Envelope Structure Or Material Patents (Class 313/493)
  • Patent number: 11948770
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a gas discharge tube (GDT) can include first and second electrodes each including an edge and an inward facing surface, such that the inward facing surfaces of the first and second electrodes face each other. The GDT can further include a sealing portion implemented to join and seal the edge portions of the inward facing surfaces of the first and second electrodes to define a sealed chamber between the inward facing surfaces of the first and second electrodes. The GDT can further include an electrically insulating portion implemented to provide a surface in the sealed chamber and to cover a portion of the inward facing surface of each of at least one of the first and second electrodes such that a leakage path within the sealed chamber includes the surface of the electrically insulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bourns, Inc.
    Inventor: Kelly C. Casey
  • Patent number: 11930661
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area having a display area and a peripheral area disposed around the central area are defined. The display apparatus includes a display area inorganic layer on the display area and extending to a portion of the peripheral area; and an encapsulation inorganic layer covering the display area, on the display area inorganic layer, and having an edge that is in parallel with or extending over an edge of the display area inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongryong Lee, Sangwon Seo
  • Patent number: 11891538
    Abstract: This disclosure provides corrosion-resistant coatings that significantly improve corrosion resistance compared to the prior art. The corrosion protection system senses gradients in electrical potential, pH, and metal ion concentration, and then automatically halts corrosion. Some variations provide a gradient-responsive corrosion-resistant coating comprising: a first layer comprising a transition metal oxide and mobile cations; a second layer comprising a biphasic polymer, wherein the biphasic polymer contains ionic groups, wherein the biphasic polymer comprises a discrete phase and a continuous transport phase, wherein the continuous transport phase is capable of delivering oligomers in response to corrosion byproducts, and wherein the oligomers are ionically crosslinkable with metal cations from a base metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Gross, John Vajo, Jason Graetz
  • Patent number: 11889716
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area having a display area and a peripheral area disposed around the central area are defined. The display apparatus includes a display area inorganic layer on the display area and extending to a portion of the peripheral area; and an encapsulation inorganic layer covering the display area, on the display area inorganic layer, and having an edge that is in parallel with or extending over an edge of the display area inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongryong Lee, Sangwon Seo
  • Patent number: 11882735
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a first via insulating layer on the base substrate, a first power supply wire in the non-display area on the first via insulating layer, a second power supply wire in the non-display area on the first via insulating layer spaced apart from the first power supply wire, a first dam on the base substrate, overlapping the first and second power supply wires, and extending along the non-display area, a first stacked structure on the first via insulating layer between the first dam and the display area, and having a height less than a height of the first dam, and an organic layer on the first stacked structure and the first dam to overlap a substantially entire portion of the first stacked structure and at least a portion of the first dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Ho Bang, Eun Hye Kim, Won Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11882679
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flexible display screen and a flexible display device. The flexible display screen includes a flexible display panel and a driver chip, the flexible display panel includes a support portion, a first heat insulation layer, a heat dissipation layer, and a second heat insulation layer which are arranged in sequence along a direction from back to a light-emitting surface, the support portion is provided with a recess, and the driver chip is received in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tan Zhang, Xiangqian Wang, Zhan Sun, Yongxue Hu, Shuihu Xiong
  • Patent number: 11873953
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one LED light source (6, 61, 62) adapted for, in operation, emitting light source light, and an elongated light guide (2) comprising a height direction (H), a width direction (W), a depth direction (D), a longitudinal axis (L) extending in the height direction (H), a first major surface (31) and a second major surface (32) arranged extending opposite to the first major surface in the depth direction (D), a first minor surface (41) and a second minor surface (42) arranged extending opposite to the first minor surface in the width direction (W), and a first end (51) and a second end (52) arranged extending opposite to the first end in the height direction (H), where the elongated light guide (2) further comprises at least one light in-coupling element (7, 71, 72) configured to couple the light source light into the elongated light guide and at least one light out-coupling element (81, 82) configured to couple the light source light out of the elongated light guide
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems
  • Patent number: 11840477
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel glass composition that has a low permittivity and is suitable for mass production. A glass composition provided satisfies, in wt %, for example, 40?SiO2?60, 25?B2O3?45, 0<Al2O3?18, 0<R2O?5, and 0?RO?12, and satisfies at least one of: i) SiO2+B2O3?80 and SiO2+B2O3+Al2O3?99.9; and ii) SiO2+B2O3?78, SiO2+B2O3+Al2O3?99.9, and 0<RO<10. Another glass composition provided includes SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, R2O, and 3<RO<8 at the same contents as the above, and satisfies SiO2+B2O3?75 and SiO2+B2O3+Al2O3<97, where R2O=Li2O+Na2O+K2O and RO=MgO+CaO+SrO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, UNITIKA LTD., UNITIKA GLASS FIBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Nakamura, Hidetoshi Fukuchi, Junji Kurachi, Riku Sawai, Takaharu Miyazaki, Yoshito Nawa, Kohji Hattori
  • Patent number: 11798815
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass article comprising: forming a first layer of a first metal on a glass substrate, the glass substrate comprising silicon dioxide and aluminum oxide; subjecting the glass substrate with the first layer of the first metal to a first thermal treatment; forming a second layer of a second metal over the first layer of the first metal; and subjecting the second layer of the second metal to a second thermal treatment, the first thermal treatment and the second thermal treatment inducing intermixing of the first metal, the second metal, and at least one of aluminum, aluminum oxide, silicon, and silicon dioxide of the glass substrate to form a metallic region comprising the first metal, the second metal, aluminum oxide, and silicon dioxide. The first metal can be silver. The second metal can be copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip Simon Brown, Mandakini Kanungo, Prantik Mazumder
  • Patent number: 11746039
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to glass manufacturing, a glass composition, glass with a low inclusion content and a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The composition comprises 50-64 wt. % SiO2, 14-24 wt. % Al2O3, 0-7 wt. % B2O3+P2O5, 0.5-7 wt. % MgO, 1-10 wt. % CaO, 0-9 wt. % SrO, 0.1-14 wt. % BaO, 0.1-5 wt. % ZnO, 0.1-4 wt. % TiO2, 0.1-7 wt. % Y2O3+La2O3+Nd2O3, and <0.05 wt. % R2O, wherein R2O is a sum of the content of Li2O, Na2O and K2O, and the composition satisfies the following conditions: (1) a temperature T100 corresponding to a viscosity of 100 P is 1730° C. or higher; (2) a surface tension at 1300° C. is less than 420 mN/m. The glass prepared by the glass composition and the glass with a low inclusion content preparation method has the advantages of having low inclusion content, having a simple preparation process, being low in cost and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGHSU GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangtao Zhang, Qing Li, Quan Zheng, Lihong Wang, Dongcheng Yan, Junfeng Wang, Bo Wang, Zhiyong Li
  • Patent number: 11639312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to parts of transparent corundum ceramics and the production and use of said parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Lars Schnetter, Tino Schreiner, Jürgen Waidhas
  • Patent number: 11637225
    Abstract: A wavelength converting layer may have a glass or a silicon porous support structure. The wavelength converting layer may also have a cured portion of wavelength converting particles and a binder filling the porous glass or silicon support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Grigoriy Basin, Mooi Guan Ng, Lex Alan Kosowsky, Phillip Barton
  • Patent number: 11631724
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, sub-pixels disposed in the display area on the substrate and arranged along first and second directions, a light-emitting diode disposed at each sub-pixel and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode, a first bank disposed between adjacent sub-pixels along the second direction and overlapping edges of the first electrode, and a second bank disposed between adjacent sub-pixels along the first direction and having an opening corresponding to a column of the sub-pixels arranged along the second direction, wherein the opening includes a first portion corresponding to the display area and a second portion corresponding to the non-display area, and a bottom surface of the light-emitting layer in the second portion has unevenness, and wherein an uneven pattern is provided under the light-emitting layer in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Mook Choi, Heume-Il Baek, Nack-Youn Jung
  • Patent number: 11532455
    Abstract: A plasma generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a pair of electrodes arranged in a dielectric discharge tube; an initial discharge induction coil module; and a main discharge induction coil module. The initial discharge induction coil module and the main discharge induction coil module are connected to an RF power source, and the RF power source provides RF power having different resonance frequencies to the initial discharge induction coil module and the main discharge induction coil module, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: EN2CORE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sae-Hoon Uhm, Yun-Seong Lee, Yeong-Hoon Sohn, Se-Hong Park
