Patents Examined by Nimeshkumar Patel
  • Patent number: 9644807
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems are illustrated relating to solid-state light sources with enhanced designs. The enhanced design may include bending the leads of an LED about ninety degrees to point all LED tips along horizontal planes. The enhanced design is implemented in an electronic window candle product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Geoffrey Herbert Harris
  • Patent number: 9632365
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first panel including a common voltage wire on a first substrate, and a light blocking layer which is on the common voltage wire and exposes a portion of the common voltage wire, a second panel facing the first panel and including a common electrode on a second substrate; and a sealant between the first and second panels and electrically connecting the common electrode of the second panel and the common voltage wire of the first panel to each other. The sealant includes a first sealing portion having a first color and a second sealing portion having a second color different from the first color of the first sealing portion. The second sealing portion overlaps the exposed portion of the common voltage wire of the first panel and electrically connects the common electrode of the second panel to the common voltage wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Gap Yoon, Byung-Chul Kim, Jae Hong Park, Sang Hee Yu, Young Joo Jeon, Kyung Seon Tak
  • Patent number: 9634041
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a number of pixels. Each pixel includes a substrate including a pixel area and a non-pixel area disposed between adjacent pixel areas, a first electrode disposed on the substrate in the pixel area, and a second electrode extending in a first direction and being spaced apart upward from the substrate by a predetermined distance in the pixel area defining a tunnel-shaped cavity, an image display layer disposed in the tunnel-shaped cavity and driven by an electric field formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a roof layer disposed on the second electrode, and a sealing layer extending in the first direction, having a black color, and being disposed in the non-pixel area between adjacent pixel areas in a second direction crossing the first direction to seal the tunnel-shaped cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Yeon Chae, Sanggun Choi, Hansu Kim, Taewoon Cha
  • Patent number: 9625133
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting a light fixture in a hole in a ceiling panel and including an annular trim ring that's held upward against a lower surface of a ceiling panel by the light fixture to be mounted, such that the trim ring spans an annular gap between such light fixture and the ceiling panel hole. A top plate is carried by the ceiling panel across the ceiling panel hole and includes a top plate hole that receives the light fixture to be mounted such that the top plate spans an annular gap between the light fixture and the ceiling panel hole. A mount supports the light fixture on the top plate in a position holding the trim ring up against the lower surface of the ceiling panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mandy Holdings LLLP
    Inventors: Terry Roy Mandy, Dalton John Mandy, Brandon Roy Mandy
  • Patent number: 9625698
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus comprising a source which emits at least one of particles or radiation. The particles or radiation are emitted towards a target. Arranged between the source and the target is a microchannel plate. Also arranged between the source and the target is a collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventor: Richard F. Floryan
  • Patent number: 9612478
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a display substrate curved in a first direction and including a plurality of pixel areas, and each of the plurality of pixel areas including a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area, an opposite substrate facing the display substrate, the opposite substrate coupled to the display substrate and curved in the first direction together with the display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, where first domains are defined in the first sub-pixel area along a second direction crossing the first direction, second domains are defined in the second sub-pixel area along the second direction, and a width in the second direction of each of the first domains is equal to a width in the second direction of each of the second domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minwook Park, Kee-Bum Park
  • Patent number: 9605844
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising at least a first light emitter, at least a first heat transfer element, and a plurality of heat dissipation elements. Each heat dissipation element has at least a first region and a second region, the first region being in contact with the first heat transfer element, the second region being closer to the first light emitter than the first region. The first light emitter is thermally coupled to the first heat transfer element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 9605838
    Abstract: A safe lighting system using wall mounted lift comprises a polygonal pipe cylinder installing at a building wall; a polygonal lifting unit moving up and down along the inner wall of the polygonal pipe cylinder; a wire adjusting the height of the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the wire is connected to the upper side of the polygonal lifting unit; a lifting control unit controlling the height of the polygonal lifting unit by winding or releasing the wire; and a lighting apparatus installed at the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the height of the lighting apparatus is adjusted by the lifting control unit, and the installation and the maintenance of the lighting apparatus can be done conveniently on the ground by lowering the lighting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: NEW TECHNOLOGY BANK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Tae Su Lee, Ji Seon Kim
  • Patent number: 9603204
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels arranged with a light emitting element, a second substrate including a light shielding layer having an aperture part corresponding to the pixel and a color filter being arranged in at least the aperture part and including a pigment layer, a seal component including glass, the seal component bonding the first substrate and second substrate, the display region and color filter facing each other, and being arranged on the exterior side of the color filter, and an inorganic insulation layer covering at least an upper surface and end part of the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9589608
    Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device storing a resistance difference as information, a long time is taken so as to charge and/or discharge a selected cell by an equalizer circuit, which results in a difficulty of a high speed operation. A selection circuit puts, in a selected state, at least three bit lines which includes a selected bit line connected to a selected memory cell together with unselected bit lines adjacent to the selected bit line on both sides of the selected bit line. The selected and the unselected bit lines are coupled to sense amplifiers through an equalizer circuit. The equalizer circuit puts both the selected and the unselected bit lines into charging states and thereafter puts only the selected bit line into a discharging state to perform a sensing operation. On the other hand, the unselected bit lines are continuously kept at the charging states during the sensing operation. This makes it possible to perform the sensing operation at a high speed with a rare malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Longitude Semiconductor S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Seko
  • Patent number: 9589783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the wettability of a rotating electrode with a liquid medium in a discharge lamp, in particular for the production of EUV radiation or soft X-rays, and a correspondingly designed gas discharge lamp. In the method, the edge surface of the rotating electrode to which the liquid medium is applied is microstructured by means of external processing. This microstructure significantly improves the wettability of the edge surface for the liquid medium. Furthermore, the distribution of the liquid medium over the edge surface can be controlled selectively by suitable choice of the microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Klaus Bergmann, Ralf Pruemmer
  • Patent number: 9587811
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a flexible substrate member having a base member and a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on the surface of the base member and electrically connected to the plurality of wiring portions, and a plurality of sealing members sealing corresponding parts of the substrate member and the light emitting elements respectively. The substrate is curved so that at least a part of periphery of the sealing member is arranged at a position lower than the position on which the light emitting element is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kamada
  • Patent number: 9581306
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a light source, a projection optical member, a light deflector, and a tube shaped housing. The projection optical member projects light, which is incident on the projection optical member, ahead. The light deflector includes a plurality of optical devices that are arrayed. The optical devices are individually switchable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the optical devices reflect light emitted from the light source to a direction other than a direction towards the projection optical member. In the second state, the optical devices reflect the emitted light towards the projection optical member. The light deflector is disposed inside the housing. The projection optical member is disposed in an opening portion of the housing. A first portion, of the housing, intersecting a path of a light beam incident on the light deflector is transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamura, Takayuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 9581302
    Abstract: A recessed lighting system is provided. The recessed lighting system a universal light module to emit light through a light transmissive cover, a plurality of trims wherein each trim has the same means for attaching to the light module and the same size opening that aligns with the light transmissive cover of the module, but have different flange widths; and a plurality of different size recessed lighting fixture housings that each include an annular cavity to receive the light module attached to one of the trims. Each of the cavities is differently sized and is coupled to the trims using support brackets on the trims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventor: Michael D. Danesh
  • Patent number: 9577218
    Abstract: When attaching a substrate with an EL element formed thereon and a transparent sealing substrate, the periphery of a pixel portion is surrounded with a first sealing agent that maintains a gap between the two pieces of substrates, an entire surface of the pixel portion is covered with a second transparent sealing agent so that the two pieces of substrate is fixed with the first sealing agent and the second sealing agent. Consequently, the EL element can be encapsulated by curing the first sealing agent and the second sealing agent without enclosing a drying agent and doing damage to the EL element due to UV irradiation even when a sealing device only having a function of UV irradiation is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9576764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a field emitter electrode including a bonding unit formed on a substrate, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes fixed to the substrate by the bonding unit, in which the bonding unit includes a carbide-based first inorganic filler and a second inorganic filler formed of a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Woo Jeong, Jae-woo Kim, Yoon-Ho Song, Jun Tae Kang, Sungyoul Choi
  • Patent number: 9562653
    Abstract: A lighting device may be provided that comprises: a heat sink; a light source which is disposed on the heat sink; a cover which is coupled to the heat sink and includes a dome disposed on the light source and a body supporting the dome; and a reflective plate which is disposed in the body and has an opening through which a part of light from the light source passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ku Kang
  • Patent number: 9557604
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which has a curved surface in a first direction and a flat surface in a second direction crossing the first direction, and includes, a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes liquid crystal molecules pre-tilted at predetermined angles with reference to a direction substantially vertical to a plane of the display panel, where the liquid crystal molecules are pre-tilted at the predetermined angles corresponding to cell gaps defined by distances between the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungbae Kim, Yongwoo Hyung, Younggoo Song
  • Patent number: 9548322
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wiring substrate includes a pad group of a first pad to supply a power source voltage of low level, a second pad to supply a power source voltage of high level, and a third pad to supply a necessary signal for displaying an image, a common line, a first connection line to connect the first pad with the common line, a second connection line to connect the second pad with the common line, and a third connection line to connect the third pad with the common line, wherein the first connection line and the second connection line are formed of polysilicon in which no impurity is doped, and the third connection line and the common line are formed of polysilicon in which an impurity is doped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Fujimoto, Tetsuya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 9543739
    Abstract: A spark plug comprises an insulator having a axial hole penetrating in a direction of an axis, a central electrode provided on the front end side of the axial hole, a tubular metal shell that holds the insulator, and a ground electrode including a surface layer and a core material that is surrounded by the surface layer and has a larger thermal conductivity than that of the surface layer. The metal shell of the spark plug has a protruding portion in which at least a part of the metal shell protrudes toward the front end side in the direction of the axis. The ground electrode has an end surface at one end portion thereof joined to the inside of the protruding portion and the other end portion thereof facing the central electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Sakakura