Particular Nonoptical Film Or Layer (e.g., Adhesive Layer, Barrier Layer) Patents (Class 349/122)
  • Patent number: 9971180
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a roof layer facing the substrate and shaped so as to at least partially define a plurality of microcavities, a liquid crystal layer disposed in the plurality of microcavities, and a partition wall which partitions adjacent ones of the microcavities and which includes at least two regions having different heights from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si Kwang Kim, Seung-Yeon Chae
  • Patent number: 9941143
    Abstract: A thin film transistor include a control electrode, a semiconductor layer on the control electrode, an input electrode, at least a portion of the input electrode being on the semiconductor layer, and an output electrode spaced apart from the input electrode, at least a portion of the output electrode being on the semiconductor layer. Each of the input electrode and the output electrode includes a wiring layer including a metal material, a dummy portion on a side part of the wiring layer, the dummy portion including an oxide of the metal material, and a protection layer on the wiring layer, the protection layer overlapping the wiring layer and the dummy portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chanwoo Yang, Do-Hyun Kim, Jeongju Park, Junhyun Park, Doohyoung Lee, Xinxing Li
  • Patent number: 9927648
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, a display device, and a method for manufacturing the display device, relating to the technical field of display, thereby solving the problem that the anti-reflection effect of AR film is poor, since attaching an AR film can only achieve a zero reflection within a narrow wavelength range. The method for manufacturing a display panel comprises forming a black matrix on a first surface of a base substrate, and defining a plurality of display units with the criss-cross black matrix; forming a photoresist on a second surface of the base substrate; performing a curing process for the photoresist corresponding to the position of the display units; removing the photoresist corresponding to the position of the black matrix; and performing a texturing process for a portion of the second surface of the base substrate corresponding to the position of the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 9927644
    Abstract: There is provided a high-definition liquid crystal display device that can prevent flicker due to a reduction in the pixel potential in a low-frequency drive of about 10 Hz to reduce power consumption. The pixel has a TFT formed of Poly-Si as a switching element. In the pixel, a capacitance insulating film is formed on a planar first electrode on which a comb-shaped second electrode is fanned. When the film thickness of the insulating film is d and the dielectric constant at 10 Hz frequency is ?, it is given that ?d?5×10?6 m at 10 Hz frequency. The capacitance insulating film does not have a hysteresis characteristic. The refractive index of the capacitance insulating film with respect to a light of a wavelength of 632.8 nm is 1.7 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kaneko, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Yukio Tanaka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Osamu Itou
  • Patent number: 9922998
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area and a pad area, an active layer in the display area of the substrate, a pad electrode in the pad area of the substrate, and a planarization layer on the active layer and the pad electrode with a contact hole for exposing a part of the active layer. A maximum diameter of the contact hole has a size considering an increase in maximum diameter of the contact hole while the planarization layer in the pad area is removed after the planarization layer is formed on the display area and the pad area. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize an increase in size of the contact hole in the display area while the planarization layer is removed, thereby reducing process defects, such as a gap error, of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: YongSuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9915846
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display device belonging to the field of display technology. The array substrate comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines which intersect the plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels units comprised of electrodes defined by neighboring gate lines and neighboring data lines. The array substrate includes a plurality of common electrode lines extending in a gate line direction. Each of the common electrode lines comprises a plurality of branches extending in a data line direction. The array substrate can shield an electric field formed between the data lines and the pixel electrodes, so that a problem of light leakage in the array substrate is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Jianbo Xian, Yongda Ma, Xingchen Shangguan
  • Patent number: 9905807
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode; an emitting layer disposed on the hole transport region, the emitting layer configured to emit light; an electron transport region disposed on the emitting layer; a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region; a capping layer disposed on the second electrode; and a compensation layer disposed on the capping layer, the compensation layer including a compensation pattern, wherein the compensation pattern is configured to compensate a phase of an inclined light, and wherein the inclined light is a light emitted from the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunshik Lee
  • Patent number: 9897857
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device that has excellent visibility while using a protective film comprising a polyester film. The liquid crystal display device comprises a backlight light source, and a liquid crystal cell disposed between two polarizers; the backlight light source being a white light-emitting diode; each of the polarizers comprising a polarizing film and protective films laminated on both sides of the polarizing film; and at least one of the protective films being a polyester film having a retardation of 3,000 to 30,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyobo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Murata, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9899423
