Patents Examined by Richard H Kim
  • Patent number: 11385511
    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 width of the second part is varied along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Ming Lin, Chih-Ming Liang
  • Patent number: 11385491
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, an electronic device and a device mounting member. The display device includes: a first display module having a first backplane; a second display module having a second backplane located on an opposite side of the first backplane; a first heat sink located between the first backplane and the second backplane; and a second heat sink connected to the first heat sink in thermal conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: K-Tronics (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Xiao, Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11366347
    Abstract: A display device includes: a back plate, wherein the back plate is provided with an L-shaped bent portion, the bent portion including a bottom plate and a side plate; a display panel, wherein the display panel is disposed on one side of the side plate distal from the bottom plate, an orthographic projection of the display panel on the bottom plate is partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the side plate on the bottom plate; and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is configured to bond a non-light-emitting surface of the display panel to a surface of the side plate distal from the bottom plate, and the adhesive layer is further configured to bond to a side surface of the display panel, wherein the side surface is configured to connect a light-emitting surface and the non-light-emitting surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., LTD, Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjie Guo, Zhihua Sun, Jian Li
  • Patent number: 11366365
    Abstract: An array substrate of this application includes: a first common electrode, including a shield plate; a pixel electrode, insulated from the first common electrode and including a frame surrounded by an orthographic projection of the shield plate and a branch surrounded by the frame. The branch is connected to the frame. The frame includes a first side portion and a second side portion separated from each other. The first side portion is connected to the branch. The second side portion is located between the first side portion and the shield plate. Optionally, the first common electrode further includes a capacitor plate connected to the shield plate, and a storage capacitor is formed by the capacitor plate and the second side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhongnian Liu
  • Patent number: 11353730
    Abstract: A display substrate has first and second conductive layers separated from one another by an insulation layer. The first and second conductive layers are used to integrally form on the display substrate, pixel units in a relatively central display area of the substrate and integrated gate driving circuitry as well as associated wirings thereof in one or more peripheral areas. The first and second conductive layers are covered by a first protection layer made of a first electrically insulative material. A second and supplementing protection layer is provided on top of the first protection layer. The supplementing protection layer (buffer layer) is formed of a material different from that of the first protection layer so as to provide supplemental resistance against corrosive chemical agents and supplemental resistance against formation of cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kook-Hyun Choi, Hyo-Taek Lim, Dong-Ho Shin, Young-Je Cho, Yong-Jo Kim, Sang-Yong No, Sung-Hoon Kim, Hyo-Seop Kim
  • Patent number: 11347113
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first support member, a planarization layer, and an alignment layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The first support member is disposed in the peripheral region and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The planarization layer is disposed on the first substrate and has a first portion and an opening. The first portion is disposed between the opening, and the first support member and the first portion are overlapped in a normal direction of the first substrate. The alignment layer is disposed on the planarization layer. The alignment layer on the first portion has a first thickness. The alignment layer in the opening has a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than or equal to zero and less than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Han Yang, Hui-Min Huang, Chia-Min Yeh
  • Patent number: 11338499
    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: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Cheol Ock Song, Seung Heon Lee, Ji Young Hwang, Han Min Seo, Nam Seok Bae, Jin Woo Park, Jung Sun You
  • Patent number: 11327352
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first side surface, a display area, and a pad area located outside of the display area and adjacent to the first side surface, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second side surface extending further outward than the first side surface of the first substrate, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the pad area of the first substrate and bent along the first side surface of the first substrate, and a light blocking chassis overlapping the printed circuit board and the first side surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Myoung Lee, In Ho Park, Joo Lark Son, Min Cheol Chae
  • Patent number: 11327368
    Abstract: A spacer-containing tape for enabling the formation of a fine and uniform gap between various members and substrates for general purposes at low cost without the necessity of performing a spacer forming step specialized for each substrate or member on which spacers are to be disposed includes a spacer-dispersed layer containing at least a binder resin layer and a plurality of spacers. In this spacer-containing tape, the plurality of spacers are distributedly disposed independently from each other on one surface of the binder resin layer. It is preferable that the spacers be distributedly disposed regularly on the one surface of the binder resin layer. The area occupancy ratio of the spacers is preferably 35% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Iiyama, Reiji Tsukao
  • Patent number: 11327349
    Abstract: Described are methods for assembling a display device by forcibly flexing a first component to conform to a curved surface, adhering the first component to the curved surface, forcibly flexing a second component to conform to an outer surface of the first component and adhering the second component to the first component. The first and second components each comprise at least one of: i) a touch sensor component or a component film of a touch sensor component; ii) at least one pair of orthogonal polariser sheets; iii) a liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal material contained between two containing films; iv) at least one encapsulation film; v) at least one diffuser sheet; vi) a backlight component; vii) a light-emitting diode unit; and viii) a circular polariser component, or a component film thereof, for use with a light-emitting diode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Flexenable Limited
    Inventor: William Henry Reeves
  • Patent number: 11320682
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate, and the first substrate includes a glass substrate. A first metal layer, an insulating layer, a second metal layer, and a passivation protective layer are sequentially formed on a surface of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huiping Wang
  • Patent number: 11320705
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal deflection control method. The liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate which are assembled to form a cell, and liquid crystals located therebetween. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes a first area and a second area, the color filter substrate in each pixel region includes a black matrix covered by an orthographic projection of the second area on the color filter substrate, a light extracting member is disposed on a side of the array substrate in each pixel region adjacent to the liquid crystals and covered by an orthographic projection of the first area on the array substrate, and the light extracting member is configured to emit vertical light. Each pixel region further includes a liquid crystal deflection control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiyan Wang
  • Patent number: 11322526
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate comprising a color filter film. The first substrate includes a first organic resin layer, a second organic resin layer over the first organic resin layer; and a first opening portion provided by opening the first organic resin layer and the second organic resin layer. The first organic resin layer includes a first opening side surface having a first taper angle greater than 0° and less than 80° in the first opening portion. The second organic resin layer includes a second side surface having a second taper angle greater than 80° and less than 90° in the first opening portion. The first opening side surface is covered with the second organic resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Yokotani, Masanobu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11314114
    Abstract: A display device with a display element having a display surface and a cover glass sheet, having a first textured surface, such that the first textured surface is facing the display element. The first textured surface has a surface roughness defined by a first arithmetic amplitude value, Ra1, being equal to or greater than 0.12 ?m (Ra1?0.12 ?m) and a first spacing value, Rsm1, being equal to or greater than 45 ?m (Rsm1?45 ?m) both measured on an evaluation length of 12 mm and with a Gaussian filter of which the cut-off wavelength is 0.8 mm. The first textured surface is in direct contact with the display surface over at least a portion of a contact area of the first textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Fabrice Sinapi, Etienne Degand, Ingrid Marenne, Zakaria Habibi
  • Patent number: 11314113
    Abstract: A display device includes a plate member, an outer frame, and a display panel. The plate member has a fringe portion and a joining structure formed on the fringe portion. The fringe portion has an edge and two opposite surfaces. The outer frame has a parallel frame portion and a non-parallel frame portion extending from the parallel frame portion. The parallel frame portion is parallel to the fringe portion and is embedded into the joining structure, so as to make the outer frame and the plate member jointly from an accommodating space for accommodating the display panel. The parallel frame portion is coplanar with one of the surfaces. Therein, the joining structure can include an opening structure passing through the two surfaces and extending to the edge. Or, the joining structure can include an opening structure, passing through the two surfaces, and a raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Jun-Da Lin, Chun-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11294249
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate. The array substrate includes: a glass substrate, a first metal layer, a gate insulating layer, a second metal layer, a first ITO layer, a first passivation layer, and a second passivation layer. The second metal layer has a first sub-metal block and a second sub-metal block, wherein the first ITO layer is further covered by an optical spacer, and the first ITO layer is electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Junzheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11294216
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a substrate, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, an alignment film, an insulator, and a contact hole filler. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The first conductive member is disposed in the non-display area. The second conductive member is disposed in upper than the first conductive member to partially overlap the second conductive member in the non-display area. The alignment film is disposed upper than the second conductive member to straddle the display area and the non-display area. The insulator is disposed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member in the non-display area. The insulator includes a contact hole in a section overlapping the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The contact hole filler is disposed upper than the second conductive member to fill the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Waka
  • Patent number: 11287709
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a signal line provided in an image display region; and a terminal provided in a frame region and electrically connected to the signal line. The terminal includes: a metal layer; a first contact layer located closer to one side in a lamination direction than the metal layer, and electrically connected to the metal layer, a first interlayer insulating layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first contact layer; and a second contact layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first interlayer insulating layer, and electrically connected to the first contact layer through a first through-hole formed in the first interlayer insulating layer. The first contact layer is made of a transparent metal oxide or a semiconductor material doped with impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukami, Kenichirou Nishida, Ryuuta Watanabe, Masahiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 11287680
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a front cover including a front part covering an edge of a front surface of the display panel, a side part extended from the front part and covering a side surface of the display panel, and a guide protruded from the side part and contacting the side surface of the display panel; a frame including a rear part positioned in a rear of the display panel and a supporting part extended from the rear part and supporting a rear surface of the display panel; and a back cover positioned in the rear of the frame and coupled to the front cover. Further, the front cover is coupled to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyongil Kil, Sangmin Baek
  • Patent number: 11269206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible display substrate and a flexible display device. The flexible display substrate includes a flexible base substrate and a pixel layer. The flexible base substrate includes: a plurality of opening regions, as well as a plurality of island regions and a plurality of bridge regions divided by the plurality of opening regions; and a pixel layer including a plurality of display units arranged in the plurality of island regions respectively, in which each of the plurality of display units is provided with a first groove, the first groove divides the corresponding display units into a display section and a dam section, and at least a part of the dam section is located between the display section and the bridge region adjacent to the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Yang, Pinfan Wang, Libin Liu, Chunyan Xie