Patents Examined by Richard H Kim
  • Patent number: 11744054
    Abstract: A fan unit for improved airflow within a display assembly is provided. Fans are provided at a housing which includes a rear wall defining a curved shape with peaks to accommodate one of the fans and a valley between adjacent ones of the fans. The fan units induce relatively laminar flow within certain portions of an airflow pathways extending with the display assembly and relatively turbulent flows in other portions of the display assembly when activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz, Mike Brown, Kevin O'Connor, Alex Moreau
  • Patent number: 11733597
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat radiating device of an LCD projector, and the LCD projector has a fully sealed optical machine. The heat radiating device comprises an LED light source radiator, an efficient heat exchanger, external fans and an air guide cover. A window used for installing the efficient heat exchanger is formed in the bottom of a shell of the fully sealed optical machine. The efficient heat exchanger comprises a buckled Fin at a high temperature heat absorption side, a partition plate and sunflower sectional materials at a low temperature heat release side; and the buckled Fin, the partition plate and the sunflower sectional materials are sequentially pasted. The buckled Fin is located on an internal heat radiating air channel of the fully sealed optical machine; and the partition plate is formed in the bottom of the shell of the fully sealed optical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Changsha Pujiade Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 11726366
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a liquid crystal display panel comprising an electrode is provided. The electrode comprises a plurality of convex branch electrode portions arranged in a plane, the convex branch electrode portions being convex when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the plane and extending from a central region of the electrode to a periphery of the electrode, and a plurality of concave branch electrode portions, the concave branch electrode portions being concave when viewed from the first direction, extending from the central region to the periphery and adjacent to convex branch electrode portions. According to some aspects, a method of applying a pretilt to molecules in a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal display panel by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer via first and second electrodes is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Chikashi Kobayashi, Yoji Nagase
  • Patent number: 11715395
    Abstract: The display device may include a display panel and a frame disposed on a rear surface of the display panel. The display device also includes a plurality of binders fixed to the rear surface of the display panel and disposed between the display panel and the frame, and a plurality of coupling members penetrating through the frame and coupled to the plurality of binders. Therefore, the flatness of the display panel attached to the plurality of binders may be improved by adjusting the locations of the frame and the plurality of binders. Also, the display panel and the frame may be easily attached and detached using the plurality of binders and the plurality of coupling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghwan Yoon, HanSeok Kim, Sungeun Bae
  • Patent number: 11714308
    Abstract: A portable radio includes a housing having a front display. The front display includes a liquid crystal display structure, a first layer of touch panel rear glass disposed exterior to the liquid crystal display structure, and a second layer of touch panel front glass disposed exterior to the first layer of touch panel rear glass. The second layer of touch panel front glass provides a viewable surface and user interface. The front display also includes a vacuum layer disposed between the first layer of touch panel rear glass and the second layer of touch panel front glass, and a plurality of spacers disposed in the vacuum layer that maintain a gap. The front display also includes a seal that at least partially seals and maintains a vacuum within the vacuum layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian F. Rubio, Salvador P. Magana, David H. McClintock, William Robertson
  • Patent number: 11709392
    Abstract: A display device including a light source member including a plurality of light emitting units emitting a first color light, an optical member disposed on an upper side of the light source member, and a liquid crystal display panel disposed on an upper side of the optical member. The optical member includes a base substrate, a color conversion layer disposed on the base substrate and including a quantum dot for converting the first color light into a second color light and a third color light, a filter layer disposed between the base substrate and the color conversion layer and transmitting the first color light and reflecting the second color light and the third color light, and an optical path changing layer disposed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghee Lee, Seung-won Park, Baek Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11698559
    Abstract: A display device having a first region, a second region, and a third region set between the first region and the second region is provided. The display device includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a first signal line. The first sub-pixel is arranged in the first region. The second sub-pixel is arranged in the second region, the area of the first sub-pixel is larger than the area of the second sub-pixel. The first signal line is arranged in the first region and the third region, and is electrically connected to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel. At least a part of the first signal line extends in the first direction in the first region. At least another part of the first signal line extends in the second direction in the third region. The first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: You-Cheng Lu, Chia-Hao Tsai, Ming-Jou Tai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Yung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 11693269
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a flat portion and a plurality of curved portions extending from the flat portion in a bent manner. The display device further includes a front member disposed on the display panel, and an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the front m ember. The curved portion of the display panel is disposed along an entirety of an edge area of the display panel to minimize a non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heeseok Noh
  • Patent number: 11686968
    Abstract: A light-filtering film for a screen of a device comprising a polymer substrate. A first absorbing compound combined with the polymer substrate, the first absorbing compound absorbing blue light in a blue notch band having a full-width half-maximum of not greater than about 50 nm. A second absorbing compound combined with the polymer substrate, the second absorbing compound absorbing green light in a green notch, wherein the first absorbing compound comprises an absorption that has a maximum absorbance peak between about 420 nm and about 445 nm, and wherein the second absorbing compound has a maximum absorbance peak between about 540 nm and 610 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: EYESAFE INC.
