Patents Examined by Natalie Walford
  • Patent number: 8610343
    Abstract: Components for use in vacuum electron devices are fabricated from highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and exhibit excellent thermal conductivity, low sputtering rates, and low ion erosion rates as compared to conventional components made from copper or molybdenum. HOPG can be reliably brazed by carefully controlling tolerances, calculating braze joint material volume, and applying appropriate compression during furnace operations. The resulting components exhibit superior thermal performance and enhanced resistance to ion erosion and pitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: John Charles Cipolla
  • Patent number: 8602592
    Abstract: Projection apparatus for projecting a radiation spot on a working plane includes a plurality of stacks of diode-laser bars. Each stack provides a beam of laser radiation. The diode-laser bars in each stack are arranged one above another in the fast-axis direction of the diode-laser bars. A corresponding plurality of beam-expanders expands the beam from the corresponding diode-laser bar stack in the slow-axis direction of the diode laser bars only. A focusing lens collects the slow-axis expanded beams and projects the slow-axis expanded beams into the working plane to form the radiation spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Coherent, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Krishna Kuchibhotla, Xing Ming Zheng
  • Patent number: 8602580
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize the suppression of uneven brightness at low cost in a lighting device. A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes: LEDs 17 as a light source; a chassis 14 including a bottom plate 14a disposed on a side opposite to a light output side with respect to the LEDs 17 and housing the LEDs 17; and a first reflection sheet 22 reflecting light including a square-shaped bottom portion 24 disposed along the bottom plate 14a, and at least two rising portions 25 and 26 rising from at least two adjacent sides of the bottom portion 24 toward the light output side such that a seam J is formed between adjacent side edges 25a and 26a. An overhang portion 28 is formed on the side edge 25a of the first rising portion 25 of the at least two rising portions 25 and 26. The overhang portion 28 overhangs beyond the seam J in a direction from the bottom portion 24 to the second rising portion 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaori Ikuta
  • Patent number: 8598779
    Abstract: An optoelectronic film assembly, has a first flat electrode layer, a second flat electrode layer as a counter electrode to the first flat electrode layer, a dielectric layer between the electrode layers and an active layer provided next to the dielectric layer and arranged between the electrode layers and made of an electroluminescent material. To this end, the first and/or the second electrode layers are implemented to be translucent and TCO-free, particularly ITO-free, by using a woven fabric comprising electrically conductive fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sefar AG, Thal
    Inventors: Peter Chabrecek, Hanspeter Meier, Muriel Lantus, Uriel Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 8598771
    Abstract: A glass article that is ion-exchangeable and has at least one roughened surface. The roughened surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image DOI of less than 90 when measured at an incidence angle of 20°. A pixelated display system that includes such a glass article is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Krista L Carlson, Shandon D Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8591280
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display (OLED) apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the OLED apparatus including: a substrate; an active layer formed on the substrate; a gate electrode insulated from the active layer; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the active layer; a pixel defining layer formed on the source and drain electrodes, having an aperture to expose one of the source and drain electrodes; an intermediate layer formed in the aperture and comprising an organic light emitting layer; and a facing electrode which is formed on the intermediate layer. One of the source and drain electrodes has an extension that operates as a pixel electrode. The aperture exposes the extended portion. The intermediate layer is formed on the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyun Kwon, Il-Jeong Lee, Choong-Youl Im, Dae-Hyun No, Cheol-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 8593052
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for modifying a carbon nanotube electrode interface, which modifies carbon nanotubes used as a neuron-electrode interface by performing three stages of modifications and comprises the steps of: carboxylating carbon nanotubes to provide carboxyl functional groups and improve the hydrophilicity of the carbon nanotubes; acyl-chlorinating the carboxylated carbon nanotubes to replace the hydroxyl functional groups of the carboxyl functional groups with chlorine atoms; and aminating the acyl-chlorinated carbon nanotubes to replace the chlorine atoms with a derivative having amine functional groups at the terminal thereof. The modified carbon nanotubes used as the neuron-electrode interface has lower impedance and higher adherence to nerve cells. Thus is improved the quality of neural signal measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Shiang-Jie Yen, Huan-Chieh Su, Tri-Rung Yew, Yen-Chung Chang, Wei-Lun Hsu, Shih-Rung Yeh
  • Patent number: 8591049
    Abstract: A photographic system includes a first light grid including a plurality of cells, and a first alignment feature disposed on the first light grid. The system further includes a bezel including a retainer for retaining at least the first light grid, and an alignment feature for aligning at least the first light grid within the light grid retainer, wherein the first alignment feature of the first light grid aligns with the alignment feature of the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ExpoImaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sowder, John B. Baker
  • Patent number: 8585234
    Abstract: A swingable electronic candle includes a candle body having a cavity inside which is disposed a candlewick that includes a candle end and an electromagnetic coil underneath the candle end. The electromagnetic coil is driven by a drive circuit connected with a power supply. The candle end includes a support, a support frame and the candlewick. The support frame includes a large support axis and a small support axis that cross. The large support axis is disposed with a hollow frame to support the small support axis. Ends of the small support axis are movably supported in the hollow frame. Ends of the large support axis are movably hung to the support. The top of the candlewick is disposed with a flame head that is above the small support axis and the bottom of the candlewick is disposed with a magnet that is under the small support axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Shanghai Q Mall & Co. Ltd., Nantong Ya Tai Candle Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yingqi Ding
  • Patent number: 8585271
    Abstract: A door sill lighting for a motor vehicle is described. The door sill lighting comprises an outer sill trim having a plurality of seamlessly interconnected layers. A partial region of an outer layer is transparent and cooperates with at least one light source. The partial region of the outer layer comprises edge sides and an optical fiber layer. The optical fiber layer has distributed light-scattering nanoparticles in its volume. Light from the light source can be coupled into an edge side of the optical fiber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Dino Demma
