Patents Examined by Timothy L Rude
  • Patent number: 9274390
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing into each other, a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line defining a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and disposed at the pixel region, a color filter layer disposed closer than the pixel electrode from the first substrate, the color filter layer corresponding to the pixel electrode, a black matrix over the thin film transistor, a common electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn-Gyoung Chang, Woong-Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 9261721
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight unit, a fixing sheet and a coupling unit. The display panel includes an image display surface upon which an image is displayed, and a bottom surface opposing the image display surface. The backlight unit is under the display panel, and generates and provides light to the display panel. The fixing sheet includes a base film and a wing part. The base film is entirely attached to the bottom surface of the display panel and a top surface of the backlight unit. The wing part extends from an edge of the base film and is fixed to a side surface of the backlight unit. The coupling member couples the wing part to the side surface of the backlight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Won Kuk, Chunghui Lee, Joonseok Ahn, Jeesu Park
  • Patent number: 9256095
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal module and a polarizer on the liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module includes an upper substrate, an upper electrode layer, a first alignment, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment layer, a thin film transistor panel, and a lower polarizing layer. The polarizer includes a first transparent conductive layer, an upper polarizing layer, and a second transparent conductive layer on the second surface of the upper polarizing layer stacked together. A number of first electrodes are electrically connected with the first transparent conducive layer, a number of second electrodes are electrically connected with the second transparent conducive layer. The first transparent conductive layer includes a number of transparent conductive belts along a second direction, and the second transparent conductive layer includes a number of carbon nanotubes substantially aligned along a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 9257360
    Abstract: A backplane for a display device and the display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the backplane includes a substrate, an active layer formed over the substrate including a channel region, a source region contacting a first side of the channel region, and a drain region contacting a second side of the channel region. The backplane further includes a gate electrode formed adjacent to the channel region, a source electrode electrically connected to the source region, and a drain electrode electrically connected to the drain region. The active layer includes a plurality of heat radiation pins that extend in a direction of the thickness of the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Jun Shin, Se-Hun Park, Jae-Hwan Oh, Young-Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 9256097
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate overlapping the first substrate, an image display part disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a black matrix disposed on the second substrate. The display apparatus further includes a floating electrode overlapping the black matrix and being electrically floating. The display apparatus further includes first-type touch lines extending in a first direction, arranged along a second direction, electrically insulated from each other, and including a primary first-type touch line. The primary first-type touch line overlaps and is insulated from the floating electrode. The display apparatus further includes second-type touch lines extending in the second direction, arranged along the first direction, electrically insulated from each other, and including a primary second-type touch line. The primary second-type touch line overlaps and is insulated from the floating electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungman Kim, Chul Kim, Hwa Yeul Oh, YoungJe Cho, Hyunki Hwang
  • Patent number: 9256100
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device including, according to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display panel including first and second substrates, a plurality of gate lines and data lines on the first substrate defining a plurality of pixel regions, a thin film transistor at each pixel region, a black matrix and a color filter layer on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first an second substrates; a first polarizer and a second polarizer; a backlight unit; a selective reflection film between the liquid crystal display panel and the second polarizer; and a first reflecting layer on at least one of the gate line and the data line of the liquid crystal display panel. The black matrix and the color filter layer include opened areas corresponding to the first reflecting layer so that the light reflected from the first reflecting layer is transmitted through the black matrix and the color filter layer through the opened portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Shin, Ju-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 9256012
    Abstract: A color filter substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The color filter substrate includes a substrate; a black matrix dividing the substrate into a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged in matrix; a color filter layer including color photoresist patterns with N different colors, N?3, arranged cyclically in discontinuous sub-pixel areas in adjacent N rows/columns, the color photoresist patterns in M adjacent sub-pixel areas of a single color in at least one line/column in the color filter layer extending to regions over the black matrix corresponding to regions between adjacent sub-pixel areas, to form continuous strip-like color photoresist patterns, wherein M?2; and spacers including main spacers disposed over regions between adjacent discontinuous color photoresist patterns corresponding to the black matrix and secondary spacers disposed over regions of the continuous strip-like color photoresist patterns corresponding to the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Li, Jingjing Jiang, Tonghua Yang, Changgang Huang
  • Patent number: 9253924
    Abstract: An image display device comprising an image display panel, heat dispersion material positioned proximate to the image display panel, a frame system including a framework positioned proximate to the heat dispersion material opposite the image display panel, and a plurality of electronic components engaging the framework, where the image display device exhibits a support factor of less than about 150 mm-W/m° K. The framework can be adhesively bonded to the heat dispersion material. The framework can include a height and a width wherein the heat dispersion material substantially spans the height and the width. Additionally, a first cross support can span the framework and a plurality of second electronic components can engage the first cross support. Additionally a second cross support can span the framework wherein at least one of the second electronic components engages the second cross support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Shives, Gerald Hoffert, William Varela
  • Patent number: 9250381
    Abstract: A backlight device includes: a flat chassis member; a light guide plate stacked on the chassis member; and a light source member attached to the chassis member so as to face a light incident face that is located at a side face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has, at at least one side face adjacent to the light incident face, a convex part protruding outwardly of the side face, the chassis member has a protruding part to sandwich the convex part, and at least a part of the protruding part is covered with an elastic member that presses the convex part toward the light source member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 9253932
    Abstract: An image display device having improved properties, comprising an image display panel, heat dispersion material positioned proximate to the image display panel, an open frame positioned proximate to the heat dispersion material opposite the image display panel, and a plurality of electronic components engaging the open frame, the image display device exhibits a support factor of less than about 375 mm-W/m° K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Shives, Gerald Hoffert, William Varela
  • Patent number: 9250462
    Abstract: An image display device comprising an image display panel, a frame system including a framework operatively engaging the image display panel and a plurality of electronic components operatively engaging the framework, heat dispersion material operatively engaging the framework and in operative thermal contact with the electronic components, where the frame system exhibits a support factor of less than about 150 mm-W/m° K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Shives, William Varela
  • Patent number: 9250492
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel structure of narrow border includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer configured between the upper and lower substrates, a black matrix layer, a first sensing electrode layer, and a second sensing electrode layer. The first sensing electrode layer includes plural first conductor line units and plural connection lines arranged in a first direction. The second sensing electrode layer includes plural second conductor line units arranged in a second direction. When performing a touch sensing and receiving the touch driving signal, each second conductor line unit makes use of a corresponding connection line to be extended to one edge of the panel structure. The first conductor line units, the connection lines, and the second conductor line units are disposed corresponding to positions of the plurality of opaque lines of the black matrix layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsiang-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9244297
    Abstract: Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The drive signal source uses pulse-width modulation to set a frequency and an amplitude of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: LENSVECTOR INC.
    Inventors: Tigran Galstian, Vladimir Presniakov, Karen Asatryan, Amir Tork, Armen Zohrabyan, Aram Bagramyan
  • Patent number: 9244306
    Abstract: A color filter substrate can include a first colored layer, a second colored layer, and a third colored layer that are arranged on a transparent substrate and that have mutually different hues, and a common electrode disposed so as to cover the first colored layer, the second colored layer, and the third colored layer, wherein the common electrode includes a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode that are disposed to overlap the first colored layer and the second colored layer, respectively, and that are made of a first transparent conductive film; a third transparent electrode that is disposed to overlap the third colored layer, the third transparent electrode being made of a second transparent conductive film that is different from the first transparent conductive film; and a fourth transparent electrode that is disposed to overlap the first colored layer, the fourth transparent electrode being made of the second transparent conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: UNIFIED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Isao Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9239485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a touch display panel and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device. The touch display panel comprises a color filter substrate. A first conductive layer (1021) is formed on a base substrate (103) of the color filter substrate, and a first insulation layer (1101) is formed on the first conductive layer (1021). A pattern of the first conductive layer (1021) is same as a pattern of a black matrix (104) that is formed on the base substrate (103). A pattern of the first insulation layer (1101) in a display region of the touch display panel is same as a pattern of the first conductive layer (1021) in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingming Liu, Haisheng Wang, Shengji Yang, Hongjuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9239509
    Abstract: A first element substrate (20a) including an interlayer insulating layer (15a) provided on a first transparent substrate (10a), a plurality of first transparent electrode (16) extending parallel to each other, each first transparent electrode (16) being provided at a bottom (B) of an associated one of a plurality of grooves (S) in the interlayer insulating layer (15a), and a planarizing layer (17) covering the first transparent electrodes (16), filling the grooves (S), and having a refractive index equal to a refractive index of the interlayer insulating layer (15a), a second element substrate (30a) including a second transparent electrode (21) provided on a second transparent substrate (10b), and a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the first element substrate (20a) and the second element substrate (30a) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuuichi Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 9239488
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a LCD panel having a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side, a frame which surrounds the LCD panel and has a first opening having first to fourth sides, a planar light source disposed on the rear surface side of the LCD panel in the first opening, a plurality of optical sheet groups which are disposed between the planar light source and the LCD panel, and an adhesive layer which has a second opening formed along the first to fourth sides of the frame. A front surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the LCD panel along at least the first side, and a rear surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the plurality of optical sheet groups and the frame along at least the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 9235081
    Abstract: A display device includes a lens with an adjustable refractive index. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a backlight unit positioned at a back side of the display panel to emit light of a first color and light of a second color to the display panel at different times, the first color and the second color being different from each other; and a lens unit positioned at a front side of the display panel to form at least one lens in a 3D mode. The lens unit includes a plurality of electrodes for adjusting a refractive index of the lens, and a signal applied to the electrodes when the backlight unit emits the light of the first color is different from a signal applied to the electrodes when the backlight unit emits the light of the second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beong-Hun Beon, Ji-Hoon Kim, Seung Beom Park, Sang-Gu Lee, Seung Hee Lee, Yun Jang
  • Patent number: 9229268
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including polarizing films that polarize infrared-range light as well as visible-range light and being operated in a visible light mode and an infrared light mode is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, polarizing films attached to the top and bottom surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel. At least one of the polarizing films includes an infrared polarizing film or a polarizing film for both visible and infrared light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Min Lee, Jae-Jung Han, Joo-Young Yeon, Mi-Na Shin
  • Patent number: 9229254
    Abstract: Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The drive signal source uses pulse-width modulation to set a frequency and an amplitude of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LENSVECTOR INC.
    Inventors: Tigran Galstian, Vladimir Presniakov, Karen Asatryan, Amir Tork, Armen Zohrabyan, Aram Bagramyan