Patents Examined by Nimeshkumar Patel
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Patent number: 8960961Abstract: A lamp with functions of adjusting an illumination direction is disclosed. A substrate is disposed on a base and includes a through groove. At least one light source is disposed on the substrate. An electronic control unit is disposed in the base. A telescopic member is disposed in the base and is connected to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit drives the telescopic member to elongate and shorten. A flexible light guiding sheet is connected to the telescopic member. When the electronic control unit drives the telescopic member to elongate, the flexible light guiding sheet protrudes onto the substrate via the through groove of the substrate and deflects toward a specific direction, changing the illumination direction of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Lextar Electronics CorporationInventor: Fu-Shin Chen
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Patent number: 8956125Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a flow rate indicator relating to the output flow rate of one or more activated pumps of a pumping station. The pumping station includes a well to be at least partially emptied by the pumps and an inlet through which inflow can be supplied into the well. The method includes the step of determining, using a computational device, an operating condition relating to the activated pumps. The pumps are temporarily deactivated and an inflow rate indicator relating to the inflow is determined using the computational device, responsive to the determination of the operating condition. The method further includes the step of determining, using the computational device, the flow rate indicator using the determined inflow rate indicator. The present invention is equally applicable to a well to be at least partially filled by the pumps.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Multitrode Pty LtdInventor: Stuart McMillan Duncan
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Patent number: 8957575Abstract: The present invention provides a new phosphor with a controllable emission wavelength without using a number of rare and expensive raw materials in forming the composition. The phosphor includes a compound including a fluorescent ion and having a garnet structure including a rare earth element, aluminum, and oxygen. The compound has such a composition that a combination of the rare earth element and the aluminum of the compound is partially replaced with a combination of alkaline earth metal and zirconium (Zr) or alkaline earth metal and hafnium (Hf).Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shozo Oshio, Kojiro Okuyama
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Patent number: 8956016Abstract: The annular-arranged lamp capable of backward projecting by concave sphere provided by this invention is mainly provided with a side of an annular heat dissipation device being installed with light emitting devices (102) wherein the lamp is installed with two or more than two light emitting devices (110) arranged in a circular or polygonal means, and the light projecting axial line of each light emitting device (110) is projected towards a reflection device with concave sphere (103) disposed above the annular heat dissipation device (101), light beams of the light emitting devices (110) are reflected by the reflection device with concave sphere (103) then refracted to a preset projection range, thereby forming a unified light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
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Patent number: 8957581Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, which includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, an electroluminescent body, a phase shift layer and a metal layer, is disclosed. The electroluminescent body is disposed on the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the electroluminescent body. The phase shift layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second electrode layer is disposed on the second surface. The metal layer is disposed on the first surface of the phase shift layer. An environmental incident light enters a surface of the metal layer to form a first reflective light on the first surface and form a second reflective light on the second surface. The first reflective light has a phase difference from the second reflective light.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Chun-Kai Li, Hsin-Yuan Su, Hsiang-Lun Hsu
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Patent number: 8952611Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent breakage of a sealing part and an electrode of a high pressure discharge lamp, and provides an electrode 100 used for a discharge lamp and having a rod-shaped part 101, one end of the rod-shaped part 101 to be sealed by a sealing part of an arc tube of the discharge lamp, the other end of the rod-shaped part 101 to be in a discharge space in the arc tube, wherein the rod-shaped part 101 has a rough surface that is composed of a plurality of types of crystal grains each having a different surface condition due to differences in crystal orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Jun Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Kitahara, Katsuhiro Ono, Kazunori Ohta