  • Patent number: 11421867
    Abstract: A support base includes a connector hub having a top end, a bottom end spaced apart from the top end, and a chamber wall extending between the top and bottom ends. The chamber wall defines a chamber within the connector hub. A power interface set may be positioned in the chamber. The power interface set is dimensioned such that an annular support gap is formed between the power interface set and the chamber wall. A cover plate may be coupled to the top end of the connector hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: eMoMo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenji Tang, Jingzhi Chen, Dasheng Hu, Ling Wang, Qishuang Lu, Xiaolian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11244937
    Abstract: A spliced display including a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting diode modules, at least one control element and a signal transmission structure is provided. The transparent substrate has a display surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The light emitting diode modules are disposed on the back surface of the transparent substrate to be spliced with each other. Each of the light emitting diode modules includes a driving backplane and a plurality of micro light emitting diodes, and the micro LEDs are disposed in an array between the driving backplane and the transparent substrate. The control element is disposed on the transparent substrate. The control element is connected to the light emitting diode modules via the signal transmission structure, and the light emitting diode modules are connected to each other via the signal transmission structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wei-Sheng Su, Chia-Hsin Chao, Mao-Chi Lin, Yen-Hsiang Fang, Li-Chun Huang, Ming-Hsien Wu
  • Patent number: 11221512
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight unit. The backlight unit may include a printed circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board, at least one light spreading layer formed over the printed circuit board that spreads light received from the plurality of light-emitting diodes, a partially reflective layer formed over the at least one light spreading layer, a color conversion layer formed over the partially reflective layer, a collimating layer formed over the color conversion layer, a brightness enhancement film formed over the collimating layer, and a diffuser formed over the brightness enhancement film. The at least one light spreading layer may include two light spreading layers with elongated protrusions that are rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Daming Xu, Jun Qi, Ling Han, Mookyung Son, Chenhua You, Victor H. Yin, Xinyu Zhu, Heesang Suh, Juan He, Joshua A. Spechler, Zhenyue Luo, Suraj P. Gorkhali
  • Patent number: 11104590
    Abstract: A sterilization device includes: a processing chamber in which a fluid passing through a straightener flows in a first direction, the straightener being provided at an inlet of the processing chamber; a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in an array on a plane facing the straightener in the first direction, sandwiching the processing chamber, and irradiating the fluid in the processing chamber with ultraviolet light; a light source chamber that houses the plurality of light emitting devices inside; and a discharge path provided to the side of the light source chamber and allowing the fluid passing through the processing chamber to flow in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Torii
  • Patent number: 10847753
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area having a display area and a peripheral area disposed around the central area are defined. The display apparatus includes a display area inorganic layer on the display area and extending to a portion of the peripheral area; and an encapsulation inorganic layer covering the display area, on the display area inorganic layer, and having an edge that is in parallel with or extending over an edge of the display area inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongryong Lee, Sangwon Seo
  • Patent number: 10749137
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area outside of the display area; and a thin-film encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, wherein the non-display area includes a dam region located outside of the display area and a plurality of protrusions on at least a part of the display unit outside of the dam region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moongon Kim
  • Patent number: 10693104
    Abstract: An organic EL device (100A) includes an active region (R1) including a plurality of organic EL elements and includes a peripheral region (R2) located in a region other than the active region. The organic EL device includes an element substrate (1) including a substrate, and the plurality of organic EL elements supported by the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation structure (10A) covering the plurality of organic EL elements. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of the organic barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10665814
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of present invention may comprise a display panel; a module cover coupled with the display panel, the module cover positioned at a rear of the display panel; a rear cover slidably coupled to the module cover, the rear cover positioned at a rear of the module cover; a mold portion coupled with one of the module cover and the rear cover; and a coupling portion coupled with another of the module cover and the rear cover, the coupling portion corresponding to the mold portion, wherein the mold portion is slidably coupled to the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokho Kwon, Brian Chung, Youngsung Kim
  • Patent number: 10658170
    Abstract: A plasma lamp includes plates that are approximately parallel, with at least one array of microcavities formed in a surface of at least one plate. When desirable, the plates are separated a fixed distance by spacers with at least one spacer being placed near the plate's edge to form a hermetic seal therewith. A gas makes contact with the microcavity array. Electrodes capable of delivering a time-varying voltage are located on the surface of each plate. At least one electrode is located on an exterior surface of at least one interior plate. Optionally, protective windows may be placed over the electrodes. The application of the time-varying voltage interacts with the gas to form a glow discharge plasma in the microcavities and the fixed volume between the plates (when present). The glow discharge plasma efficiently and uniformly emits UV/VUV radiation over the entire surface of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Eden Park Illumination
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Park, Cyrus M. Herring, James Gary Eden
  • Patent number: 10622585
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a substrate, a display unit, a first dam unit, an insulating unit, and a first metal layer. The display unit may overlap the substrate. The first dam unit may at least partially surround the display unit. A first trench may be positioned between the first dam unit and the display unit. The insulating unit may be disposed between the substrate and the first dam unit, may have an insulating portion, and may have a first opening set. The first opening set may be disposed between the insulating portion and the display unit. The insulating portion may at least partially surround the display unit. The first metal layer may have a second opening set positioned over the first opening set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seho Kim, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 10484770
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for display devices with transverse planar microphone arrays. In one embodiment, an example device may include a frame component having a first portion and a second portion transverse to the first portion, the first portion having a first surface and a second surface. The device may include a first hole extending through the second portion, a first microphone array coupled to the second portion, the first microphone array having a first microphone aligned with the first hole, and a display assembly coupled to the first surface. The device may include a second hole extending through the display assembly and the first portion, and a second microphone array coupled to the second surface, the second microphone array having a second microphone aligned with the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anurupa Rao, Paul Drucker, Subum Park, Jiger Patel, Sanditi Khandelwal, Amita Pawar, Kei Yamamoto, Wentao Cheng
  • Patent number: 10475872
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. A display device includes: a light blocking layer on a first substrate, a buffer layer on the light blocking layer, a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, and a source/drain metal layer positioned on the insulating layer, the source/drain metal layer including a non-overlap region that does not overlap the light blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heejung Yang, Hyungtae Kim, Dongun Jang, Dongsun Kim, Wonjoon Ho
  • Patent number: 10476028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaging structure of an OLED device, a display device, and a packaging method of an OLED device. The packaging structure of an OLED device comprises: a substrate, an OLED device on the substrate, a first layer on the OLED device, wherein, the packaging structure of the OLED device further comprises a first blocking layer positioned outside the first layer for defining the first layer, and wherein the first blocking layer has a margin portion in its corner position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 10458042
    Abstract: The calcium fluoride member includes a first member made from monocrystalline calcium fluoride and a second member made from monocrystalline or polycrystalline calcium fluoride. The first member and the second member is pressure-bonded together to form the calcium fluoride member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyasu Uehara, Minako Azumi, Shitoka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10386570
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a substantially planar light guide defining an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface. A first plurality of LEDs is positioned below the lower surface of the light guide and oriented to direct the light emitted therefrom into the lower surface. A NVIS filter is placed adjacent to the side surface and a second plurality of LEDs is positioned near the side surface. A separating element extends between the first and second plurality of LEDs. A directing element extends between the second plurality of LEDs and the NVIS filter to direct the emitted light from the second plurality of LEDs through the NVIS filter and into the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: William Dunn, Harry Presley, Chris Tran
