Patents Issued in March 6, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080054753
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electrical component, e.g., brush, manufacture are provided that control grain orientation. The systems and methods utilize hot pressing techniques to enhance the properties and functionalities of the electrical components/brushes. An intermediate work product characterized by a grain orientation is initially formed through a conventional pressing technique. The conventionally-pressed intermediates are positioned within a cavity/die with the grain orientation in a predetermined orientation relative to the hot press force to be applied thereto. The hot pressed final product exhibits superior resistivity, strength and apparent density/durability. Surface features may be formed on the face(s) of the final work product during the hot pressing step that cannot be achieved in conventional processing techniques. Advantageous articles of manufacture, e.g., brushes and brush assemblies, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Shepard Lynn Hockaday, Candace Stephenson Barefoot, George Dane Goodson, Timothy Glenn King, Ray John Matthews, John David Reece, Jeffrey Shaw Smith, Pimol Ballard Vonkchalee
  • Publication number: 20080054754
    Abstract: An end plate for a motor is provided at an end portion of a layered core and supports the core from both axial directions. The end plate comprises a contact surface, the shape of which corresponds to the shape of a stepped portion provided at the end portion of the core in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori Hoshino, Haruji Suzuki, Shusaku Kamio
  • Publication number: 20080054755
    Abstract: To produce a stable electromotive force in a thermoelectric generator having a thermoelectric element that has a cooling part and a heating part and generates electric power by utilizing a temperature difference between the cooling part and the heating part. A thermoelectric generator includes a thermoelectric element that has a cooling part and a heating part and that generates electric power by utilizing a temperature difference between the cooling part and the heating part, and a heat source for heating the heating part is a micro flame. The thermoelectric generator includes: a container for containing liquid fuel; a burner tube that is connected with the interior of the container and projects from the container; and a string of a capillary tube that passes through the burner tube from the container and projects outside from the burner tube. The micro flame is produced at the top end of the burner tube by the liquid fuel transported to the top end of the string by means of a capillary phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Tatsuo Obata
  • Publication number: 20080054756
    Abstract: A bimorphic structure responsive to changes in an environmental condition, sensor structures incorporating one or more of such bimorphic structures, and a method of forming such bimorphic structures. The sensor structure has an electrically-conductive first contact on a substrate, and a bimorph beam anchored to the substrate so that a portion thereof is suspended above the first contact. The bimorph beam has a multilayer structure that includes first and second layers, with the second layer between the first layer and the substrate. A portion of the first layer projects through an opening in the second layer toward the first contact so as to define an electrically-conductive second contact located on the beam so as to be spaced apart and aligned with the first contact for contact with the first contact when the beam sufficiently deflects toward the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: EVIGIA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bishnu Gogoi, Navid Yazdi
  • Publication number: 20080054757
    Abstract: A MEMS device that has desirable tip and tilt properties employs at least two electrostatic drives, each of which has its axis of rotation aligned with the center of a post attachment point, the post attachment point being coupled to a post that is further coupled to the plate that is to be tipped and tilted. Preferably, the electrostatic drives are comb drives arranged so that their axes of rotation are at right angles. Also preferably, in at least one direction, two comb drives are coupled to provide greater torque about a single axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Maria Elina Simon
  • Publication number: 20080054758
    Abstract: A micro-oscillation element facilitates adjusting the natural frequency relevant to the oscillating motion of the oscillating portion. The micro-oscillation element includes, for example, an oscillating portion, a frame, and a link portion that connects the oscillating portion and the frame. The link portion defines the oscillation axial center of oscillating motion of the oscillating portion with respect to the frame. The oscillating portion includes a main oscillating body, and a weight portion attached to the main oscillating body. The weight portion is movable in a direction intersecting the oscillation axial center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Tsuboi, Norinao Kouma, Hiromitsu Soneda, Hisao Okuda
  • Publication number: 20080054759
    Abstract: Disclosed are encapsulated microelectromechanical devices that are integrated with integrated circuit devices in the same substrate. Exemplary microelectromechanical apparatus comprises a substrate, one or more movable microelectromechanical elements formed in the substrate, and one or more stationary elements that are electrically operative elements of the apparatus and that form a protective layer for the movable microelectromechanical elements. Reduced to practice devices include acoustic resonators whose stationary electrodes also encapsulate the resonators. CMOS integrated circuit devices may be formed on the substrate beside or on top of the microelectromechanical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Farrokh Ayazi, Siavash Anaraki
  • Publication number: 20080054760
    Abstract: A vibration control apparatus capable of efficiently generating vibrations of different orders using the same electrodes. A plurality of electrodes polarized to have desired polarities are formed in a piezoelectric element, and are divided into a plurality of electrode groups each comprised of electrodes including two or more electrodes with different polarities. Phases and frequency of alternating voltages applied to the electrode groups are changed, thereby generating vibrations of different orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080054761
    Abstract: A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device is provided, including a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections and a fixation section for supporting the thin plate sections. A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element is arranged on each of the thin plate sections. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive device also includes movable sections defined by at least first end portions of the thin plate sections and a material which is different from that of the thin plate section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Tsutomu Nanataki, Koji Ikeda, Koji Kimura, Kazuyoshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20080054762
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device which may be permanently attached or removably attached to a material such as a vehicular glass window or airplane wing. This device may comprise of a converter sub-unit or vibrator and a coupler. These elements may be arranged to propagate mechanical motion generated by the converter sub-unit through the coupler and optionally into the edge of the attached material. The resulting vibration motion in the material, which could take the form of a longitudinal compression/rarefaction wave, transverse wave, or a combination of the two waveforms, may be of a sufficient magnitude so as to cause the adhesive bond between the material's surface and other solid debris, such as ice, to be broken. This allows the debris to fall away while not damaging the material. The vibration motion in the material may be also of sufficient magnitude to remove a liquid such as water from the material surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Damian Ludwiczak
  • Publication number: 20080054763
    Abstract: A tuning fork crystal oscillation plate includes a tuning fork crystal oscillation piece, first and second grooves, first and second groove electrodes, first side surface electrodes, and second side surface electrodes. The first groove electrode is connected to the second side surface electrodes to constitute one terminal. The second groove electrode is connected to the first side surface electrodes to constitute the other terminal. A method of manufacturing a tuning fork crystal oscillation plate is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Shigeru Kizaki
  • Publication number: 20080054764
    Abstract: A housing 25 of a stepping motor 1 consists of a pair of case sections 27 arranged in front and rear in the direction of an axial line L of a rotating shaft 3. The case sections 27 are formed of: an end plate 27a to which a bearing 31 for supporting the rotating shaft 3 is fixed, and a base plate 27b and a top plate 27c extending from the end plate 27a in the direction of axial line L of the rotating shaft 3. The case sections 27 are formed by bending a single plate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshinori Katada, Mitsuru Yanagisawa, Ryuta Yamawaki, Hideki Nakata, Masayuki Shiwa, Hideki Aikoh, Hironori Tomita
  • Publication number: 20080054765
    Abstract: An encoder for recording measured values, which depend on the rotating angle between a shaft (12) and a housing (10) containing the shaft (12), exhibits a stator (20) which is secured to the housing (10), a rotor (30) which is secured to the shaft (12), and a scanner which records the rotation of the rotor (30) relative to the stator (20). An elastic ring (42) with supporting points (44) rests on the circumference of the stator (20). In the mounting process the encoder is positioned on the shaft until the stator (20) is axially braced against the housing with the supporting points (44) of the elastic ring (42). In this auxiliary position the rotor (30) is fixed in position on the shaft. Then the stator is pressed against the housing while working against the force of the elastic ring (42) and is secured to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SICK STEGMANN GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph Siraky, Rolf Hartlieb
  • Publication number: 20080054766
    Abstract: An alternator has a rectifier converting an alternating current to a direct current. The rectifier has a heat sink and rectifying elements. The sink has front and rear surfaces opposite to each other along a depth direction. The sink has holes each extending along the depth direction. Each element has a disk disposed in one hole and a semiconductor pellet attached to the disk. Each disk has upper and bottom surfaces opposite to each other along the depth direction. Each pellet is disposed on the upper surface. A contact surface of each disk is in contact with the sink. A position of the upper surface of each disk is placed between the first and second surfaces of the heat sink. A range of the contact surface of each disk is within a range between the upper and bottom surfaces of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080054767
    Abstract: A direct drive without bearings for coupling to a shaft has a housing having a first end face composed of a connection flange with a central recess and a second end face composed of a removable cover diametrically opposed to the connecting flange, a rotor and a stator located coaxially with each other inside the housing, with the stator being fixedly connected with the housing, and locking elements via which the rotor is fixed inside the housing in position in a radial direction, and/or axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Ingolf Groening