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a transistor and a connection portion is provided. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a first insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film and at a position overlapping with the gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; and the connection portion includes a first wiring on the same surface as a surface on which the gate electrode is formed, a second wiring on the same surface as a surface on which the source and drain electrodes are formed, and a third wiring connecting the first wiring and the second wiring. The distance between an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the second wiring is longer than the distance between an upper end portion and a lower end portion of each of the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Miyake, Takahiro Sato, Masami Jintyou
  • Patent number: 9893314
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a protection film on the display panel and including a base film, and a plurality of protrusions on the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Kwak, Young Seo Choi, Dong Won Han
  • Patent number: 9884469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayered plastic substrate that simultaneously satisfies improvement in high temperature thermal deformation according to low linear expansion coefficient and excellent dimensional stability and excellent gas barrier property, and is capable of being used instead of a glass substrate that has brittleness and heavy disadvantages without a problem caused by a difference in linear expansion coefficient between layers, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Lac Ma, Dong-Ryul Kim, Gi-Cheul Kim, Sang-Uk Ryu, Ho-Jun Lee, Eun-Sil Lee, Jang-Yeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 9851827
    Abstract: A touch-screen assembly for performing pressure sensing or force sensing is disclosed. The touch-screen assembly includes a cover sheet having touch-sensing capability and a frame having an upper surface portion. Spaced-apart adhesive islands are disposed between the cover sheet and the upper surface portion of the frame. The adhesive islands serve to secure the cover sheet to the frame and have a Young's modulus of greater than 1 MPa so that the energy associated with the touching force is not absorbed by the adhesive island. This makes for more accurate pressure-based or force-based touch sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William James Miller, Lucas Wayne Yeary
  • Patent number: 9846343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device and a display control method of the display device, so as to improve transmittance of the light emitted from the display device itself in an indoor environment. A display device provided by the present invention includes a display panel and a quarter-wave layer disposed at a light outgoing side of the display panel, the display device further includes: a liquid crystal structure disposed at a side of the quarter-wave layer away from the display panel, the liquid crystal structure presenting a polarization state or a transparent state under different ambient light intensity conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9833083
    Abstract: An operating part for a furniture control system is proposed, having a power supply and at least one electrical drive unit, wherein the operating part comprises a power driver, a detector and an operating field, which are integrated into a common housing. The operating field has at least one operating element, the actuation of which is signaled to the power driver. The power driver is designed to generate a motor voltage for the drive unit based on a low voltage supplied by the power supply and a signaled actuation of the operating element. The detector is coupled to the power driver and is designed to detect a threshold position of the drive unit on the basis of an electrical signal transmitted by the drive unit, and to terminate the generation of the motor voltage if a threshold position is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LOGICDATA ELECTRONIC & SOFTWARE ENTWICKLUNGS GMBH
    Inventor: Walter Koch
  • Patent number: 9823501
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first insulative substrate extending over a first area and a second area, a common electrode and a pixel electrode which are formed in the first area, and a pad of ground potential which is formed in the second area, a second substrate including a second insulative substrate, a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a cover glass extending over the first area and the second area, a transparent, electrically conductive layer formed on an inner surface of the cover glass over the first area and the second area, and a connection member configured to electrically connect the electrically conductive layer and the pad in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Joten
  • Patent number: 9817257
    Abstract: A process including positioning a coating head to define a gap between a first external opening in flow communication with a source of a first coating liquid, and a major surface of a substrate; creating relative motion between the first coating head and the substrate; dispensing a pre-determined quantity of the first coating liquid to form a discrete patch in a predetermined position on the substrate's major surface; positioning a second coating head to define a gap between a second external opening in flow communication with a source of a second coating liquid and a major surface of the patch; creating relative motion between the second coating head and the substrate, and dispensing a pre-determined quantity of the second coating liquid to form a discontinuous pattern on the patch's major surface. The first and optionally the second coating liquids exhibit a viscosity as dispensed of at least 1 Pascal-sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventors: Karl K. Stensvad, Jonathan J. O'Hare, Christopher J. Campbell, Daniel H. Carlson, Glen A. Jerry
  • Patent number: 9817157
    Abstract: When it comes to configuring the lens array substrate on which a multistage lens array is formed, a first concavity which is formed of the concave surface is formed on a first surface which is formed of a substrate surface of one of several translucent substrates. In addition, on the substrate surface of one of the translucent substrates, a first lens layer, a first translucent layer, a second lens layer, a second translucent layer, a translucent protective layer, and a common electrode are stacked in order. The first translucent layer has the same refractive index as that of the first lens layer and the second lens layer. In addition, a refractive index of the protective layer is within a range between the refractive index of the second translucent layer and the refractive index of the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Masashi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 9809728
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an adhesive composition for sealing an electronic device, the adhesive composition comprising an isobutylene-isoprene copolymer as a main component, the isobutylene-isoprene copolymer having a content of repeating units derived from isoprene of 0.1 to 99 mol % based on total repeating units; an adhesive sheet comprising a gas barrier film, and an adhesive layer that is formed on the gas barrier film, the gas barrier film having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 0.1 g/m2/day or less, and having a total light transmittance of 80% or more, and the adhesive layer comprising an adhesive composition that comprises an isobutylene-isoprene copolymer as a main component; and an electronic device or the like in which the adhesive composition and the adhesive sheet are used as a sealant for an organic electroluminescent element or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Nishijima, Satoshi Naganawa, Emi Fuchi
  • Patent number: 9798194
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first insulating film, and a circumferential line, a second substrate includes a second insulating film, a first main spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within a peripheral area and positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film, the first main spacer having a first height, and a first sub-spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within the peripheral area and positioned between the circumferential line and the second insulating film, the first sub-spacer having a second height which is less than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Kobayashi, Ryo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9785011
    Abstract: A multilayer optical retardation compensation film having at least one positive C-plate and at least one negative C-plate is used in an LCD device. The multilayer film may have a substantially flat wavelength dispersion curve, or the multilayer film combined with other layers in the LCD device may have a substantially flat wavelength dispersion curve. Polymer films for the positive C-plate may be identified according to their absorbance maxima at certain wavelength ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AKRON POLYMER SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Frank W. Harris, Jiaokai Alexander Jing, Ted Calvin Germroth, Xiaoliang Joe Zheng, Brian Michael King, Dong Zhang, Thauming Kuo, Qifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9768209
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a pixel on the base substrate, and a color filter part between the base substrate and the pixel. The pixel includes a cover layer defining a TSC (Tunnel Shaped Cavity) on the base substrate, an image display part provided in the TSC, and first and second electrodes which apply an electric field to the image display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeun Tae Kim, Hyang-Shik Kong, Namseok Roh, Hongsick Park, Changoh Jeong, Jinho Ju, Byeong-Jin Lee, Kyungtae Chae, Jiseong Yang
  • Patent number: 9759941
    Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes: a substrate; a LTPS TFT disposed above the substrate; a planarization layer covering the LTPS TFT; a via hole formed in the planarization layer, wherein the via hole reveals a drain electrode of the LTPS TFT; multiple common electrodes and receiving electrodes disposed separately on the planarization layer, wherein the multiple common electrode function as a driving electrode in a touch stage, and the multiple common electrodes which are disposed separately are connected with each other; a passivation layer which covers the multiple common electrodes and the multiple receiving electrodes and the planarization layer; and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, wherein, the pixel electrode is contacted with the drain electrode through the via hole. A manufacturing method for the array substrate is also provided. The present invention can reduce one manufacturing process and decrease production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuyou Yang
  • Patent number: 9759956
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first insulating film, and a circumferential line, a second substrate includes a second insulating film, a first main spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within a peripheral area and positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film, the first main spacer having a first height, and a first sub-spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within the peripheral area and positioned between the circumferential line and the second insulating film, the first sub-spacer having a second height which is less than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Kobayashi, Ryo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9753202
    Abstract: A polarizing multilayer film is provided. The polarizing multilayer film comprises a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a polarization layer which is arranged between the first and second adhesive layers, a first separating film which is removably arranged on a side of the first adhesive layer remote from the polarization layer, and a second separating film which is removably arranged on a side of the second adhesive layer remote from the polarization layer. There are further provided a method of using the polarizing multilayer film and a method for producing a screen, a light-emitting decorative element or another device using the polarizing multilayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Franke, Jens Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 9753317