  • Patent number: 10321901
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a power receiver and a treatment section configured to be driven by power received by the power receiver. The power receiver includes a first solenoid-shaped power receiving coil and a second solenoid-shaped power receiving coil having a winding direction opposite to a winding direction of the first power receiving coil. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil have the same length and the same number of turns, and are arranged concentrically. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil are electrically connected to a treatment section so that a direction in which a current flows through the first power receiving coil is opposite to a direction in which a current flows through the second power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Matsui, Yuta Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10326099
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area outside of the display area; and a thin-film encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, wherein the non-display area includes a dam region located outside of the display area and a plurality of protrusions on at least a part of the display unit outside of the dam region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moongon Kim
  • Patent number: 10319944
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area having a display area and a peripheral area disposed around the central area are defined. The display apparatus includes a display area inorganic layer on the display area and extending to a portion of the peripheral area; and an encapsulation inorganic layer covering the display area, on the display area inorganic layer, and having an edge that is in parallel with or extending over an edge of the display area inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongryong Lee, Sangwon Seo
  • Patent number: 10276743
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus is provided. The LED apparatus includes a light emitting diode, a light conversion layer stacked on the light emitting diode and configured to convert a wavelength of light incident from the light emitting diode, a reflection coating layer stacked on the light conversion layer and configured to pass the light of which the wavelength is converted in light incident from the light conversion layer therethrough and reflecting the other light, and a color filter stacked on the reflection coating layer and configured to correspond to the light conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hoon Jung, Dae-sik Kim, Sung-yeol Kim, Seung-yong Shin
  • Patent number: 10203447
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide an electronic display assembly comprising a liquid crystal layer and a light guide positioned behind the liquid crystal layer. The light guide preferably includes a light emission surface and a light-collecting portion opposing the light emission surface. A pair of opposing side portions may define the periphery of the light guide. A first plurality of LEDs are placed so as to direct the emitted light into the light-collecting portion. An NVIS filter is preferably placed adjacent to at least one of the side portions. A second plurality of LEDs are placed to direct the emitted light through the NVIS filter and into a side portion of the light guide. Alternative embodiments can contain directing elements to direct the light from the second plurality of LEDs into the edge portions of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: American Panel Corporation, American Panel Corporation
    Inventors: William Dunn, Harry Presely, Chris Tran
  • Patent number: 10175530
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a bottom cover, a light source, a middle mold, a diffusion plate and an optical sheet. The bottom cover defines a bottom portion and a sidewall portion which is protruded from the bottom portion. The light source is accommodated in the bottom cover. The middle mold is supported by the bottom cover and defines a horizontal supporting portion and a distance maintaining portion extending from a first end of the horizontal supporting portion in a direction perpendicular to the bottom portion. The diffusion plate overlaps the horizontal supporting portion. The optical sheet overlaps the distance maintaining portion and is spaced apart from the diffusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongkoo Jeong, Byungjin Park, Jungil Lee, Jiheon Lee
  • Patent number: 10135028
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a base substrate defining a display area and a non-display area; a thin film transistor in the display area of the base substrate; an organic light emitting diode on and connected with the thin film transistor; an encapsulation layer on the organic light emitting diode; and a crack preventing portion in the non-display area defined by the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JongSung Kim, JongGeun Yoon, Goeun Jung, HyungGeun Kwon
  • Patent number: 10134646
