Formed As Walls (e.g., Between Pixels) Or Integral With Substrate Patents (Class 349/156)
  • Patent number: 11880057
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel assembly and a backlight unit positioned behind the display panel assembly, the backlight unit including a light guide plate and a backplane assembly. The backplane assembly comprises a printed circuit board and a plurality of light sources distributed thereon. The backplane assembly may further include a reflector and a support frame. The backplane assembly also includes a plurality of standoffs sized to provide a small, predetermined gap between the light sources and the light guide plate. An adhesive disposed in the gap couples the light sources to a surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Guanglei Du, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Christopher Michael Lynn
  • Patent number: 11846850
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal. The first substrate and the second substrate are aligned and assembled together. The liquid crystal is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display panel further includes a retaining wall that is arranged on the first substrate and that extends toward the second substrate. The retaining wall divides a display region of the display panel into at least two partitions. The liquid crystal is filled in the at least two partitions. The retaining wall obstructs the liquid crystal from flowing across the different partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: MIANYANG HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinghao Xue, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11839950
    Abstract: A sheet-like spacer to be used when a laminate of a plurality of substrates is formed for the purpose of processing end faces of the substrates is provided between the adjacent substrates in the laminate to keep the adjacent substrates apart from each other. An area of the spacer is smaller than that of the substrates. A contact angle of a surface of the spacer with respect to pure water is 50° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Takano
  • Patent number: 11782316
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate that are disposed opposite to each other; the liquid crystal display panel has a display region and at least one non-display region disposed beside the display region. The array substrate is of a multi-layer structure and includes a pixel electrode layer and a plurality of protrusions disposed in the at least one non-display region, and the opposite substrate includes a common electrode layer. A protrusion has a structure including at least one film, and a film of the at least one film is located in a layer included in the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 11768393
    Abstract: A liquid crystal antenna substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a liquid crystal antenna and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the liquid crystal antenna substrate includes: forming a conductive pattern on a base substrate; coating a liquid photo-curable material at a side of the conductive pattern away from the base substrate; and using the conductive pattern as a mask to perform an exposure process from a side of the base substrate away from the conductive pattern, a portion of the liquid photo-curable material corresponding to the conductive pattern is cured to form spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Bi, Hongliang Yuan, Li Ma, Xiaojuan Wu, Huishun Chen, Qi Zheng, Zhiqiang Zhao, Zhangxiang Cheng, Jiaxing Wang, Xuan Zhong
  • Patent number: 11681178
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate which are arranged opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a second substrate, a black matrix, a color resist layer, and photo spacers arranged on a common electrode. The photo spacers are arranged directly under the black matrix. The photo spacer includes a support spacer arranged on the common electrode and a buffer spacer arranged on the support spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyao Wang
  • Patent number: 11675235
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoya Sugano, Takamitsu Kamada
  • Patent number: 11650460
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a display device includes: a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to overlap the display area, and a seal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to surround the liquid crystal layer. At least one corner of the seal projects toward the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan Young Jang, Na Hyeon Cha, Sun Kwun Son
  • Patent number: 11614661
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, a sealing portion provided in the peripheral region to seal the liquid crystal layer, and a liquid crystal supply portion provided at a part of the sealing portion and interconnecting an outside of the sealing portion and the display region. The liquid crystal supply portion is provided along one side of the peripheral region. The peripheral region includes a first peripheral region located between the display region and the sealing portion. An insulating film is removed in the first peripheral region. In the first peripheral region, a plurality of second spacer members and a plurality of third spacer members to support the plurality of second spacer members are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kitamura, Yoshihide Ohue, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroya Morimoto, Masato Kesho
  • Patent number: 11609470
    Abstract: A writing device includes a liquid crystal layer including reflective cholesteric liquid crystal material. There are electrically conductive layers between which the liquid crystal layer is disposed. At least one of the electrically conductive layers includes at least two conductive sections. There is a front substrate that is flexible and a back substrate between which the electrically conductive layers and the liquid crystal layer are disposed. Neither the front substrate nor the back substrate includes separated sections. Application of pressure to the front substrate changes a reflectivity of a portion of the cholesteric liquid crystal material to form an image. In one aspect, there is electronic erase circuitry including at least one actuator that independently applies an erase voltage waveform to each of at least two of the conductive sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kent Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Ernst, Don Davis, Duane Marhefka, Nathan Hirt, Anthony Daniels, Clinton Braganza