    Inventors: Justin Barrett, Bonnie G. Simmons, Derek Harris
  • Patent number: 11686979
    Abstract: A sealant structure and a method of fabricating a display panel are provided. The sealant structure including a plurality of adhesive strips and a plurality of filling colloids, wherein the adhesive strips are disposed end to end, and a gap is disposed between any two adjacent adhesive strips, the filling colloids are disposed in the gaps; wherein the adhesive strips and the filling colloids form a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11681085
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer, and the first retardation layer has a short wavelength dispersion of about 1 to about 1.03, a long wavelength dispersion of about 0.98 to about 1, and an in-plane retardation of about 180 nm to about 220 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, the second retardation layer has a short wavelength dispersion of about 1 to about 1.1, a long wavelength dispersion of about 0.96 to about 1, and an in-plane retardation Re of about 70 nm to about 120 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and a ratio of out-of-plane retardation of the second retardation layer at a wavelength of 550 nm to thickness thereof is about ?33 nm/?m to about ?15 nm/?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Mo Koo, Bong Choon Kim, Dong Yoon Shin, Jung Hun You, Sang Hum Lee
  • Patent number: 11668969
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate. The second display substrate includes a substrate, a color conversion layer including a first conversion part configured to absorb light of a first color and to emit light of a second color, a second conversion part configured to absorb the light of the first color and to emit light of a third color, and a third conversion part configured to transmit the light of the first color, and a filter layer including a first filter overlapping with the first conversion part and having the second color, a second filter overlapping with the second conversion part and having the third color, a third filter overlapping with the third conversion part and having the first color, and an auxiliary filter overlapping with the second conversion part and configured to absorb the light of the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jin Chu, Hoon Kim, Wontae Kim, Yeogeon Yoon, Hee-Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11665923
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. In the embodiments, multiple layers in a functional area are removed through an etching process which is milder than a traditional cutting process and is not easy to introduce cracks into an inorganic material layer, so that a damage of components inside the display panel caused by moisture and oxygen is prevented, resulting in yield improvement of the display panel and cost saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11662633
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a black matrix disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in a matrix. The first substrate further includes a plurality of scan lines extending along a first direction. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The black matrix includes a plurality of first parts and a second part. One of the plurality of first parts extends along the first direction and corresponds to one of the plurality of the scan lines. The second part is connected to the one of the plurality of first parts and extends along a second direction. A thickness of the second part is varied along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Ming Lin, Chih-Ming Liang
  • Patent number: 11650454
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements, disposed on the substrate along a first direction and a second direction; and at least one optical film, including: a first surface, having a plurality of cone structures, top points of the cone structures being arranged to form a plurality of first ridges. In addition, an angle is between the first ridge and the first direction; and a second surface, corresponding to the first surface and toward the substrate, the plurality of light-emitting elements being between the substrate and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Wen-Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11644717
    Abstract: Provided is a dimming laminate which can effectively suppress occurrence of color unevenness and light omission. The dimming laminate according to the present invention includes a first transparent base material, a second transparent base material, and a dimming layer disposed between the first transparent base material and the second transparent base material. In this dimming laminate, the dimming layer includes a resin spacer, the resin spacer is a plurality of resin particles, and the resin spacer does not contain resin particles having a particle diameter of 1.4 times or more an average particle diameter of the resin particles or contains 0.0006% or less of the resin particles having a particle diameter of 1.4 times or more the average particle diameter of the resin particles, relative to 100% of the whole number of the resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Hideyuki Takahashi, Saori Ueda, Minoru Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11633903
    Abstract: A substrate and a method for producing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a substrate includes a base layer, a black layer formed on the base layer, and column spacers formed on the black layer, wherein a loss rate of spacers measured by a peel test is 15% or less. The substrate can have excellent adhesiveness of the spacer to the base layer or the black layer and ensuring appropriate darkening properties. The method can effectively produce such a substrate without adverse effects such as occurrence of foreign materials without separate treatment such as heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Cheol Ock Song, Seung Heon Lee, Ji Young Hwang, Han Min Seo, Nam Seok Bae, Jin Woo Park, Jung Sun You
  • Patent number: 11627292
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel that includes a display region, a holder that holds the electro-optical panel, a first temperature detecting element that is disposed on the electro-optical panel and detects the temperature of the electro-optical panel, and a second temperature detecting element that is disposed on the holder and detects the temperature of the holder. When four quadrants are defined by an X axis line passing through a center of the display region and a Y axis line passing through the center of the display region and orthogonal to the X axis line, the first temperature detecting element and the second temperature detecting element are disposed in the same quadrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11622480
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display. The display includes a display module, a supporting plate, and an evaporator. The display module has a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface of the display module. The supporting plate is attached to the rear surface of the display module. The evaporator is attached to the supporting plate and thermally connected to the rear surface of the display module through the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DYNASCAN TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-I Wang, Ching-Chun Wu, Jianhung Lin, Shao En Chung
  • Patent number: 11616210
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible display module having an electroluminescent unit, a flexible functional module on the flexible display, the flexible functional module having at least one function selected from the group of polarization, a color filtering, color conversion, a touch sensing, and biometric information recognition, and a flexible window module on the flexible functional module. A side surface of the flexible display module, a side surface of the flexible functional module, and a side surface of the flexible window module may be located on a first plane at a first side portion. An inner angle formed by an upper surface of the flexible window module emitting light and the first plane may be an acute angle at the first side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park