Flexible Patents (Class 313/511)
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Patent number: 8575836Abstract: A LED lamp including a cover with first and second transmissive regions that differently affect light emissions (e.g., with respect to diffusion, color, or other characteristics) transmitted therethrough. One or more apertures may be defined in a diffusive cover for a LED lamp to permit flow of air and escape of heat, and also to permit escape of directly emitted or reverse scattered light proximate to a base of the LED lamp. Multiple diffuser segments may be overlapped with intervening apertures.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Antony Paul van de Ven
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Patent number: 8536075Abstract: A textile thread or fiber has a plurality of elements, such as electronic elements, embedded or encapsulated therein. The textile thread or fiber could also be part of a fabric article. The textile thread or fiber, for example, has the plurality of elements interconnected, or otherwise intercommunicating, with one another to form a signal processing system. This signal processing system may include, for example, a personal computer system, a personal telecommunications transmitter/receiver system or a personal television and/or radio system.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Inventor: Philip Noel Leonard
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Patent number: 8530928Abstract: A method for encapsulating an optoelectronic component by depositing a diffusion barrier for protection against environmental influences by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma on at least one subarea of the surface of the optoelectronic component.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Karsten Heuser, Christian Schmid, Tilman Schlenker, Peter Groeppel
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Publication number: 20130229108Abstract: A package of an environmental sensitive element including a flexible substrate, an environmental sensitive element, a flexible sacrificial layer and a packaging structure is provided. The environmental sensitive element is disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible sacrificial layer is disposed on the environmental sensitive element, wherein the environmental sensitive element includes a plurality of first thin films and the flexible sacrificial layer includes a plurality of second thin films. The bonding strength between two adjacent second thin films is substantially equal to or lower than the bonding strength between two adjacent first thin films. Further, the packaging structure covers the environmental sensitive element and the flexible sacrificial layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Kuang-Jung Chen
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Publication number: 20130221840Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a flexible display screen and a body supporting the flexible display screen. The body comprises a first body comprising a sloping surface on a cross-section, a second body, and a third body comprising a sloping surface on a cross-section. The body comprises a first bending portion provided between the first body and the second body, and the sloping surface of the first body is attached to the second body by the rotation of the first body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventor: Joohyeon OH
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Patent number: 8518285Abstract: A substrate section for a flexible display device is disclosed. The substrate section includes: a first substrate, a second substrate disposed above a center region of the first substrate, a reinforcing layer disposed between the first and second substrates, configured to reinforce adhesion between the first and second substrates, and a barrier layer disposed above the second substrate and surrounding side surfaces of the second substrate and of the reinforcing layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dong-Beom Lee
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Publication number: 20130200783Abstract: An assembly is provided of an electro-physical transducer (10) on a flexible foil (20) with a carrier (40). The flexible foil (20) has a first main surface (22) provided with at least a first electrically conductive track (24) connected to the electro-physical transducer and opposite said first main surface a second main surface (23) facing towards the carrier. At least a first incision (25a) extends through the flexible foil alongside said at least a first electrically conductive track, therewith defining a strip shaped portion (27) of the flexible foil that carries a portion of the at least a first electrically conductive track. The at least a first electrically conductive track is electrically connected to an electrical conductor (421) of the carrier, and the flexible foil is attached to the carrier with its strip shaped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurweten schappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Gerardus Titus Van Heck, Margaretha Maria De Kok, Jeroen Van Den Brand
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Patent number: 8502448Abstract: A display apparatus having an improved function for encapsulating a display unit, and comprising a substrate, wherein the display unit is disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation unit facing the display unit, the encapsulation unit comprising: a metal layer; and a composite member; and a sealing unit disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation unit and separated from the display unit so as to adhere the substrate to the encapsulation unit, wherein the composite member comprises a resin matrix and carbon fibers, and wherein the metal layer is disposed between the substrate and the composite member.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Min Lee, Kie-Hyun Nam, Choong-Ho Lee, Dong-Ki Lee, Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 8405309Abstract: In a flat panel display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, the flat panel display panel may be constructed with a first substrate on which a plurality of pixels are formed; a second substrate disposed so as to face a surface of the first substrate on which the plurality of pixels are formed; a first sealing member disposed between the first and second substrates for sealing them; a first bank formed on the first substrate; a second bank formed on the second substrate and disposed facing the first bank; and a second sealing member disposed between the first and second banks.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Jun Lee
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Patent number: 8395317Abstract: A textile (100; 300; 400) having a multi-layer warp which includes an upper warp layer (101) comprising an upper array of conductive warp yarns (104a-b; 303a-e; 406a-b), a lower warp layer (102) comprising a lower array of conductive warp yarns (106a-b; 306a-e; 421a-d), and an intermediate warp layer (103) arranged between the upper (101) and lower (102) warp layers. The textile further includes a weft in which a first set of conductive weft yarns (108; 302a-f; 407a-b) cross the upper array of conductive warp yarns (104a-b, 303a-e; 406a-b), such that electrical contact is achieved there between, and a second set of conductive weft yarns (109a-b; 305a-f; 424, 430, 440) cross the lower array of conductive warp yarns (106a-b; 306a-e; 421a-d), such that electrical contact is achieved there between.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Rabin Bhattacharya
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Patent number: 8388871Abstract: A translucent conductive film-forming coating liquid that can form a translucent conductive film having excellent translucency and conductivity together with organic solvent resistance includes conductive oxide acicular powder dispersed in a solvent containing a binder resin, the glass transition point (Tg) of the binder resin being 120° C. or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kato, Masaya Yukinobu
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Publication number: 20130002583Abstract: A flexible display panel including: a flexible panel including a first region including a display region and oriented on a first plane and a second region including a non-display region and oriented on a second plane different from the first plane; and a flexible encapsulation member disposed on the flexible panel so as to encapsulate at least the display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
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Publication number: 20130002133Abstract: A flexible display panel including: a flexible substrate including a first region, second regions that extend from the first region and that have a curved surface, and a third region folded towards the second regions; a first display region in the first region of the flexible substrate; a second display region in the second regions of the flexible substrate; a plurality of non-display regions outside the first display region or the second display regions, wherein at least one of the plurality of non-display regions is in the third region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the first display region and the second display regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
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Patent number: 8342938Abstract: A gaming machine reel having a motor capable of rotating the reel operatively coupled to a controller to control a reel rotation speed, a support mechanism coupled to the motor having an outer circumferential region, a rotatable display mounted on the outer circumferential region operable to rotate about an axis of the reel. The rotatable display may be used to display game play indicia utilized in a wager-based game of chance. A game controller coupled to the rotatable display may be configured to determine a portion of the rotatable display that is visible through a viewing window on the gaming machine at a particular, determine pixel locations associated with the visible portions and map visual content to the visible portions as a function of time while the rotatable display is rotating.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: IGTInventors: Craig A. Paulsen, Chauncey W. Griswold, Joseph R. Hedrick, Richard L. Wilder, Harold E. Mattice
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Patent number: 8339040Abstract: An electroluminescent device is provided. The electroluminescent device includes an intrinsically conductive polymer layer having a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 3 microns and an elongation less than about 100%; and a phosphor layer having a thickness from about 20 microns to about 70 microns. The electroluminescent device demonstrates a loss of brightness of less than about 10% after undergoing repeated creasing, crushing, flexing, twisting, abrading, and/or stretching.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Lumimove, Inc.Inventors: Eric A. Bruton, Mauricio Pinto, Shane Haley
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Publication number: 20120299470Abstract: An illumination device (1) of the present invention includes slats (2) each having flexibility and being such that an organic layer (30) is provided between a first electrode (20) and a second electrode (21), the slats (2) being in parallel with other and movable rotatably forward and backward. The illumination device includes a support wire (4) for supporting the slats (2) so that the slats (2) are movable rotatably forward and backward, a power supply device (7) for supplying a voltage, via a conductive wire group (3), to the electrodes (20) and (21), and a slat pressure member (5) provided in the vicinity of one of surfaces of each slat (2), the slat pressure member giving pressure to each slat (2) from a position in the vicinity of the one of surfaces in accordance with rotational movement forward and backward of the slat (2) caused by the wire (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuhki Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Fujita
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Patent number: 8288942Abstract: A white light emitting solid-state lamp is disclosed having an output of at least 75 lumens per watt at 20 milliamps drive current. The lamp includes a light emitting diode, an encapsulant, and a header. The diode includes a conductive silicon carbide substrate for electrical contact and a Group III nitride active portion on the silicon carbide substrate for generating desired frequency photons under the application of current across the diode. The header includes a reflective cup for supporting the diode and for providing electrical contact to the diode and to the active portion. The encapsulant includes a phosphor, present in at least portions of the encapsulant for generating responsive frequencies when the phosphor is excited by the frequencies emitted by the diode.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: James Ibbetson
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Publication number: 20120258291Abstract: The invention relates to a surface textile structure comprising an arrangement of a plurality of conductive threads or threads exhibiting conductive properties. Insulating sections are arranged between the conductive threads or insulating threads are incorporated into the structure. The structure also comprises an inorganic electroluminescent material and electric connection elements. According to the invention, the electroluminescent material is incorporated into intermediate areas of the structure or is embodied inside the structure in the form of coated threads. The structure is also provided with a coating which is also selective made of a fluorescent material and/or optical brightening agents. The overall arrangement comprises a transparent, elastic, covering protective layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Textilforschungsinstitut Thüringen-VogtlandInventors: Andreas NEUDECK, Hardy MÜLLER, Wolfgang SCHEIBNER, Klaus RICHTER, Stephen LENK
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Patent number: 8274219Abstract: An electro-luminescent display panel including an active device array substrate, a pixel definition layer, electro-luminescent devices, an electrode layer and a protective layer is provided. The substrate includes pixel electrodes. The pixel definition layer on the substrate includes openings, each exposing the corresponding one of the pixel electrodes. The electro-luminescent devices are in the openings. Each electro-luminescent device layer is on the corresponding one of the pixel electrode. The electrode layer is on the pixel definition layer and the electro-luminescent devices. The protective layer including a buffer layer, a first and a second encapsulation films is on the electrode layer. The buffer layer covers the pixel definition layer and the electro-luminescent devices. The first encapsulation film partially covers the buffer layer. The first encapsulation film includes island patterns on the pixel electrodes. The second encapsulation film covers the buffer layer and the first encapsulation film.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventor: Wen-Hao Wu
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Patent number: 8269416Abstract: A compressed multilayered film for a flexible functional element includes a base film, a transparent conductive layer coated on one side of the base film, and a support layer with a low adhesion layer liner on an opposite side of the base film. The support layer is separable from the base film. The base film has a thickness of 3 to 25 ?m, and the transparent conductive layer is composed mainly of conductive oxide microparticles and a binder matrix. The multilayered film is compressed to increase the filling density of the conductive microparticles in the transparent conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Murayama, Masaya Yukinobu
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Patent number: 8258694Abstract: A flexible display device and a method for manufacturing a flexible display are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display element layer formed on the flexible substrate; an insulating protective layer covering the display element layer; and a rigid substrate. The rigid substrate has an etching selectivity at least 20 times greater than that of the insulating protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eui Yeol Oh
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Patent number: 8257129Abstract: A flexible display device and a method for manufacturing a flexible display are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display element layer formed on the flexible substrate; an insulating protective layer covering the display element layer; and a rigid substrate. The rigid substrate has an etching selectivity at least 20 times greater than that of the insulating protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eui Yeol Oh
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Patent number: 8253327Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a light-emitting element that does not readily deteriorate, a light-emitting device and an electronic device that do not readily deteriorate, and a method of fabricating the light-emitting element that does not readily deteriorate. A light-emitting element having an EL layer between a pair of electrodes is covered with a layer containing an inorganic compound and halogen atoms or a layer containing an organic compound, an inorganic compound, and halogen atoms, whereby deterioration by moisture penetration can be inhibited. Thus, a light-emitting element with a long life can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Ibe, Hisao Ikeda, Junichi Koezuka, Kaoru Kato
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Patent number: 8227984Abstract: A barrier coating of organic-inorganic composition, the barrier coating having optical properties that are substantially uniform along an axis of light transmission, said axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the surface of the coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tae Won Kim, Christian Maria Anton Heller, Marc Schaepkens, Ahmet Gun Erlat, Min Yan
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Patent number: 8222810Abstract: A substrate board, a fabricating method thereof, and a display using the same are provided. The substrate board includes a substrate having at least a rigid area and at least a flexible area, and at least an electronic component disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the rigid area is thicker than the flexible area. A patterned high-extensive material may be additionally disposed on the substrate to improve reliability thereof. The rigid area and the flexible area may be formed by molds or cutters. By using an above structure, the electronic component is less affected when the substrate is under stress, so that good characteristics are maintained.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Jing-Yi Yan, Shu-Tang Yeh