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display has a layer of liquid crystal material sandwiched between an upper display layer such as a color filter layer and a lower display layer such as a thin-film-transistor layer. An upper polarizer is formed on the upper surface of the color filter layer. A lower polarizer is formed on the lower surface of the thin-film-transistor layer. To protect display layers such as the color filter layer and the thin-film-transistor layer, a coating is deposited on a peripheral edge of the display layer. A laser is used to cut through portions of the polarizer that overhang the display layer while also cutting through the coating on the peripheral edge of the display layer. Following laser trimming operations, the coating is flush with an edge surface of the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan K. Gupta, Mohd Fadzli A. Hassan, Kuan-Ying Lin, Yu-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9746599
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display region and a peripheral region; a transparent protector disposed to cover the display panel; a bezel print pattern disposed between the display panel and the transparent protector and configured to form a light shield region corresponding to the peripheral region; at least one light guide film disposed between the display panel and the bezel ink pattern in the light shield region; an ultraviolet (UV)-proof printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the display panel and the light guide film and in contact with the light guide film; and a UV curing layer formed between the display panel and the transparent protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se In Chang, Kyoung Woo Park
  • Patent number: 9741753
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus. The array substrate includes a base substrate, wherein, the base substrate is provided with a bonding region; a bonding pad and a first bonding lead connected with the bonding pad and extending to an edge of the base substrate are provided in the bonding region, and one or more metal patterns are arranged above the first bonding lead, the one or more metal patterns crossing over the first bonding lead and being insulated from the first bonding lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jilei Gao, Xuebing Jiang, Jian Zhao
  • Patent number: 9740061
    Abstract: An array substrate includes: a base substrate; a sub-pixel region on the base substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, one of the first electrode and the second electrode being a common electrode, the other being a pixel electrode; an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; the sub-pixel region comprises right opposite overlapping regions between the first electrode and the second electrode that are disposed in different layers and non-right opposite overlapping regions; and hollowed-out regions are provided at least in regions of the insulating layer that correspond to the non-right opposite overlapping regions. The array substrate is used to provide a liquid crystal panel with low power dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaolin Wang
  • Patent number: 9738816
    Abstract: A process including providing a coating head having an external opening in flow communication with a source of a first coating liquid, positioning the coating head relative to a substrate to define a gap between the external opening and the substrate, creating relative motion between the coating head and the substrate in a coating direction, and dispensing a predetermined quantity of the first coating liquid from the external opening onto at least a portion of at least one major surface of the substrate to form a discrete patch of the first coating liquid in a predetermined position on at least a portion of the major surface of the substrate. The first coating liquid as dispensed exhibits a viscosity of at least 1 Pascal-sec. In some exemplary embodiments, the first coating liquid is a liquid optically clear adhesive composition used in a laminate including a light emitting or reflecting device component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan J. O'Hare, Karl K. Stensvad, Christopher J. Campbell, Daniel H. Carlson, Glen A. Jerry
  • Patent number: 9716179
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; and plural thin film transistor (TFT) units, an insulating layer, a pixel electrode and an alignment layer sequentially disposed thereon. The TFT units comprise a gate insulating layer, an active layer and source and drain electrodes; the insulating layer has contact vias to expose the drain electrodes of the TFT units; and the pixel electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and extents to the contact vias to electrically connect with the drain electrodes. Herein, a side wall of at least one of the contact vias has a first inclined portion at a first direction and a second inclined portion at a second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, and an inclination of the pixel electrode on the first inclined portion is different from that on the second inclined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsu-Kuan Hsu, Kuo-Hao Chiu, Hsia-Ching Chu, Peng-Cheng Huang, Ming Chien Sun
  • Patent number: 9712651
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display layer including a pixel electrode; a semiconductor layer provided in a layer below the display layer, the semiconductor layer including a wiring layer that includes a material removable by an etchant by which the pixel electrode is also removable; and a terminal section configured to electrically connect the semiconductor layer to an external circuit, the terminal section including a first electrically-conductive layer made of a material same as a material of the wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nagasawa, Hirofumi Fujioka, Tomoki Sato, Tomotaka Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9703025
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer that resists red discoloration in a heat resistance test even when it has a small thickness, and a polarizing plate including the polarizer. The polarizer has a thickness less than or equal to 10 ?m and a retardation Rpva variation within 0.2 nm/mm in the transmission axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuichiro Kunai
  • Patent number: 9671633
