Including Electromagnetic Shielding Patents (Class 349/59)
  • Patent number: 7405427
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate line; a data line intersecting the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and a shielding electrode electrically isolated from the data line, covering the data line at least in part, and having an aperture exposing the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, Keun-Kyu Song, Joon-Hak Oh
  • Patent number: 7401968
    Abstract: A backlight assembly having improved strength and a display device having the backlight assembly are provided. The backlight assembly includes a light source supplying light and a fixing member receiving the light source. A deflection preventing portion having a predetermined width is formed on a surface of the fixing member in a direction crossing a diagonal on the surface of the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Yoon Jung, Jeoung-Gwen Lee, Mi-Sook Kim
  • Publication number: 20080170172
    Abstract: An electro-optic device includes a frame, an optical member including a light guide plate accommodated within the flame, an illuminator, and a display panel disposed over the optical member. The display panel includes a substrate that has a light-shielding black mask extending in the shape of a picture frame along edges of the substrate. The black mask partially has at least one light-shielding extended segment extended toward at least one of the edges of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsumi OKUDA
  • Patent number: 7380972
    Abstract: Luminance irregularities caused by the weight of the optical members in a backlight apparatus are reduced. A lighting apparatus comprises optical members 1 and 2, a casing in which the optical members 1 and 2 and a lamp 4 are disposed, a first member 1a formed in optical members 1 and 2, and a second member 3a formed in the casing for attaching the optical members 1 and 2 to the casing by cooperating with the first member 1a. The first and second members 1a and 3a are provided in positions such that no upward stress is applied to the optical members due to their own weights at the bottom in a vertical direction in the plane of the display screen, both in a basic position and a first stop position of the lighting apparatus, the latter position being reached by rotation of the apparatus from the basic position in the plane of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20080123016
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of protecting a printed circuit board from electromagnetic interference. The LCD device of the present invention includes a LCD panel for presenting an image, a backlight assembly for illuminating light to the LCD panel, a bottom chassis for securing the LCD panel and the backlight assembly, a first printed circuit board seated on a rear surface of the bottom chassis for generating signals to be supplied to the LCD panel on the basis of externally input signals, a first connector coupled with a signal transfer film which provides the input signal of the first printed circuit board, a shield case made of a conductive material for protecting an upper surface of the first printed circuit board, and a first conductive adhesive member interposed between the first connector and the shield case for discharging an electromagnetic wave from the first connector to the shield case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong-Yull KWAK, Jae-Ho JUNG, Dong-Sung IM, Sang-Won LEE
  • Patent number: 7372700
    Abstract: A plasma display device which has improved performance of heat dissipation and noise/vibration insulation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the plasma display device includes a plasma display panel, a first base member coupled with the plasma display panel, a second base member connected to the first base member, and a thermally conductive cushion member interposed between the first base member and the second base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woo-Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 7365812
    Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus comprises a flat panel display module; a control PCB placed in one rear edge area of the flat panel display module and having a conductive grounding part; and a grounding contact member including a rear contact part contacting the grounding part of the control PCB, and a side contact part bent from the rear contact part and contacting one edge of the flat panel display module, and grounding the control PCB. With this configuration, the present invention provides a flat panel display apparatus in which a control PCB having the length shorter than the width of a flat panel display module is easily grounded and the production cost thereof is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Duk Lee
  • Patent number: 7345878
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus assembly having high heat-dissipation efficiency is disclosed. In one embodiment, the plasma display apparatus assembly includes: i) a plasma display panel, ii) a chassis base coupled with a rear surface of the plasma display panel and supporting the plasma display panel, iii) a driver circuit board disposed behind the chassis base and having a circuit for driving the plasma display panel, iv) a signal transmission member transmitting an electric signal from the driver circuit board to the plasma display panel, the signal transmission member being connected at one side to the driver circuit board and at the other side to the plasma display panel and including at least one electronic device, v) a protective cover plate covering a portion of the signal transmission member on which the at least one electronic device is mounted, and vi) a heat pipe transferring heat generated by the electronic device to the protective cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 7319499
    Abstract: An aluminum extrusion external framework of LCD monitor primarily comprises a front frame cap, a back frame cap, and a sheathing, which are assembled with one another. Several movable laminas are mounted on the inside of the back frame cap, wherein the locking positions of the movable laminas are adjustable. The aluminum extrusion external framework of the LCD monitor is made of aluminum for lightening its weight and conforming to the recycle-based environmental protection so as to facilitate the heat sinking, reduce the production cost, and increase the product lifetime. Besides, the movable laminas are applied to the raised slideways around the inside of the back frame cap so as to be universally suitable for the existing LCD panel having various specifications and dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventor: Ching-Lung Peng