  • Patent number: 11574592
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate including a first substrate and a second substrate sequentially laminated, a lower semiconductor layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, an active semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer and including a first active layer of a first transistor and a second active layer of a second transistor, a first insulating layer disposed on the active semiconductor layer, and a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode of the first transistor and a second gate electrode of the second transistor, wherein the lower semiconductor layer overlaps the first active layer, and does not overlap the second active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Eung Taek Kim, Hee Yeon Kim, Hwang Sup Shin, Na Lae Lee, Jin Suk Lee, Taek Geun Lee, Joo Hyeon Jo, Jung Mi Choi, Hong Jun Choi, Young In Hwang
  • Patent number: 11467445
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes liquid crystal display panel, and a light control panel that are stacked; the liquid crystal display panel includes first mesh lines extending along a first direction and second mesh lines extending along a second direction intersecting with the first direction that define color subpixel units; the light control panel allows back light to be enter the liquid crystal display panel after passing through the light control panel, and includes first signal lines extending along the first direction and second signal lines extending along the second direction that define light control units; N color subpixel units continuously arranged and respectively displaying different colors constitute one pixel unit; N is a positive integer; along the first direction, a maximum length of one light control unit is m times a maximum length of one pixel unit; m is a non-integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing Boe Display Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Liu, Ruichen Zhang, Kaixuan Wang, Hongming Zhan, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 11435624
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a manufacturing method thereof. A temperature sensing driver chip is disposed in the LCD device and can output a voltage signal to a control electrode according to changes in temperature. Therefore, an electric field is formed between the control electrode and a common electrode. Heights of a plurality of supporting posts can be changed by the electric field to control stretching and shrinking of the control electrode, thereby improving performance of the supporting posts. Thus, a plurality of organic material spheres disposed in the supporting posts can improve stress tolerance of the supporting posts, thereby further improving performance of the supporting posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Shao, Chunqiu Yan, Hsiaohsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11435625
    Abstract: This application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes an Au ball fixing area and a boundary area, where the boundary area is provided on one side of the Au ball fixing area adjacent to a display area; and a surface of the Au ball fixing area is lower than a surface of the boundary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Jia-Ren Lin
  • Patent number: 11428995
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoya Sugano, Takamitsu Kamada
  • Patent number: 11391998
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed opposite to each other; the liquid crystal display panel has a display region and at least one non-display region disposed beside the display region. One of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a plurality of protrusions disposed in the at least one non-display region, and the other of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a plurality of grooves disposed in the at least one non-display region, each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions is corresponding to one groove of the plurality of grooves, and the protrusion is matched with the corresponding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 11385504
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transfer plate, a method for manufacturing a display panel, and the display panel. The transfer plate is configured to form an alignment film of a display panel. The display panel includes a display region and a light signal transmission region. The transfer plate includes a bottom plate and a protruding plate fixed to the bottom plate. The protruding plate includes a first area corresponding to the light signal transmission region, a first protruding structure is disposed in the first area, and a shape of the first protruding structure is adapted to a shape of the light signal transmission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianlong Huang, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 11385508
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region, the display panel including a TFT substrate, a counter substrate fixed to the TFT substrate by seal material formed at the peripheral region, and liquid crystal interposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. The TFT substrate includes an inorganic film and an organic film, with first column spacers being formed on the counter substrate. The organic film includes a first part which has an island-like shape formed at the peripheral region and a second part formed at the display region, and the seal material covers at least one of the first column spacers and the first part of the organic film, and is in contact with the inorganic film. The first part of the organic film is separated from the second part of the organic film of the organic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagami
  • Patent number: 11387429
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, and the non-display region includes a bending region and a buffer structure. The bending region is coated with a rheological material, and the buffer structure is arranged in the bending region and configured to block the rheological material from flowing out of the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zi Qiao, Zhiliang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11327367