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Publication number: 20120154707Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, a display medium, and a sealant. The first flexible substrate has a plurality of non-folding areas and at least one folding area located between the non-folding areas. The non-folding areas are separated. The second flexible substrate is configured above the first flexible substrate. The display medium is configured between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The sealant is configured on the first flexible substrate to surround the display medium. The elasticity of the sealant in the folding area is greater than the elasticity of the sealant in the non-folding areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Che Hsieh, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8159130Abstract: A foldable display device includes; a plurality of substrates separated from one another by predetermined intervals, a plurality of driving units including at least one driving unit disposed on each of the plurality of substrates, a flexible display unit disposed above the plurality of substrates and including a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of driving units, and a flexible connection unit disposed between the plurality of substrates and the flexible display unit and which electrically connects the plurality of driving units and the plurality of pixel electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong-shik Shim, In-seo Kee, Young-tea Chun
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Patent number: 8154183Abstract: A generally planar, flexible light source assembly or OLED device includes a generally planar, flexible light emitting member having opposite first and second surfaces. An impermeable backsheet is disposed along the first surface of the light emitting surface and includes a conductive portion and an opening through the backsheet. A conductive tab or cover is received over the opening, and an insulator is disposed between the tab cover and the opening to mitigate the risk of electrical contact between the components. The insulator can be precut washer-like members or an applied insulating material situated between the conductive components of the light source assembly that pose a potential for shorting. Using tabs with burr-free edges also mitigates against the risk of electrical shorting.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward James Balaschak, James Michael Kostka
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Patent number: 8129898Abstract: A flexible organic electro-luminescence device is adapted to improve its flexibility and to completely and substantially exclude the intrusion of external moisture and/or oxygen. The flexible organic electro-luminescence device includes: a substrate of a thickness of about 0.05 mm˜0.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: LG. Display Co. Ltd.Inventors: Nack Bong Choi, Juhn Suk Yoo
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Patent number: 8106568Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly of light-emitting units, which is applicable to a lighting device that comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements respectively mounted to heat dissipation units. The light-emitting elements give off light beams that project outward through a light-transmitting hood. One surface of the light-transmitting hood is provided with a light diffusion layer featuring light refraction. As such, the light beams emitting from the light-emitting elements are made converging on a light incidence area, which, together with the feature of light spreading of the light-transmitting hood, can spread off and thus homogenize the light beams to form a surface source, and can also concentrate the light energy of the lighting device to enhance the brightness. The lighting device can be applied to any lighting facility.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventors: Hsueh-Chung Kao, Chao-Jen Wang
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Patent number: 8076669Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes an organic light emitting diode formed on a substrate, coupled to a transistor; a photodiode formed on the substrate and including a semiconductor layer including a high-concentration P doping region, an intrinsic region with defects and a high-concentration N doping region; and a controller that uniformly controls the luminance of light emitted from the organic light emitting diode by controlling a voltage applied to the first electrode and the second electrode according to the voltage outputted from the photodiode.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chul-kyu Kang, Byoung-keon Park
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Patent number: 8044583Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is provided. The structural components of the organic electroluminescent device can be excluded from external conditions without using a cap and whose thickness can be remarkably reduced without installing a getter. The organic electroluminescent device as embodied has the structure that a protective layer with a multi-layered structure is formed on the entire structure of the structural components to exclude the structural components completely from external conditions. The protective layer is consisted of an organic material layer formed on the structural components of the device, an inorganic material layer formed on the organic material layer, and a coating layer formed on the inorganic material layer. The coating layer formed on the inorganic material layer is made from titanium aluminum nitride (TiN).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Woo Chan Kim
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Patent number: 8030844Abstract: Provided is a flat panel display which has improved flexibility by using a metal substrate or a conductive substrate, wherein the substrate is protected from external exposure. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the flat panel display. The flat panel display includes a substrate, a first insulator with which one surface of the substrate is covered, a display unit disposed on the other surface of the substrate, and a second insulator with which edges of the substrate are covered to prevent exposure.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Soo Shin, Jae-Bon Koo, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong
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Patent number: 8030845Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device having a first flexible plate and a second flexible plate and an organic electroluminescence element provided on a portion at approximately the center of at least one of the flexible plates. The method includes: forming the first flexible plate having a S region which has larger UV light transmittance and a W region which has larger UV light transmittance; forming a substantially frame-shaped UV-curable resin layer on the first flexible plate and/or the second flexible plate so that the UV-curable resin layer overlaps at least partially with the S region; and adhering the first flexible plate with the second flexible plate by irradiation of UV light which uses the S region as an irradiation face so as to cure the UV-curable resin layer. The invention further provides an organic electroluminescence device formed by the method.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Yuichiro Itai
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Patent number: 8018153Abstract: The present invention provides an electroluminescent element, including: a substrate; a first electrode layer formed on a surface of the substrate; an organic electroluminescent layer formed on the first electrode layer, the organic electroluminescent layer including at least a luminescent layer; a second electrode layer formed such that the organic electroluminescent layer is interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and a sealing base material for sealing the first electrode layer, the organic electroluminescent layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the sealing base material is a flexible film and a lamination impact alleviating layer of which universal hardness value is no smaller than 110 N/nm2 is formed on the second electrode layer; when a flexible film is used as the sealing base material and the flexible film is laminated with the substrate at a predetermined pressure, the organic electroluminescent layer is prevented from being scratched or cracked, thus, anType: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mariko Gotou
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Patent number: 8013525Abstract: A flexible emissive device, includes a flexible rough substrate having a rough substrate surface and defining a display area; an organic low-temperature adhesion layer formed on the rough substrate surface, at least a portion of the organic low-temperature adhesion layer having a thickness greater than or equal to five microns; a plurality of chiplets distributed in the display area and adhering to the organic low-temperature adhesion layer, each chiplet having one or more connection pads; a plurality of patterned bottom electrodes formed over the organic low-temperature adhesion layer in the display area, each bottom electrode being electrically connected to only one connection pad of a corresponding chiplet; one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the bottom electrode; and a top electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material; and a flexible encapsulating layer located over the top electrode and adhered to the rough substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 7994712Abstract: An organic light emitting device includes a first pixel displaying a first color, a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and displaying a second color, and a third pixel adjacent to the first pixel or the second pixel and displaying a third color, wherein the first pixel includes a first and second subpixel units that output respective lights having different color characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Un-Cheol Sung, Ji-Hye Choi, Young-Rok Song, Soo-Yeon Lee
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Patent number: 7982379Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible display device (10) comprising a flexible substrate (12) having at least one light source (14) mounted thereon. The flexible display device is characterized by a flexible thermo regulating layer (20) provided on the opposite side of the substrate compared to the side with the at least one light source for dissipating heat from the remaining display device. This allows for stable operation and increased endurance of the display device. The present invention also relates to a textile product comprising such a flexible display device, and a method for the manufacturing of such a flexible display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Martijn Krans, Erich Zainzinger, Wouter Bastiaan Zeper, Thomas Schuler, Guido Theo Maria Lamerichs, Carla Andrea Parilo
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Patent number: 7977877Abstract: A flat panel OLED device including a transparent deformable substrate having first and second sides and defining a predetermined illumination region and a non-illumination region; a moisture-sensitive OLED disposed over the first side of the transparent substrate within the illumination region and means for applying electrical signals to the OLED which causes the OLED to produce light and heat; a protective layer disposed over the OLED; a flexible encapsulating foil disposed over the protective layer, but not attached thereto; and a rigid chassis structure operatively associated with the transparent deformable substrate for dissipating the heat and providing rigidity to the transparent deformable substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Bradley C. DeCook, James Mazzarella, Roger G. Covington, Thomas W. Palone, Michael L. Boroson, Michele L. Ricks
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Patent number: 7973473Abstract: A flat panel OLED device including a transparent deformable substrate having first and second sides and defining a predetermined illumination region and a non-illumination region; a moisture-sensitive OLED disposed over the first side of the transparent substrate within the illumination region and means for applying electrical signals to the OLED which causes the OLED to produce light and heat; a protective layer disposed over the OLED; a flexible encapsulating foil disposed over the protective layer, but not attached thereto, and which dissipates the heat and sealingly connected to the substrate in the non-illumination region; and a rigid chassis structure operatively associated with the transparent deformable substrate for providing rigidity to the transparent deformable substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Bradley C. DeCook, James Mazzarella, Roger G. Covington, Thomas W. Palone, Michael L. Boroson, Michele L. Ricks
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Patent number: 7868545Abstract: It is made possible to provide a low-cost highly reliable display device which does not lose the flexibility of itself and which can transmit the allowable range of the flexibility to the user. A display device includes: a display part having a display face and being flexible; and a restriction part having a plurality of first convex parts to restrict a bending quantity of the display part.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Shuichi Uchikoga
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Patent number: 7858998Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting devices include an alumina substrate, a light emitting diode on a face of the substrate and flexible silicone film that includes a silicone lens on the face of the substrate. The light emitting diode emits light through the silicone lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Gerald H. Negley
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Patent number: 7855498Abstract: The invention relates to light-emitting diodes (O-LED). In particular, it relates to the driver electronics needed for these devices. An organic electroluminescent device is provided, which has a hermetically closed very flat housing. To improve the functionality of an O-LED, considerably reduce the height of an O-LED module and allow a cost-effective mass production, the driver circuit and the electronic driver elements or the printed circuit board (PCH) with the electronic driver elements are incorporated into the cover plate of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Edward Willem Albert Young, Dirk Hente
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Patent number: 7825582Abstract: A flexible display of the present invention is an active matrix flexible display in which a TFT is provided for each pixel. In the flexible display, an adhesive layer, a protective layer, a gate electrode for the TFT, which is buried in the protective layer, a gate insulating layer for the TFT, source and drain electrodes for the TFT, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, an organic active layer for the TFT, an organic EL layer including a red (R) emitting layer, a green (G) emitting layer and a blue (B) emitting layer, which are formed on a plurality of the pixel electrodes, a metal electrode, and a sealing layer are formed on a plastic film.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2005Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignees: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd., Nippon Hoso KyokaiInventors: Tadahiro Furukawa, Shizuo Tokito, Youji Inoue, Mitsunori Suzuki
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Patent number: 7812530Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible substrate, which has solvent resistance, a high level of gas barrier properties, a high level of flexibility, high heat resistance, and a high level of transparency, and is suitable, for example, for use in a wet coating process of an organic device material, and an organic device using the same. The flexible substrate comprises a metal oxide polymer-containing layer and a three-dimensionally crosslinked polymer layer stacked in that order on at least one side of a very thin glass. The metal oxide polymer is a silicon oxide polymer, and the metal oxide polymer-containing layer underlying the three-dimensionally crosslinked polymer layer is neither swollen nor dissolved in an aromatic organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Handa, Toru Miyake, Hiroyoshi Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100253216Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible display device (10) comprising a flexible substrate (12) having at least one light source (14) mounted thereon. The flexible display device is characterized by a flexible thermo regulating layer (20) provided on the opposite side of the substrate compared to the side with the at least one light source for dissipating heat from the remaining display device. This allows for stable operation and increased endurance of the display device. The present invention also relates to a textile product comprising such a flexible display device, and a method for the manufacturing of such a flexible display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Martijn Krans, Erich Zainzinger, Wouter Bastiaan Zeper, Thomas Schuler, Guido Theo Maria Lamerichs, Carla Andrea Parilo
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Patent number: 7781966Abstract: An EL display, including a substrate having a pixel region and a non-pixel region, at least one light emitting diode disposed on the pixel region of the substrate, a sealant disposed on the non-pixel region of the substrate, an oxygen generating layer, an absorbent layer laminated onto the oxygen generating layer, and a cap adhered to the sealant, such that the at least one light emitting diode, the oxygen generating layer, and the absorbent layer are enclosed between the cap and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wi Jin Nam
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Patent number: 7777415Abstract: A flat panel display including a light emitting device having a sealed image display area. An enclosure is curved to have a space in which the light emitting device is sealed, and a curved portion of the enclosure is rounded.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nam-Choul Yang
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Patent number: 7755095Abstract: In an LED array chip (2), LEDs (6) are connected together in series by a bridging wire (30) The LEDs (6) each have a semiconductor multilayer structure (8-18) including a light emitting layer (14) Here, the semiconductor multilayer structure (8-18) is epitaxially grown on a front surface of an SiC substrate (4) A phosphor film (48) covers the LEDs (6) Two power supply terminals (36 and 38), which are electrically independent from each other, are formed on a back surface of the SiC substrate (4) The power supply terminal (36) is connected to a cathode electrode (32) of an LED (6a) at a lower potential end by a bridging wire (40) and a plated-through hole (42) The power supply terminal (38) is connected to an anode electrode (34) of an LED (6d) at a higher potential end by a bridging wire (44) and a plated-through hole (46).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Hideo Nagai
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Patent number: 7737633Abstract: An electroluminescent wire includes a continuous base wire, plated with a metal modified layer. The metal wire is coated with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is coated with a luminous layer made of electroluminescent powder added with YAG to emit light. The luminous layer is coated with a transparent conductive layer. The surface of the conductive layer connects to 1 to 4 protective conductive wires, and all are enclosed by a fluoroplastics layer. The fluoroplastics layer is enclosed by a plurality of transparent and translucent colorized plastic tubes. Fluorescent dye or paint and scattering agent or glass microballons are added into at least one layer of the plastic tubes respectively. AC is applied between the metal modified layer and outer protective conductive wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Inventor: Yan Zheng