  • Publication number: 20080054768
    Abstract: A cabinet has a housing, multiple tracks, multiple drawers, a safety device and a lock assembly. Each track has a sliding rail having a guiding notch and a locking hole. The safety device is mounted in the housing and has a fixed base, a moving base, multiple locking blocks, multiple locking tongues, multiple guiding posts and multiple guiding blocks. The locking blocks are securely attached to the moving base and each have a locking tab. The locking tongues are mounted respectively on the drawers and selectively aligning with the locking tabs on the locking blocks. The guiding posts are mounted on the moving base and locate respectively above the locking blocks. The guiding blocks are slidably and respectively attached to of the tracks. Each guiding block has an inclined face and corresponding to and selectively abutting with a corresponding one of the guiding posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20080054769
    Abstract: A computer dock comprises a main body and a retractable assembly disposed on the back side of the main body, the retractable assembly includes a slide, a connector, a supporting plate and a moving block, and both the moving block and the connector are protruded out the main body and provided function of vertical movement, when an electronic device put on the main body of the computer dock for connection the moving block is then by vertical movement to drive the slide moved in horizontal movement and further to drive the connector moved back in vertical movement relative to the slide horizontally moved, by this manner the computer dock in application allows various electronic devices with different thicknesses to connect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Kuo-Nan Ling
  • Publication number: 20080054770
    Abstract: An ottoman used to organize and store articles in the interior, the ottoman having an access panel to provide access to its interior wherein the access panel is formed by a sidewall of the ottoman. Located in the interior of the ottoman is a configurable organizer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
  • Publication number: 20080054771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cupboard-shaped piece of furniture (1) with side walls (2), on each of which a control mechanism (4) for the displacement of a door leaf (7) is arranged, whereby the control mechanisms (4) are connected by means of a synchronisation rod (10) for the synchronised movement thereof. The synchronisation rod (10) comprises a fixing device (12) on at least one end region for the detachable connection of the synchronisation rod (10) to a rotating piece (17) of the control mechanism (4), characterised in that the fixing device (12) is embodied such that the synchronisation rod (10) may also be connected to the rotating piece (17) when the rotating piece (17) is already pre-assembled on a side wall (2) of the piece of furniture (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Publication number: 20080054772
    Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet having a plurality of cabinet walls defining a compartment, a storage member configured to support an item for storage in the compartment, and a support assembly slidably mounted within the compartment. The support assembly includes a fixed rail mounted to one of the cabinet walls, and a movable rail slidably coupled to the fixed rail and movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. A bracket is slidably mounted to the movable rail and is movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. The sliding direction of the bracket is substantially parallel to the sliding direction of the movable rail. The storage member is fixedly connected to the bracket and movable with the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Phillip Eugene Koloff, Ravikiran Gopalakrishna, Mahesh Natarajan, Harsha Shamanna, Paul Douglas Mantle
  • Publication number: 20080054773
    Abstract: An anode electrode 10 is composed of a straight elongated cylindrical body, and the outer periphery of the cylindrical body is covered with a dielectric body 12. Further, a cathode portion 20 has a straight semicylindrical shape. A cathode 25 surrounds the anode, and the anode and cathode are disposed parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction. Further, the cathode comprises a cathode wire group 16. Both ends of the cathode wire group are fixed to both ends 20D in the longitudinal direction of the semicylindrical body constituting the cathode portion, so that a plurality of wires become parallel to each other. A reflective surface for reflecting irradiation in a vacuum ultraviolet region is formed on the surface 20S of the cathode portion at the side facing the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: Sen Engineering Co., Ltd., High Current Electronics Institute
    Inventors: Mikhail LOMAEV, Andrey LISENKO, Victor SKAKUN, Dmitrii SHITZ, Victor TARASENKO, Yoshiie MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080054774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp which comprises at least a burner (2) having a symmetrical discharge chamber (21), where at least the outer contour of the burner (2) has an elliptical shape in the region of the discharge chamber (21), two electrodes (41, 42) extending into the discharge chamber (21) and arranged in mutual opposition on the major axis of symmetry of the discharge chamber (21), and a multilayer interference filter (3) arranged on the outer contour of the burner (2) in the region of the discharge chamber (21), wherein the interference filter (3) mainly reflects light from at least one wavelength range of the UV light into the space between the two electrodes (41, 42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Arnd Ritz, Holger Monch
  • Publication number: 20080054775
    Abstract: A lamp includes a reflector having a passageway opening to a heel of the reflector, a lamp capsule having a lead that extends rearward through the passageway, a conductive clip that spans a diameter of the heel and that has tabs that extend forward at opposite sides of the heel and an arm that extends rearward, the arm being attached to a portion of the lead that projects out of the passageway, and a base that is attached to the heel and that engages the tabs at the opposite sides of the heel. The arm holds the lamp capsule in place and electrically connects the lamp capsule to the base. The arm may be a semi-detached central portion of the clip that is bent to be substantially parallel to an axis of the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Michael R. Kling, Jeffrey P. Buschmann, Michael J. Swantner
  • Publication number: 20080054776
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a reflector having a concave reflecting surface; a lamp attached to a central portion of the reflector; and a visible-ray reflective film formed on the reflecting surface of the reflector. The visible-ray reflective film includes alternately stacked films including a first reflective film formed of ZnS and a second reflective film having a lower refractive index than that of the first reflective film. The light source device further includes an ultraviolet blocking member for blocking ultraviolet rays included in light emitted from a light-emitting portion of the lamp, and for passing visible rays included in light emitted from the light-emitting portion. The ultraviolet blocking member is disposed between the light-emitting portion of the lamp and the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Shinichi Ushijima
  • Publication number: 20080054777
    Abstract: An extension-type spark plug (10) is disclosed for igniting the air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine. The spark plug (10) includes an installation conduit (12), a contact button (34), an electrode extension (20), a firing electrode (60), a ground plate (66), a sleeve insulator (22), an upper insulator (90) and a lower insulator (50). The electrode extension (20) is axially aligned with and in communication with the firing electrode (60). The ground plate (66) is proximate the firing electrode (60) to define a spark gap between the firing electrode (60) and a first end of the ground plate (66). The sleeve insulator (22) surrounds the electrode extension (20). The upper insulator (90) surrounds an upper portion of the electrode extension (20) and is in contact with the sleeve insulator (22). The lower insulator (50) surrounds the lower portion of the electrode extension (20) and is in contact with the sleeve insulator (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Richard E. Callahan, Ellen M. Hively
  • Publication number: 20080054778
    Abstract: A spark plug including a center electrode; an insulator; a metal shell; a ground electrode; and an annular packing, all as defined herein, wherein the packing has a hardness greater than or equal to a hardness of the stepped portion of the metal shell or has a Vickers hardness of not less than 300 Hv. Preferably, a difference between the hardness of the packing and the hardness of the stepped portion of the metal shell is from 120 Hv to 160 Hv, and the packing has a Vickers hardness of not more than 500 Hv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi KUMAGAI, Koji MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20080054779
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate for a surface light source device, comprising a first secondary electron emission layer including crystalline magnesium oxide (MgO) powder on a surface of the substrate. There is also provided a surface light source device comprising a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other at a predetermined distance between which a discharge space is formed; and an electrode to apply a discharge voltage to the discharge space, wherein a first secondary electron emission layer including crystalline MgO powder is formed on a surface of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. Preferably, the crystalline MgO powder is obtained by grinding an MgO sputtering target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Taek Jung, Ki Yeon Lee, Hyung Bin Youn, Keun Seok Lee, Dong Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20080054780
    Abstract: A lamp base (10), for example, for a tungsten-halogen lamp, comprises three electrically conductive parts or elements and a glass insulator. Specifically, the lamp base (10) comprises a first metallic outer part (12), a glass inner part (14), an electrically conducting eyelet (18), and an upper electrically conductive part (20), all symmetrically arrayed about a longitudinal axis (16). The glass insulator (14) bonds all of the electrically conductive parts, (12, 18) and (20). The metallic outer part (12) is preferably threaded for insertion into a socket and has a major, internal diameter D1. The glass inner part (14) has a primary, external diameter that is equal to the major internal diameter D1; i.e., the external diameter of the glass inner part (14) is contiguous with the internal diameter of the metallic outer part (12). Further, the internal glass part (14) has an opening (14a) therein and the opening (14a) has a secondary diameter D2. In an aspect of the invention, D2/D1 is greater than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Middleton, Jay Yeaple, Neil Bupp, Donald Burger, Tad Smith, Timothy McGill
  • Publication number: 20080054781
