abstract: A cathode heater assembly for use in a vacuum electronic device includes a refractive cup having a bottom portion and side walls forming a container; a cathode secured in the container of the refractive cup; and a heater wire coupled to the refractive cup. The cathode heater assembly may be manufactured by providing a refractive cup having a bottom portion and side walls forming a container; inserting a cathode pellet in the container of the refractive cup; impregnating the cathode pellet with electron emissive materials while the cathode pellet is in the container of the refractive cup; and attaching a heater wire to the refractive cup.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Elve Inc.Inventors: Colin Andrew McElroy, Michelle Gonzalez, Diana Gamzina Daugherty, Mikhail Kuffel, Danny Chan
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Patent number: 12111487Abstract: Provided are a color filter including a colored pixel A including an aluminum phthalocyanine pigment and an ultraviolet absorbing layer which is provided on an optical path on a light incident side of the colored pixel A and has a wavelength region having a transmittance of 20% or less in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, in which a transmittance in a wavelength region of 550 to 800 nm is 80% or more; and a solid-state imaging element and an image display device which include the color filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Haruki Inabe
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Patent number: 12111037Abstract: A lampshade ring assembly, a lampshade apparatus including the lampshade ring assembly and a lampshade, and a method of assembling the same. The lampshade ring assembly may include a mounting hub having a plurality of first mounting elements arranged in a spaced apart manner, an outer ring having a plurality of second mounting elements arranged in a spaced apart manner, and a plurality of connectors each having a first end with a third mounting element and a second end with a fourth mounting element. The connectors may be detachably coupled to: (1) the mounting hub via engagement between the first mounting elements and the third mounting element; and (2) the outer ring via engagement between the second mounting elements and the fourth mounting element. The outer ring may be configured to be coupled to a lampshade and the mounting hub may be configured to be coupled to a light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Inventor: Nathaniel David Pratt
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Patent number: 12111510Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for making armored cables. An example method for making an armored cable includes forming a strip stock into an armor tubing; welding a seam of the armor tubing in a welding zone; inserting at least one of a first optical fiber or a first wire into a first end of a first guide tube, wherein: the first guide tube extends through the welding zone; the first guide tube protects the at least one of the first optical fiber or the first wire during the welding of the seam; and the first guide tube is not part of the armored cable after the making of the armored cable; and supporting the first guide tube within the armor tubing by a plurality of support legs such that the first guide tube does not contact the armor tubing.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Edward M. Dowd, Domino Taverner, John J. Grunbeck
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Patent number: 12113149Abstract: A light source device includes a substrate, a light source, a liquid crystal shutter, and a lens. The light source is supported by the substrate. The light source includes a plurality of light emission units two-dimensionally arranged. The liquid crystal shutter is disposed on the light source. The lens is disposed on the liquid crystal shutter. The liquid crystal shutter is configured to perform independent ON/OFF control in two or more regions corresponding to at least one of the light emission units.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Okahisa, Shintaro Noma
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Patent number: 12103460Abstract: A steering wheel, including a steering wheel rim and a light-emitting assembly arranged on the steering wheel rim, wherein the light-emitting assembly includes a light source, a light guide member, and a light transmissive member, the light guide member including a light inlet portion, a light outlet portion, and an orientation portion provided between the light inlet portion and the light outlet portion. Light emitted by the light source enters the light inlet portion in a first direction, is oriented by the orientation portion, and then exits the steering wheel from the light outlet portion and the light transmissive member sequentially in a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction, and the light transmissive member is configured to be annular and arranged in a radial direction of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Mingfei Liang, Linlin Xu, Fenxia Zhang, Ruigang Sang
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Patent number: 12106952Abstract: A lens assembly for an outer source of a mass spectrometer, the assembly comprising: a housing; a plurality of lens elements, each lens element comprising a radially extending electrically conductive protrusion, the lens elements being linearly arranged in the housing such that the protrusions are aligned with one another; and an interface connector having a plurality of sockets to receive the protrusions therein and create an electrical connection between the protrusions and sockets. A housing for a resistance temperature detector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: Alastair Booth, Alvin Chua, Carl Chen, Marcus Dawber, Pham Hoang Vu Ngo, William Ngo, Dennis Ong, Richard Tyldesley-Worster, Arvind Rangan, Steven Rocha