Reflector Patents (Class 313/113)
  • Patent number: 9793150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing technique of a semiconductor device and a display device using a peeling process, in which a transfer process can be conducted with a good state in which a shape and property of an element before peeling are kept. Further, the present invention provides a manufacturing technique of more highly reliable semiconductor devices and display devices with high yield without complicating the apparatus and the process for manufacturing. According to the present invention, an organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance is formed over a first substrate having a light-transmitting property, an element layer is formed over the organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance, the organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance is irradiated with light which has passed through the first substrate, and the element layer is peeled from the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Jinbo, Masafumi Morisue, Hajime Kimura, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9753242
    Abstract: An optical bench assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical bench assembly includes a housing and a cantilever optical bench for holding optical components. Further, the cantilever optical bench includes a front flange coupled to the housing and an optical bench attached to the front flange such that the optical bench is not susceptible to movements of the housing due to varying ambient conditions and resulting loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Choiniere, Egor V. Degtiarev
  • Patent number: 9665008
    Abstract: A mirror serves for use for guiding illumination and imaging light in EUV projection lithography. The mirror has a reflective surface, the reflective surface forming a magnetic field in such a way that at least one polarization property of the illumination and imaging light is influenced via the magnetic field upon reflection. A mirror system has, besides the mirror, additionally a magnetization predefining device for predefining a magnetization of the reflective surface of the mirror. An illumination optical unit has at least one mirror of this type or at least one facet mirror device comprising at least one individual mirror constructed in this way. In the case of a mirror of this type, the illumination and/or imaging properties of illumination and/or imaging light guided via the mirror are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Saenger, Frank Schlesener
  • Patent number: 9657919
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mount base, a light source portion, and a reflector. The mount base includes a first plane portion and a second plane portion that inclines with respect to the first plane portion. The first plane portion is provided to be parallel to an emission direction of the light emitting device. The light source portion is mounted on the second plane portion and includes at least one light emitting element. The reflector includes a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. Light emitted from the light source portion is reflected on the first reflective surface to be emitted from the light emitting device in the emission direction. The light emitted from the light source portion is reflected on the second reflective surface toward the first reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Ono, Takahiro Oyu
  • Patent number: 9648675
    Abstract: An LED lamp according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first LED array that is annularly arranged on a mounting board and includes first LED elements connected in series; a second LED array that is arranged within an inner circumference of the first LED array on the mounting board, includes second LED elements connected in series, and emits light having an emission color different from an emission color of the first LED array; a FET switch arranged in series on a path through which current flows to the second LED array; and a constant power output circuit, wherein the number of the first LED elements is greater than the number of the second LED elements, and a total forward voltage of the first LED array is greater than a total forward voltage of the second LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 9638390
    Abstract: An axially symmetric LED light bulb includes a lamp shade, a substrate and a connecting seat. The substrate installed on the connecting seat includes plural LED light sources. The lamp shade has an edge connected to the connecting seat, and the substrate is covered inside the lamp shade. The lamp shade has an unequal thickness with a thicker top and thinner sides. The axially symmetric LED light bulb provides excellent light uniformity and wide-angle illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Wu, Sen-Yuh Tsai, Chun-Chieh Huang, Yu-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 9640597
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) substrate, which includes a plurality of light-emitting sub-pixels and a pixel partition wall, wherein at least one layer among hole injection layers (HIL), hole transport layers (HTL) and organic light-emitting layers of at least two light-emitting sub-pixels has a different thickness; and upper surfaces of the HIL, the HTL and the organic light-emitting layer of any light-emitting sub-pixel are each parallel and level to an upper surface of one respective lyophilic film layer of the pixel partition wall. The OLED substrate can be used for improving the surface smoothness of each organic layer of the light-emitting sub-pixel. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Dai, Li Sun, Ze Liu
  • Patent number: 9631796
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an illumination unit for medical use and an illumination device for medical use, wherein the illumination unit includes a light source and a first reflecting structure, the light source has a connecting structure, and the light source is detachably installed on the first reflecting structure by means of the connecting structure. The illumination unit for medical use and the illumination device for medical use according to various embodiments provide a convenient and simple detachable installation structure between the light source and a reflecting structure, such that the installation and maintenance are simple, and the effect of adjusting the color temperature also can be achieved according to different selection of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Ai Ma, Xuguang Cao, Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 9614191
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic-light emitting diode (OLED) display can include providing on a substrate a first electrode associated with a first sub-pixel and a second electrode associated with a second sub-pixel, wherein a gap is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode and wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are positioned in a well having boundaries defined by a confinement structure on the substrate. The method can also include depositing in the well with the electrodes positioned therein, active OLED material to form a substantially continuous layer of active OLED material that spans the boundaries of the well such that a surface of the layer of active OLED material that faces away from the substrate has a non-planar topography. The depositing can be via inkjet printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventor: Conor Francis Madigan
  • Patent number: 9614188
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes an optically transparent electrode, a counter electrode, an emission layer, an auxiliary reflective layer and a diffusion-preventing layer. The counter electrode is paired with the optically transparent electrode and formed of Ag or an alloy containing Ag and has light reflectivity. The emission layer is disposed between the optically transparent electrode and the counter electrode. The auxiliary reflective layer is disposed on an opposite side of the counter electrode from the emission layer. The diffusion-preventing layer is disposed between the counter electrode and the auxiliary reflective layer whose components are prevented from diffusing and moving therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Ito, Takashi Anjiki
  • Patent number: 9595645
    Abstract: An LED device with improved angular color performance has a silicone lens shaped as a portion of a sphere. The lens is molded over an array of LED dies disposed on the upper surface of a substrate. Phosphor particles are disbursed throughout the material used to mold the lens. The distance between farthest-apart edges of the LED dies is more than half of the length that the lens extends over the surface of the substrate. The distance from the top of the lens dome to the surface of the substrate is between 57% and 73% of the radius of the sphere. Shaping the lens as the top two thirds of a hemisphere reduces the non-uniformity in the emitted color such that neither of the CIE color coordinates x or y of the color changes more than 0.004 over all emission angles relative to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Tong, Wenhui Zhang, R. Scott West
  • Patent number: 9548339
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes: a first substrate comprising red, green, and blue pixel areas; a first electrode on the first substrate; red, green, and blue organic light emitting layers on the first electrode at the red, green, and blue pixel areas, respectively; a second electrode on the red, green, and blue organic light emitting layers; a capping layer on the second electrode, and having a greater thickness at the red and green pixel areas than a thickness at the blue pixel area; a thin film encapsulation layer on the capping layer; and a red color filter on the thin film encapsulation layer at the red pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heeseong Jeong
  • Patent number: 9537058
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an embedded white light LED package structure based on a solid-state fluorescence material. In the present invention, the high power blue light chip is directly embedded into and bonded with a groove of the solid-state fluorescence material, and blue light emitted by the chip and yellow and green light obtained by conversion and emitted by the solid-state fluorescence material are blended by using the principle of lenses, to obtain white light. The embedded white light LED package structure based on a solid-state fluorescence material has a simple process, low cost, and high fluorescence efficiency; and blue light does not leak. Heat dissipation can be directly performed by using the solid-state fluorescence material, and heat dissipation performance is desirable. Energy conservation and environmental protection is achieved, and a service life of an LED lighting device is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHANGHAI FUDI LIGHTING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yueshan Liang, Dunhua Cao, Kejun Ma
  • Patent number: 9534755
    Abstract: An optical module for a lighting and/or signaling device of a vehicle, comprising at least one light source capable of generating a light beam, a cooling device capable of dissipating heat and a device for focusing the light beam, characterized in that the focusing device is borne directly by the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jonathan Blandin, Eric Mornet, Magdalena Perez
  • Patent number: 9535204
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source, and a light guide plate having an emitting surface and a light incident portion including a curved surface, and decreasing in thickness from the light source side towards the emitting surface. The curved surface has an S-shape as viewed from a side, with a convex portion on the light source side and a concave portion on the emitting surface with an inflection point in between, but closer to the emitting surface than to the source side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kunimochi
  • Patent number: 9530981
    Abstract: A method of sealing a flat panel display device by using laser and a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. The sealing method includes applying a sealant around a light-emitting unit on a substrate and covering above the light-emitting unit with the encapsulating substrate; irradiating light onto a sealant area to harden the sealant for the first time (first hardening); monitoring a hardening state of the sealant; and further irradiating light onto a region of the sealant in a bad hardening state based on the monitoring result to harden the region of the sealant in the bad hardening state (second hardening). The sealing method may prevent a sealing flaw caused from insufficient laser irradiation dosage, and thus ensure a more stable sealed structure. This may improve quality of the flat-plan-display-device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Sang Koo
  • Patent number: 9447958
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that is capable of preventing heat generated in a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) from being excessively transferred to a top chassis so that the occurrence of a safety accident and poor quality of a display panel can be prevented. The display device includes: a display panel on which an image is formed; a top chassis in front of the display panel and having an opening through which the display panel is exposed; a plurality of LEDs that provide light to the display panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) on which the plurality of LEDs are mounted; and a bottom chassis behind the PCB, wherein the PCB and the bottom chassis are arranged such that an air gap is between the PCB and an inner side surface of the bottom chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kye Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9448351
    Abstract: A reflector configured for guiding light emitted from a light emitting diode (LED) light source includes four reflective walls. The reflective walls are connected side-by-side to cooperatively define a cavity. The cavity has a first opening and a second opening at opposite ends thereof. An inner diameter of the cavity gradually decrease as it extends from the second opening toward the first opening. The LED light source is located at the second opening of the cavity. Light emitted from the LED light source enters into the cavity and is reflected by the at least one reflective wall toward the first opening of the cavity. An illuminating device and a backlight module using the reflector are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 9445476
    Abstract: A single board light engine includes an AC to AC step driver that selectively powers multiple LED segments by controlling tap points between the LED segments as the input voltage goes from zero crossover to maximum voltage and returns to zero crossover. The step driver may power a first LED segment, a second LED segment, both the first and second LED segments, or none of the LED segments depending upon the input voltage level. The LEDs within an LED segment may share a characteristic that differs from a characteristic shared by LEDs in another segment, which allows the LED fixture to provide a variety of lighting effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Yan Rodriguez, Michael Bruce, Mark Anthony Hand, Philip Sieczkowski
  • Patent number: 9373494
    Abstract: A base assembly for a flash lamp is disclosed. The base assembly has an integrated sparker and includes an electrically conductive header having a surface that defines a boundary of a flash chamber for the flash lamp. There is an opening in the surface of the electrically conductive header and an electrically conductive lead within the opening. The electrically conductive lead is electrically insulated from surrounding portions of the electrically conductive header. A distal end of the electrically conductive lead is substantially flush with the surface of the electrically conductive header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: David Vidal
  • Patent number: 9362104
    Abstract: Provided is a short arc discharge lamp that includes: a body including therein a reflection surface and having a front opening; a cathode and an anode opposed to each other in discharge space defined by the reflection surface surrounding the discharge space; a window member provided in front of the body and covering the front opening; and a window supporting member including an inner ring section, an outer ring section, and a coupling section. The inner ring section is configured to allow a circumferential side surface of the window member to be fixed thereto, the outer ring section is larger in diameter than the inner ring section, and the coupling section connects the inner ring section and the outer ring section together. The inner ring section includes, in front of the window member, a front edge section having a shape bent in a radial direction of the window member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Mamizuka, Atsushi Kato
  • Patent number: 9276177
    Abstract: An LED device with improved angular color performance has a silicone lens shaped as a portion of a sphere. The lens is molded over an array of LED dies disposed on the upper surface of a substrate. Phosphor particles are disbursed throughout the material used to mold the lens. The distance between farthest-apart edges of the LED dies is more than half of the length that the lens extends over the surface of the substrate. The distance from the top of the lens dome to the surface of the substrate is between 57% and 73% of the radius of the sphere. Shaping the lens as the top two thirds of a hemisphere reduces the non-uniformity in the emitted color such that neither of the CIE color coordinates x or y of the color changes more than 0.004 over all emission angles relative to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Tong, Wenhui Zhang, R. Scott West
  • Patent number: 9194556
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LED bulb having many advantages over previous bulbs. The bulb is designed with ease of fabrication and low cost in mind. A main support is made of chromed copper, used for both its reflectivity, its readily availability, and its relative low cost. A collection of bright LEDs are electrically coupled to a driving circuit formed on a board that is housed within the main support. The LEDs are mounted on a circuit board flexible enough to form into a desired shape while rigid enough to withstand normal movements. The LED circuit board includes multiple polished or shiny areas, also called lands or panels made to reflect light away from the bulb. The panels are electrically insulated from the operating circuit and prevent injury should the bulb be broken and the components be touched, even while operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore G. Nelson, David Koskela
  • Patent number: 9136704
    Abstract: Various techniques are employed alone or in combination, to reduce the levelized cost of energy imposed by a power plant system. Solar energy concentrators in the form of inflated reflectors, focus light onto photovoltaic receivers. Multiple concentrators are grouped into a series-connected cluster that shares control circuitry and support structure. Individual concentrators are maintained at their maximum power point via balance controllers that control the flow of current that shunts this series connection. DC current from clusters is transmitted moderate distances to a centralized inverter. The inductance of transmission lines is maximized using an air-spaced twisted pair, enhancing the performance of boost-type three phase inverters. Cluster outputs are separate from individual inverters in massively interleaved arrays co-located at a central location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Maxout Renewables, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Bryant Cummings
  • Patent number: 9105860
    Abstract: A full color organic light emitting diode having high efficiency and high color purity while having low manufacturing costs due to simple manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Hye-Jin Jung, Jin-O Lim, Sang-Hyun Han, Hee-Joo Ko, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Chang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9064682
    Abstract: A high pressure gas discharge lamp comprising a discharge vessel, an outer envelope enclosing said discharge vessel with an interspace between the outer envelope and the discharge vessel. A UV-enhancer having a wall enclosing an electrode space with a filling gas and an internal electrode extending from the electrode space through the wall to the interspace. Said UV-enhancer is arranged in said interspace between the outer envelope and the discharge vessel, said wall of the UV-enhancer being made of ceramic material and contains said filling gas. The electrode is directly sealed into the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Franciscus Leonardus Gerardus Vries
  • Publication number: 20150137676
    Abstract: A short arc discharge lamp that includes: a body that includes a reflection surface and a front opening, the reflection surface is curved in a concave shape and includes a first reflection surface section having a shape along a first quadric surface of revolution and a second reflection surface section having a shape along a second quadric surface of revolution; a cathode and an anode opposed to each other in discharge space defined by the reflection surface; and a window member covering the front opening. The first reflection surface section has a focal point at a position between the cathode and the anode, and the second reflection surface section is continuous from the first reflection surface section, and has a focal point at a position displaced toward front from the focal point of the first reflection surface section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Kato, Masataka Mamizuka
  • Publication number: 20150136999
    Abstract: A light source, with electrodes of alternating polarity attached to a substrate in an excimer ultraviolet (UV) lamp, for generating a plasma discharge between each of the electrodes. The shape of the substrate can shape and control the plasma discharge to reduce exposure of materials susceptible to attack by the halogens. The electrodes can be located such that the plasma discharge occurs in a region where it produces less contact of the halogens with the vulnerable areas of the lamp enclosure. The materials, such as the electrodes, substrate, and envelope, can be selected to withstand corrosive materials. In another embodiment, a plurality of sealed tubes, at least some of which contain an excimer gas are positioned between two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: James Randall Cooper, Ronald W. Chaffee
  • Patent number: 9007547
    Abstract: A backlight module is disclosed, which comprises a light guide plate, a point light source and a substrate. The light guide plate comprises a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and a side surface located between the top surface and the bottom surface. The point light source is disposed on the substrate. The backlight module further comprises a backplate, a front frame and a first reflective unit. The backplate is adapted to accommodate the light guide plate. The front frame is disposed adjacent to the top surface of the light guide plate. The point light source is disposed adjacent to the side surface. A bisector line of a light emitting range of the point light source is directed towards a plane in which the top surface or the bottom surface of the light guide plate is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian-Fa Huang
  • Patent number: 9004724
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an LED decorative lamp is provided. The LED decorative lamp comprises a light engine having at least one LED mounted on a platform, a current regulated driver configured to provide power to the at least one LED, the driver mounted inside a base, a substantially hollow envelope forming an enclosure over the light engine and driver, and a reflector disposed above the light engine. The reflector is configured to improve the light distribution of the at least one LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Honglei Gao
  • Publication number: 20150097476
    Abstract: An LER LUWPL source luminaire having a magnetron heat conductingly mounted below a finned heat dissipater with a suspension eye. The magnetron is attached to a microwave transition and a lucent crucible. An imperforate cover extends down from the heat dissipater and is closed by a transparent screen, held by a moulding. A generally square shaped moulding supports a polished-sheet-metal reflector (having four triangular faces, pyramidally arranged, with a square base embodied by a rim supported on the top of the screen above the moulding) extending back to the lucent crucible, with its reflective surfaces obliquely facing both the crucible and the screen for reflection of light from the crucible out of the luminaire via the screen. The faces converge to a virtual apex, on the central axis of the lucent crucible. This axis is coincident with the pyramid's normal axis from the apex to the centre of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Carpenter, Andrew Simon Neate, Tim Burnitt
  • Patent number: 8987991
    Abstract: A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a sub headlight light source that illuminates an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to a width direction of the vehicle. The sub headlight light source is configured to, when the vehicle is in an upright state, produce an illumination range including an area above a horizontal plane. The sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. At a time of parking or stopping or at a time of running straight ahead, the sub headlight light source is turned on or caused to flash with the amount of light per unit of time being reduced as compared with the amount of light per unit of time emitted when the sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikeda, Yasuhiko Kino, Takehiro Inoue, Makoto Kosugi
  • Patent number: 8981641
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing an optical film formed on a plastic substrate. There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical film including the steps of laminating a separation layer and an optical filter on a first substrate, separating the optical filter from the first substrate, attaching the optical filter to a second substrate. Since the optical film manufactured according to the invention has flexibility, it can be provided on a portion or a display device having a curved surface. Further, the optical film is not processed at high temperatures, and hence, an optical film having high yield with high reliability can be formed. Furthermore, an optical film having an excellent impact resistance property can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Yamashita, Yumiko Fukumoto, Yuugo Goto
  • Patent number: 8952611
    Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent breakage of a sealing part and an electrode of a high pressure discharge lamp, and provides an electrode 100 used for a discharge lamp and having a rod-shaped part 101, one end of the rod-shaped part 101 to be sealed by a sealing part of an arc tube of the discharge lamp, the other end of the rod-shaped part 101 to be in a discharge space in the arc tube, wherein the rod-shaped part 101 has a rough surface that is composed of a plurality of types of crystal grains each having a different surface condition due to differences in crystal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Kitahara, Katsuhiro Ono, Kazunori Ohta
  • Patent number: 8901804
    Abstract: In an organic EL illumination device (1), a plurality of organic EL elements (4) are provided between an element substrate (30) and a covering substrate (20). A heat dissipation member (14) which covers surfaces of the organic EL elements (4) is provided in a space formed between the element substrate (30) and the covering substrate (20), between each organic EL element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emi Yamamoto, Hidenori Ogata, Yoshimasa Fujita, Makoto Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140333194
    Abstract: A light source device comprising a filament showing high electric power-to-visible light conversion efficiency is provided. A light source device comprising a translucent gastight container, a filament disposed in the translucent gastight container, and a lead wire for supplying an electric current to the filament is provided. The filament comprises a substrate formed from a metal material and a visible light reflectance-reducing film coating the substrate for reducing visible light reflectance of the substrate. The reflectance of the substrate for visible lights is thereby made low, and the reflectance of the substrate for infrared lights is thereby made high. Therefore, radiation of infrared lights is suppressed, and visible luminous efficiency can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsumoto, Takao Saito, Yasuyuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8884515
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus that includes a substrate, an organic light emitting unit formed on the substrate, a reflection member disposed on a non-light emitting region of the organic light emitting unit, and a sealing member that seals the organic light emitting unit. The organic light emitting display apparatus can function as a display apparatus or a mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Wook Chang, Hye-Dong Kim, Mu-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8872416
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel displaying an image, a window positioned on the display panel and protecting the display panel, and a protection film attached under the display panel and reflecting light transmitted from the outside. The protection film may comprise a first base layer, a metal layer positioned on the first base layer, and, optionally, a second base layer formed on the metal layer. The base layers may be formed of an organic polymer, and the metal layer may be formed of a metal that imparts light reflectivity. A method for manufacturing such a display device is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-Young You
  • Patent number: 8865320
    Abstract: A light-emitting device including: a substrate; a light-emitting diode; and an optical resonance layer to resonate light emitted from the light-emitting diode. The optical resonance layer includes a first layer, including a polysilsesquioxane-based copolymer. A linking group connecting two different silicon (Si) atoms of the polysilsesquioxane-based copolymer can be —O—, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sun-Young Lee, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Young-Woo Song, Joon-Gu Lee, So-Young Lee, Do-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 8851693
    Abstract: A stimulated lighting device for stimulatable light emission including a luminescent sheet including light stimulatable particles which emit secondary light upon receiving primary light. The lighting device includes a source configured to generate and direct the primary light obliquely onto the luminescent sheet, at least one reflector configured to reflect at least a part of the primary light and a part of the secondary light onto the luminescent sheet and configured to reflect at least a part of scattered primary light and a part of the secondary light from the luminescent sheet toward the light exit, and a light exit configured to emanate light as a combination of the primary light and the secondary light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Michael Kasper Lamvik, James Lynn Davis
  • Patent number: 8853655
    Abstract: A laser-sustained plasma illuminator system includes at least one laser light source to provide light. At least one reflector focuses the light from the laser light source at a focal point of the reflector. An enclosure substantially filled with a gas is positioned at or near the focal point of the reflector. The light from the laser light source at least partially sustains a plasma contained in the enclosure. The enclosure has at least one wall with a thickness that is varied to compensate for optical aberrations in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Ilya Bezel, Anatoly Shchemelinin, Alex Salnik, Anant Chimmalgi
  • Patent number: 8815629
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical reflector including an alternating stack of at least one first layer of complex refraction index n1 and at least one second layer of complex refraction index n2, in which the first layer includes semiconductor nanocrystals, including the following steps: calculation of the total number of layers of the stack, of the thicknesses of each of the layers and of the values of complex refraction indices n1 and n2 on the basis of the characteristics of a desired spectral reflectivity window of the optical reflector, including the use of an optical transfer matrices calculation method; calculation of deposition and annealing parameters of the layers on the basis of the total number of layers and of the values of previously calculated complex refraction indices n1 and n2; deposition and annealing of the layers in accordance with the previously calculated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Kavita Surana, Mathieu Baudrit, Pierre Mur, Philippe Thony
  • Publication number: 20140232253
    Abstract: A light emitting diode device including a base, at least one light emitting diode, a bulb, and a patterned reflective layer is provided. The light emitting diode and the bulb are both disposed on the base. The bulb has a side-wall and a reflective surface, wherein the side-wall surrounds the light emitting diode and the reflective surface connected with the side-wall is located above and facing the light emitting diode. The patterned reflective layer is disposed on the reflective surface. The light emitting diode device has side-emitting effects that a user desired by the co-disposition of the patterned reflective layer and the reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Chung-Chu Lee, Chih-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 8785894
    Abstract: An irradiation device is provided having a housing having an interior chamber and an infrared emitter arranged therein. The infrared emitter has an emitter tube made of high silica content glass having a round cross section and a defined outer diameter. Electrical connection elements are made of a metallic material and led out from the emitter tube through a seal. In order to provide the emitter with a long service life and potentially higher output, which is also suitable for being enclosed by a seal that separates the regions of different media, temperatures, or pressures, the emitter tube end also has a round cross section and the defined outer diameter. Between the electrical connection element and the emitter tube there is a seal containing at least one transition glass, which has a thermal expansion coefficient lying between that of the metallic material and that of the high silica content glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Linow
  • Patent number: 8779654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a discharge lamp apparatus including a high pressure discharge lamp, a concave reflection mirror, and a laser light source. An electrical discharge space is within the high pressure discharge lamp. A pair of electrodes faces each other in the electrical discharge space. A concave reflection mirror surrounds the high pressure discharge lamp. A laser light source emits laser light of a red wavelength band, wherein the laser light passes through the electrical discharge space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ai Okazaki, Yoshio Okazaki, Takumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20140167594
    Abstract: A side-emitting LED lens includes a bottom surface having an incident surface through which light from the LED enters, a top surface that reflects light, and a side surface which connects the bottom surface to the top surface, and through which light exits the lens. Within the incident surface, a central area directs light emitted from the LED to the top surface by refracting the light in a direction away from the optical axis, whereby the height of the lens can be reduced. A surrounding area connected to the central area directs light emitted from the LED to the top surface by refracting the light in a direction toward the optical axis, whereby the width or radius of the lens can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ANYCASTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungbin KIM, Byungwook KIM, Moonjae LEE, Jaeyou JUNG
  • Patent number: 8729795
    Abstract: Color purity of a light emitting element is improved without an adverse effect such as reduction in voltage and luminance efficiency. The light emitting element has a light emitting laminated body including a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. A buffer layer is provided to be in contact with at least one of the electrodes. One of the electrodes is an electrode having high reflectance and the other is a translucent electrode. By employing a translucent electrode, light can be transmitted and reflected. An optical distance between the electrodes is adjusted in accordance with a thickness of the buffer layer, and accordingly, light can be resonated between the electrodes. The buffer layer is made of a composite material including an organic compound and a metal compound; therefore, voltage and luminance efficiency of the light emitting element is not affected even if a distance between the electrodes becomes long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo, Yuji Iwaki, Nozomu Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 8721127
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus including a reflector having a reflective exterior surface partially enclosing an interior space and defining a focal point within the interior space, and a high pressure discharge lamp positioned substantially at the focal point of the reflective exterior surface. In some examples, the high pressure discharge lamp includes an arc tube containing mercury, a metal halide, or sodium. In some examples, the reflective exterior surface extends along a longitudinal axis and curves around the longitudinal axis. In some example, the reflective exterior surface defines an elliptical paraboloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Randal D. Walton
  • Publication number: 20140097737
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic resin composition for a reflector plate with which it is possible to obtain a molded article having excellent moldability, high mechanical strength, excellent heat resistance and a high reflectance that is stable over time, and it is possible to obtain a reflector plate with which there is little reduction in reflectance due to heating. The thermoplastic resin composition for a reflector of the invention comprises 30 to 80 weight % of a thermoplastic resin (A) having structural units containing carbonyl groups and a melting point or glass transition temperature of 250° C. or higher, 10 to 50 weight % of an inorganic filler (B) containing an inorganic filler (B-1) that comprises a carbonyl structure and has an aspect ratio of 10 to 100, and 5 to 50 weight % of a white pigment (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: Hideto Ogasawara, Takashi Hama, Nobuhiro Takizawa, Akinori Amano
  • Patent number: RE45442
    Abstract: A multiple wavelength light emitting device is provided wherewith the resonance strength and directivity between colors can be easily adjusted for balance. This light emitting device comprises a light emission means 4 for emitting light containing wavelength components to be output, and a semi-reflecting layer group 2 wherein semi-reflecting layers 2R, 2G, and 2B that transmit some light having specific wavelengths emitted from the light emission means and reflect the remainder are stacked up in order in the direction of light advance in association with wavelengths of light to be output. Light emission regions AR, AG, and AB are determined in association with the wavelengths of light to be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Tomoko Koyama, Takeo Kaneko, Jeremy Henley Burroughes