Patents by Inventor Len Kaplan
Len Kaplan 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).
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Patent number: 9766760Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight assembly, a liquid crystal display panel, a capacitive type touch function key, a cover film and a receiving container. The backlight assembly is configured to generate light. The liquid crystal display panel is disposed on the backlight assembly. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and an opposing substrate facing the array substrate. The capacitive type touch function key is disposed adjacent to a side surface of one of the array substrate and the opposing substrate. The cover film overlaps the liquid crystal display panel and the capacitive type touch function key. The receiving container receives the backlight assembly, the liquid crystal display panel and the capacitive type touch function key.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hwan Jeon, Jeong-Young Kim, Len Kaplan, Sung-Dong Park, Sang-Hwan Lee, Young-Suk Cho, Ki-Seok Cha
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Patent number: 9577020Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other; an organic light-emitting device that is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes a pixel electrode separately formed in each pixel, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and an electrode unit and at least one wiring unit that are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrode unit including at least one thin-film transistor for transmitting a light-emitting signal to the pixel electrode and at least one capacitor, wherein an optical property modification layer obtained by modifying an optical property of at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit is formed on a surface of the at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Len Kaplan, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Patent number: 9261725Abstract: A liquid crystal display has liquid crystal containerizing micro-cavities monolithically integrally formed as part of a thin film transistors substrate thereof where mouths of the micro-cavities are sealed shut by material of a capping layer and where the capping layer is patterned to have relatively thicker regions and comparatively thinner or devoid of capping material regions interposed between the thicker regions for thereby providing the capping layer with improved flexibility, the relatively thicker regions being disposed over the mouths of the microcavities.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Tae Wook Kang, Min Soo Kim, Len Kaplan, Nak Cho Choi
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Publication number: 20150263080Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other; an organic light-emitting device that is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes a pixel electrode separately formed in each pixel, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and an electrode unit and at least one wiring unit that are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrode unit including at least one thin-film transistor for transmitting a light-emitting signal to the pixel electrode and at least one capacitor, wherein an optical property modification layer obtained by modifying an optical property of at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit is formed on a surface of the at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Len Kaplan, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Publication number: 20150248181Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight assembly, a liquid crystal display panel, a capacitive type touch function key, a cover film and a receiving container. The backlight assembly is configured to generate light. The liquid crystal display panel is disposed on the backlight assembly. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and an opposing substrate facing the array substrate. The capacitive type touch function key is disposed adjacent to a side surface of one of the array substrate and the opposing substrate. The cover film overlaps the liquid crystal display panel and the capacitive type touch function key. The receiving container receives the backlight assembly, the liquid crystal display panel and the capacitive type touch function key.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Jae-Hwan Jeon, Jeong-Young Kim, Len Kaplan, Sung-Dong Park, Sang-Hwan Lee, Young-Suk Cho, Ki-Seok Cha
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Patent number: 9041017Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate; an organic light-emitting device disposed between the first and second substrates and includes a pixel electrode separately formed in each pixel, a common electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and an electrode unit and at least one wiring unit that are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrode unit including at least one thin-film transistor for transmitting a light-emitting signal to the pixel electrode and at least one capacitor, wherein an optical property modification layer obtained by modifying an optical property of at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit is formed on a surface of the at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Len Kaplan, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Publication number: 20150070631Abstract: A liquid crystal display has liquid crystal containerizing micro-cavities monolithically integrally formed as part of a thin film transistors substrate thereof where mouths of the micro-cavities are sealed shut by material of a capping layer and where the capping layer is patterned to have relatively thicker regions and comparatively thinner or devoid of capping material regions interposed between the thicker regions for thereby providing the capping layer with improved flexibility, the relatively thicker regions being disposed over the mouths of the microcavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY, Tae Wook KANG, Min Soo KIM, Len KAPLAN, Nak Cho CHOI