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a substrate, a black matrix disposed on one side of the substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the other side of the substrate, a common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on the thin film transistor and overlapping with each other with an insulating layer disposed therebetween, a roof layer formed to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode and the common electrode with a microcavity disposed therebetween, including a supporting member, and having an injection hole through which a portion of the microcavity is exposed, a liquid crystal layer filling the microcavity, and an overcoat formed on the roof layer so as to cover the injection hole and sealing the microcavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Ho Lee, Seong Gyu Kwon, Hee Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 9664952
    Abstract: A moisture-proof structure includes: a sealing layer surrounding or covering a moisture-proof target between a first base material and a second base material; a moisture-proof material provided in contact with an outer side of the sealing layer and in a peripheral section of the first base material and the second base material, in which the peripheral section is located outside the sealing layer; and an uneven structure provided in a part of the first base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material and in a part of the second base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagaoka, Noboru Murabayashi, Yoshinari Shirata
  • Patent number: 9638967
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the substrate, a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line and the data line, a first electrode disposed on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the second passivation layer and including a plurality of first cutouts and a plurality of branch electrodes defined by the plurality of first cutouts, wherein the second passivation layer has a second cutout overlapping a portion of the plurality of first cutouts, and the second cutout is defined close to the end of the first cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Park, Jun Ho Song
  • Patent number: 9609771
    Abstract: A display device in the present invention includes a display panel which is provided with a display screen, a I-substrate which is arranged in a predetermined range narrower than the display panel at the back side of the display panel, first flexible printed circuit substrates which extend downward from the upper end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate, and second flexible printed circuit substrates which extend upward from the lower end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate in order to achieve more reduction in thickness when the display panel and the circuit substrate are arranged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Patent number: 9588366
    Abstract: There is provided a high-definition liquid crystal display device that can prevent flicker due to a reduction in the pixel potential in a low-frequency drive of about 10 Hz to reduce power consumption. The pixel has a TFT formed of Poly-Si as a switching element. In the pixel, a capacitance insulating film is formed on a planar first electrode on which a comb-shaped second electrode is formed. When the film thickness of the insulating film is d and the dielectric constant at 10 Hz frequency is ?, it is given that ?d?5×10?6 m at 10 Hz frequency. The capacitance insulating film does not have a hysteresis characteristic. The refractive index of the capacitance insulating film with respect to a light of a wavelength of 632.8 nm is 1.7 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kaneko, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Yukio Tanaka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Osamu Itou
  • Patent number: 9581856
    Abstract: A display panel includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate disposed under the upper substrate, a lower polarizer disposed under the lower substrate, and a step smoothing member disposed under the lower substrate and not overlapping with the lower polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Seong Kim, Tae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9568779
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly to a display device having an improved aperture ratio and robustness. The display device may provide a display device including: a substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; microcavities formed on the pixel electrode, the microcavities holding liquid crystals; a roof layer formed on the microcavities and covering some sides of the microcavities; and an encapsulation layer formed on the roof layer to seal the microcavities, wherein sides of neighboring microcavities define openings are disposed in a matrix configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Gyu Kwon, Seok-Joon Hong, Dae Ho Song, Seon Uk Lee, Woo Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9551895
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a roof layer; a plurality of microcavities; and a partition wall. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate. The pixel electrode is disposed on the thin film transistor. The roof layer faces the pixel electrode. The microcavities are between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, the microcavities include a liquid crystal material. The partition wall is between the microcavities, and the partition wall is perpendicular to the roof layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang-Ho Jung, Pil Soon Hong, Jun Hong Park, Seung Bo Shim, Jin Ho Ju
  • Patent number: 9547395
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to touch and proximity sensing with a touch sensor that utilizes a conductive polarizer as a touch sensor electrode. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a touch sensitive display device including a display having a transparent electrode layer including a plurality of transparent electrodes, a conductive polarizer coupled to the transparent electrode layer via a dielectric layer, a touch sensing driver circuit electrically connected to one of the transparent electrode layer and the conductive polarizer, and a touch sensing receiver circuit electrically connected to another of the transparent electrode layer and the conductive polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Cynthia Sue Bell
  • Patent number: 9541688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polarization film having a black strip for applying to a patterned retarder type 3D display device. The present disclosure suggests a polarization film for a patterned retarder type display device comprising: a polarization base film; a upper base film disposed on a upper surface of the polarization base film; a lower base film disposed on a lower surface of the polarization base film; and a black strip formed one of a upper side of the polarization base film and a lower side of the polarization base film. According to the present disclosure, the 3D display device can be manufactured in the simple processing and can reduce 3D cross-talk problem by having the double black strip structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyeong Kim, Heeyoung Chae
  • Patent number: 9523888
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there are provided a liquid crystal display substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display substrate comprises: a base substrate; a planarizing layer disposed on the base substrate; and a liquid crystal aligning layer disposed on the planarizing layer. As regards the liquid crystal display substrate, in a place in the planarizing layer that is close to its edge, there is provided a recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Honglin Zhang, Dan Wang, Xibin Shao
  • Patent number: 9507213
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a wiring and an electrode over a substrate, a resin film formed over the electrode, and a sealing material formed over the resin film, wherein the sealing material overlaps a portion of the resin film, a portion of the electrode and a portion of the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyong Zhang, Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Teramoto, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 9492994
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device having multiple printing layers and a printing method thereof, wherein said method comprises: seriatim stack-printing at least one printing layer on a protective substrate in an ascending order of size, wherein the protective substrate has an open surface exposed outward and a laminating surface laminated with a plate, and wherein the printing layer is printed on a part of the laminating surface and the closer the printing layer is to the laminating surface, the smaller area the printing layer has so as to reduce height difference between printing layers and make for the following lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Fu Huang, Yin-Miao Lin, Meng-Hsueh Wu, Chen-Hui Cheng
  • Patent number: 9459500
    Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) panel is provided that includes an electrical contact layer deposited in a pattern on a portion of a transparent conductive layer. An alignment layer protects the conductive layer and electrical contact layer during LCOS panel assembly. The alignment layer is etched away to expose the electrical contact, which protects the underlying conductive layer from the etching process. The resulting LCOS panel has more reliably formed electrical contacts for improved stability of electrical connections to the conductive layer. A method for forming an electrical contact layer on a conductive layer of a LCOS panel includes steps for depositing a patterned layer on a portion of the conductive layer. The method is compatible with microfabrication techniques for scalable manufacturing. The resulting LCOS panel includes a pattern of one or more electrical contacts exposed on a portion of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Feng Lin, Chun-Sheng Fan
  • Patent number: 9459660
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a display surface is formed on a substrate; a case having a groove portion with which the display panel is fitted; an adhesive adhering a bottom surface of the groove portion and a rear surface of the display surface, and a protrusion formed on the bottom surface and having a predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Yajima
  • Patent number: 9457551
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display is provided. A display including a supporting layer, a flexible layer and a display structure is provided. The display structure has a top side and a bottom side which are opposite to each other. One of the supporting layer and the flexible layer is disposed at the bottom side of the display structure, and the other one of the supporting layer and the flexible layer is disposed at the top side or the bottom side of the display structure. When the supporting layer and the flexible layer are both disposed at the bottom side of the display structure, the flexible layer is located between the supporting layer and the display structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Che Tsai, Po-Ching Lin, Cheng-Ta Chen, Cheng-Chung Chiang, Wei-Yen Wu, Yen-Hui Wu
  • Patent number: 9442317
    Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure may include a display panel, a backlight source disposed at the light-entering side of the display panel and an adhesive layer laminated between the display panel and the backlight source. The adhesive layer may have a frame structure and may be disposed at the periphery of the display area of the display panel. The frame structure may have at least one opening, so that the adhesive layer may have an unclosed frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuanhu Di, Zhihui Zeng, Haiwei Sun
  • Patent number: 9436041
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixel columns and a plurality of pixel rows including a first pair of pixel rows and a second pair of pixel rows adjacent to each other. The LCD also includes a first gate line and a second gate line positioned between the first pair of pixel rows and the second pair of pixel rows, a microcavity layer including a plurality of liquid crystal injection holes, and a common electrode positioned on the microcavity layer. The LCD also includes a supporting member positioned on a common electrode and a capping layer positioned on a supporting member to cover the liquid crystal injection holes. The plurality of liquid crystal injection holes may be positioned between the first pair of pixel rows and the second pair of pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hwan Kim, Si Kwang Kim, Ha-Young Park, Tae Woon Cha, Se Hee Han