    Abstract: Cathode ray tube for which the front face is flat and/or for which the deflection angle is greater than 110°. The tube comprises a front panel supporting a luminescent screen surrounded by a flange perpendicular to the panel, the said panel being defined by: a thickness t at the corner of the screen, a distance t1 between the corner of the screen and the free edge of the flange, a rear part in the form of a funnel, whose tapered free edge is arranged at the distance t2 from the reference line of the tube. The tube is characterized by values of t, t1, t2 chosen in such a manner that the ratio A=(t1+/t)/t2 is between the range of values [0.0061?m?7.8 10?6(?m)2±0.05]. for which ?m is expressed in degrees. Hence, the quantity of glass reduced while providing the mechanical strength necessary for resisting the application of a vacuum to the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Stefano Necci, Carlo Tulli, Paolo Ginesti, Renzo Incagli
  • Publication number: 20080054782
    Abstract: An electron beam pumped laser including a surface-emitting laser faceplate oriented at a non-perpendicular angle. Embodiments are described in which a bending coil bends the electron beam, or in which the faceplate is situated in the direct path of the e-beam emission but with a non-zero orientation angle. The faceplate may include a substantially opaque substrate, and an opaque heat-removing structure may be attached to the substrate to provide high heat transfer, thereby allowing high electron-beam pumping intensity and providing more light emission from a smaller package. In some embodiments the partially reflective mirror comprises a metal layer that has a plurality of openings. Multiple laser faceplates (e.g., red, green, and blue) may be placed in the same tube, to provide a continuous light source for projection television. The substrate may be connected to ground to provide an exit path for electrons from the laser gain layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: PRINCIPIA LIGHTWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Tiberi, Vladimir Kozlovsky
  • Publication number: 20080054783
    Abstract: Organic devices comprising an organic layer, wherein the organic layer comprises: (a) a host material formed of a covalently cross-linked matrix comprising an organic charge transport material, and (b) a dopant. The charge transport material has reactive groups for forming cross-links. The cross-linked matrix may allow the organic layer to be solvent resistant. The dopant may protect the cross-linked matrix from electrochemical degradation. The dopant may be a charge acceptor and/or capable of forming covalent bonds with free reactive groups on the cross-linked charge transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Universal Display Corp.
    Inventor: Chuanjun Xia
  • Publication number: 20080054784
    Abstract: A microelectronic device with which light radiation may be produced, notably used for forming enhanced pixels of screens or displays of the OLED type for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT AL'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventor: Walid Benzarti
  • Publication number: 20080054785
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an element substrate including a plurality of light-emitting elements each having an organic luminescent layer held between a pair of electrodes, a sealing substrate opposed to the element substrate, and a peripheral seal layer provided in the peripheral portion between the element substrate and the sealing substrate, for fixing the element substrate and the sealing substrate, wherein an electrode protecting layer covering the light-emitting elements, an organic buffer layer covering the electrode protecting layer, and a gas barrier layer covering the organic buffer layer are formed, the gas barrier layer is formed in a region wider than that of the organic buffer layer, the peripheral seal layer is provided on the gas barrier layer, and the peripheral edge of the organic buffer layer is disposed within the width of the peripheral seal layer
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20080054786
    Abstract: An image display apparatus comprises: a display unit 1000 including a substrate 1003 having an outer surface provided with an image display area 1001; a conductive layer 1022 that is disposed on the substrate 1003 via an adhesive layer 1021; and an electrode 1002 that is disposed on at least a part of the area except for the image display area 1001 on the outer surface of the substrate 1003. The electrode 1002 and at least a part of the conductive layer 1022 are layered via a part of the adhesive layer 1021, and the electrode 1002 and the conductive layer 1022 are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Date, Kaoru Koiwa, Takahiro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20080054787
    Abstract: An optical plate includes a plate body, a first lens pattern which is depressed on a first surface of the plate body, and a second lens pattern which is projected from a second surface of the plate body. The second lens pattern corresponds to the first lens pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-yong HWANG, Ju-young YOON, Jin-soo KIM, Hyoung-joo KIM, Gi-cherl KIM, Eun-jeong KANG
  • Publication number: 20080054788
    Abstract: In a display panel having electrode wires connected to drive units, the electrode wires form N number of electrode wire groups, each of which is composed of M number of successive adjacent electrode wires, and the display panel has first and second connecting terminal groups, arranged along first and second sides of the panel respectively and each having M terminals. K number of electrode wire groups out of the N number of electrode wire groups (K<N) are connected via leading lines to the first connecting terminal groups respectively, N?K number of electrode wire groups out of the N number of electrode wire groups are connected via the leading lines to the second connecting terminal groups respectively, and the K number of electrode wire groups and the N?K number of electrode wire groups are arranged alternately or in alternate sets of a plurality of groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Iwase, Yasuhiko Kunii, Koji Ohira, Yoshikazu Kanazawa, Taizo Ohno
