Patents Examined by Joseph Williams
  • Patent number: 9129552
    Abstract: Display devices using feedback-enhanced light emitting diodes may include active and passive matrix displays and projection displays. A light emissive element disposed between feedback elements is used as light emitting element in the display devices. The light emissive element may include organic or non-organic material. The feedback elements coupled to an emissive element allow the emissive element to emit collimated light by stimulated emission. The feedback elements that provide this function include holographic reflectors with refractive index variations that are continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ZeoLux Corporation
    Inventors: John N. Magno, Gene C. Koch
  • Patent number: 7462090
    Abstract: A method for detecting radiation is disclosed that includes forming a detector having a photocathode (22) with a protective layer (22c) of cesium, oxygen and fluorine; a microchannel plate (MCP) (24); and an electron receiver (26). Radiation is received at the photocathode (22). The photocathode (22) discharges electrons (34) in response to the received photons. Discharged electrons (34) are accelerated from the photocathode (22) to the input face (24a) of the microchannel plate (24). The electrons (34) are received at the input face (24a) of the microchannel plate (24). A cascade of secondary emission electrons (36) is generated in the microchannel plate (24) in response to the received electrons (34). The secondary emission electrons (36) are emitted from the output face (24b) of the microchannel plate (24). Secondary emission electrons (36) are received at the electron receiver (26). An output characteristic of the secondary emission electrons (36) is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Estrera, Adriana Giordana, John W. Glesener
  • Patent number: 7459845
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices, and related components, systems and methods are disclosed. A light-emitting device can include a multi-layer stack of materials including a light-generating region and a first layer supported by the light-generating region. During use of the light-emitting device, light generated by the light-generating region can emerge from the light-emitting device via a surface of the first layer. The light-emitting device can have an edge which is at least about one millimeter long and can be designed so that a wall plug efficiency of the light-emitting device is substantially independent of the length of the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Luminus Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexei A. Erchak
  • Patent number: 7439663
    Abstract: A high pressure gas discharge device and methods of using the device as a UV gas discharge light source are disclosed. The device has a cathode covered partially with a dielectric layer which separates the cathode from an anode. A discharge device utilizes one or more microhollows in the uncovered part of the cathode. Methods of utilizing the discharge devise as a gas discharge light source for producing ultrapure water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Ultraviolet Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: James Randall Cooper, Karl H. Schoenbach
  • Patent number: 7427223
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a light emitting device in which no copy-in is caused in the case of a light emitting device having a glossy cathode. An uneven portion is formed on the surface of a cathode which is in contact with an organic layer in a pixel portion, and incident light is reflected in all directions. An insulating film having a high light absorption property is formed in a driver circuit portion, and the copy-in becomes invisible to the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 7425797
    Abstract: A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate defining a plurality of discharge cells. Phosphor layers are formed within the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The discharge sustain electrodes include bus electrodes that extend such that a pair of the bus electrodes is provided for each of the discharge cells, and protrusion electrodes extending from each of the bus electrodes such that a pair of opposing protrusion electrodes is formed within an area corresponding to each discharge cell. A distal end of each protrusion electrode includes an indentation such that a gap is formed between the pair of opposing protrusion electrodes, and an aperture is formed in each protrusion electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gyun Woo, Tae-Kyoung Kang, Woo-Tae Kim, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Hun-Suk Yoo, Jae-Ik Kwon
  • Patent number: 7423379
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp has a discharge vessel (10) enclosing a discharge space (11) which contains an ionizable filling. The discharge vessel has a first (2) and a second (3) mutually opposed neck-shaped portion provided with a pair of electrodes (6, 7) arranged in the discharge space (13). Each electrode is tubular over its entire length. Preferably, the electrodes are free from coils in the discharge space. Preferably, the electrodes extend to outside the discharge vessel. The high-pressure discharge lamp according to the invention is relatively easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Anton Van Esveld, Vincent Marco Fischer, Jeroen Waltherus Johannes Schoone
  • Patent number: 7391146
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp has a transparent sealed bulb, a gas filling comprising an inert gas and a halogen additive, a luminous element which is attached to a current supply system extending in a pinched portion of the bulb, and a mount extending from at least adjacent the outside of the pinched portion into the bulb and comprising at least one metal support wire which retains the luminous element in the vicinity of the end of the bulb remote from the pinched portion. The mount has a non-conducting part such that the outer end of the part of the mount at or near the outside of the pinched portion and the support wire are electrically insulated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Marinus Maria Claassens, Joseph Franciscus Raymond Eijsermans, Wilfried Ludwig Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 7384322
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes a unitary vacuum processing chamber, upper and lower stages confronting each other at upper and lower spaces inside the vacuum processing chamber to bond a first and second substrates, and a first substrate lifting system formed in the lower stage for lifting the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Seok Lee, Sang Ho Park
  • Patent number: 7375458
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to continuous carbon-nanotube filaments of radiation-emitting devices and methods for fabricating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, James Stasiak, Robert Bicknell
  • Patent number: 7375456
    Abstract: The HID lamp mount has a discharge tube with two ends. A shroud surrounds the tube. Shroud clips position the shroud ends. The shroud clips have arcuate portions engaging the shroud periphery and transverse portions spanning the shroud diameter and grasping and positioning the tube ends. A shroud rod attaches between the clips to maintain their positioning. An electrical lead-in connects the second electrode terminus and has a first leg extending transversely from the terminus and a second leg extending parallel to the electrode. An offset electrical lead-in connects the first electrode terminus, and has a first section extending transversely to the first electrode, a second section extending parallel to the shroud, a third section extending toward the shroud, and a fourth section extending parallel to the shroud. An offset electrical lead-in retaining clip is affixed to the shroud and the fourth section of the offset electrical lead-in retaining clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Collins, John A. Scholz, Kenneth J. Rochon
  • Patent number: 7371143
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein. In one embodiment, the hermetically sealed glass package is suitable to protect thin film devices which are sensitive to the ambient environment. Some examples of such glass packages are organic emitting light diode (OLED) displays, sensors, and other optical devices. The present invention is demonstrated using an OLED display as an example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith J. Becken, Stephan L. Logunov, Kamjula P. Reddy, Joseph F. Schroeder, III, Holly J. Strzepek
  • Patent number: 7372201
    Abstract: The disclosure has described a sub-miniature arc lamp and a method to make a sub-miniature arc lamp. An embodiment of the sub-miniature arc lamp includes a sapphire body having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to a first cap and the second end being coupled to a second cap to define a sealed envelope, wherein a first electrode being mounted in the first cap and a second electrode being mounted in the second cap are enclosed within the envelope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Vaconics Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7372203
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a front and a rear substrate which face each other and form a discharge space; address electrodes arranged on an upper surface of the rear substrate; a first dielectric layer formed on the upper surface of the rear substrate and covering the address electrodes; partition walls formed on the upper surface of the rear substrate and partitioning the discharge space to form discharge cells; a fluorescent layer formed on an upper surface of the first dielectric layer and on sidewalls of partition walls, and forming inner surfaces of the discharge cells; first and second sustain electrodes formed on a lower surface of the front substrate in each of the discharge cells in a direction perpendicular to the address electrodes; and a second dielectric layer formed on the lower surface of the front substrate to cover the sustain electrodes, and having protruding portions formed between the sustain electrodes and protruding into discharge cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Jang, Hidekazu Hatanaka, Young-Mo Kim, Seong-Eui Lee, Xiaoqing Zeng, Seung-Hyun Son, Gi-Young Kim, Hyoung-Bin Park
  • Patent number: 7365490
    Abstract: A plasma display device enhances a shield structure for shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or noise arising in a circuit board. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) for displaying a predetermined image thereon. In addition, the plasma display device includes a chassis base for supporting the PDP, a circuit board installed on the chassis base, and a shield member for covering at least a portion of the circuit boards. The shield member has a conducting layer on at least one side of an insulating substrate. Using the structure described, EMI and/or noise arising from the circuit board is shielded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7365482
    Abstract: A field emission display includes first and second substrates provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween; electron emission sources provided on one of the first and second substrates; an electron emission inducing assembly for inducing the emission of electrons from the electron emission sources; and an illuminating assembly provided on the substrate on which the electron emission sources are not formed, the illuminating assembly realizing images by the emission of electrons from the electron emission sources. The electron emission sources include a carbon nanotube layer and a base layer, the base layer connecting the carbon nanotube layer to the substrate and applying a voltage to the carbon nanotube layer required for the emission of electrons. Also, the carbon nanotube layer is provided on the base layer in a state substantially un-mixed with the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mee-Ae Ryu, Hun-Young Kim, Joong-Woo Nam
  • Patent number: 7362041
    Abstract: A method of operating an arc discharge lamp and a lamp in which a light transmissive envelope encloses electrode tips, a salt and a fill that includes iodine, and in which after turning the lamp off, a first part of the light transmissive envelope is locally cooled relative to other parts of the light transmissive envelope to provide a condensation site for the iodine that is spaced from the electrode tips, the first part of the light transmissive envelope being where a salt reservoir forms and where the salt is cooled by the local cooling. The local cooling may be provided by an indentation in an outer sleeve around the light transmissive envelope, where the indentation contacts the first part to provide a heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Walter P. Lapatovich, A. Bowman Budinger
  • Patent number: 7362051
    Abstract: A plasma display panel structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The plasma display panel has a front portion having a substrate having sustain electrodes. The plasma display panel has a front dielectric layer that attaches to the front portion. The front dielectric layer has colored dielectric layers made of a different material for each discharging spaces of red, green, and blue color and, colored dielectric layers being disposed corresponding to discharging spaces of red, green, and blue colors. Lattice dielectric layers are also formed to improve contrast. The colored and the lattice dielectric layers being fine pitch or high density patterned formed by a compression tool. The plasma display panel also has a rear substrate on which address electrodes are formed in a direction orthogonal to the sustain electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Joung Kweon
  • Patent number: 7362042
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel. A chassis base is disposed substantially parallel to the plasma display panel, and a thermal conduction medium is interposed between and closely contacting the plasma display panel and the chassis base. The thermal conduction medium is a composite sheet having a thermal conductivity which is greater in a planar direction of the composite sheet than the thermal conductivity in a thickness direction of the composite sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Won Bae, Joon-Hyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 7362046
    Abstract: Display 100 has three adjacent display tiles 10, each having a mould plastics support 11, a glass panel 12 incorporating the OLED element and an interface pcb 17. These tiles 10 form part of a full-color advertising screen of dimensions 1.2 meter by 1.8 meter, used in indoor public places.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Image Portal Limited
    Inventor: Mark Aston