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a sealant and a conductor. The first and second substrates are assembled via the sealant that surrounds the display medium layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The second substrate includes a second conductive layer and a passivation layer disposed on the second conductive layer. The passivation layer reveals a portion of the second conductive layer. The conductor electrically connects a first conductive layer of the first substrate to the revealed portion of the second conductive layer and is disposed between the sealant and an edge of the display panel. A first conductive protrusion and a second conductive protrusion are sequentially disposed on one of the first and second substrates to form the conductor. A material of the second conductive protrusion may be formed from a conductive composite material, that may include a curable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventor: Po-Hung Pan
  • Patent number: 11307449
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method and a display device. The display panel comprises: a color photoresist layer, formed on the substrate, and comprising three types of parallelly disposed first color filter, second color filter and third color filter in different heights; a support pillar, disposed on the color photoresist layer, and comprising a main support pillar disposed on the first color filter; a first auxiliary support pillar, disposed on the second color filter; and a second auxiliary support pillar, disposed on the third color filter. A height difference between the main support pillar and the first auxiliary support pillar is a first section difference; and a height difference between the main support pillar and the second auxiliary support pillar is a second section difference, wherein the first section difference is the same as the second section difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chunhui Yang
  • Patent number: 11275276
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a light source configured to provide a first color light to the display panel. The display panel includes a first display substrate (DS), a second DS facing the first DS, a column spacer disposed between the first and second DSs, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second DSs. The first DS includes: a first base substrate (FBS); a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the FBS, the TFT including a gate electrode, first and second electrodes, and an activation layer; a first insulation layer (IL) covering the TFT and disposed on the FBS; and a second IL disposed on the first IL and including an opening exposing a first portion of the first IL overlapping the activation layer. The column spacer is disposed on the first portion to cover the activation layer and shield the first color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keunwoo Park, Yeogeon Yoon, Hee-keun Lee, Taejin Kong, Wontae Kim, Seok-joon Hong
  • Patent number: 11269207
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A pixel electrode and a first orientation film are formed on the first substrate. A common electrode and a second orientation film are formed on the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first orientation film and the second orientation film. The liquid crystal layer within a display area contains a protrusion that does not contribute to formation of a cell gap. The protrusion is formed by a same inorganic material as for an underlying film. An electronic equipment according to the present disclosure includes the liquid crystal display apparatus having the above-described configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tsuno
  • Patent number: 11204515
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate that comprises a display area and a peripheral area; a first circuit part that is located in the peripheral area of the base substrate; a first pixel that is located in the display area of the base substrate; and a second pixel that is located in the display area of the base substrate, wherein the first pixel is located between the first circuit part and the second pixel along a direction and comprises a first organic pattern that comprises a first portion located on the base substrate and a second portion protruding upward from the first portion, and the second pixel comprises a second organic pattern that comprises a third portion located on the base substrate and a fourth portion protruding upward from the third portion, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion and the fourth portion are made of the same material, and a width of the second portion measured along the direction is different from a width of the fourth portion measured along th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Song, Dong Hee Shin, Yoo Mi Ra, Soo Hong Cheon
  • Patent number: 11169416
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first alignment film formed over the first substrate, a second substrate, a second alignment film formed over the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a projecting portion formed over the second substrate. The first film is a photo alignment film, and a thickness “d2” of the second alignment film over the projecting portion and a film thickness “d1” of a portion of the first alignment film facing the projecting portion satisfy formula (2), d2<d1??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 11163202
    Abstract: A display panel a first display substrate including a non-display area in which a driving circuit and a light shielding layer are disposed, and a display area in which a pixel electrode connected to the driving circuit is disposed, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display substrate and the second display substrate. The driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first branch electrode connected to the first transistor, a second branch electrode connected to the second transistor and overlapping with the first branch electrode in a direction parallel to a surface of the first display substrate, and a connection electrode connecting the first and second branch electrodes disposed on different layers from each other. The light shielding layer overlaps with the first and second transistors and exposes the first and second branch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Seongyoung Lee, Seulbee Lee
  • Patent number: 11163203
