Abstract: A backlight unit including a plurality of light-emitting device units with varying arrangement intervals such that the light-emitting device units are more densely arranged at edges of a base plate than at center thereof, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus employing the same. The backlight unit is designed to prevent creation of dark portions on corners due to a shortage in an amount of light, thereby providing improved brightness uniformity.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus is provided which uses a multi-facet flat mirror which includes an image pickup unit and an image display unit. The image pickup unit includes a first beam splitter changing paths of beams incident from a three-dimensional object, a first multi-facet flat mirror forming a concave structure with a combination of a plurality of basic flat mirrors, and an image pickup device picking up as a two-dimensional basic image signal beams that are reflected by the first multi-facet flat mirror array. The image display unit includes a beam projector receiving the two-dimensional basic image signal and projecting the received signal, a second beam splitter changing propagation paths of incident beams, and a second multi-facet flat mirror array forming a concave structure with a combination of a plurality of basic flat mirrors and restoring the input two-dimensional signal into a three-dimensional image signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing structure for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises a bipolar plate with sealing groove to be filled with rubber using a dispenser, and a gasket interposed between the bipolar plate and a membrane electrode assembly. That is, according to the present invention, the thickness deviation in a gasket can be softened by interposing a gasket between a rubber ands a membrane electrode assembly after filling rubber in a sealing groove formed on a bipolar plate using a dispenser. Also, nonuniform stress distribution can be resolved because a gasket covers with a pressure despite the height deviation of rubber, and a stress is not directly transmitted to a membrane electrode assembly and dispersed by a gasket despite nonuniform stress distribution.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and second substrate opposing each other, address electrodes arranged on the first substrate along a first direction, barrier ribs arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a plurality of discharge cells, and display electrodes arranged on the second substrate along the second direction intersecting the first direction. The barrier ribs include dummy barrier ribs arranged in a non-display region provided in the first substrate and the second substrate, the dummy barrier ribs satisfying the following formula: 2.4?(h/l)×100?6.0 where l is a length of a dummy barrier rib measured in the first direction, and h is a height of a barrier rib measured in a thickness direction of the panel.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display which prevents breakage of a substrate in a thin liquid crystal display panel. The method includes forming a plurality of sealant patterns defining a liquid layer on a first substrate, a plurality of dummy patterns between the sealant patterns, and a plurality of protective patterns on crossings between the dummy patterns; bonding a second substrate to the first substrate, forming a plurality of scribing lines on a surface of either the first or second substrate; and cutting the first and second substrates along the scribing lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anisotropic-electroconductive adhesive, which includes an insulating adhesive component containing a radical polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator; and a plurality of insulating coated electroconductive particles dispersed in the insulating adhesive component, the insulating coated electroconductive particle having a coating layer made of insulating thermoplastic resin on a surface of an electroconductive particle, wherein a softening point of the insulating thermoplastic resin is lower than an exothermic peak temperature of the insulating adhesive component. The anisotropic-electroconductive adhesive enables rapid curing of the insulating adhesive component at a low temperature and is very useful for making a circuit connection structure since it may prevent a short of circuit without connection failure even when the electroconductive particles are condensed.

Abstract: Controlling of a CVVT can be improved by controlling the CVVT based on an estimated oil temperature, the estimated oil temperature being calculated on the basis of a coolant temperature at starting of the engine and a period of time that has elapsed after the starting of the engine.

Abstract: Limp home control methods are provided for situations of a disconnected battery power line.

Abstract: A color image forming apparatus is provided capable of easily assembling and controlling the elements relating to color registration and image quality. The apparatus includes an image forming module having a plurality of image forming units, exposure units, a transfer unit and an integrally formed image forming frame, and a main body in which the image forming module is detachably mounted by use of positioning members. Upon assembling the plurality of image forming units, exposure units and the transfer unit in the image forming frame, distances between the former elements are always maintained constant.

Abstract: An air conditioner is disclosed. The present invention includes a cabinet wherein an indoor air is sucked into the cabinet in a lateral direction and wherein an air-conditioned air is blown from the cabinet in a front direction, an indoor blower provided within the cabinet, the indoor blower sucking the indoor air to blow in the front direction, and at least one indoor heat exchanger provided next to the indoor blower within the cabinet to exchange heat with a flowing air. Accordingly, the present invention enhances air-conditioning performance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a plurality of gate lines and data lines on the first substrate, a plurality of switching devices at cross portions of the gate and data lines, a passivation layer on the plurality of switching devices, a plurality of ball spacers on the passivation layer, a color filter layer on the second substrate, and a plurality of column spacers on the color filter layer.

Abstract: Air conditioner including a cabinet having room air inlets in at least one of side surfaces and a top surface, and a room air outlet in a front surface, and a front panel in front of the cabinet, thereby cooling/heating a room quickly, and improving thermal efficiency by preventing discharged air from re-entering into the air conditioner, directly.

Abstract: There is provided a hinge module for mechanically connecting a main body to a folder in a portable radio terminal. In the hinge module, a hinge shaft has an angled portion on one end and a shaft on the other end thereof, for rotating with the folder. A hinge cam is disposed to face the hinge shaft and has a pair of angled portions on the surface facing the hinge shaft, a valley portion between the angled portions, a fixing post along a rotating axis, and a guide protrusion for facilitating sliding of the hinge cam with respect to the hinge shaft while restricting rotational movement of the hinge cam. Each angled portion has a gentle slope and a steep slope that are asymmetrical sidewise. A hinge spring is disposed along the rotating axis and has one end connected to the fixing protrusion of the hinge cam, for providing restoring force to the hinge cam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for electrostatic discharge protection (ESD).

Abstract: Corrosion resistant multi-layered clad plates or sheets with high bonding strength is disclosed. According to the present invention, clad metals with high corrosion resistance such as Ti, Nb, V, or Zr and their alloys can be bonded with a cheap substrate such as Fe, Cu, or Ni and their alloys by the resistance seam welding. Using the insert metal causing the eutectic reaction, the clad metal can be strongly bonded with the substrate. Especially, corrosion resistant clad plates with excellent bonding strength can be fabricated by controlling the thickness and the microstructures of the eutectic reaction layer at the interface between the clad metal and the substrate or between the clad metal and the insert metal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thin-film inspection device with two or more light sources. This device can control the wavelength and intensity of light and illuminate the lights with different incident angles, and are used to control the interference intensity, thereby determining optimal inspection conditions to obtain a reliable inspection result even when different kinds of thin films coexist. The thin films are formed on a flat plate and have different indices of refraction and thicknesses. An incident light control unit is disposed between the illumination unit and the flat plate for controlling the light to be incident on the patterns. A sensor unit detects a reflection light from the patterns. A reflection light control unit is disposed between the flat plate and the sensor unit and controls the light to be detected by the sensor unit. A control unit controls the movement of the illumination unit and the sensor unit.

Abstract: A method of displaying an image using an image display device in which the image display device has an artificial light source includes inputting primary image signals to the image display device, determining chroma state of the primary image signals for each image frame, and determining gray-scale state of the primary image signals for each image frame. The primary image signals are transformed to multi-color image signals and luminance of the artificial light source is controlled, in response to the determined chroma state and gray-scale state of the primary image signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition and a prepreg and a copper clad laminate using the same. The present invention provides a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition comprising a polyphosphate compound as phosphorus-based flame retardant and a prepreg and a copper clad laminate using the same. The resin composition of the present invention has superior flame retardancy without using a halogen-based flame retardant. Also, because it has superior heat resistance, a high glass transition temperature (Tg), good copper peeling strength and superior lead heat resistance after moisture absorption, it can be utilized in a copper clad laminate for printed circuit boards, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed are a structure of multi-layered clad plates and sheets for corrosion resistance and a fabricating method thereof. Provided are clad plates and sheets for corrosion resistance in which Ni, Co, Ti, Ni, V, and Zr having an excellent corrosion resistance, or an alloy thereof are bonded to cheap Fe, Cu, or an alloy thereof. Chemical compositions of the clad metals and structures of the clad plates and sheets are easily modified with service conditions of the clad plates and sheets. Also, this invention provides a more cost-effective method based on a. resistance seam welding process for fabricating the corrosion-resistant clad plates and sheets.

Abstract: A torsion spring is equipped to provide a resilient force toward an opposite direction of a manipulation force of a driver's pedal and an magnetorheological damper is equipped to promptly actively attenuate the resilient force of the torsion spring and the manipulation force of the driver's pedal. Thereby, contributing to a wide control range of the reaction force of the pedal, an effective response, and a proper formation of hysteresis of the reaction force of the pedal.