  • Patent number: 8581478
    Abstract: A cooling member for at least one semiconductor light emitting element, in particular an LED, may include a mounting cavity for accommodating at least part of a control electronics unit, whereby the cooling member is composed of multiple cooling member parts, whereby each of which cooling member parts includes part of a wall of the mounting cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Burkard, Florian Zeus
  • Patent number: 8575833
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including improved power supply lines which may sufficiently handle high current. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes power supply lines outside an encapsulation layer sealing the display unit to a substrate. Because the power supply lines are outside the encapsulation layer their thickness can be increased to increase the current conducting capacity of the power supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 8575836
    Abstract: A LED lamp including a cover with first and second transmissive regions that differently affect light emissions (e.g., with respect to diffusion, color, or other characteristics) transmitted therethrough. One or more apertures may be defined in a diffusive cover for a LED lamp to permit flow of air and escape of heat, and also to permit escape of directly emitted or reverse scattered light proximate to a base of the LED lamp. Multiple diffuser segments may be overlapped with intervening apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Paul van de Ven
  • Patent number: 8562170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitter to be attached to caps. The light emitter includes a case having a plurality of second lamps (22) formed at a front surface thereof, a power switch attached to an outer surface of the case, a battery installed inside the case to provide power, a guide groove formed at a center of the case, a mounting clip formed at the outer surface of the case, a sub-body having a lamp at a front surface thereof and being coupled to the guide groove, and switch unit for controlling on/off operation of the lamp. The user freely adjusts the distance of radiant light, amount of radiant light and radiation angle of the lamp. The light emitter is fixed to a pocket to radiate light in the forward direction by arranging the sub-body at a right angle with respect to a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Dae Up Sohn
  • Patent number: 8562160
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing chemiluminescent or fluorescent material where the material(s) for the production of the chemiluminescent or fluorescent material are housed in separate compartments and mix when they exit those compartments. Also disclosed is a method of illumination by dispensing materials housed in an apparatus where the materials do not mix until they exit that apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Mario Knapp
  • Patent number: 8564196
    Abstract: An organic EL display device including organic EL light-emitting regions which includes a red-light emitting layer, a green-light emitting layer, and a blue-light emitting layer that are arranged on a main substrate includes: a first light-adjusting layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion selectively transmitting desired blue light, and the second portion absorbing visible light other than at least the desired blue light; and a second light-adjusting layer selectively absorbing light with a wavelength between desired red light and desired green light at an entire surface, in which the blue light-emitting layer is overlaid with the first portion, and a bank which is a non-light emitting portion is overlaid with the second portion. The first portion and the second portion may be integrally formed of a same material, and the second portion may absorb an entire range of visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Okumoto, Masafumi Matsui, Takashi Ohta, Kouhei Koresawa
  • Patent number: 8564192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the design and fabrication of OLEDs, including high-performance large-area OLEDs, are provided. Variously described fabrication processes may be used to deposit and pattern bus lines and/or insulators using vapor deposition such as vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE) through a shadow mask, and may avoid multiple photolithography steps. Bus lines and/or insulators may be formed with a smooth profile and a gradual sidewall transition. Such smooth profiles may, for example, reduce the probability of electrical shorting at the bus lines. Other vapor deposition systems and methods may include, among others, sputter deposition, e-beam evaporation and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). A final profile of the bus line and/or insulator may substantially correspond to the profile as deposited. A single OILED devices may also be formed with relatively large dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Huiqing Pang, Emory Krall, Kamala Rajan, Paul E. Burrows, Ruiqing Ma, Peter Levermore
  • Patent number: 8552637
    Abstract: Provided is a an organic electroluminescence element comprising: a transparent plate with an electrode attached, which comprises a transparent-plate body that exhibits light-transmissivity, and a first electrode that is installed on the transparent-plate body; a second electrode arranged in opposition to the first electrode, and which has a different polarity from the first electrode; and a light-emitting layer installed in between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, comprising a mixed layer having a conductive first resin and a multitude of wire-formed conductors, and a conductive-resin layer having conductive resin and not having any wire-formed conductors, consists of being laminated on the transparent-plate body, with the mixed layer arranged at the transparent-plate body side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kyoko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8550644
    Abstract: A lighting device achieves power saving and a moderate illumination brightness distribution without having local dark portions. A lighting device 12 includes a light source 17, a chassis 14 and an optical member 15a. The optical member 15a includes a light source overlapping portion DA that overlaps a light source installation area LA where the light source 17 is arranged. A light reflecting portion 50 is formed on at least the light source overlapping portion DA. The optical member 50 has maximum light reflectance Rmax and minimum light reflectance Rmin, and the maximum light reflectance Rmax is 40% or higher in the light source overlapping portion DA and an entire half-value width H having light reflectance of (Rmax+Rmin)/2 occupies 25% to 80% in a transmission area TA of the optical member 15a through which the light from the light source transmits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8541931
    Abstract: A lamp comprises: a thermally conductive body; a plurality of LEDs configured as an array and mounted in thermal communication with the body and a light reflective hood located in front of the plane of light emitting diodes. The hood has at least two frustoconical light reflective surfaces that surround the array of LEDs and are configured such that in operation light emitted by the lamp is within a selected emission angle (beam spread). The hood is configured such that in operation a variation in illuminance (luminous flux per unit area incident on a surface) is 10% or less over approximately a third to one half of the selected emission angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventor: Haitao Yang