  • Publication number: 20080054789
    Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) having an increased coating area of a phosphor material and improved brightness and efficiency includes: a front substrate through which light is transmitted and a rear substrate facing the front substrate and in which a plurality of discharge spaces are arranged between the front substrate and the rear substrate; a first electrode arranged on the front substrate; a second electrode arranged on the rear substrate to cross the first electrode and to generate a discharge within one of the discharge spaces between the first electrode and the second electrode; a dielectric layer arranged on the rear substrate facing the discharge spaces and having a plurality of concavo-convex portions in a region defined by the discharge spaces; and a phosphor layer arranged on the concavo-convex portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Terao, Yukika Yamada, Takashi Miyama
  • Publication number: 20080054790
    Abstract: This invention discloses novel field emitters which exhibit improved emission characteristics combined with improved emitter stability, in particular, new types of carbide or nitride based electron field emitters with desirable nanoscale, aligned and sharped-tip emitter structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Kim, Sungho Jin, In-Kyung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20080054791
    Abstract: An anode electrode 10 is composed of a straight elongated cylindrical body, and the outer periphery of the cylindrical body is covered with a dielectric body 12. Further, a cathode portion 20 has a straight semicylindrical shape. A cathode 25 surrounds the anode, and the anode and cathode are disposed parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction. Further, the cathode comprises a cathode wire group 16. Both ends of the cathode wire group are fixed to both ends 20D in the longitudinal direction of the semicylindrical body constituting the cathode portion, so that a plurality of wires become parallel to each other. A reflective surface for reflecting irradiation in a vacuum ultraviolet region is formed on the surface 20S of the cathode portion at the side facing the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: Sen Engineering Co., Ltd., High Current Electronics Institute
    Inventors: Mikhail LOMAEV, Andrey LISENKO, Victor SKAKUN, Dmitrii SHITZ, Victor TARASENKO, Yoshiie MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080054792
    Abstract: A light emission device and a display device using the light emission device as a light source are provided. The light emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other and forming a vacuum vessel, an electron emission unit located on the first substrate, and a light emission unit located on the second substrate. The light emission unit includes a plurality of phosphor layers located on the second substrate and spaced from each other, a light reflective layer located between the phosphor layers, and an anode electrode located at one side of the phosphor layers and the light reflective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Sang-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20080054793
    Abstract: A white light-emitting apparatus including a light-emitting device, a nitride fluorescent material and an oxynitride fluorescent material is provided. The light-emitting device is capable of generating a first color light having a first wavelength range. The nitride fluorescent material and the oxynitride fluorescent material cover the light-emitting device. The nitride and oxynitride fluorescent material are excited by the first color light, and further generate a second color light having a second wavelength range and a third color light having a third wavelength range, respectively. The first, second and third color lights are mixed together to generate a white light. A white light-emitting diode is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Yang, Chih-Min Lin, Yi-Jung Chen, Ru-Shi Liu
  • Publication number: 20080054794
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a luminous layer, a second electrode and a charge transport layer. The charge transport layer is provided between the luminous layer and the first electrode or between the luminous layer and the second electrode. The charge transport layer is made of a charge transport material including a polymeric compound having, in a polymer main chain, a condensed ring structure composed of a plurality of rings including a pyrrole ring with the main chain being a conjugated system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Hatanaka, Michiya Fujiki, Akira Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080054795
    Abstract: An organic EL light emitting element is provided with a conductive transparent electrode 3, a counter electrode 8 opposing the conductive transparent electrode 3, an organic EL light emitting layer 6 provided between the conductive transparent electrode 3 and the counter electrode 8, an insulating protection layer 9 provided to cover at least the organic EL light emitting layer 6, and a heat dissipating layer 11 which is brought into contact with the insulating protection layer 9. The conductive transparent electrode has an ITO film including at least one of Hf, V and Zr at least on the surface part on the side of the organic EL light emitting layer 6, and the insulating protection layer 9 includes a nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Akinobu Teramoto, Akihiro Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20080054796