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Patent number: 8944651Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lighting fixture which comprises at least: a light source comprising at least one LED; a light-transmitting part that is arranged such that it receives light from the light source; and a reflector that is arranged such that it reflects that portion of the light from the light source that passes through the light-transmitting part and couples it out to the front of the lighting fixture, a reflection portion and a refraction portion being provided within the light-transmitting part, wherein said reflection portion deflects the light issuing from the light source through total reflection in one direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the reflector, whereas the refraction portion couples out the light in the direction of the reflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Nils Benter, Benno Spinger, Ludo Haenen, Augustinus Gregorius Henricus Meijers, Wouter Petrus Kaandorp
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Patent number: 8946977Abstract: A spark plug includes a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a tip joined to the center electrode and forming a spark discharge gap with the ground electrode. The tip is joined to the center electrode via a fusion zone, which has an exposed surface exposed to the external environment. In a section containing an axis and the center of the exposed surface, C?B?0.02 is satisfied, where C (mm) is the distance on the side surface of the tip between the fusion zone and the distal end of the tip, and B (mm) is the distance between a distal end surface of the tip and a portion of the fusion zone located closer to the axis than the side surface of the tip and located closest in the fusion zone to the distal end surface of the tip.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Katsuraya, Katsutoshi Nakayama
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Patent number: 8944874Abstract: An organic light emitting display device (OLED) includes a transparent substrate a first electrode formed on the transparent substrate a partition wall including first and second tapered structures having different tapers and formed on the first electrode, and an organic light emitting layer stacked on both sides of the first electrode below a level of the partition wall and a second electrode. The OLED device is manufactured by, for example, forming a first electrode on a transparent substrate, forming a partition wall having first and second tapered structures on the first electrode, and forming an organic light emitting layer and a second electrode, sequentially, on both sides of the first electrode below a level of the partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il-Su Oh, Jong-Sung Kim, Hong-Woo Yu, Kwang-Yeon Lee
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Patent number: 8946980Abstract: A method for fitting a base for a discharge lamp is provided. The method may include providing a discharge lamp with an end region, on which an option is provided for making contact with an electrode located in the interior of the discharge vessel; applying material to the end region; positioning a base sleeve onto the end region with the material; and positioning a clamping ring onto the base sleeve; wherein the clamping ring is of the kind that has at least one bead.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Wolfgang Seitz
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Patent number: 8941141Abstract: A light-emitting device having a corner includes a light-emitting stacked layer having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer formed on the light-emitting layer. A transparent conductive oxide layer is formed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The upper surface of the transparent conductive oxide layer is textured. A first electrode is formed on the upper surface of the transparent conductive oxide layer. A second electrode is formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer. A planarization layer is formed on the transparent conductive oxide layer and the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a reflective layer is formed on the upper surface of the planarization layer. The projection of the edge of the reflective layer is not overlapped with the edge of the first electrode or the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Epistar CorporationInventors: Wei Yu Chen, Min-Hsun Hsieh
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Patent number: 8941299Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals. The semiconductor nanocrystals accept energy from the electroluminescent material and emit light.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Jianglong Chen, Vladimir Bulovic, Polina Anikeeva, Moungi G. Bawendi
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Patent number: 8931928Abstract: A lighting module has an array of light-emitting elements, a housing defining at least one opening, and a window frame that is selectively removable from the opening of the housing. The window frame has a frame and a window that is operably secured to the frame. The array of light-emitting elements is positioned within the housing. The window frame is replaceable or selectively removable from the housing of the lighting module. The window frame may include a gasket that is positioned between the frame and a portion of the window that is operably secured to the frame. In some examples, the gasket is a die-cut expanded PTFE gasket.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.Inventor: Brian G. Heintz