    Abstract: A color-filter on array (COA) substrate and a method of fabricating the same are described. A first through hole is disposed in a first passivation layer, a second through hole is disposed in the color resist layer, and a third through hole is disposed in the second passivation layer, wherein the first through hole communicates with the second through hole, and the second through hole communicates with the third through hole to collectively form an opening. A hole diameter of the opening gradually increases from bottom to top. A part of the color resist layer is etched while the second passivation layer is etched so as to reduce a taper angle of the opening. Therefore, a relatively large impedance value impedance or disconnection is avoided when depositing a pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ting Zhao, Guo Zhao
  • Patent number: 11137656
    Abstract: A flexible bistable light modulating device includes a first flexible transparent conductive film and a second flexible transparent conductive film; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first flexible transparent conductive film and the second flexible transparent conductive film. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal mixture and a sealing structure to seal the liquid crystal mixture within the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal mixture includes at least one bimesogenic compound, at least one nematic liquid crystal compound and at least one chiral compound; and a plurality of supporting structures dispersing inside the liquid crystal layer. The weight percentage of the supporting structures over the liquid crystal mixture is 0.1%-4.5%. The flexible bistable light modulating device has two states that are stable without application of an external electric field, thus saving energy, simplifying the production process, saving cost and improving product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Smart Liquid Crystal Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengchao Zhou, Fei Wang, Hongwei Zhang, Hui Xu, Dong Li
  • Patent number: 11119356
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible backlight, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The flexible backlight includes: a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of spacers arranged between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, for supporting a spacing between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, and for forming an accommodating chamber between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode for forming an electric field; a gas contained in the accommodating chamber, in which the gas is capable of emitting a non-visible light by the action of the electric field; and a photoexcitation layer arranged on the second flexible substrate, in which the photoexcitation layer can emit a visible light under illumination of the non-visible light and is in contact with the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuangliang Qin, Dongxiu Li
  • Patent number: 11106094
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels comprise first pixels, second pixels, and third pixels, each of the third pixels comprises a third/first pixel and a third/second pixel including spacers that are different from each other, each of the pixels comprises a transistor and an opening exposing at least part of the transistor, at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel comprises a first spacer, the third/first pixel comprises a second spacer having a smaller area than the first spacer in a plan view, the third/second pixel comprises a third spacer having a different height from the first spacer and the second spacer, the first spacer and the second spacer overlap the opening of the pixel in which the first spacer and the second spacer are respectively disposed, and the third pixels corresponds to different colors from the first pixel and the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11073932
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a display area and a non-display area around the display area. The non-display area includes a plurality of pressure sensors. At least one of the plurality of pressure sensors is located a distance of H away from a closest corner of the touch display panel, where H satisfies: 2.5 mm<H<42.5 mm. The touch display panel and the display device are provided to improve the pressure detection of the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Feng Lu, Qijun Yao, Shaolong Ma
  • Patent number: 11061289
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer supported between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a main spacer and a sub-spacer protruding toward the liquid crystal layer, a height of the main spacer is greater than a height of the sub-spacer, the second substrate includes, on a surface facing the liquid crystal layer, an alignment film, a main pedestal portion that comes into contact with the main spacer, and a sub-pedestal portion opposite the sub-spacer, an area of a top portion of the main pedestal portion is greater than an area of a top portion of the main spacer, and an area of a top portion of the sub-pedestal portion is less than an area of a top portion of the sub-spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Morinaga, Shingo Kamitani, Katsuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11030930
    Abstract: A display device may comprise a substrate which includes a display area including a first pixel and a non-display area including a second pixel, a first data line which is disposed on the substrate and applies a data signal to the first pixel, a second data line which is disposed on the substrate and applies a data signal to the second pixel and a gate line which is disposed on the substrate and applies gate signals to the first pixel and the second pixel at the same timing, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel have different area from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyungBeom Shin, JaeHyung Jo
  • Patent number: 10989969
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel. The display panel comprises a substrate, a plurality of active switches disposed on the substrate, a color filter layer formed on the active switches, and a transparent photoresist layer formed on and covering the color filter layer. The transparent photoresist layer comprises a protective layer and at least one photo spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Kuang Chien
  • Patent number: 10916465
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to transferring dies or other electronic components from a carrier substrate to a target substrate of a device as part of chip assembly for the device. Bonding material is applied to selected dies on a carrier substrate by direct boning, or to corresponding die transfer locations on a target substrate. The carrier substrate is then brought into contact with the target substrate to transfer each of the selected dies to the carrier substrate. Dies can also be directly bonded to the target substrate even in the presence of other die in situ (e.g., from a previous bonding cycle), hence, enables more than one direct bond cycle to be carried out for a target substrate. As such, multi-color (RGB) display elements can be assembled in stages (e.g., separate bonding cycles) in a flexible manner to provide redundancy or to replace inoperative LED dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Padraic Henry, Patrick Joseph Hughes, Vincent Brennan
  • Patent number: 10908462
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible substrate and a liquid crystal panel having the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a color film substrate and a spacer provided on one side of the color film substrate. The spacer includes a first part and a second part that are intersected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Tong, Xuelu Wang, Yan Wang, Peimao Li, Dongdong Song
  • Patent number: 10895787
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The counter substrate includes a sub-pixel in-between light blocking section extending in a grid and surrounding the sub pixels, a first projection projecting from the counter substrate toward the array substrate and having a projecting end that is contacted with a part of the array substrate to define a distance between the substrates, and second projections projecting from the counter substrate toward the array substrate and having projecting ends that are spaced from the array substrate. The first projection and the second projections overlap the sub-pixel in-between light blocking section. A distance between a center line of a width dimension of the sub-pixel in-between light blocking section and a center of each second projection is smaller than a distance between the center line and a center of the first projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Kamitani, Junichi Morinaga
  • Patent number: 10877321
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates, and a display region. A hole portion is formed in the display region. A first seal portion is formed to surround the display region. A second seal portion is formed to surround the hole portion. The first and the second seal portions seal the liquid crystal. The second seal portion has a first end portion on the liquid crystal side and a second end portion on the opposite side of the liquid crystal side. A sealing material is present in the first end portion. A sealing material is present in the second end portion. A wall-like spacer is formed between the first and the second end portions to surround the hole portion. The wall-like spacer defines the gap between the first and the second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Nagasawa, Hideki Shiina
  • Patent number: 10859869
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device comprises a dimming and display panels and an illumination device. The dimming panel includes first and second substrates and a first liquid crystal layer. The display panel includes third and fourth substrates and a second liquid crystal layer. The illumination device irradiates the dimming panel or the display panel with light. In the display device, at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a rigid substrate, and at least one of the first, second, third and fourth substrates is a flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Daiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10838262
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate and a counter substrate, when an organic passivation film is not formed in the TFT substrate, the distance between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate in the display area of a liquid crystal display panel is provided by a cylindrical spacer. Also, the distance in the area where pixels, scan lines, and image signal lines are not formed within the liquid crystal display panel is provided by the cylindrical spacer. In this case, it is necessary to form a mount. The layer structure of the mount is the same as that of the TFT substrate with which the cylindrical spacer in the display area comes into contact. This makes it possible to equalize the distance of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal display panel without an increase in production cost, and to prevent uneven brightness or color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagami
  • Patent number: 10802328
    Abstract: The application discloses a method for manufacturing a display panel and a baking device for a display panel. The method for manufacturing the display panel includes: coating a color filter on a transparent substrate of a display panel; patterning and solidifying the color filter to form at least one support unit, and baking the support unit until the support unit is lowered to a predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Kuang Chien
  • Patent number: 10795215
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a substrate; a display area, defined at a surface of the substrate, the display area includes a plurality of unit pixel areas, an outer edge of one of the unit pixel areas encloses to form area A1; a photo spacer, including a main photo spacer, one end of the main photo spacer fixedly connects to the substrate, an outer edge of the other end of the main photo spacer encloses to form area A2, A1 and A2 satisfy a relationship: 0.0001?A2/A1?0.0004; and/or, the photo spacer includes an auxiliary photo spacer, one end of the main photo spacer fixedly connects to the substrate, an outer edge of the other end of the auxiliary photo spacer encloses to form an area A3, A1 and A3 satisfy a relationship: 1/100<A3/A1?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Patent number: 10768489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are opposite to each other. The display panel further includes a spacer located on the first substrate, and at least two walls located on the second substrate. The at least two walls form a recess region. The spacer corresponds to the recess region. The at least two walls are configured to limit a movement of the spacer. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the spacer is effectively prevented from slipping into the display region when the display panel is subjected to an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songyang Jiang, Yongjun Yoon, Zhou Rui
  • Patent number: 10756297
    Abstract: A flexible panel is provided. The flexible panel includes a substrate, an organic light-emitting diode device, a thin-film encapsulation layer and a retaining wall. Wherein the organic light-emitting diode device is formed on the substrate, the thin-film encapsulation layer is formed on the substrate and covers the organic light-emitting diode device, the retaining wall is disposed on the substrate and is around an outside of the organic light-emitting diode device. Wherein the first portion is closer to a light-emitting region of the flexible panel than the second portion. A manufacturing method for the flexible panel and a display device using the flexible panel are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Huang, Hsiang Lun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10747065
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises a switch array substrate, an opposite substrate and a display medium layer. The switch array substrate includes a scanning line; the opposite substrate includes a color resistance layer and a plurality of spacers, the projections of the first color resistance and the second color resistance on the switch array substrate and the scanning line respectively have a first overlapping region and a second spacer; and a first distance from a first color resistance to the switch array substrate is less than a second distance from a second color resistance to the switch array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Patent number: 10747046
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate; a black matrix on the base substrate and in the black matrix region, the black matrix comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns intersecting each other; a first color filter layer having a net structure with a plurality of openings, and comprising a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the black matrix region, the first color filter layer substantially covering the plurality of columns of the black matrix; a second color filter layer in the second region; and a third color filter layer in the third region. A first height of a surface of the first portion away from the base substrate relative to the base substrate and a second height of a surface of the second portion away from the base substrate relative to the base substrate are within 30% of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anxin Dong, Huifang Yuan, Bin Li, Sangman Yuk, Tao Zhu, Haibin Yin, Jian Chen, Qun Fang, Wenhao Tang
  • Patent number: 10712602
    Abstract: Optical device includes first substrate being light transmissive, second substrate opposing first substrate and being light transmissive, and light distribution layer disposed between first substrate and second substrate and distributing incident light. Light distribution layer includes uneven structure portion having a plurality of projections repeated in the z axial direction parallel to the main face of first substrate, and optical medium portion containing a birefringent material and disposed to fill a plurality of recesses that are spaces between the plurality of projections. Light blocking component configured to block at least part of incident light is disposed in the plurality of recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Fukushima, Norihiro Ito, Hirofumi Kubota, Masuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: 10707445
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display arranged on the substrate and including a plurality of display elements, and an encapsulator arranged on the display and encapsulating the display. The encapsulator may include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film, and the at least one organic film may include a matrix and an ultraviolet light absorbent dispersed in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonmin Yun, Yisu Kim, Eungseok Park, Byoungduk Lee, Yoonhyeung Cho, Yongchan Ju
  • Patent number: 10705388
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel, a method for producing the same and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a first sub-pixel region; a second sub-pixel region, wherein an aperture opening ratio of the first sub-pixel region is less than an aperture opening ratio of the second sub-pixel region; and an insulation layer, having a first thickness at the first sub-pixel region less than a second thickness of the insulation layer at the second sub-pixel region, so that a first cell gap of the display panel at the first sub-pixel region is larger than a second cell gap of the display panel at the second sub-pixel region, thereby at least partially compensating for a difference between the aperture opening ratio of the first sub-pixel region and the aperture opening ratio of the second sub-pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinming Zhu, Hui Wang, Jia Liu, Yuanhui Guo
  • Patent number: 10649261
    Abstract: A liquid crystal eWriter system with a resistive digitizer and having palm rejection includes the following features. An eWriter includes eWriter substrates that are spaced apart from each other, an upper one of the eWriter substrates being formed of a flexible, clear polymeric material and a lower one of the eWriter substrates being formed of a flexible polymeric material. Electrically conductive layers are spaced apart from each other and located between the eWriter substrates. A dispersion layer including a dispersion of cholesteric liquid crystal material and polymer is disposed between the electrically conductive layers. Pressure applied to the eWriter changes a reflectance of the cholesteric liquid crystal material forming an image. A resistive digitizer determines a location of the pressure applied to the eWriter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kent Displays Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lightfoot, Erica N. Montbach, Duane Marhefka, Asad A. Khan