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device capable of hermetically sealing a space between a deposition substrate and an encapsulation substrate with inorganic sealing materials is disclosed. One embodiment of the organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate including power supply lines formed on an array, and a circumference of the array, of an organic light emitting diode, and connected to a pad unit through the power pad line to supply a power source to each of the organic light emitting diodes; a second substrate arranged on at least the array of the first substrate; and an inorganic sealing material for sealing an inner space between the first substrate and the second substrate while forming a closed boundary, wherein the inorganic sealing material is not overlapped with a region in which the power supply line is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Dong Young Sung, Keun Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20080054797
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) element array includes a substrate, a first organic EL element emitting red light, a second organic EL element emitting green light, and a third organic EL element emitting blue light. The first, second, and third organic EL elements each include a first electrode, an organic compound layer, and a light-transmissive second electrode arranged on the substrate in that order. The second electrode of the first organic EL element has a semitransparent reflective layer. The first electrode of the first organic EL element has a reflective face and a resonant structure located between the reflective face and the semitransparent reflective layer. The second and third organic EL elements each has a resonant structure located between a reflective face of the first electrode of the second or third organic EL element and a light-extracting face of the transparent layer of the second or third organic EL element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Furugori
  • Publication number: 20080054798
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels, which are coupled to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to provide scan signals to the scan lines, a first transistor group adapted to test the plurality of pixels, the first transistor group being directly connected to first ends of the data lines, a second transistor group adapted to test the plurality of pixels, the second transistor group being connected to second ends of the data lines, a data distributor coupled between the second ends of the data lines and the second transistor group, a first wire group extending in a first direction at an outer area of the light emitting display device, and a second wire group extending in a second direction at the outer area of the light emitting display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jin-tae Jeong, Won-kyu Kwak
  • Publication number: 20080054799
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes at least a positive hole transport layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer between at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains therein at least two light emitting materials having different Ea values or Ip values and emitting phosphorescence having the same color as each other, and among the two light emitting materials, a light emitting material having a larger Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer, while a light emitting material having a smaller Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Tasuku Satou
  • Publication number: 20080054800
    Abstract: In an organic EL display panel, one sealing substrate is shared between two organic EL substrates, thereby achieving thinning and lightening of the panel body. The display panel includes a sealing substrate having a first concave portion and a second concave portion opposite the first concave portion, a first transparent glass substrate hermetically sealed on the first concave portion, a first organic light emitting element formed on a surface of the first transparent glass substrate, a first desiccant disposed on a bottom surface of the first concave portion, a second transparent glass substrate hermetically sealed on the second concave portion, a second organic light emitting element formed on a surface of the second transparent glass substrate, a second desiccant disposed on a surface of the second concave portion, wherein the first organic light emitting element and the second organic light emitting element achieve a shared use of the sealing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi OOOKA, Shinichi Kato, Masamitsu Furuie, Masato Ito
  • Publication number: 20080054801
    Abstract: An organic light emitting element is formed on the substrate. The organic light emitting element includes a first electrode, a bank, a surface energy, an organic light emitting member and a second electrode. The first electrode receives the first driving signal. The first electrode has a first surface energy. The bank surrounds sides of the first electrode. The surface energy lowering pattern is formed on the bank. The surface energy lowering pattern has a second surface energy that is lower than the first surface energy. The organic light emitting member is formed on the first electrode. The second electrode receives a second driving signal to display an image. Therefore, an image display quality of the display apparatus is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Won Lee, Joon-Hoo Choi, Jin-Koo Chung
  • Publication number: 20080054802
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode. One or more organic layers are formed there-between, including an organic light-emitting layer. The second electrode is transparent. A contrast enhancement element is formed on a side of the second electrode, opposite the organic layer, and has a geometric area for controlling ambient light contrast ratio of the OLED device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok