Patents Examined by Kevin Quarterman
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Patent number: 12148739Abstract: The present disclosure provides a micro-light-emitting diode display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. Provided is a micro-light-emitting diode (LED) display apparatus including a plurality of pixels, the micro-LED display apparatus including a driving circuit substrate, a first electrode provided on the driving circuit substrate, one or more microlight-emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on the first electrode, an insulating layer provided on the one or more micro-LEDs, a via pattern provided in the insulating layer, electrical contacts provided in the via pattern, and a second electrode provided on the electrical contacts, wherein the via pattern exposes a portion of the one or more micro-LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seogwoo Hong, Junsik Hwang, Kyungwook Hwang
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Patent number: 12147103Abstract: According to one embodiment, a casing accommodating a display panel and a illumination device includes a bottom portion supporting the illumination device, a first edge part and a second edge part, a third edge part extending along a first direction at a position between the first edge part and the second edge part, a first locking portion provided at the first edge part, and a second locking portion provided at the second edge part, wherein a first adhesive member adheres the display panel to the first locking portion, a second adhesive member adheres the display panel to the second locking portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Mao Izawa, Masaaki Takuma
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Patent number: 12127437Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a first bank including a first sub-bank and a second sub-bank spaced apart from each other on the substrate; a first electrode on the first sub-bank; a second electrode on the second sub-bank and spaced apart from the first electrode; and a light-emitting element between the first sub-bank and the second sub-bank. Each of the first and second sub-banks has a first area having a concave curved shape in a cross section and being adjacent to the light-emitting element. The first electrode has a first section extending beyond the first sub-bank toward the light-emitting element, the second electrode has a first section extending beyond the second sub-bank toward the light-emitting element, and a width of the first section of the first electrode is different from a width of the first section of the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: In Woo Kim, Jae Hee Kim, Myeong Hun Song, Ho Kyun Ahn, Jeong Kook Wang, Seung Jin Chu
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Patent number: 12120858Abstract: A picture generation apparatus using a heat sink dissipating system is disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a picture generation apparatus including a PCB on which one or more light sources are disposed; a funnel configured to focus light of the light sources emitted from the PCB, and to reflect the focused light of the light sources to a user; and a heat sink comprising a cup-shaped accommodating part to accommodate the PCB and the funnel, and a polygonal flange part formed on an end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun Woo Kang
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Patent number: 12119431Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first light emitter including a first light emitting chip emitting first blue light and at least one among a first phosphor and a second phosphor, the first light emitter being configured to emit second blue light, and a second light emitter including a second light emitting chip emitting third blue light and at least one among a third phosphor and a fourth phosphor, the second light emitter being configured to emit fourth blue light, wherein a ratio of an intensity of a peak wavelength of the fourth blue light to an intensity of a peak wavelength of the second blue light is greater than or equal to 0.6.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seongmin Kim, Jeongeun Yun, Jeongrok Oh, Sungwoo Choi, Chulsoo Yoon
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Patent number: 12108634Abstract: A display device, includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas each having an emission area; and a pixel provided in each of the pixel areas, wherein the pixel comprises: at least one light emitting element on a first surface of the substrate; a first insulating layer on the light emitting element; at least one transistor on the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the light emitting element; a second insulating layer on the transistor; a common electrode on the second insulating layer; and a pixel electrode on a third insulating layer of the common electrode and electrically connected to the transistor, wherein the light emitting element comprises a semiconductor structure on the substrate, and first and second electrodes on the semiconductor structure to be spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung II Jeon, Min Woo Kim, Dae Ho Song, Byung Choon Yang, Jin Woo Choi
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Patent number: 12104894Abstract: Provided are an illumination device and an electronic apparatus. The illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light, a surface light source layer configured to convert the light emitted from the light source to surface light, a focusing lens configured to focus the surface light from the surface light source layer, and a display panel including an aperture through which light focused by the focusing lens passes.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seunghoon Han, Jangwoo You, Minkyung Lee
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Patent number: 12101952Abstract: A light-emitting substrate includes a base; a first material layer and a second material layer that are disposed on the base, and an etch stop layer between the first material layer and the second material layer. The first material layer is closer to the base than the second material layer. The second material layer includes a plurality of patterns, and each pattern and the first material layer have an overlapping region therebetween. The etch stop layer includes at least portions in respective overlapping regions. A portion of the etch stop layer located in each overlapping region is in contact with the first material layer and the second material layer. Energy level(s) of the portion of the etch stop layer located in each overlapping region are matched with energy levels of the first material layer and the second material layer at corresponding positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhigao Lu, Yichi Zhang
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Patent number: 12101959Abstract: A display panel has an active area and a peripheral area. The display panel includes a base, at least one barrier, and a filling pattern. The at least one barrier is disposed on the base and located in the peripheral area. The at least one barrier has a first top face, a first bottom face, and first side faces connected to the first top face and the first bottom face. The first top face and the first bottom face of the at least one barrier are disposed opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the base, and the first bottom face is closer to the base than the first top face. The filling pattern is disposed outside a barrier and located a connecting position between a first side face and the first bottom face. A slope of a side face of an outer contour formed by the barrier and at least one filling pattern as a whole is smaller than a slope of the first side face.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Ping Wen, Zhiliang Jiang, Ge Wang
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Patent number: 12089456Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate on which a plurality of islands and a plurality of bridges connecting the plurality of islands to each other are defined; a plurality of pixels disposed in each of the plurality of islands; and a wire disposed in each of the plurality of bridges and connected to the plurality of pixels, where the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges are defined based on cutout portions of the substrate, and a vertex of a cutout portion between one of the plurality of islands and a bridge connected to the one of the plurality of islands is an intersection of a straight line and a curved line.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Jun Hyeong Park, Jae Min Shin, Hye Jin Joo
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Patent number: 12082480Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area including a light blocking area and a non-display area around the display area, a base film disposed on the display panel, a light blocking layer that overlaps the light blocking area and is disposed on a surface of the base film, a first adhesive disposed between the display panel and the base film, a window disposed on the base film, and a second adhesive disposed between the window and the base film. A first hole defined in a portion of the light blocking area passes through the base film, the light blocking layer, the first adhesive, and the second adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jongsuk Lee, Jihoon Song, Sangbong Lee, Jihoon Kim, Yonghwan Yoon
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Patent number: 12082448Abstract: In order to provide a display apparatus with improved durability and improved impact resistance and a method of manufacturing the same, the disclosure provides a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the display apparatus including a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer and including a first hole exposing a portion of the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole, and a second conductive layer in contact with the portion of the semiconductor layer via the first hole and the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changwoo Shim, Hyuntae Kim
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Patent number: 12055814Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes a substrate and a sub-pixel group located at a side of the substrate. In an embodiment, the sub-pixel group includes sub-pixels of at least two different colors and a light-limiting structure. In an embodiment, the sub-pixels share one light-emitting element. In an embodiment, along a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the light-limiting structure overlaps with the light-emitting element and is located at a light exit side of the light-emitting element. In an embodiment, when the display panel displays an image, the sub-pixels in the sub-pixel group are enabled in sequence. In an embodiment, the when one of the sub-pixels is enabled, the light-limiting structure causes light emitted by the light-emitting element to exit only from the enabled sub-pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ling Wu
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Patent number: 12044385Abstract: A light system comprises at least three separate individual rigid metal LED heat sinks each having a respective substantially planar outwardly facing LED support surface and a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board comprises a flexible substrate carrying a plurality of LEDs, electrical control components, electrical input components and electrical traces. LED regions of the flexible printed circuit board carrying the LEDs are disposed on the outwardly facing LED support surfaces with light-emitting surfaces of the LEDs outwardly facing. Adjacent LED heat sinks are foldably coupled to one another by joints formed by fold regions of the flexible printed circuit board extending between respective spaced-apart edges of the adjacent ones of the LED heat sinks. Each adjacent pair of the outwardly facing LED support surfaces are non-parallel to one another whereby the outwardly facing LED support surfaces are disposed on notional faces of a notional polyhedron.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SWS WARNING LIGHTS INC.Inventor: Rainier Chua
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Patent number: 12048231Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first area, a second area disposed on the first area, and a bending area extending from the first area to the second area, where the first area includes a first flat area and a first curved area disposed between the bending area and the first flat area, a driver disposed on the first flat area, a cover panel disposed between the first area and the second area, and a space layer including a first adhesive layer disposed between the cover panel and the first curved area and a second adhesive layer disposed between the cover panel and the first flat area. Here, the first adhesive layer has an adhesive property different from an adhesive property of the second adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheuljin Park, Hyunchul Bae
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Patent number: 12044927Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display panel and a backlight module; where the backlight module includes: a back plane including a plane portion and an inclined portion surrounding the plane portion, where the inclined portion inclines toward a light emitting side of the backlight module, and the inclined portion and the plane portion are arranged at a configured angle; a light board, arranged on the plane portion of the back plane; a split reflector plate, including a main reflector plate and side reflector plates; where the main reflector plate is arranged on a side of the light board facing away from the back plane, the side reflector plates are arranged on a side of the inclined portion of the back plane facing the light board, and splicing positions of the plurality of side reflector plates do not overlap with corner positions of the inclined portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaodong Cong, Yu Han, Yi Zou, Ximin Feng, Guangjun Yuan, Zhirui Zhang, Guangqing Yang
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Patent number: 12044382Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to wallpacks containing at least one light source, such as a light-emitting diode (LED). The wallpack light fixtures disclosed herein generally contain a housing, at least one light source, a power supply, and a plurality of heat sink fins.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Andrew F. Scarlata, Virginia Merriam, Pradeep Bangalore Venugopal, Priya Ranjan Haridasan, Ramashesan Subramaniyan, Pareekshith Parashiva Murthy, Daniel Treible, Patrick Blincoe, Gangadhar Mestri
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Patent number: 12030436Abstract: An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a transparent lighting source, a switchable opaque film bonded to the transparent lighting source to provide a vehicle component, and an electrical connection that connects to the transparent lighting source and the switchable opaque film such that the switchable opaque film is electrically controlled to switch between an opaque state and a transparent state. A control unit independently controls the switchable opaque film and the transparent lighting source based on a predetermined application for the vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Larry, Biaohe Guo
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Patent number: 12025289Abstract: A lighting system enables the lights within the ceiling of a clean room to be serviced and maintained without compromising the clean room and without disturbing the hermetic seals between the clean room and the ceiling grid. The lighting system includes a light transmissible lens hermetically sealed to one or more tracks of the ceiling grid system on the first upward side of a portion of the tracks so as to inhibit particles from passing between tracks and the lens. A light fixture may also be hermetically sealed to a first upward surface of the lens so as to inhibit particles from passing between the lens and the light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Inventor: Thomas M. Danahy
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Patent number: 12021352Abstract: One example provides a spark plug including a terminal end, a firing end, an axial centerline extending between the terminal end and the firing end, and an insulative core extending between the terminal end and the firing end, the insulative core including an insulative nose proximate to the firing end, and a central bore coincident with the axial centerline extending through the insulative core. A center electrode includes an electrode wire and an electrode head. In a plane perpendicular to the axial centerline, the electrode head having a cross-sectional area greater than a cross-sectional area of the insulative nose, the electrode wire mechanically and electrically connected to the electrode head, the electrode wire extending from a bottom side of the electrode head into the central bore at the insulative nose to form an electrical and thermal pathway with the electrode head.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: EcoPower Spark, LLCInventor: David Resnick