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Patent number: 8933622Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having a longer drive life. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (100) comprising an organic material layer (16), which is composed of a hole transporting layer (164), a light-emitting layer (166) and an electron transporting layer (167), between a pair of electrodes, namely a cathode (18) and an anode (12). The light-emitting layer (166) (having a film thickness (dM) of 5-3000 nm) contains a luminescent dye and a host material. The first oxidation potential (ED+) of the luminescent dye is lower than the first oxidation potential (EH+) of the host material, while the first reduction potential (ED?) of the luminescent dye is lower than the first reduction potential (EH?) of the host material. The film thickness (dE: 5-3000 nm) of the electron transporting layer (167) and the film thickness (dH: 5-3000 nm) of the hole transporting layer (164) satisfy the following relation: dH?dE.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Shin Kawami, Taishi Tsuji, Hideki Sato, Masayoshi Yabe
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Patent number: 8928222Abstract: A an organic electroluminescent display device includes an array substrate including a driving thin film transistor in a pixel region on a first substrate; an opposing substrate including an organic electroluminescent diode in the pixel region on a second substrate; an adhesive layer filling a space between the array substrate and the opposing substrate; and a connection spacer to electrically connect the organic electroluminescent diode with the driving thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myung-Seop Kim, Jeong-Dae Seo, Jong-Moo Lee, Hyun-Ju Choi, Chang-Wook Han, Yoon-Heung Tak
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Patent number: 8926128Abstract: Disclosed is a light unit and a display device using the same, the light unit which includes a first reflector comprising an inclined surface partially formed therein, second and third reflectors arranged at both ends of the first reflector, respectively, a first light source module disposed between the first and second reflectors, and a second light source module disposed between the first reflector and the third reflector, wherein a light emitting direction of the first light source module is different from a light emitting direction of the second light source module.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung Yong Park
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Patent number: 8926390Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display including multilayer structures that are each formed in a respective one of pixel areas in an effective area of a substrate and are each formed by a lower electrode, an organic layer, and an upper electrode, the organic electroluminescence display having a common electrode that electrically connects the pixel areas, the method including the steps of: forming a protective electrode and an outer-peripheral electrode that are electrically connected to the common electrode; forming the multilayer structures; and carrying out film deposition treatment involving electrification of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Mitsuru Asano, Toshiaki Imai
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Patent number: 8926865Abstract: A glass emitting white light in itself, and a light-emitting element and a light-emitting device covered with the glass as stated above are provided. The white light-emitting glass is a glass emitting fluorescence at a region having a wavelength of 380 nm to 750 nm by excitation light with a wavelength of 240 nm to 405 nm, not containing crystal, and containing SnOx (where x=1 to 2, typically x=1 or 2), P2O5, and MnOy (where y=1 to 2, typically y=1 or 2). The light-emitting element and the light-emitting device are made up by covering a main surface of a semiconductor light-emitting element with the glass as stated above.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: Kyoto University, Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu Masai, Toshinobu Yoko, Takumi Fujiwara, Syuji Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8926144Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) module and an LCD device. The LCD module includes a backplane, and a reflector sheet arranged on the backplane. The backplane is configured with a plurality of reinforced structures, a plurality of concave parts are formed between the reinforced structures, and the reflector sheet is arranged over the reinforced structures. The concave part(s) is configured with a support member used for supporting the reflector sheet. In the present disclosure, because the concave part of the backplane is configured with a support member used for supporting the reflector sheet, the reflector sheet is prevented from deforming and being depressed on the concave part of the backplane because of no support, and the reflector sheet is prevented from abnormally reflecting light because of deformation, thereby increasing the display effect of the LCD device.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Gang Yu
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Patent number: RE45342Abstract: In order to achieve a discharge lamp suited to operate under reduced nominal power of e.g. 20-30 W, a lamp is proposed with two electrodes (24) arranged at a distance in a discharge vessel (20, 120) for generating an arc discharge. The discharge vessel (20,120) has a filling with a substantially free of mercury and comprises a metal halide and a rare gas. The lamp (10, 110) further comprises an outer bulb (18) arranged around the discharge vessel at a distance (d2). The outer bulb (18) is sealed and has a gas filling of a thermal conductivity (?). The inner diameter (d1) of the discharge vessel is preferably in a range from 2-2.7 mm. The wall thickness (w1) is in a range from 1.4-2 mm. A heat transition coefficient (?/d2) is calculated as thermal conductivity (?) at 800° C. of the outer bulb filling divided by the distance (d2). The so-defined heat 10 transition coefficient is below 150 W/(m2K).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Michael Haacke, Martin Stroesser