Patents Examined by Kevin Quarterman
  • Patent number: 11322554
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a lower substrate, first to third light-emitting devices arranged on the lower substrate, where the first to third light-emitting devices each includes a color emission layer, an upper substrate arranged above the lower substrate with the first to third light-emitting devices therebetween, a first insulating layer arranged on a lower surface of the upper substrate in a direction to the lower substrate, the first insulating layer defining a (1-1)st opening corresponding to the first light-emitting device, a (1-2)nd opening corresponding to the second light-emitting device, and a (1-1)st groove connecting the (1-1)st opening to the (1-2)nd opening, a first color quantum dot layer arranged in the (1-1)st opening, and a second color quantum dot layer arranged in the (1-2)nd opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jungbae Song
  • Patent number: 11313522
    Abstract: A lightbar assembly connector for use in a modular lightbar system to connect two or more lightbar assemblies together and having a design and configuration that enables the lightbar assembly connector and lightbar assemblies to be connected by moving the lightbar assembly connector in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly (or by moving the lightbar assembly in a direction generally transverse to the major surface of the lightbar assembly connector). It is thus possible to assemble a modular lightbar system comprised of a plurality of lightbar assemblies and lightbar assembly connectors, any of which are easily removable, replaceable, or serviceable without having to remove or move lightbar assemblies that do not need to be replaced or serviced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAXLITE, INC.
    Inventors: Aymen Chami, Yaolin Tang
  • Patent number: 11309381
    Abstract: A display device having a display region and a peripheral region in contact with the display region above a substrate is provided. The display region has a plurality of pixels each including a transistor, an insulating film above the transistor, a pixel electrode arranged above the insulating film and electrically connected to the transistor, and a common electrode above the insulating film, a video signal line and a gate signal line electrically connected to the transistor, and liquid crystal layer above the plurality of pixels. The peripheral region has a terminal electrically connected to the video signal line, a wiring arranged parallel to the gate wiring between the display region and the terminal, and a plurality of first electrodes above the wiring. The insulating film covers the wiring, and the wiring is electrically connected to the plurality of first electrodes via an opening in the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 11302720
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate including a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a display area and a bending area on a side of the display area. The bending area is provided with first traces, an insulating layer, buffer strips, a sealing layer, and second traces. The first traces are disposed on the flexible substrate at intervals. The insulating layer covers the flexible substrate and the first traces and is provided with a groove on each of the first traces. The buffer strips are respectively filled in the grooves. The sealing layer covers the insulating layer and the buffer strips to seal the buffer strips in the grooves. The second traces are disposed on the sealing layer at intervals. Projections of the second traces coincide with projections of the first traces on the flexible substrate. The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Niu Hu
  • Patent number: 11294115
    Abstract: An enhanced light diffusion film structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first light guide diffusion layer and a second light guide diffusion layer. The first light guide diffusion layer includes a first light guide diffusion material having a first degree of light guide diffusion to guide and diffuse incident light exited by the first substrate to form first-stage guided and diffused light. The second light guide diffusion layer includes a second light guide diffusion material having a second degree of light guide diffusion to further guide and diffuse the first-stage guided and diffused light exited by the first light guide diffusion layer to form second-stage guided and diffused light. The first degree of light guide diffusion of the first light guide diffusion material is relatively higher or lower than the second degree of light guide diffusion of the second light guide diffusion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WAH HONG INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Chen Wu, I-Feng Lin, Ching-Wen Yu
  • Patent number: 11287557
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module realizes a narrow border of the backlight module by arranging a light source between a first protrusion portion of a support part and a light incident surface of a light guide plate. The backlight module cooperates with the liquid crystal display panel having a second protrusion portion and second notches of a stepped area, and a flexible printed circuit board passes through the second notches of the liquid crystal display panel and the first notches of the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Guanghui Liu, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 11289671
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cover plate for a flexible substrate which includes a first hardened layer, a second hardened layer and a polymer thin film layer provided between the first hardened layer and the second hardened layer, wherein a hardness of the first hardened layer is less than that of the second hardened layer, a hardness of the polymer thin film layer is less than that of the first hardened layer, and a bending radius of the first hardened layer is greater than that of the second hardened layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongxiang Shi, Paoming Tsai, Dejun Bu, Peng Cai, Jiahao Zhang, Shuang Du
  • Patent number: 11269126
    Abstract: A light guide includes: a light guide main body that guides light input from an incident surface to an exit surface; and an attachment member that is connected to the light guide main body and includes an attachment portion that is to be fixed to another member, and the area of a connection surface between the attachment member and the light guide main body is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11266017
    Abstract: A lighting device, a method of manufacturing a lighting device and a support are described. A support includes a layered structure of alternating conductors and insulating layers. The layered structure includes a mounting section and a body section adjacent the mounting section. The mounting section includes at least one mounting face that has an arrangement direction and at least three alternating contact sections along the arrangement direction. Each contact section is electrically coupled to one of the conductors and separated from a neighboring one of the contact sections by one of the insulating layers. The body section has a width that protrudes sidewards from the at least one mounting face and a length that extends substantially parallel to the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Epmeier, Michael Deckers, Frank Giese, Petra Wellmeier, Carsten Weber, Georg Henninger
  • Patent number: 11262035
    Abstract: A ventilation and lighting system having a fan, a grille having one or more lighting elements and a controller that coordinates operation of the fan and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location. The controller defines scene control configured to define one or more scenes, each of which defines a predefined light control and fan control. The light control can have predefined settings of color, duration, intensity, saturation, and/or correlated color temperature. The fan control can have predefined settings of duration and/or power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Patent number: 11262616
    Abstract: A backlight module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The backlight module includes a frame, a thin-film thermoelectric device set, a first heat conductive layer, a light emitting diode (LED) light, a bulk thermoelectric device set, and a second heat conductive layer. The manufacturing method for backlight module includes a device preparing step, a thin-film thermoelectric device set mounting step, a first heat conductive layer preparing step, an LED light mounting step, a bulk thermoelectric device set mounting step, and a bulk thermoelectric device set mounting step. The technical effect of the invention is to realize the heat dissipation and the recovery and utilization function of the waste heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weikang Hou
  • Patent number: 11262049
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices associated with an electronic candle are described. In one example, an electronic candle comprises a housing having a through-hole at its top and a component shell. The component shell encloses a transfer mechanism including a driver motor and one or more gears positioned inside the component shell, a light emitting component coupled to the transfer mechanism such that the transfer mechanism causes the light emitting component to move vertically up or down to protrude from the housing or to retract into the housing, a lid positioned inside the component shell and movable to remain in at least one of an open configuration or a closed configuration, and a controller configured to turn on or off the light emitting component. The candle also includes a controller configured to turn on or off the light emitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaofeng Li
  • Patent number: 11253618
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a white light emitting device including a first light emitting diode and a wavelength converter including wavelength conversion substances to convert light of the first light emitting diode, and a second light emitting diode emitting light suitable for sterilizing at least one pathogenic microorganism, in which the first and second light emitting diodes emit light having a central wavelength in a range of about 300 nm to about 420 nm, and in a range of about 400 nm to about 420 nm, respectively, the lighting apparatus emits light generated in the white light emitting device and the second light emitting diode to the outside, and, in irradiance spectrum of the white light, an irradiance at the central wavelength of light emitted from the first light emitting diode is less than that at a peak wavelength of blue light emitted from a blue wavelength conversion substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Ho Bae, A Young Lee, Yeong Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 11256019
    Abstract: The present application provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, a light source on the substrate, and a light guide plate on a side of the light source. The light guide plate includes a first region located at a periphery area of the light guide plate. At least one protrusion is disposed in the first region. A thickness of the at least one protrusion gradually increases along a direction from the light source to the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11253721
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus including a white light emitting device including at least one first light emitting diode and a wavelength converter, and at least one second light emitting diode emitting light suitable for producing a cell activating substance, in which the first light emitting diode emits light having a central wavelength in a range of about 300 nm to about 420 nm, the second light emitting diode emits light having a central wavelength in a range of about 605 nm to about 935 nm, the wavelength converter includes wavelength conversion substances to convert light of the first light emitting diode into white light, and, in irradiance spectrum of the white light implemented in the white light emitting device, an irradiance at the central wavelength of light emitted from the first light emitting diode is less than that at a peak wavelength of blue light emitted from the wavelength conversion substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Ho Bae, A Young Lee, Yeong Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 11250737
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a foldable display device includes providing a first structure including a first flexible member, a first release film having a first release force, and a lower release film having a second release force, detaching the first release film without detaching the lower release film, providing a second structure including a second flexible member, a second release film having a third release force, and a first adhesive layer on the first flexible member, and detaching the lower release film without detaching the second release film, in which an adhesive force of the first adhesive layer to the first or second flexible members is greater than the second and third release force, the second release force is larger than the first release force by about “n” times and the third release force by about “m” times, “n” and “m” each being a real number larger than about one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 11242970
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp having a light assembly and reflector assembly is provided. The light assembly has a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on a substrate to emit first and second solid angles. A reflective recycling surface is mounted on the substrate adjacent to the LED. The reflector assembly has a first reflector having a macro-focal reflective surface extending at the first solid angle relative to the LED and defines an output light pattern along an output optical axis. A second reflector has an ellipsoid reflective surface extending at the second solid angle relative to the LED and has a first focal point oriented at the LED and a second focal point oriented at the recycling surface. The second reflector reflects light emitted from the LED in the second solid angle back to the recycling surface. The recycling surface reflects light from the second reflector to be incident the first reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventor: John-Michael Juneau
  • Patent number: 11244963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a display panel and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate includes a plurality of display islands and a plurality of connection parts; any two adjacent display islands are connected through one of the plurality of connection parts; the plurality of connection parts define a plurality of openings of a base substrate of the display substrate; at least part of the plurality of openings is provided therein with a torsional structure, the torsional structure is connected between two connection parts of connection parts defining the opening in which the torsional structure is located, the two connection parts extending in substantially a same direction; and the torsional structure is stretchable in a direction in which it is connected with the two connection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengguang Ban
  • Patent number: 11242961
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: placing a light-emitting element; providing a light-shielding frame; supplying a light-reflective resin; providing a light-transmissive member; forming an optical member; and bonding an upper surface of the light-emitting element and a surface of the light-transmissive member with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11233176
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment may include a light emitting structure, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first insulating reflective layer, a second insulating reflective layer, a first bonding pad, and a second bonding pad. The light emitting structure may include a first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The first insulating reflective layer may be disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, and may include a first opening exposing an upper surface of the first electrode. The second insulating reflective layer may be disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, and disposed spaced apart from the first insulating reflective layer, and may include a second opening exposing an upper surface of the second electrode. The first bonding pad may be electrically connected to the first electrode through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyeong Lee, Gyu Hyeong Bak, Yong Seon Song, Byung Yeon Choi, Sung Min Hwang