Patents by Inventor Bai ZHANG

Bai ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250107340
    Abstract: A display device includes a bank having an opening from which the upper surface of an anode is exposed, and provided with an inclined opening sidewall. The bank has a plurality of protrusions having upper surfaces that are horizontal, and formed in a staircase manner along the opening sidewall. Within the opening, organic molecules constituting an EL layer are accumulated perpendicularly to accumulation surfaces while being oriented horizontally so that the direction of their long axes is in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Bai ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250105635
    Abstract: Disclosed are an active equalization method, a system and a computer-readable storage medium. The active equalization method includes: obtaining a battery cell set to be balanced in the battery cluster; determining whether a battery cell to be balanced in the battery cell set to be balanced contains a charging battery cell; in response to that the charging battery cell is contained, adding one charging battery cell to a preset starting queue; determining whether the battery cell to be balanced in the battery cell set to be balanced contains a discharging battery cell; in response to that the discharging battery cell is contained, adding one discharging battery cell to the starting queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Shenzhen CLOU Electronics CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12114554
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element in which a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially layered toward a side of a light-emitting face. Further, the light-emitting device includes, on a side of the light-emitting face of the second electrode, a complementary color light absorption layer configured to absorb complementary color light of light emitted by the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokiyoshi Umeda, Yuto Tsukamoto, Bai Zhang, Shinichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20240180017
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate that is flexible; a protruding portion having a side surface at least partially including a reverse-tapered surface on the substrate; and a sealing layer containing a self-repairing material. Furthermore, the display device includes a recessed space formed with the side surface of the protruding portion and a surface on which the protruding portion is formed. Moreover, the sealing layer convers: the side surface and an upper surface of the protruding portion; and a lower surface of the recessed space, and the recessed space has a side surface at least partially including the reverse-tapered surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: BAI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230389392
    Abstract: A display device includes a hole injection layer common to a plurality of light-emitting elements between a light-emitting layer and an anode electrode under the light-emitting layer in the light-emitting element of each pixel. The hole injection layer includes a hole injection section configured to transport positive holes to the light-emitting layer, and a neighboring pixel hole blocking section formed in a portion between the light-emitting elements of adjacent pixels and configured to block transportation of positive holes between the light-emitting elements of the adjacent pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: BAI ZHANG, Koji YASUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11805663
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or the like with high color reproducibility and high luminous efficiency is achieved. The light-emitting device includes a blue pixel, a green pixel, and a red pixel, and the green pixel includes, in a green-light-emitting layer that emits light, a host material that transports carriers, a fluorescence dopant, which serves as a light emission dopant that contribute to light emission, and a thermally activated assist dopant which is composed of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokiyoshi Umeda, Yuto Tsukamoto, Bai Zhang, Shinichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20230309334
    Abstract: A display device includes a hole transport layer common to a plurality of light-emitting elements between a light-emitting layer and an anode electrode below thereof in the light-emitting element in each pixel. The hole transport layer includes a hole transport section that transports positive holes to the light-emitting layer, and an adjacent pixel hole blocking section that is formed in a portion between the light-emitting elements in adjacent pixels and blocks transportation of positive holes between the light-emitting elements in adjacent pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: BAI ZHANG, Koji YASUKAWA, TOKIYOSHI UMEDA, Naoki UETAKE
  • Publication number: 20210328198
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element in which a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially layered toward a light-emitting face side. The plurality of light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element configured to emit light of a first color, a second light-emitting element configured to emit light of a second color different from the first color, and a third light-emitting element configured to emit light of a third color different from the first color and the second color. The light-emitting device includes a light absorption layer on the light-emitting face side of the second electrode, in plane view, in common at positions where the light absorption layer is superimposed on the plurality of light-emitting elements, and the light absorption layer absorbs the light of the first color, the light of the second color, and the light of the third color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: TOKIYOSHI UMEDA, YUTO TSUKAMOTO, BAI ZHANG, SHINICHI KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20210320151
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element in which a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially layered toward a side of a light-emitting face. Further, the light-emitting device includes, on a side of the light-emitting face of the second electrode, a complementary color light absorption layer configured to absorb complementary color light of light emitted by the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: TOKIYOSHI UMEDA, YUTO TSUKAMOTO, BAI ZHANG, SHINICHI KAWATO
  • Patent number: 10991781
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a light modulating unit layer, a TFT layer, and a plurality of organic EL elements layered in the stated order. A top-emitting single-sided display emitting light emitted from a light emitting layer from an upper electrode side and a double-sided display emitting light emitted from the light emitting layer from each of the upper electrode side and a lower electrode side are electrically switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Publication number: 20210083218
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or the like with high color reproducibility and high luminous efficiency is achieved. The light-emitting device includes a blue pixel, a green pixel, and a red pixel, and the green pixel includes, in a green-light-emitting layer that emits light, a host material that transports carriers, a fluorescence dopant, which serves as a light emission dopant that contribute to light emission, and a thermally activated assist dopant which is composed of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: TOKIYOSHI UMEDA, YUTO TSUKAMOTO, BAI ZHANG, SHINICHI KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20200411621
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a light modulating unit layer, a TFT layer, and a plurality of organic EL elements layered in the stated order. A top-emitting single-sided display emitting light emitted from a light emitting layer from an upper electrode side and a double-sided display emitting light emitted from the light emitting layer from each of the upper electrode side and a lower electrode side are electrically switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO
  • Publication number: 20200373713
    Abstract: A combined-type battery pack tab device has a switch unit, comprising a seat which is mounted on equipment and is provided with a plurality of male tabs that are matched with a male tab inside a batter pack, and the switch unit which has one end matched with the male tab and the other end is matched with a circuit in a piece of equipment. The battery pack tab device is provided with the switch unit, and the switch unit triggers the battery pack and the equipment into indirect conduction, which solves the problem of instant sparking at the moment when the battery pack and the equipment are triggered into direct conduction, eliminates the potential hazard of electric shock at the moment the battery pack and the equipment are separated, thus improving the operation safety of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Bin LI, Hongbo WANG, Bai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10777103
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a green light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the second subpixel and the third subpixel; and the red light-emitting layer is formed only in the third subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Patent number: 10622575
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a red light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the first subpixel and the second subpixel; and the green light-emitting layer is formed only in the second subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Patent number: 10522775
    Abstract: A hole injection layer provided between a first electrode and each of light emitting layers, and an electron injection layer provided between a second electrode and each of light emitting layers, overlap only inward from an end portions each of the light emitting layers when viewed in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Satoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Publication number: 20190363272
    Abstract: A hole injection layer provided between a first electrode and each of light emitting layers, and an electron injection layer provided between a second electrode and each of light emitting layers, overlap only inward from an end portions each of the light emitting layers when viewed in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Satoshi INOUE, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO
  • Publication number: 20190363138
    Abstract: An individual hole transport layer is individually disposed between a common hole transport layer and a light emitting layer in each sub pixel, and the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the individual hole transport layer is smaller than the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the common hole transport layer, but larger than the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the light emitting layer in sub pixel. Thus, a hole can be efficiently injected into the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki JO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10461132
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a green light-emitting layer is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed solely in the first subpixel; the red light-emitting layer is formed solely in the third subpixel; and in the first subpixel a separation layer is formed between the blue light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Publication number: 20190312220
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a red light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the first subpixel and the second subpixel; and the green light-emitting layer is formed only in the second subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO