Flexible Patents (Class 313/511)
  • Patent number: 8575836
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Paul van de Ven
  • Patent number: 8536075
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Philip Noel Leonard
  • Patent number: 8530928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Heuser, Christian Schmid, Tilman Schlenker, Peter Groeppel
  • Publication number: 20130229108
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Kuang-Jung Chen
  • Publication number: 20130221840
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Joohyeon OH
  • Patent number: 8518285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Beom Lee
  • Publication number: 20130200783
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurweten schappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Gerardus Titus Van Heck, Margaretha Maria De Kok, Jeroen Van Den Brand
  • Patent number: 8502448
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Lee, Kie-Hyun Nam, Choong-Ho Lee, Dong-Ki Lee, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8405309
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 8395317
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Rabin Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 8388871
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kato, Masaya Yukinobu
  • Publication number: 20130002583
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20130002133
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 8342938
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Craig A. Paulsen, Chauncey W. Griswold, Joseph R. Hedrick, Richard L. Wilder, Harold E. Mattice
  • Patent number: 8339040
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Lumimove, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Bruton, Mauricio Pinto, Shane Haley
  • Publication number: 20120299470
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuhki Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 8288942
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: James Ibbetson
  • Publication number: 20120258291
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Textilforschungsinstitut Thüringen-Vogtland
    Inventors: Andreas NEUDECK, Hardy MÜLLER, Wolfgang SCHEIBNER, Klaus RICHTER, Stephen LENK
  • Patent number: 8274219
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Wen-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 8269416
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Murayama, Masaya Yukinobu
  • Patent number: 8258694
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eui Yeol Oh
  • Patent number: 8257129
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eui Yeol Oh
  • Patent number: 8253327
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ibe, Hisao Ikeda, Junichi Koezuka, Kaoru Kato
  • Patent number: 8227984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tae Won Kim, Christian Maria Anton Heller, Marc Schaepkens, Ahmet Gun Erlat, Min Yan
  • Patent number: 8222810
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jing-Yi Yan, Shu-Tang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20120154707
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Che Hsieh, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: 8159130
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-shik Shim, In-seo Kee, Young-tea Chun
  • Patent number: 8154183
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward James Balaschak, James Michael Kostka
  • Patent number: 8129898
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG. Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nack Bong Choi, Juhn Suk Yoo
  • Patent number: 8106568
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Hsueh-Chung Kao, Chao-Jen Wang
  • Patent number: 8076669
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-kyu Kang, Byoung-keon Park
  • Patent number: 8044583
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woo Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 8030844
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Soo Shin, Jae-Bon Koo, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 8030845
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Itai
  • Patent number: 8018153
    Abstract: 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, an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mariko Gotou
  • Patent number: 8013525
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
  • Patent number: 7994712
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Un-Cheol Sung, Ji-Hye Choi, Young-Rok Song, Soo-Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 7982379
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Krans, Erich Zainzinger, Wouter Bastiaan Zeper, Thomas Schuler, Guido Theo Maria Lamerichs, Carla Andrea Parilo
  • Patent number: 7977877
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bradley C. DeCook, James Mazzarella, Roger G. Covington, Thomas W. Palone, Michael L. Boroson, Michele L. Ricks
  • Patent number: 7973473
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bradley C. DeCook, James Mazzarella, Roger G. Covington, Thomas W. Palone, Michael L. Boroson, Michele L. Ricks
  • Patent number: 7868545
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Shuichi Uchikoga
  • Patent number: 7858998
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald H. Negley
  • Patent number: 7855498
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Edward Willem Albert Young, Dirk Hente
  • Patent number: 7825582
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd., Nippon Hoso Kyokai
    Inventors: Tadahiro Furukawa, Shizuo Tokito, Youji Inoue, Mitsunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7812530
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Handa, Toru Miyake, Hiroyoshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100253216
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Krans, Erich Zainzinger, Wouter Bastiaan Zeper, Thomas Schuler, Guido Theo Maria Lamerichs, Carla Andrea Parilo
  • Patent number: 7781966
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wi Jin Nam
  • Patent number: 7777415
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nam-Choul Yang
  • Patent number: 7755095
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Nagai
  • Patent number: 7737633
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventor: Yan Zheng