    Abstract: A display device and a testing method thereof are disclosed, in which a defect caused by an overflow of an organic film constituting an encapsulation film can be detected. The display device comprises a substrate including a display area where pixels are arranged, and a pad area including a plurality of pads formed outside the display area; an encapsulation film covering the display area, including at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film; a dam arranged between the display area and the pad area; and a conductive testing line arranged between the dam and the pad area and not electrically connected with another conductive line or electrode arranged on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuntae Byun, Eunah Song, Junggi Kim, Kwang Nam Cho
  • Patent number: 9966558
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area outside of the display area; and a thin-film encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, wherein the non-display area includes a dam region located outside of the display area and a plurality of protrusions on at least a part of the display unit outside of the dam region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moongon Kim
  • Patent number: 9952489
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a discharge lamp including a light emitting tube having a discharge space therein, and a pair of electrodes disposed in the discharge space so as to be opposed to each other, wherein a changing rate of a cross-sectional area is equal to or lower than 200%. The changing rate is a rate of change of the cross-sectional area in every 0.25 mm in a direction along an optical axis of the light emitting tube. The cross-sectional area is an area of a plane perpendicular to the optical axis in a space between an outside shape of at least one of the pair of electrodes and an inside wall of the light emitting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoo
  • Patent number: 9954049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circular display device including: a substrate (21) having a circular shape; a plurality of data lines (15) formed on the substrate; a plurality of gate lines (16) extending in a direction orthogonal to the plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels (14) respectively formed at areas in which the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines intersect; and a circular cover (25) that is air-tightly adhered to the substrate and covers the pixels. The cover has a driving integrated circuit (27) and a plurality of wiring patterns formed thereon, wherein the driving integrated circuit supplies scan signals and data signals to the plurality of pixels, and the wiring patterns extend and are drawn out from the driving integrated circuit. The respective plurality of wiring patterns are electrically connected to each of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines through connection wires (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOLONAUTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Bin Im, Kee-Yong Oh, Il-Ho Park, Chung-Hyoun Gyoung
  • Patent number: 9735394
    Abstract: A bank partitions a plurality of pixels and has an opening in each of the plurality of pixels. An organic layer includes a light emitting layer, and covers the bank opening. A first inorganic barrier layer is formed of an inorganic material, and covers the bank and the organic layer. A plurality of organic barrier portions are formed of organic materials, and are disposed on the first inorganic barrier layer. A second inorganic barrier layer is formed of the inorganic material, and covers the first inorganic barrier layer and the plurality of organic barrier portions. A recessed portion is formed on the bank and the first inorganic barrier layer (for example, the recessed portion is formed in an area which covers a contact hole), and a portion of the organic barrier portion is formed in the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 9722204
    Abstract: A display device is provided including a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels, and a first sealing region arranged in an exterior periphery part of the display region, the display region includes an individual pixel electrode arranged in each of the plurality of pixels, a common pixel electrode arranged in upper layer of the individual pixel electrode and in succession to the plurality of pixels, and a light emitting layer arranged between the individual pixel electrode and the common pixel electrode, and the first sealing region includes a sealing layer arranged on a lower layer than the common pixel electrode and a region stacked with the common pixel electrode extending from the display region, the stacked region being enclosed by the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Hanari
  • Patent number: 9698302
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing on a compound glass substrate a multi-colored LED for use in a video display board includes preparing a first masking layer on a compound glass substrate; depositing a first-color epitaxial layer on the first-color LED growing region and the first masking layer, to form a first-color LED; removing the first masking layer and the first-color epitaxial layer on the first masking layer; preparing a second masking layer, wherein the second masking layer is used to mask another region except a second-color LED growing region; depositing a second-color epitaxial layer on the second-color LED growing region and the second masking layer, to form a second-color LED; removing the second masking layer and the second-color epitaxial layer on the second masking layer; and grinding, cleaning, and performing an electrical test on a surface of the compound glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventors: Min Yan, Jun Cheng, Mingbo Zhou
  • Patent number: 9626897
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a display panel that has a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of pixels to display an image, a cover window that is positioned at the outside of a display surface of the display panel, and an adhesive layer that is positioned between the display surface and the cover window. One of the display panel and the cover window forms a concave channel in at least one corner, and the adhesive layer fills the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-In Lim, Kyu-Ho Jung, Sang-Hee Choi
  • Patent number: 9612464
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates facing each other, the first and second substrates including facing display areas and peripheral areas around the display areas, a plurality of pixels on the display area of the first substrate, a common voltage applying unit on the peripheral area of the first substrate, a data driving circuit unit on the peripheral area of the first substrate, a data driver connecting line on the peripheral area of the first substrate, the data driver connecting line being positioned between the common voltage applying unit and the display area of the first substrate, and connecting the data driving circuit unit and a data line in the display area, and a sealant between the peripheral areas of the first and second substrates and covering the common voltage applying unit and part of the data driver connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Choi, Seung Wook Nam, Su Jin Kim, Jin Won Kim, Joo Young Yoon, Hyeok Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9595689
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a light emitting layer including one or more kinds of organic light emitting films, a transparent electrode that comes in contact with an upper surface of the light emitting layer, and a glass plate that covers an upper side of the transparent electrode, in which the transparent electrode has a contour corresponding to a contour of the glass plate in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Uetake, Hiroki Ohara, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9568180
    Abstract: An illuminating glazing unit for vehicles, including: a first transparent sheet of glass with a first main face, a second main face, and an edge; one or more modules including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), each including a plurality of LEDs and associated electronic components fixed to a printed circuit board, the modules being positioned such that emitting faces of the LEDs are turned toward the edge of the first sheet of glass; an encapsulation mechanism in contact with the first main face of the first sheet; a light extraction element, which can be located on one of the main faces of the first sheet of glass; and a heat sink element, in thermal conduction contact with the LED module, in contact with the encapsulation mechanism, and in contact with an atmosphere via a heat exchange surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Adele Verrat-Debailleul, Pascal Bauerle, Laeticia Laurencot, Christophe Kleo
  • Patent number: 9416312
    Abstract: A rare earth ions doped luminescent silicate glass is provided having the general formula of: 45SiO2-aLi2O-bMO-5Al2O3-3K2O-2P2O5:cEu2O3, wherein a is molar ratio of Li2O, b is molar ratio of MO and c is molar ratio of Eu2O3, wherein a+b=45, 25?a?35 and 0.025?c?0.50, and wherein MO is one or more of alkaline earth metal oxides. The luminescent glass can be prepared by simple progress, without pollution and at low cost. The resulting glass can be excited by UV LED chip and blue LED chip. Bright green light can be obtained by the sample under excitation of UV LED chip, while bright white light can be obtained under excitation of blue LED chip. The luminescent glass can be coupled with LED to obtain novel LED devices and provides potential applications in the field of semiconductor lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sun Yat-Sen University
    Inventors: Jing Wang, Xuejie Zhang, Lin Huang, Qiang Su
  • Patent number: 9343709
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable light-emitting device and especially a light-emitting device which can be formed without use of a metal mask and includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. A structural body at least an end of which has an acute-angled shape is provided so that the end can pass downward through an electrically conductive film formed over the insulating layer and can be at least in contact with an insulating layer having elasticity, thereby physically separating the electrically conductive film, and the electrically conductive films are thus electrically insulated from each other. Such a structure may be provided between adjacent light-emitting elements so that the light-emitting elements can be electrically insulated from each other in the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Koji Ono
  • Patent number: 9306635
    Abstract: A magnetic resonator includes an inductor comprising a conductive first loop having a first dipole moment and a conductive second loop having a second dipole moment wherein a direction of the first dipole moment is substantially opposite to a direction of the second dipole moment and at least one capacitor in series with at least one of the first loop and the second loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Aristeidis Karalis, Simon Verghese, Volkan Efe, Marin Soljacic, Alexander P. McCauley, Maria Empar Rollano Hijarrubia