Holder, Support, Frame, Or Housing Patents (Class 349/58)
  • Patent number: 12271081
    Abstract: A display device includes the following features. A display element is disposed in a frame. A flexible strip is sealed between the display element and the frame and has a first segment and a second segment bent relative to the first segment. The first segment has a first end and a fixed region. The first end is opposite to the second segment. The fixed region is located between the first end and the second segment and fixed to the display element. The second segment is fixed to the frame and has a top and a bottom. The bottom is close to a base portion of the frame, and the top is close to a top portion of the frame. A height between the top and the base portion is larger than or equal to a height between the fixed region and the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AUO Display Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Hsin-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12265297
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a low-reflective element, and a light-shielding element. The light guide plate has a light-incident surface, a light-exiting surface, and a bottom surface. The light source includes a circuit board and light-emitting elements. The circuit board is located on the light-exiting surface. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the circuit board and spaced apart. Each light-emitting element has a light-emitting surface. The low-reflective element is located on the bottom surface of the light guide plate and has a base part and extended parts. The extended parts are spaced apart and staggered the light-emitting elements. The light-shielding element is located between the circuit board and the light-exiting surface and includes adhesive members connecting the light-shielding element with the light guide plate. The adhesive members are spaced apart and staggered with the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsiang-I Hu
  • Patent number: 12259610
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image; a top chassis provided along an outer periphery of the display panel and supporting the display panel, the top chassis including a magnet fastening portion therein; a chassis cover provided on an exterior of the top chassis and covering the top chassis; a magnet provided on the magnet fastening portion and configured to allow the chassis cover to be detachably mounted to the top chassis; and an elastic bracket configured to fasten the magnet to the magnet fastening portion, the elastic bracket may include a bracket body to which the magnet is mounted and an interference portion configured to interfere with the magnet fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daegun Hong, Byoungjung Kim, Sungdo Jo, Byeonghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 12253755
    Abstract: A display device is provided in the disclosure. The display device includes a backlight module, a display panel, a first support structure, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a flexible circuit board (FCB). The display panel is disposed on a light-emitting side of the backlight module and includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate is located between the second substrate and the backlight module. The second substrate extends beyond the first substrate from a side of the second substrate to form an extension portion. The first support structure is disposed on a side of the backlight module and configured to support the extension portion. The PCB is disposed on the first support structure. The FCB is electrically connected to the display panel and the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaogang Hu, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 12248169
    Abstract: Backlight module and display device are provided. Backlight module is for providing light source for display panel. Display panel has bonding side at a side of display panel in first direction. Backlight module includes: back plate, including base plate at backlight side of display panel, and first side plate at bonding side, where a side of first side plate away from base plate is bent towards direction away from center of base plate to form top plate supporting display panel; rubber frame, including second side plate at bonding side, where first opening is in middle of second side plate in extension direction of second side plate to accommodate first side plate; main circuit board, including opposite first and second ends in first direction, where first end is inserted between top plate and first side plate, and second end has first bonding area for bonding connection with display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiong Yuan, Wencheng Luo, Zhi Li, Hening Zhang, Bowen Xiong, Ke Liao, Jinhong Zhang, Wei Ran, Yu Wang, Wenqi Quan, Xin Cen, Yao Chen, Shengjie Yin, Yansheng Sun
  • Patent number: 12228820
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate, a plurality of brackets attached to a non-display area of a back surface of the back substrate using an adhesive, and a backlight unit positioned in the rear of the display panel. The backlight unit includes a frame including at least one protrusion, a light guide plate disposed between the frame and the display panel, the light guide plate including at least one groove or hole corresponding to the at least one protrusion of the frame, an optical layer disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel, and a light source disposed on the side of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkeun Ryu, Sangdon Park, Moungyoub Lee, Kyoungmok Kim, Yunjoo Kim, Jonghyun Byeon
  • Patent number: 12222754
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a light module is provided. The second body is pivotally connected to the first body. The light module is adjacent to the second body and is disposed on the first body. The light module includes a frame, a light guide plate, a light source, a patterned light guide film, and a light-transmitting cover plate. The frame is disposed on the first body. The light guide plate is disposed in the frame and has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The light source is disposed in the frame as corresponding to the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The patterned light guide film is detachably disposed on the light guide plate and covers the light emitting surface. The light-transmitting cover plate is detachably disposed on the frame and covers the patterned light guide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Hsueh-Wei Chung, Pao-Ching Huang, Huei-Ting Chuang, Chao-Di Shen
  • Patent number: 12221828
    Abstract: An electronic door plate and a system for managing an electronic door plate. The electronic door plate particularly includes: a center frame, a circuit board, a display screen, a back cover and an alarming device; the circuit board, the display screen and the alarming device are fixed to the center frame; the back cover is provided on one side of the center frame that is further away from the display screen, and is fixedly connected to the center frame; a controlling module is provided at the circuit board, and the controlling module is electrically connected to the alarming device; and the controlling module is configured for controlling the alarming device to perform an alarming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinggang Wei, Lei Cao, Yunpeng Wu, Yan Ren, Zifeng Wang, Junmin Sun
  • Patent number: 12210236
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a rear chassis including a fastening hole, a light source module installed at the rear chassis and configured to emit light, a diffuser plate to diffuse light emitted from the light source module, a liquid crystal panel arranged in front of the diffuser plate, a front chassis arranged to cover sides of the liquid crystal panel and the diffuser plate, a middle mold to couple the diffuser plate so that the diffuser plate is arranged in front of the light source module, the middle mold including a fastening groove to align with the fastening hole, a bonding member to bond the diffuser plate to the middle mold, and a fastening member coupleable to the fastening groove by passing through the fastening hole from behind the rear chassis to couple the rear chassis to the middle mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Kang, Jun Su Jung, Hyun Joong Chae, Beom Han Kim, Byoung Jung Kim, Jun Pil Oh, Kyo Jeong
  • Patent number: 12204188
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel, a cover shield disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a curvature control member disposed on an inner side of the cover shield, and rotation members connected to ends of the curvature control member, respectively, and coupling the cover shield with the curvature control member. The curvature control member can be configured to rotate with the rotation members, Further, the cover shield is switched between a first state and a second state as the curvature control member rotates, and the cover shield is configured to be flat in the first state and is configured to be curved with a curvature in the second state. Therefore, the curvature of the display device is easily controlled by a simple structure and operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 12207452
    Abstract: Electronic display assemblies are disclosed which include a housing, an electronic display located within the housing, a first airflow pathway extending through the housing between an intake and an exhaust and a second airflow pathway, separated from the first airflow pathway, and forming a closed, continuous pathway within the housing. A panel is spaced apart from the electronic display and at least partially defining and separating the first and second airflow pathways, where at least a portion of the first airflow pathway extends between a rear surface of the electronic display and a forward surface of the panel, and where at least a portion of the second airflow pathway extends between a rear surface of the panel and a forward surface of a rear portion of the housing. Electronic component(s) for operating the electronic display assembly are located within the second airflow pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 12189160
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel having a display portion, a connecting portion, and a bending portion; a polarizer on a first side of the display portion; a cover window on the first side of the display portion, and on a side of the polarizer away from the display portion; a coating layer having a main portion, and a tapered portion extending from the main portion toward the polarizer; and an optically clear adhesive layer on the first side of the display portion, and between the polarizer and the cover window. The optically clear adhesive layer has a first adhering surface at least partially attaching to the cover window, a second adhering surface at least partially attaching to the polarizer, and an edge connecting the first adhering surface and the second adhering surface and adjacent to the tapered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghui Luo, Binfeng Feng, Jiaxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12181703
    Abstract: A display device has a main display area and a function-adding area and includes a backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module includes an optical film set and light sources. The light sources are disposed on at least one end of the optical film set that is perpendicular to a light-emitting side of the backlight module, and include first light groups and second light groups. When the display device is in a functional mode, the first light groups are turned off, the second light groups are turned on, a first dark zone is formed on the optical film set, and the function-adding area is located within the first dark zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12185567
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a polarizing plate disposed on a display panel, an adhesive layer disposed on the polarizing plate; a cover window having a curved edge and disposed on the polarizing plate; a light blocking pattern disposed between the adhesive layer and the cover window; and a back plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein the curved edge of the cover window protrudes more than the light blocking pattern and a corner of the display panel, thereby improving product quality by improving waterproof performance and minimizing chemical contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kou Choi, HyunChul Kim, Kyoung-Hoon Kim, Kwangju Lee, TaeWoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12158648
    Abstract: A display device including: a housing including a first vent through which external air is introduced and a second vent through which the introduced external air flows out; a display panel disposed inside the housing and configured to transmit an image forward; a first flow path formed inside the housing; a first blower configured to exchange heat with the display panel and generate an airflow flowing in the first cooling flow path; a second cooling flow path intersecting the first cooling flow path in communication with the first vent and the second vent and formed inside the housing; a second blower configured to generate an airflow flowing in the second cooling flow path; and a heat exchanger positioned behind the display panel, wherein the heat exchanger includes a first channel in which a part of the first cooling flow path is formed and a second channel intersecting the first channel and in which a part of the second cooling flow path is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungsu Lee, Sungki Kim
  • Patent number: 12158659
    Abstract: A planar light source includes a substrate, a reflective member having a plurality of openings and at least one slit, and a light source disposed in each of the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged in m rows along a first direction and in n columns along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The at least one slit includes at least one first slit arranged in a first region and intersecting a first virtual straight line at a prescribed position in the first region. The first virtual straight line is parallel to the first direction. The first region is located between one or more openings in a kth row (k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and less than or equal to m?1) and one or more openings in a (k+1)th row and extends in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motokazu Yamada
  • Patent number: 12147126
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: an array substrate; a counter substrate; a liquid crystal layer located between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and an alignment film formed on a surface facing the liquid crystal layer in each of the array substrate and the counter substrate. In a plan view, the liquid crystal display panel includes a display region, a non-display region adjacent to the display region, and a light-transmitting region located in the non-display region. At least one of the array substrate or the counter substrate includes a wall portion surrounding the light-transmitting region in the non-display region of the surface facing the liquid crystal layer, and the alignment film is not formed in a range surrounded by the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Asai, Isao Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 12130511
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure may comprise: a display device comprising: a flexible display panel; a panel roller which is elongated and on or from which the display panel is wound or unwound; a housing in which the panel roller is accommodated, wherein while the display panel is unwound from the panel roller, the display panel descends below the housing; and a board case which is disposed behind the display panel descending below the housing, and of which the front surface is covered by the display panel while the display panel descends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Youngjin Yang
  • Patent number: 12124297
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The portable electronic device can include a number of components that can provide desired functionalities and levels of performance. For example, the device can include one or more couplers that interconnect various portions of the housing together. Additionally or alternatively, the portable electronic device can include one or more millimeter-wave antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the electronic device can include one or more grounding elements or layers that reliably and electrically ground the display to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sayooj R. Pillai, Annie T. Zhang, Lucas R. Compton, John V. Abram, Heather M. Martin, Timothy J. McHenry, Chi Zhang, Kienan D. McCarty, Lee B. Hamstra, Trevor M. Cardiff, Tristan Sansbury, Erik A. Uttermann, Kevin K. Mayer
  • Patent number: 12120830
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a display panel to display an image, a guide holder disposed in rear of the display panel, a printed circuit board mounted on the guide holder and electrically connected to the display panel, a chip on film (COF), and a protective film. The COF can have one side electrically connected to the display panel, and another side electrically connected to the printed circuit board. A portion of the COF can be bent so as to extend across an end of the guide holder, and the protective film can be attached to one face of the guide holder and constructed to cover the COF. The guide holder can be formed at a position corresponding to a position of an end of the protective film, and can include a rib which receives a portion of the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeontae Jeong
  • Patent number: 12080196
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including: a folding area, and first and second non-folding areas; a first support member bendable together with the display module and including: a bending area corresponding to the folding area, and first and second non-bending areas corresponding to the first and second non-folding areas; and a support layer facing the display module with the first support member therebetween, and including: a second support member in the bending area and the first and second non-bending areas; a first support plate facing the first support member with the second support member therebetween and in the bending area and the first non-bending area; and a second support plate facing the first support member with the second support member therebetween and in the bending area and the second non-bending area. The second support plate is disconnected from the first support plate at the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Chang Kim, Minseop Kim, Changmin Park, Sungwoo Cho
  • Patent number: 12078532
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a display panel having an active area that generates visual images and an inactive area disposed outside the active area. The inactive area having an alignment mark that is invisible to a naked eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hong-Ji Huang, Yu-Chen Liu, Kuo-Wei Tseng, Chun-Wei Huang, Chi-Fong Lee
  • Patent number: 12072562
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display module, a main board configured to drive the display module, and a cover coupled to a rear side of the display module such as to cover the display module and the main board. The cover includes a cover sheet formed of an extruded plastic material or an extruded composite material; and a cover frame attached to the cover sheet and configured to couple the cover sheet to the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungjung Kim, Minsik Kim, Eunbi Kang, Hyunkyu Park, Hokweon Song, Mingyu Yoon, Taeyoun Yoon, Junsu Jung, Seungsan Han
  • Patent number: 12038597
    Abstract: A light-guide type display device that includes a light guide plate that optically guides an image to a pupil of a viewer, and a support member that supports the light guide plate and is provided with two fixing members. The light guide plate includes a first opening section that has a first opening having a long axis and a short axis, and a second opening section that has a second opening having a shape different from that of the first opening and located on a line that passes through the first opening section and that is parallel to a long-axis direction of the first opening section. Each of the two fixing members is inserted into a corresponding one of the first opening section and the second opening section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wenxiao Guo
  • Patent number: 12032413
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel, a case supporting the flexible display panel, a bonding member fixing the flexible display panel to the case. The case includes a hinge portion, and supports respectively coupled to the hinge portion at opposing sides of the hinge portion. The flexible display panel includes a bendable area corresponding to the hinge portion, and planar areas respectively at opposing sides of the bendable area and corresponding to the supports of the case. The bonding member is between a support of the case and the corresponding planar area of the flexible display panel, and is displaceable with respect to the support along one of a thickness direction and a width direction of the flexible display panel when the flexible display panel is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Seo Kee, So-Youn Jung, Hyoung-Wook Lee, Sang-Wol Lee
  • Patent number: 12019948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus, especially having a display panel generating sounds. A display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a display module; a back cover at a rear surface of the display module; a depression recessed into the back cover from a first surface of the back cover with a first width and a first depth; a penetration through from a second surface of the back cover to the depression with a second width smaller than the first width and a second depth corresponding to a difference between a thickness of the back cover and the first depth; and a first piezo vibration unit disposed at a stepped portion between the penetration and the depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: GyungBo Ha, Taehyung Kim, Seeun Kim, HakMo Hwang, Seung Jun Koo
  • Patent number: 12012953
    Abstract: A pump assembly including a motor and a housing forming an enclosure cavity to enclose the motor. The pump assembly also including a display assembly with a mounting frame mounted to the housing and having an opening for viewing a display. The display assembly also including a gasket positioned between the mounting frame and the housing. The display assembly also including one or more membranes positioned between the frame and the display. The pump assembly also including a pumphead connection assembly positioned on a second surface of the housing. The pump assembly also including an access panel hingedly attached to the housing and positioned to cover the pumphead connection assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Masterflex, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Deem
  • Patent number: 11989063
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a display panel, a case and a plurality of driving circuits. The display panel is configured to display an image. The display panel includes a first display part, a second display part and a hinge display part. The hinge display part is interposed between the first and second display parts. The hinge display part is configured to be foldable. The case is configured to cover the display panel. The case forms a hinge thickness with the hinge display part and it also forms a peripheral thickness at an end of the case facing away from the hinge display part. The peripheral thickness is greater than the hinge thickness. The driving circuits are disposed between a rear surface of the first display part and the case. Therefore, thickness of the display panel is decreased and its portability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Hyeog Jung, Sang-Wol Lee
  • Patent number: 11985775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and proposes a flexible display device. The flexible display device includes: a housing, with an opening provided thereon; a winding shaft, arranged in the housing; a flexible display panel, having one end connected to the winding shaft, and an opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening; a support member, having one end connected to the winding shaft, and an opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening, wherein the support member includes a plurality of support bars arranged side by side, and a length direction of the support bars is consistent with an axial direction of the winding shaft, and each of the support bars is provided with a through hole, and the through hole penetrates two end faces of a width direction of the support bars; a plurality of moving members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11982891
    Abstract: A curved display module and a curved display device. The curved display module can be bent along a long-side direction, and comprises a display panel (1), a backlight module (2), a front frame (3), a back plate (4), an XPCB (6), and an FPC (5); the FPC (5) is provided at a first long-side edge of the display panel (1) and is configured to connect the binding region of the first long-side edge of the display panel (1) to the XPCB (6); the first long-side edge of the back plate (4) is in the shape of staircase, and comprises a back surface (41), a slope surface (42), and a step surface (43) that are sequentially connected from the direction distant from the first long-side edge to the direction close to the first long-side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huiyan Li, Bochang Wang, Yu Zhang, Shixin Geng
  • Patent number: 11966110
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure may comprise a display panel; a guide panel including a vertical portion supporting a rear surface of the display panel, a horizontal portion extending rearward from the vertical portion, and a groove formed on an outer surface of the horizontal portion; and, a back cover including a flat plate positioned at a rear of the guide panel, a side plate extending forward from the flat plate and covering the horizontal portion, and a latch formed on an inner surface of the side plate and caught in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangpil Byun, Keunho Lee
  • Patent number: 11949048
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device comprises a first mounting board including a plurality of first light emitting elements, a second mounting board including a plurality of second light emitting elements, and a first wiring board including a first wiring line electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of first light emitting elements and the plurality of second light emitting elements. The first mounting board and the second mounting board extend in a first direction and are arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first wiring board is superposed on the first mounting board and the second mounting board. The first wiring board has rigidity that is lower than rigidity of each of the first mounting board and the second mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Takuma, Mao Izawa
  • Patent number: 11937384
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module including a display unit and a hinge unit coupled to the display unit and configured to be rolled with the display unit, the display unit including a display panel, a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel, and a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, a housing including sidewall portions each extending in a first direction, in which at least one of the sidewall portions includes an accommodation groove to which the main circuit board is inserted, and the sidewall portions are deformable between a closed state of surrounding the display module and an opened state of exposing at least a portion of the display module outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghwa Lee, Beomjin Kim, Dongwon Choi, Jin Hwan Choi, Taewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11930291
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display module and a television, the display module including: a back plate including a back plate body and a side wall which are integrally formed, the back plate body and the side wall together defining a mounting space, a free end of the side wall being folded so as to form a connecting flange which extends towards the back plate body, a free end of the connecting flange being folded so as to form a joining flange which extends in parallel with the back plate body; a display screen, an edge of an inside surface of the display screen being fixed to an outer surface of the joining flange; an optical film set mounted in the mounting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Chai, Wei Hua, Xudong Wang, Xiaoxu Dong, Bing Li, Taicheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11921386
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a first wiring board mounted on the display panel, and a backlight unit located on a back surface side of the display panel to illuminate the display panel. The backlight unit includes a casing which includes a bottom plate including a first slit and a side plate standing at the bottom plate, and a light guide arranged in the casing. The first wiring board passes between the side plate and the light guide and through the first slit and is bent toward a back surface side of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Watanabe, Yoshikatsu Imazeki, Yoichi Kamijo, Koichi Miyasaka, Shuichi Osawa
  • Patent number: 11907608
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit including a display panel configured to display an image, a curvature variation unit disposed on a rear surface of the display unit and varying a curvature of the display unit, and a vibration unit disposed on the rear surface of the display unit configured to vibrate the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SeokHyo Cho
  • Patent number: 11910541
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine Van Dijk, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Rik Kruidhof
  • Patent number: 11907020
    Abstract: Provided is a display device provided inside a vehicle. The display device includes: a display having flexibility and a sheet shape; a movement mechanism that includes a connection connected to a first end portion of the display and in which the connection moves in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a guide mechanism configured to guide a second end portion of the display in a guide direction different from a movement direction of the connection in association with movement of the connection while curving and supporting a part of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Onogi, Takahiro Suzuki, Yasuyuki Andou, Norifumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11880101
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device has a display side and includes: a first substrate, a flexible film, and a first adhesive material. The first substrate has a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface. The first surface is closer to the display side than the second surface. The side surface includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion. In a cross-section view, a first included angle is formed between the first portion and an extension line of the first surface, and a second included angle is formed between the third portion and an extension line of the second surface. The flexible film is connected to the first substrate. The first adhesive material contacts at least a portion of the flexible film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsia Kuo, Chia-Wei Yen
  • Patent number: 11878332
    Abstract: A panel flattening assembly includes a first fixing assembly and a second fixing assembly respectively disposed at a first corner and a second corner adjacent to the first corner in a first direction on a rear surface of a display panel; a first supporting member disposed between the first fixing assembly and the second fixing assembly and spaced apart from the display panel; a first displacement adjusting member connected to the first fixing assembly and adjusting a distance between the first fixing assembly and a first end of the first supporting member by adjusting a displacement of the first fixing assembly; and a second displacement adjusting member connected to the second fixing assembly and adjusting a distance between the second fixing assembly and a second end of the first supporting member by adjusting a displacement of the second fixing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Maeng, Min Gwan Hyun, Man Soo Kim, Ju Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11860490
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a frame including a conduction part and a resin part, an electro-optical panel that is housed in the inner side of the resin part, and an exposure part that is formed by exposing the conduction part from the resin part. The exposure part is disposed to face at least a part of an end face of the electro-optical panel or protrude from a surface of the electro-optical panel over the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori Takabayashi
  • Patent number: 11852918
    Abstract: Provided is a light source device including: a housing body; a light source substrate located over and accommodated in the housing body; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements over the light source substrate; an optical sheet located over the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, accommodated in the housing body, and spaced away from the light source substrate; and at least one spacer accommodated in the housing body and in contact with a bottom surface of the optical sheet. A region of an upper surface of the light source substrate overlapping the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements does not overlap the at least one spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Rina Yamamoto, Ken Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11849551
    Abstract: A rollable display device including: a support module; a display module disposed on the support module and including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; and a resin layer disposed between the support module and the display module, the display module including a display panel including a plurality of pixels, the support module including: a plurality of support bars extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein the support bars are spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of hinges disposed between the support bars and coupled with the support bars disposed adjacent thereto, and wherein each of the support bars is rotatably coupled with the hinges with respect to a driving axis extending in the first direction and the driving axis penetrates the display panel when viewed in a cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Choi, Beomjin Kim, Jonghwa Lee, Dongwon Choi, Taewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11848563
    Abstract: An electronic device of an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first structure comprising a first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a second structure comprising a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate, a first sidewall perpendicular to the second plate, a second sidewall perpendicular to the first sidewall and the second plate, and a third sidewall perpendicular to the first sidewall and the second plate and parallel to the second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall includes a conductive portion, and the second plate, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the third sidewall together form a trough with one side open to receive at least a portion of the first structure, and the first structure is movable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the second structure in a first direction parallel to the second plate and the second sidewall such that the first structure is located at a first distance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongyoun Kim, Kyungmoon Seol, Minsung Lee, Jinwoo Jung, Soyoung Lee, Jaebong Chun
  • Patent number: 11833977
    Abstract: A plate has a first region and a second region. A display unit is provided on a front surface of the plate and mounted in the first region of the plate. A housing provided on a rear surface of the plate and mounted in the second region of the plate, wherein the housing is also adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, and a rigidity of the first region of the plate is higher than a rigidity of the second region of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakamura, Takuya Ueda, Yukihiro Araki
  • Patent number: 11835748
    Abstract: A planar light source includes: a support member including a wiring substrate, a light guide member, a light source disposed in a hole of the light guide member, and a first reinforcing member disposed on the support member and surrounding the light guide member in a plan view. The first reinforcing member includes first and second portions extending in a first direction and facing each other, and includes third and fourth portions extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and facing each other. At least one of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion has light reflectivity to light emitted from the light source. In the plan view, the light guide member is located between the first and second portions in the second direction, and is located between the third and fourth portions in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kondo, Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11829016
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display surface on which an image is displayed, a film disposed above the display panel, a bottom chassis disposed under the display panel, a pole frame disposed under the bottom chassis, and a pole chassis. The pole frame includes a fixing portion and an elastic portion. The pole chassis is coupled with the elastic portion. The film includes a first portion disposed on the display panel and a second portion extending from the first portion and coupled to the pole chassis. The pole frame and the pole chassis cooperate to exert a force on the film, and thus the film may be extended to the bottom chassis from the display panel without being deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongil Kim
  • Patent number: 11822193
    Abstract: A portable information handling system housing integrates a display having an edge-to-edge presentation of visual images at a housing portion with an inactive portion of a display panel along a perimeter of the display having a sensor region that provides access to underlying sensors through the display. A sealant and black matrix disposed in the inactive region limits illumination that escapes from an active region and provides an aesthetically appealing edge-to-edge appearance. Openings in the sealant and black matrix at the sensor locations provides access through the display, such as with index matching resin that passes illumination and a patterned covering of the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schwager, Laurent Andrew Regimbal, HongJi Huang
  • Patent number: 11809042
    Abstract: A light source device comprises a diffuser plate and a light source module disposed behind the diffuser plate. The light source module includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the substrate, and a plurality of reflective layers each provided on a front surface of the plurality of light emitting diodes. When a distance between the centers of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is referred to as a pitch, and a distance between the diffuser plate and the substrate is referred to as an optical distance, a ratio of the pitch to the optical distance satisfies the following expression: 2.5?pitch/optical distance?4.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunsoon Park, Sungyeol Kim, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11803242
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device including a housing that constitutes a body and is fixed to an instrument panel, an LCD cover whose outer circumference surface is disposed to be spaced apart from an inner circumference surface of the housing and that is accommodated in the housing, an LCD module that is accommodated in the LCD cover and covered by the LCD cover, a haptic actuator that is mounted on a rear of the LCD cover and transfers vibration to the LCD cover, and a support member that is disposed between the LCD cover and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Won Son, Hae Ri Kang