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Patent number: 8946733Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus that improves image quality characteristics, the organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer (PDL) formed on the first electrode to expose a set or predetermined region of the first electrode; an intermediate layer formed in the exposed predetermined region of the first electrode and including an organic emission layer; and a second electrode having a light-scattering face facing the substrate or facing oppositely away from the substrate, the second electrode being disposed on the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Min-Soo Kim, Kyong-Tae Park, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Patent number: 8879032Abstract: An alignment layer for a display device may include a plurality of rubbed patterns formed on its surface, wherein each of the rubbed patterns includes a first pattern intersecting a center axis at a first angle, and a second pattern connected to the first pattern and intersecting the center axis at a second angle, and the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately repeated. A liquid crystal display device includes the alignment layer, and a method and apparatus for treating the alignment layer are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Min-Soo Kim, Seon-Hong Ahn
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Patent number: 8860034Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Patent number: 8840533Abstract: A rubbing apparatus including a rubbing roller including an opening portion at a region of a circumferential surface of the rubbing roller, an outlet portion connected to the opening portion and open to an outside of the rubbing roller, and a groove portion connected to the opening portion and penetrating into the rubbing roller along the opening portion; and a rubbing cloth substantially surrounding the circumferential surface of the rubbing roller.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Kyong-Tae Park, Min-Soo Kim, Seon-Hong Ahn
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Patent number: 8461058Abstract: An organic layer deposition apparatus including an electrostatic chuck combined with a substrate so as to fixedly support the substrate. The organic layer deposition apparatus including a receiving surface that has a set curvature for receiving the substrate; a deposition source for discharging a deposition material toward the substrate; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; and a patterning slit sheet disposed to face the deposition source nozzle unit, and having a plurality of patterning slits arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a cross section of the patterning slit sheet on a plane formed by lines extending in the second direction and a third direction is bent by a set degree, wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the first and second directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Kyong-Tae Park, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Yong-Sup Choi
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Publication number: 20130057814Abstract: An alignment layer for a display device may include a plurality of rubbing patterns formed on its surface, wherein each of the rubbing patterns includes a first pattern intersecting a center axis at a first angle, and a second pattern connected to the first pattern and intersecting the center axis at a second angle, and the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately repeated. A liquid crystal display device includes the alignment layer, and a method and apparatus for treating the alignment layer are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Min-Soo Kim, Seon-Hong Ahn
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Publication number: 20120302414Abstract: A rubbing apparatus including a rubbing roller including an opening portion at a region of a circumferential surface of the rubbing roller, an outlet portion connected to the opening portion and open to an outside of the rubbing roller, and a groove portion connected to the opening portion and penetrating into the rubbing roller along the opening portion; and a rubbing cloth substantially surrounding the circumferential surface of the rubbing roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Kyong-Tae Park, Min-Soo Kim, Seon-Hong Ahn
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Publication number: 20120241772Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Publication number: 20120241775Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other; an organic light-emitting device that is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes a pixel electrode separately formed in each pixel, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and an electrode unit and at least one wiring unit that are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrode unit including at least one thin-film transistor for transmitting a light-emitting signal to the pixel electrode and at least one capacitor, wherein an optical property modification layer obtained by modifying an optical property of at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit is formed on a surface of the at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Len Kaplan, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Publication number: 20120235175Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus that improves image quality characteristics, the organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer (PDL) formed on the first electrode to expose a set or predetermined region of the first electrode; an intermediate layer formed in the exposed predetermined region of the first electrode and including an organic emission layer; and a second electrode having a light-scattering face facing the substrate or facing oppositely away from the substrate, the second electrode being disposed on the intermediate layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, So-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Min-Soo Kim, Kyong-Tae Park, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Jang-Seok Ma
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Publication number: 20120100644Abstract: An organic layer deposition apparatus including an electrostatic chuck combined with a substrate so as to fixedly support the substrate. The organic layer deposition apparatus including a receiving surface that has a set curvature for receiving the substrate; a deposition source for discharging a deposition material toward the substrate; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; and a patterning slit sheet disposed to face the deposition source nozzle unit, and having a plurality of patterning slits arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a cross section of the patterning slit sheet on a plane formed by lines extending in the second direction and a third direction is bent by a set degree, wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the first and second directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Len Kaplan, Se-Ho Cheong, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Kyong-Tae Park, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Yong-Sup Choi