  • Patent number: 7298437
    Abstract: A matrix display device, for example an AMLCD, has first and second spaced substrates (22, 23) carrying opposed display pixel electrode structures (14, 32, 38) defining a pixel array/display area (20) with the first substrate (22) further carrying outside the display area auxiliary circuitry, for example, comprising row and column drive circuits (40, 42) a signal processing circuit (45) a memory circuit (47), or control logic circuit (46). At least a part of the auxiliary circuitry is electrical shielded to prevent electrical interference problems by an electrically conductive shielding layer(s) (60) carried on a part (50) of the first substrate (23) that extends over the auxiliary circuitry. The shielding layer may conveniently comprise part of an electrode layer (32) deposited on the second substrate and used for the pixel electrode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martin John Edwards, John Richard Alan Ayres
  • Patent number: 7283194
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel which has first and second drain lines groups, a control circuit board which has a control unit, a first and second drain drivers groups connected to the corresponding first and second drain lines groups, a back light unit, a metal frame, and a shield member which shields against EMI. Both of the first and second drain drivers groups are arranged at a same peripheral side of the liquid crystal display panel. The control unit supplies first and second signals to the drain drivers groups via flexible printed circuits which are connected to the control circuit board. The control circuit board is sandwiched between the metal frame and the shield member, and the metal frame is arranged between the control circuit board and the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Nishiyama, Shigetake Takaku, Yoshiharu Takeda, Shigeo Mikoshiba, Tomokazu Shiga, Koji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7277139
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display module device includes a frame receiving a backlight assembly provided with optical sheets, a liquid crystal panel mounted onto the frame, a bottom case affixed to the frame, a top case enclosing edge portions of the liquid crystal panel and coupled to the bottom case, and a clip inserted into a first region of a coupled portion of the bottom case and the top case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Il Chung, Jong Wan Park
  • Patent number: 7271944
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a first optical panel having a pair of substrates with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; a second optical panel that has a pair of substrates with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween, is disposed so as to overlap the first optical panel in plan view, and is smaller than the first optical panel in plan view; an illumination unit having a light source from which light is emitted and a light guiding member that is disposed between the first and second optical panels so as to make the light emitted from the light source incident on the first and second optical panels; and an optical absorber provided in a region other than a display area of the second optical panel between the first and second optical panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7262968
    Abstract: A device for dissipating a heat from addressing integrated circuits (addressing ICs) of a plasma display panel that uses a back plate which has a greater surface area, to dissipate the heat from the addressing integrated circuits directly. For embodiment of the device thereof, it provides a heat-conducting sheet attached on the addressing ICs to conduct the heat from the addressing ICs to the back plate rapidly, therefore increase the efficiency of the dissipation without add the volume of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Jing Chang, Po-Kun Hsieh, Pin-Hung Chou
  • Patent number: 7259809
    Abstract: A display for showing text and graphical images includes an electrically conducting layer which is connected to a shield potential, such as a ground potential, for shielding the display from external electromagnetic disturbances and preventing radiation from the display of electromagnetic disturbances generated by the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Brandt, Thomas Brohm, Gerhard Wesner, Michael Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7236215
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a framework which includes a first frame for supporting a liquid crystal panel, a second frame having an upper portion for covering a peripheral portion of the surface of the liquid crystal panel and a side extending substantially parallel to the side of the first frame, and third members being in the form of clips detachably attached to the side of the first frame. The second frame is fixed to the first frame via the third members. The liquid crystal display device also includes a mechanism for changing the angle of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Okamoto, Shinpei Nagatani, Takayuki Eiraku, Hiroyoshi Takahashi, Seiji Hayashimoto
  • Patent number: 7221414
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device where a light source (160) is disposed on the inner periphery of a liquid crystal module (100), which has a metal front frame (110) and a metal back cover (120), which constitute the housing of the liquid crystal module (100), and a conductive upper case (140) which is laid between a liquid crystal panel (130) and the light source (160) and has a frame having approximately the same shape as that of the front frame 110, in which perforated joints, which are bent vertically and integrally formed on the outer end portions of the front frame, the outer end portions of the upper case (140) and the outer end portions of the back cover (120) are severally provided at positions overlapping with each other when the liquid crystal module (100) is assembled, and the joints (143) of the upper case (140) are sandwiched between the joints (112) of the front frame and the joints (123) of the back cover (120) in order to make the jo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nishiura, Toshio Ikeuchi, Satoshi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 7206039
    Abstract: A flat display includes an outer case having a front face frame having a opened rear face and a rear cover covering the opened rear face. The outer case is configured by an electrically conductive chassis board having a front face and a back face; a display panel attached to the front face of the electrically conductive chassis. The back face includes a panel driving unit controlling image formation on the display panel on a basis of an video signal, a source unit having an audio circuit controlling an audio signal and a tuner circuit extracting the audio signal and the video signal, and a power supply unit supplying electric power to the panel driving unit and the source unit. The outer case is partitioned into first housing portion housing the panel driving unit and the power supply unit and second housing portion housing the source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kawamoto, Shigemori Azuma, Tokiya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7206036
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a fixing structure for a flat display, such as an LCD having a liquid crystal panel, in which a first engaging portion is formed on both side surfaces of the flat display. The fixing structure has two holders and a shielding device. Each of the holders has a first fixing portion corresponding to the first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion. The first fixing portion detachably engages the holder to its corresponding side surface. The shielding device is applied onto the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, and is formed with a second fixing portion corresponding to the second engaging portion. The second fixing portion detachably engages the shielding device to the holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Smile Lin, Chi-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 7196750
    Abstract: In a flat display apparatus capable of decreasing an emission of an electromagnetic radiation, a flat display apparatus includes a flat display panel, a first receiving container, a driving part, a second receiving container and a ground member. The flat display panel displays an image. The first receiving container receives the flat display panel. The driving part is disposed on the first receiving container to drive the flat display panel. The second receiving container covers the driving part to block an electromagnetic radiation radiated from the driving part. The ground member is formed with the second receiving container to electrically connect the first receiving container to the second receiving container. Therefore, the second receiving container is electrically connected to an earth potential through the ground member and the first receiving container to decrease the emission of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Dong Koo, Chun-Seok Ko
  • Patent number: 7167365
    Abstract: A back plate structure comprises a back plate body, at least a supporting beam and a plurality of heat dissipation members, wherein the supporting beam is fixed on a back of the back plate body and the heat dissipation members are disposed on the supporting beam. The supporting beam has a central protrusion portion and a peripheral portion. The heat dissipation members are disposed on an upper surface of the peripheral portion or on a sidewall of the central protrusion portion or into an inner portion of the central protrusion portion. Because the heat dissipation members are disposed on the supporting beam, the heat dissipation area of the present invention can be increased and therefore the heat dissipation efficiency of the plasma display apparatus can be effectively promoted. Therefore, the service life of the plasma display apparatus can be increased and also the display performance thereof can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsao-Yuan Fu, Chia-Chu Ma
  • Patent number: 7123314
    Abstract: A light shielding film capable of shielding against light entering an active layer of a TFT and electroconductive is formed on the lower layer side of the active layer. Electrical stress is applied by causing a current in an insulating film between source and drain electrodes and the light shielding film to introduce a trap level at a density at least about 5×1012/cm2 into a source region and a drain region in a surface portion of the active layer on the light shielding film side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Kenji Sera
  • Patent number: 7119858
    Abstract: A front filter being attached to a front surface of a flat panel display device includes a NIR (near infrared ray) blocking film for blocking the emission of near infrared rays to outside; an EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding film for absorbing electromagnetic waves and for preventing the electromagnetic waves from being emitted to outside; a glass formed on a front surface of the EMI shielding film; and an antireflection coating for preventing incident rays from outside from reflecting back to the outside, in which the EMI shielding film includes a mesh unit formed of conductive meshes that are intersected with each other; and a mesh frame for surrounding the mesh unit to support the mesh unit and to define an effective display area on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Ku Kim, Hong Rae Cha, Young Sung Kim, Myeong Soo Chang, Byung Gil Ryu
  • Patent number: 7113237
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel, a light guiding plate for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, a bezel covering a periphery of the liquid crystal panel, a frame on which the liquid crystal panel is mounted, a screw for securing a side wall of the bezel to the frame, and a rear cover having a portion which extends from a back side of the light guiding plate beyond the position of the screw and which has a hole through which the screw passes. A portion of the side surface fixing mechanism in the vicinity of the fixing screw is reinforced by the portion of the rear cover which is coupled with the side wall of the bezel and the side wall of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Nitto, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7088403
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display with a liquid crystal display module includes a printed circuit board PCB for supplying driving signals to a liquid crystal display panel, a bottom cover for supporting the liquid crystal display module, and a fixing clip for securing the PCB and the bottom cover together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyoung Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 7057677
    Abstract: To suppress the occurrence of a failure caused by static electricity in the manufacturing process of an active matrix type display device in which an active matrix circuit and peripheral drive circuits are integrated on a glass substrate, a protective capacitor to be connected to a short ring is formed using a semiconductor layer made from the same material as the active layer of a thin film transistor present under the short ring. This protective capacitor has a function to absorb an electric pulse generated in the plasma using process. Discharge patterns are provided to prevent an electric pulse from affecting each circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyong Zhang, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 7050137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display of a CF-on-TFT structure in which a color filter is formed on the side of an array substrate in which a switching element is formed, and has an object to provide a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display, which enables simplification of a manufacturing process typified by a photolithography process and has high reliability. The substrate for use in the liquid crystal display is constructed to include external connection terminals which include first terminal electrodes electrically connected to gate bus lines led out from a plurality of pixel regions arranged on a glass substrate in a matrix form, second terminal electrodes formed of forming material of a pixel electrode and directly on the glass substrate, and electrode coupling regions for electrically connecting the first and the second terminal electrodes, and which electrically connect an external circuit and the gate bus lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atuyuki Hoshino, Shiro Hirota, Naoto Kondo, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Masahiro Kihara, Katsunori Misaki, Seiji Doi, Tomoshige Oda, Akira Komorita, Akihiro Matsui, Manabu Sawasaki, Masahiro Ikeda, Takashi Takagi, Tomonori Tanose, Takuya Saguchi, Hidetoshi Sukenori, Hiroyasu Inoue
  • Patent number: 7046316
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a housing, a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel and a frame. The frame is coupled to the housing thereby assembling the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module into the liquid crystal display device. There is a fastening structure for coupling the frame to the housing. The fastening structure includes an engaging portion provided on the housing and two protrusion portions defined by a L-shaped aperture provided on the frame, wherein the engaging portion is provided at a position corresponding to the L-shaped aperture. The two protrusion portions of the frame are respectively inserted into recesses of the engaging portion of the housing and abut against the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Ching Kun Lai
  • Patent number: 7006167
    Abstract: An LCD panel fixing structure for fixing and holding an LCD panel has a first holding member, which holds the LCD panel and a second holding member, which holds the LCD panel, the LCD panel being housed, fixed, and held between the first and second holding members, thereby increasing the degree of design freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kashimoto
  • Patent number: 6975368
    Abstract: In a flat panel display device, a display panel for displaying an image is disposed on a mold frame and supported by a metal clip coupled to the mold frame. The metal clip includes a first coupling portion coupled to an upper surface of the mold frame, a second coupling portion coupled to a lower surface of the mold frame, a connecting portion for connecting the first and second coupling portions and a guiding portion upwardly extended from the connecting portion so as to guide and support the display panel. Accordingly, the flat panel display device can have a reduced size and an enhanced assemblability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Duk Lee
  • Patent number: 6971780
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device including a noise shielding member. The noise shielding member is a transparent conductive member including a transparent film on which a transparent conductive layer is coated. The noise shielding member may also be a transparent conductive layer scattered on the optical sheets. The transparent conductive layer comprises ITO or IZO. The noise shielding member is disposed under the diffusing plate or interposed between optical sheets. The noise shielding member may be disposed under the LCD panel. The noise generated from the electric power signal applied to the lamp of the backlight assembly is shielded from the LCD panel. Furthermore, the noise shielding member and optical sheets contacts with the chassis of the LCD device through various ground members so as to be connected to earth potential and be electrically stabilized. Accordingly, display quality of the LCD device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Jin Lee, Jong-Dae Park, Jeong-Hwan Lee, Yong-Seok Choi, Byung-Woong Han
  • Patent number: 6950089
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention includes a fader controller comprised of a longitudinally extending track having a portion thereof extending over an image area of an electronic display, and a fader cap joined to the track for longitudinal sliding translation therealong. A plurality of permanent magnets are spaced along the track, and the fader cap includes at least one electromagnet. Conductive rails extend longitudinally on the track, and the fader cap includes contacts that electrically engage the conductive rails. The electromagnets are actuated to translate the fader cap distally or proximally along the track. In another aspect, the invention provides a magnetic arrangement for removably joining one or more controller device to a flat panel electronic display, whereby controllers such as switches, knobs, and faders (slide controllers) may be superposed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: NBOR Corporation
    Inventor: Denny Jaeger
  • Patent number: 6946798
    Abstract: The plasma display apparatus has a noise filter circuit with a noise filter connected to an AC supply disposed at the back side of a plasma display panel. The plasma display apparatus also has a back cover composed of a magnetic metal material disposed at the back side of the plasma display panel to cover the noise filter circuit, wherein magnetic lines of force in a core, made of magnetic material and including the noise filter direct approximately identical to the in-plane direction of the back cover. The configuration can eliminate audible noises because the amount of leakage flux passing through the back cover is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kawaguchi, Toshio Fujimura
  • Patent number: 6943864
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of liquid crystal optical display heads. The invention is a liquid crystal optical display head comprising a casing (1) in which there are one or more lamps (6), one or more covers (7) surrounding the lamp or lamps (6) and at least one heat sink (8), the heat sink (8) being made as one piece from a heat conducting material and directly connecting the cover or covers (7) to the outside of the casing (1). The invention may especially be applied to liquid crystal optical display heads mounted on an aircraft instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Nicloas Guiragossian, Guy Meyer
  • Patent number: 6933990
    Abstract: There is disclosed a liquid crystal display (LCD) device that prevents degeneration of a displaying performance due to heat generated in the LCD. A heat shielding thin film of an aluminum-contained material, which is disposed in a receiving container, shields the heat additionally generated during a converting process of power for driving a lamp in an inverter module, thereby minimizing the heat to be transferred to a reflector panel. Therefore, the heat generated during a process of producing light is efficiently blocked and discharged, thereby minimizing the degeneration of displaying characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 6922218
    Abstract: An esthetic LCD monitor, including a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having a first surface and a second surface against to the first surface, in which the first surface includes a displaying portion. A front housing covers the first surface of the LCD panel and expose the displaying portion. A back housing covers the second surface of the LCD panel. A base is engaged with the back housing in a butt hinge manner, such that the LCD panel with respect to the base in angle can be adjusted. A back cap has a about planar outer surface. The back cap is disposed on the back housing, where the back cap includes a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventor: Hung Chien Ju
  • Patent number: 6919939
    Abstract: The invention provides a simple means of providing the front unit of an electrical device with a liquid crystal display element. A support film with strip conductors to electrical contact surfaces of the display element is configured specifically according to the device in terms of structure and the way in which the strip conductors are guided. The liquid crystal display element is mounted outside on a front panel, on a closed area and a cover film is pulled over at least this display element and the support film. The cover film is transparent at least in the area above the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eric Lude
  • Patent number: 6919941
    Abstract: A backlight module mainly includes a housing and a lamp. The lamp is disposed in the housing and includes two conductive terminals extending from two ends of the lamp and each connected with one of two wires. The present invention is characterized in that the backlight module has an engaging portion provided on the housing for fastening the two wires such that any external stress to which the wires are subjected can be transmitted to the engaging portion rather than concentrates in the joints between the wires and the conductive terminals of the lamp. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display device utilizing the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Yung Li Huang, Ching Kun Lai
  • Patent number: 6894739
    Abstract: A display apparatus having an LCD panel, a front cover covering a front edge of the LCD panel, a panel supporting member connected to the front cover, with the LCD panel being disposed therebetween, and a rear cover disposed in back of the panel supporting member and connected to the front cover. The display also includes a first snap pin protruding from the rear of the front cover and having a first projection holder, a reinforcing member formed with an opening and having a projection engaging with the first projection holder of the first snap pin, and a flange part formed on the panel supporting member and having a first projection engaging with the opening of the reinforcing member. With this configuration, a display apparatus can be assembled or disassembled in relatively short time, has a slim and compact appearance, and has an improved EMI shielding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-hyub Sung, Seon-woo Lim
  • Patent number: 6850289
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an array substrate for use in a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 6835961
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a recessed portion is formed in a portion of a periphery of a lower frame, a columnar member is provided to the recessed portion, the columnar member is allowed to pass through a hole formed in a projecting portion which is provided on an optical sheet, and a side surface of a liquid crystal panel is brought into contact with the columnar member. The columnar member provided on the lower frame not only determines the position of the liquid crystal panel with respect to the lower frame, but also determines the position of the optical sheet with respect to the lower frame and firmly holds the optical sheet onto the lower frame, thus preventing the disengagement of the optical sheet from the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norihisa Fukayama
  • Patent number: 6801195
    Abstract: A connecting substrate 23 of a liquid crystal display device 10 is supported by a first support member 41 and a second support member 43 and a first shield plate 31 is separated from a second shield plate 34 by a predetermined distance capable of restricting unnecessary electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamasa Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040183077
    Abstract: A pair of substrates forming the active matrix liquid crystal display are fabricated from resinous substrates having transparency and flexibility. A thin-film transistor has a semiconductor film formed on a resinous layer formed on one resinous substrate. The resinous layer is formed to prevent generation of oligomers on the surface of the resinous substrate during formation of the film and to planarize the surface of the resinous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuyuki Arai, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 6791144
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thin film transistor (and related multilayer structures) that includes: source and drain electrodes 14 and 15 disposed at a specified interval above an insulating substrate 11 and formed by printing-and-plating; an a-Si-film 16 disposed for the source and drain electrodes 14 and 15; a gate insulating film 17 laminated on the a-Si film 16; and a gate electrode 18 laminated on the gate insulating film 17 and formed by printing-and-plating. The a-Si film 16 and the gate insulating film 17 have an offset region 20 that uniformly extends beyond the dimensions of the gate electrode 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Fryer, Robert L. Wisnieff, Takatoshi Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 6768524
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD cushion for a wireless mobile communications terminal, intervened between an LCD and an outer case to resiliently support the LCD against the outer case. The LCD cushion is manufactured by impregnating contractible fibers with a conductive material to prepare functional fabric pieces having shock absorbability and conductivity including a horizontal resistance of no greater than 1.0 &OHgr; and a vertical resistance of no greater than 1.0 &OHgr;, integrally laminating selected functional fabric pieces into 1 to 4 layers having a total thickness of no greater than 1 mm using a conductive sticking agent, and then heat-fusion finishing an upper surface and inner cut edges of the resultant laminated combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Sung Suk Ju
  • Patent number: 6762082
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in the prior art has been high in its manufacturing cost for the reason that TFTs have been fabricated using, at least, five photo-masks. A liquid crystal display device which includes a pixel TFT portion having an n-channel TFT of inverse stagger type, and a retention capacitor, can be realized by three photolithographic steps in such a way that a pixel electrode 119, a source region 117 and a drain region 116 are formed by a third photo-mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Setsuo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6760083
    Abstract: A metal backing plate structure for a liquid crystal display module is applied to a module type that has the backing plate mounted inner to a plastic frame thereof. The metal backing plate is pressed from a metal sheet and includes at least an improved side. The side is characterized by a ground protrusion with a predetermined length bent from the sheet. When the backing plate is assembled to the plastic frame, the ground protrusion penetrates through an aperture of the plastic frame for further contacting with a shield rim of a metal outer frame of the module. Thereby, an electrical connection between the outer frame and the metal backing plate can be directly established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Kun Lai
  • Publication number: 20040114372
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device including an electromagnetic wave shielding member for shielding the electromagnetic waves generated from electric power applied to lamp of backlight assembly. The shielding member comprising conductive material is coated on surface of a diffusing plate to have mesh shape. The shielding member is filled into groove formed on the surface of the diffusing plate to have mesh shape. Accordingly, the electromagnetic waves may be shielded from the LCD panel. Furthermore, the shielding member makes electrical contact with the chassis of the LCD device through various ground members so as to be connected to an earth potential, thereby being stabilized electrically. Accordingly, display quality of the LCD device is improved. A conductive tape is used as the ground member, and the conductive tape is strongly fixed to the chassis of the LCD device by means of conductive fixing clip or conductive screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Jong-Dae Park, Jeong-Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 6714269
    Abstract: A front-side repairable TFT-LCD assembly and a method for fabricating such repairable assembly are disclosed. In the assembly, at least one repair line that is positioned outside of and in parallel with a circuitry on the TFT-LCD is first laid out, while a black matrix film is coated on a glass substrate and patterned/formed with a multiplicity of apertures by a photolithographic/etching method. The multiplicity of apertures allows a repair laser to go through the apertures for effectuating a repair on a gate busline or on a data busline at a cross-over point with a repair line. The present invention further discloses a method for repairing a front-side repairable TFT-LCD assembly by first providing a front-side repairable assembly, then testing the assembly to locate defective circuit in a circuitry, and then irradiating a laser beam through a multiplicity of apertures in the black matrix film coated inside the LCD assembly to carry out a repair on the at least one defective circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Tinghui Huang
  • Patent number: RE38516
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel. A liquid crystal display includes upper and lower casings for holding a liquid crystal display panel and substrates. The casings are provided with at least one of fixing pawls and recesses for receiving the fixing pawls so as to enable the connection of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo