Patents Examined by Zachary Snyder
  • Patent number: 7719189
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel includes a substrate and a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer has a red phosphor layer, a green phosphor layer and a blue phosphor layer. At least one of a start point of the red phosphor layer, a start point of the green phosphor layer and a start point of the blue phosphor layer is different from a start point of the remaining phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jongwoon Bae
  • Patent number: 7719182
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising: first and second non-metallic transparent electrodes, and one or more layers of organic material formed between the first and second non-metallic transparent electrodes, the layers of organic material including one or more light-emitting layers; and one or more non-metallic reflective layers located on a side of either of the first or second non-metallic transparent electrodes opposite to the organic material layers; wherein the device further comprises a light transmissive scattering layer in optical contact with the organic material layers and the electrodes or wherein at least one of the one or more non-metallic reflective layers comprises a reflective scattering layer in optical contact with the organic material layers and the electrodes. Additionally, a low-index layer is preferably employed in various embodiments to improve device sharpness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Joseph F. Revelli, Jr., Joel D. Shore, Lee W. Tutt, Donald R. Preuss
  • Patent number: 7710024
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The device includes: a substrate having a first pixel region, a second pixel region and a third pixel region; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer; and a first organic layer and a second organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the organic emission layer. The first organic layer and the second organic layer have a combined thickness of approximately 500 to 700 ? or approximately 2000 to 2400 ? in the first pixel region, approximately 1600 to 2000 ? in the second pixel region, and approximately 200 to 400 ? in the third pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Joon-Young Park
  • Patent number: 7683528
    Abstract: The present invention prevents the oxidization of a member of carbon fibers and improves the electric connection between the carbon fibers and the member of carbon fibers. In the present invention, a member 5 of carbon fibers 4 includes: a first element selected from the group consisting of IVa group elements and Va group elements; a second element selected from the group consisting of C, Al, Si, Cr, and Zr; and N. Preferably, the first element is Ti. More preferably, the member 5 includes Al or Si and the ratio of Al or Si to Ti is not less than 10 atm % and not more than 30 atm %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Tsukamoto, Shin Kitamura, Oichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7679278
    Abstract: An electron-emitting device having little dispersion of its electron emission characteristic and a suppressed “fluctuation” of its electron emission quantity is provided. The electron-emitting device includes a substrate equipped with a first portion containing silicon oxide and a second portion arranged abreast of the first portion and having a higher heat conductance, and an electroconductive film including a gap therein, the electroconductive film arranged on the substrate, wherein the first and the second portions having a resistance higher than that of the electroconductive film, and the gap is arranged on the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Nukanobu, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 7675230
    Abstract: A light-emitting element used for display devices and illuminating devices has been formed on a flat substrate, and therefore, when the size of such devices is increased, manufacturing apparatuses also have to be enlarged. Also, a problem involved has been that even a failure of one light-emitting element causes the entire device to fail, making improvement of production yield difficult. To solve the above problems, in the present invention, light-emitting elements are formed as linear elements, and the linear elements are combined to form a plane light-emitting device. This enables the light-emitting device to be produced by selecting only linear light-emitting elements of good quality, and enlargement of apparatuses and enhancement of production yield can be expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ideal Star Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kasama, Kenji Omote
  • Patent number: 7663307
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a supporting member, a light-emitting element disposed on the supporting member to emit a light, the light-emitting element having a semiconductor substrate and a polygonal top surface, an electrode pad formed on the top surface of the light-emitting element, a first lead electrode formed on the supporting member, a conductive wire connecting the electrode pad with the first lead electrode, the conductive wire being arranged to pass over one of corners of the polygonal top surface of the light-emitting element and along a ridge formed contiguous to the one of corners and corresponding to a boundary between neighboring side surfaces of the light-emitting element, and a fluorescent layer containing a light-transmitting member and a fluorescent substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kei Kaneko, Naomi Shida, Masahiro Yamamoto, Yasushi Hattori
  • Patent number: 7652418
    Abstract: An electron emission device which can uniformly emit electrons and can be simply manufactured at a reduced cost, and a display apparatus having improved uniform brightness of pixels by using the electron emission device. In addition, a simple method of manufacturing the electron emission device. The electron emission device includes: a first substrate; a cathode electrode and an electron emission unit disposed on the first substrate; a gate electrode electrically insulated from the cathode electrode; an insulating layer disposed between the cathode electrode and the gate electrode to insulate the cathode electrode from the gate electrode; and an electron emission source including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that contact the cathode electrode, wherein distances between the gate electrode and the tips of the CNTs are uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Choi, Jong-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 7602112
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of a capped high-pressure discharge lamp (1) and a lamp holder (50). The discharge lamp comprises an outer envelope (10) in which a discharge vessel (11) is arranged. The outer envelope has a pinched portion (20) provided with a clamping member (25). A lamp cap comprises a substantially circular-cylindrical cup shaped portion for receiving the clamping member and is provided with a protruding collar (36). The lamp holder (50) comprises a substantially circular-cylindrical flange (55) for receiving the cup-shaped portion such that the flange engages the protruding collar. An inner diameter of the flange (55) has a tolerance of less than or equal to ?0.2 mm. An outer diameter of the cup-shaped portion (33) has a tolerance of less than or equal to +0.2 mm. The respective tolerances extend over a length of at least 2.5 mm, measured with respect to the protruding collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicholas Gerardus Antonius Peeters, Johannes Antonius Theresia Schellen, Karl-Wilhelm Vogt, Erwin Norbert Lingemann
  • Patent number: 7573200
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce power consumption in a plasma display panel (PDP) by reducing the discharge firing voltage, while suppressing the occurrence of discharge variability when the PDP is driven, as well as ensuring the wall-charge holding performance of a protective film surface. To achieve this, a front panel of a PDP of the present invention has a catalyst layer dispersed on a surface of display electrodes formed in stripes on one side of a glass substrate, and needle crystals composed of graphite formed to stand upright on the catalyst layer. The needle crystals form a phase-separated structure with the materials of a dielectric film and a protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamamoto, Mikihiko Nishitani, Yukihiro Morita
  • Patent number: 7569980
    Abstract: A thermal electron emission backlight unit includes: first and second substrates arranged parallel to each other; first and second anode electrodes respectively arranged on inner surfaces between the first and second substrates; wall frames adapted to seal an inner space between the first and second substrates; a movable spacer holder and a fixed spacer holder arranged inside the wall frames to face each other; a plurality of spacers arranged between the first and second substrates and adapted to maintain a gap therebetween, wherein ends of the spacers are coupled to the movable and fixed spacer holders; a plurality of cathode electrodes arranged across the spacers between the first and second substrates; and a phosphor layer arranged on the second anode electrode. The spacers include tension spacers adapted to provide tension between the movable and fixed spacer holders by pushing the movable spacer holder away from the fixed spacer holder. The first substrate is adapted to pass white light therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong-Gwon Song, Moon-Jin Shin