Flexible Board Patents (Class 361/749)
  • Patent number: 11968779
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate; and a protective layer on the circuit pattern, wherein the circuit pattern includes a first circuit pattern and a second circuit pattern connected to a chip in a chip mounting region, a first direction that is a direction in which the circuit pattern extends and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction are defined in the substrate, the substrate includes first and second ends facing each other in the first direction and third and fourth ends facing each other in the second direction, the protective layer includes fifth and sixth ends spaced apart from ends of the substrate and facing in the first direction and seventh and eighth ends spaced apart from ends of the substrate and facing in the second direction, and an outer pattern disposed adjacent to the third end and the fourth end on the substrate, wherein the outer pattern includes: a first outer pattern and a second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Tae Park, Chae Won Kang, Man Ki Son
  • Patent number: 11956893
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a flexible substrate includes an insulating base material including an island-shaped portion, a first portion having a band shape and connected to the island-shaped portion, and a second portion having a band shape and connected to the island-shaped portion, and a wiring layer provided on the insulating base material. The first portion includes a first curved portion and a first straight portion connecting the island-shaped portion and the first curved portion, and the second portion includes a second curved portion and a second straight portion connecting the island-shaped portion and the second curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takumi Sano
  • Patent number: 11943888
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a first housing; a hinge part having a first surface connected to the first housing; a second housing connected to a second surface of the hinge part opposite to the first surface; and a wiring member for electrically connecting the first housing and the second housing. The wiring member may be folded or unfolded on the basis of the hinge part, and a slit may be formed to correspond to at least a portion of the folded or unfolded bending area. In addition, other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Eunseok Hong
  • Patent number: 11943995
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit driving element including a driving chip having a long axis and a short axis, the long axis being vertical to a bending axis and a crack prevention layer having a wider area than an area of the driving chip and covering a whole top surface of the driving chip, wherein the circuit driving element is provided in a non-display area of a display panel and is bent with respect to the bending axis, and a display apparatus including the circuit driving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dam Ha, Gyeong Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11937414
    Abstract: The display assembly includes a display module, a flexible printed board, an integrated circuit chip, and a composite tape. The integrated circuit chip and a binding portion of the flexible printed board are respectively in binding connection with the display module. The composite tape includes: a conductive fabric layer comprising a first part and a second part, the first part covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the second part covering at least part of a grounding portion of the flexible printed board; and an insulating film layer on a side of the conductive fabric layer facing the integrated circuit chip and the flexible printed board, and including a third part, which is at the first part of the conductive fabric layer and covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the insulating film layer avoiding the at least part of the grounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qizhong Chen, Bing Ji
  • Patent number: 11937493
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display module that has at least one folding area, a first film disposed on the display module and having a first modulus, a second film disposed on the first film, being farther from the display module than the first film, and having a second modulus less than the first modulus, and a third film disposed on the second film, being farther from the display module than the second film, and having a third modulus less than the second modulus. The third modulus is equal to or less than about one-sixth of the first modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joohyeon Lee, Jeoungsub Lee, Heonjung Shin, Taehyeog Jung, Hyun Joon Oh, Minhyuck Kang, Su-Hyoung Kang, Jeongeun Kim
  • Patent number: 11930592
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board comprising a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a connection part electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and connected to the second printed circuit board, and a coupling part including a bent part extending from the connection part and capable of being at least partially bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seonghun Seo
  • Patent number: 11925061
    Abstract: The application provides a flexible display panel and an electronic device. The flexible display panel includes a plurality of pixel groups. The pixel groups include a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction. The flexible display panel also includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode; a metal part; and a first insulating layer arranged on the metal part. The first insulating layer is provided with at least one first groove, and a position of the first groove corresponds to a position of a gap between two adjacent pixel groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Chen, Shuyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11925062
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a lower surface, an upper surface facing the lower surface, and a first area, a first film positioned below the lower surface and provided with a film groove defined therein overlapping with the first area, a second film disposed on the upper surface, and an adhesive layer disposed between the lower surface of the display panel and the first film and provided with an adhesive groove defined therein overlapping with the first area. The first area extends across the display panel along a first direction, one side surface of the adhesive groove is defined by one line when viewed in a cross section taken along a second direction crossing the first direction, and one side surface of the film groove is defined by two or more lines when viewed in the cross section taken along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghoon Han, Jihoon Kim, Daeseung Mun
  • Patent number: 11910529
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a display panel including a display area that displays an image and a pad area disposed at least at a side of the display area, and a flexible circuit film electrically connected to the pad area. The flexible circuit film includes connection pads, a first measurement pad, and a second measurement pad. The connection pads are arrayed in a first direction and inclined with respect to a reference line extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the first measurement pad is disposed adjacent to a first side of the connection pads, and the second measurement pad is disposed adjacent to a second side of the connection pads. The connection pads are between the first measurement pad and the second measurement pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sehui Jang, Chongguk Lee
  • Patent number: 11896394
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to reliably attach an electronic module to a textile. The overall mechanical assembly of the invention includes: (a) light pipe, (b) top enclosure, (b) magnet, (c) main electronics which contains (d) the main PCB, (e) battery and (f) other electronic components, (g) bottom enclosure, which holds (h) the connector PCB, (i) module dock, (j) top textile PCB which are located above the (j) textile band and under the (k) textile pocket and the (l) bottom textile PCB and (m) fabric and laminate padding, which are located below the textile band. The invention is physically embodied by an electronic module, comprising at least one printed circuit board (PCB), comprising at least one conductive circuit and at least one electronic component; a metallic rivet, grommet or eyelet to mechanically and electrically connect the; and a textile substrate with at least one electrically conductive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Tony Chahine, Steve Aitken, Adrian Philip Straka, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
  • Patent number: 11895792
    Abstract: Provided display device includes at least one magnetic component, first display segment and second display segment connected to each other and foldable towards each other. The magnetic component includes first magnetic module located in non-display region of first display segment and second magnetic module located in non-display region of second display segment. The display device includes first folded state in which contact ends come into contact and second folded state in which the contact ends in contact for period of time. The attractive force A of the first magnetic module to the second magnetic module in the first folded state is smaller than the attractive force B thereof in the second folded state. The preceding solution can prevent the user's hands from being gripped when the user folds the display device and can ensure that the display device maintains stable folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaikai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11895255
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel having non-folding regions arranged along a first direction and a folding region disposed between the non-folding regions. The folding region is foldable along a virtual folding axis extending along a second direction crossing the first direction. The electronic device further includes a support plate disposed on a lower portion of the display panel and having first support lines extending in the first direction, and second support lines extending in the second direction and crossing the first support lines. In the non-folding regions, the first support lines and the second support lines cross each other to define first openings, and in the folding region, the first support lines and the second support lines cross each other to define second openings. An area of each of the first openings is different from an area of each of the second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junghun Lee
  • Patent number: 11895777
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flex inlay is provided. The method includes providing a flexible printed circuit having opposed surfaces. The method includes attaching components to a surface of the flexible printed circuit. The method includes applying a coverlay over at least one surface of the flexible printed circuit, wherein the coverlay is patterned to not cover any components attached to the surface of the flexible printed circuit. The coverlay at least in part forms an essentially planar surface of the flex inlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: IDEX BIOMETRICS ASA
    Inventor: David N. Light
  • Patent number: 11894294
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board including first to fourth output pad regions and a flexible circuit board having a first end connected to a display panel and a second end connected to the printed circuit board. The first output pad region includes a 1st-1st output pad group and a 1st-2nd output pad group, the second output pad region includes a 2nd-1st output pad group and a 2nd-2nd output pad group, the fourth output pad region includes a 4th-1st output pad group and a 4th-2nd output pad group, and the printed circuit board includes a first input terminal electrically connected to the 1st-1st output pad group, a second input terminal electrically connected to the 2nd-2nd output pad group, a third input terminal electrically connected to the first input terminal, and a fourth input terminal electrically connected to the 4th-2nd output pad group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanho Park, Jeongeun Park, Soyeon Joo
  • Patent number: 11887510
    Abstract: A rollable electronic apparatus being windable, includes: a flexible electronic device; a flexible cable; a circuit substrate; and a support body having a tubular body, wherein the flexible electronic device includes a terminal portion, the flexible cable connects the terminal portion and the circuit substrate, a drive circuit is mounted on the circuit substrate, the flexible electronic device and the flexible cable are wound on an outer circumferential surface of the support body by rotating the support body, the support body has, in a cross-sectional view, two curved portions and a planar portion connecting the two curved portions, and the circuit substrate is stored in the planar portion in a state in which the flexible cable is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11884420
    Abstract: This gimbal device comprises: a driving unit in which a main board is disposed; a first housing coupled to the driving unit; a first motor disposed within the first housing; and a first connection unit electrically connected to the first motor. The first connection unit includes: a first region extending in a first circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of the first motor; a first bent region bent from the first region; and a second region extending from the first bent region in a second circumferential direction, wherein one among the first circumferential direction and the second circumferential direction is the clockwise direction, and the other is the counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Young Jung, Yun Sang Song
  • Patent number: 11877392
    Abstract: A flexible wiring board includes: an insulator; a wiring layer supported by the insulator; a first terminal unit including connection terminals provided at one end of the wiring layer; and a second terminal unit including connection terminals provided at the other end. A portion of the wiring layer from a part adjacent to the first terminal unit to a part adjacent to the second terminal unit is provided between first and second insulator layers included in the insulator. First and second holes formed in the first or second insulator layer are provided in an intermediate portion in a first direction from the first terminal unit to the second terminal unit and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and an insulator region adjacent to the first hole in a second direction is adjacent to at least a part of the second hole in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABU KIKA HA KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Yuya Okada, Satoru Higuchi, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11876248
    Abstract: A battery connection module is provided. The battery connection module is adapted to connect a plurality of batteries, the battery connection module includes a plurality of busbars and a single layer wiring flexible circuit board. The plurality of busbars are used to connect a plurality of batteries in series. The single layer wiring flexible circuit board has multiple connector connecting points positioned to a front end portion thereof and a multiple traces, front ends of the multiple traces are respectively connected to the multiple connector connecting points, and rear end connecting points of some of the multiple traces are electrically and mechanically connected to the plurality of busbars, the multiple traces includes at least one rounding trace and at least one rounded trace, the rounding trace rounds the rear end connecting point of the rounded trace so as to round from one side of the at least one rounded trace to the other side of the at least one rounded trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Lin, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian-Heng Lim, Yun-Jin Li
  • Patent number: 11868182
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a display device including a first support member, a second member and a flexible display module. The second support member has a gap with the first support member. The flexible display module is arranged on a first surface of the first support member and a third surface of the second support member. The first surface includes a first mating surface close, the third surface includes a third mating surface, and the first and third mating surfaces are arranged symmetrically. A distance from the first mating surface to the flexible display module increases as a distance from the first mating surface to the second support member decreases, and a distance from the third mating surface to the flexible display module increases as a distance from the third mating surface to the first support member decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Cui, Boyang Shi
  • Patent number: 11864318
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, a second printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface disposed to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a battery disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, a first connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and a second connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the first connection member and the second connection member may be arranged to at least partially overlap at a portion passing by the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanjae Ju, Jaehan Kim, Seunghak Lee, Jungyong Yun, Sungchel Hwang
  • Patent number: 11855551
    Abstract: A power electronics converter includes a carrier substrate, and a converter commutation cell including a power circuit. The power circuit includes a power semiconductor switching element included in a power semiconductor prepackage. The power semiconductor prepackage includes a power semiconductor switching element and an electrical connection extending from a terminal of the power semiconductor switching element to an electrical connection side of the power semiconductor prepackage. The power electronics converter includes a heat sink arranged to remove heat from the power semiconductor prepackage, a thermal interface layer arranged between the heat removal side of the power semiconductor prepackage and the heat sink, and an electrical isolation layer arranged between the power semiconductor switching element and the heat sink. A product of a thermal conductivity of the thermal interface layer and a breakdown electric field strength of the electrical isolation layer is greater than or equal to 5 MVW/m2K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG B
    Inventors: Uwe Waltrich, Stanley Buchert, Marco Bohlländer, Claus Müller
  • Patent number: 11842945
    Abstract: A chip-on-film package includes a base film including an upper surface and a lower surface that opposite from each other, a semiconductor chip mounted on the upper surface of the base film, a heat emission layer disposed on the lower surface of the base film to at least partially overlap the semiconductor chip in a thickness direction, an insulating layer disposed on a lower surface of the heat emission layer, and a protective layer surrounding side and lower surfaces of the insulating layer. Accordingly, thermal fatigue of the chip-on-film package may be reduced, and reliability may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaemin Jung, Sanguk Han, Yoonha Jung
  • Patent number: 11837416
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including an outer surface configured to at least partially form an external appearance of the electronic device, a button accommodation recess having a predetermined depth from the outer surface in a first direction oriented to the inner space of the electronic device, and at least one through-hole connected to the inner surface of the housing in the button accommodation recess, a key button disposed through the button accommodation recess, and including a key top inserted into the button accommodation recess and at least partially exposed to the outside, and a key base coupled to the key top, and including a protrusion facing a key flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) disposed in the inner space through the at least one through-hole. The protrusion may include an engagement portion formed at an end thereof to be larger than the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heecheul Moon, Kwonho Son, Sangyoup Seok, Byounguk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11839022
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a support member having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an elastic interconnect substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least part of the second surface being fixed to the first major surface and the second major surface of the support member, wherein the first surface of the interconnect substrate includes a circuit region where an electronic component is mounted and at least one electrode region where at least one external electrode is arranged, wherein the circuit region is disposed indirectly on the first major surface of the support member, and wherein the interconnect substrate is bent around the support member, and at least part of the electrode region is disposed indirectly on the second major surface of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11839025
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit and manufacturing method thereof, and a displaying device. A wiring layer is arranged on a flexible substrate, a reinforcing layer is arranged on a side of the flexible substrate away from the wiring layer, the wiring layer comprises a plurality of signal wirings arranged along a first wiring area, a second wiring area, a third wiring area and a fourth wiring area, and the reinforcing layer comprises a first reinforcing structure located in the second wiring area and a second reinforcing structure located in the fourth wiring area. The impact strength of the flexible printed circuit is increased by arranging the first reinforcing structure in the second wiring area of the flexible substrate and arranging the second reinforcing structure in the fourth wiring area of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Wang, Shouyang Leng, Qing Ma, Rui Han, Jie Yu, Dong Cui, Pengtao Li, Tielei Zhao, Chunhua Wang, Xiaoqiao Dong, Yaoyao Wang, Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 11839038
    Abstract: Display device and vehicle are provided. The display device includes a display panel and an adjustment assembly arranged on a side facing away from a light emitting surface of the display panel and used to bend the display panel. in a bent state, the display panel includes a first display area and a second display area, and the display panel is bent at a junction of the first display area and the second display area, the adjustment assembly is configured to be movable to change a bending position of the display panel and adjust a range of the first display area and a range of the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoyin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11832487
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; a plurality of signal lines that are formed on the first substrate or on the second substrate; and a plurality of side wires that are disposed in a side surface of a first edge of the first substrate and a side surface of a second edge of the second substrate, wherein the plurality of side wires are disposed apart from each other along a direction in which the first edge extends, and are connected with the plurality of signal lines, and a first thickness of side wires disposed at an end of the first edge and at and end of the second edge is different from a second thickness of the side wire disposed at inside of the edges of the first edge and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 11829211
    Abstract: A first lead wiring line and a second lead wiring line intersecting a bending portion of a frame region overlap each other and are electrically connected to each other, and in a first resin layer interposed between the first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line, a plurality of tapered holes are formed and overlap the first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryohei Morita
  • Patent number: 11812548
    Abstract: A display module and its formation method are provided in the present disclosure. The display module includes a main flexible circuit board, including a first binding terminal, a second binding terminal, a first test point and a second test point, where the first test point is electrically connected to the first binding terminal, and the second test point is electrically connected to the second binding terminal; and further includes an auxiliary flexible circuit board, including a third binding terminal and a fourth binding terminal, where the third binding terminal is electrically connected to the fourth binding terminal, the first binding terminal is disposed corresponding to the third binding terminal, and the second binding terminal is disposed corresponding to the fourth binding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Suo
  • Patent number: 11805604
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first support disposed on the display panel and including a housing, a movable part supported for slidable movement relative to the housing, and an elastic part having one side supported by the housing to press the movable part, and a body disposed on the first support and including an inner space overlapping the first support and a second support disposed in the inner space and supporting one side of the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11805688
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area disposed between the first area and the second area. An inner wiring is disposed in the first area. An outer wiring is disposed in the second area. An interlayer insulating layer covers the inner wiring and the outer wiring, and includes a first contact hole. A conductive layer is disposed on the interlayer insulating layer, and is connected to the inner wiring or the outer wiring through the first contact hole. An inorganic protective layer covers at least a portion of the conductive layer and includes an inorganic insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Park, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11797050
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing that is slidable along the first device housing. The electronic device includes a flexible display and a slider framework fixedly coupled to the first device housing. A display mover slidably couples the flexible display to the slider framework, while a housing mover slidably couples the second device housing to the slider framework. An actuator coupled between the display mover and the housing mover causes the display mover and the housing mover to slide symmetrically in opposite directions along the slider framework when the second device housing slides relative to the first device housing between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Lim, Thomas Gitzinger, Steve C Emmert, Daniel P Groebe
  • Patent number: 11789493
    Abstract: Folded support, display, keyboard, and electrical appliance. Folded support comprises a limit structure and folds connected by rotating connection structure and are expandable and foldable. The limit structure ensures the front sides of the folds to be in a same plane in the expanding state of folded support; the rotating connection structure comprises a first and/or second rotating connection structures, the folds connected by the first rotate to get front sides close to each other, the folds connected by the second rotate to get rear sides close to each other; in folding state, a circle formed with the minimum bending radius of a flexible film is contained in the space from end sides of the folds connected by the first to the rotation axis, the end sides of folds connected by the second match up with a flexible film or have a gap to the flexible film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11765873
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electromagnetic shielding film, a flexible circuit board and a display device. The electromagnetic shielding film includes a central portion and an edge portion. The central portion has a plurality of surrounding side edges; and the edge portion is provided on at least one side edge of the central portion, and includes a plurality of protruding units protruding away from the central portion. The plurality of protruding units are arranged in an extending direction of the side edge where the edge portion is located. The electromagnetic shielding film is used to attach on a flexible circuit board body, the central portion is located on a non-bending area, and the edge portion is located on a bending area, so that the flexible circuit board is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Li, Meizhu Zheng, Jiuzhen Wang, Dalin Xiang, Lina Liu, Zewen Bo
  • Patent number: 11758649
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11749612
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device includes a flexible carrier, a first chip, a second chip, a first molding layer, a first adhesive layer and a second molding layer. The flexible carrier has a flexible layer and a rigid layer. The flexible layer has a patterned build-up circuit. The rigid layer is connected to a portion surface of the flexible layer. The position that the flexible layer connected to the rigid layer is formed a first carrying part and a second carrying part. The region of the flexible layer between the first carrying part and the second carrying part without the rigid layer is formed as a first flexible part. The first chip is connected to the first carrying part by flip-chip manner and the second chip is connected to the second carrying part by flip-chip manner. The first molding layer covers the first chip and the second molding layer covers the second chip. The first adhesive layer is connected between the first molding layer and the second carrying part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX PIONEER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Yu, Shih-Ping Hsu, Hsien-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11749138
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a side frame that is disposed on a rear side of the display panel and disposed on opposite edges in a first direction of the display panel; a length change member that is disposed on the rear side of the display panel and has a changing length in the first direction; a link bar that is connected to one edge of the length change member; and a guide member where a connection portion of the length change member and the link bar is disposed, wherein the other edge of the link bar is connected to the side frame, and the guide member includes a curved groove, and the connection portion of the length change member and the link bar moves in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byung Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11744016
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of suppressing a temperature rise of a heat generating component and reducing the size of the heat generating component. The electronic device comprising a first substrate on which a first electronic component that generates heat during operation and a first connector are mounted, a second substrate on which a second electronic component that generates heat during operation and a second connector are mounted, and a cable having one end connected to the first connector and the other end connected to the second connector. In the electronic device, the second substrate has a hole defining the second substrate into a first region and a second region, and the cable is inserted through the hole, and on the second substrate, the second connector is mounted in the first region, and the second electronic component is mounted in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Odagaki
  • Patent number: 11737215
    Abstract: A printed circuit film includes: a base film including a first film portion extending in a first direction, a second film portion extending in the first direction, and a third film portion extending in the first direction; a plurality of lead wires extending in the second direction and disposed on the first, second, and third film portions, the plurality of lead wires being spaced apart from each other in the first direction; and a bonding member including: a conductive member disposed to overlap the plurality of lead wires on the first film portion; a first non-conductive member disposed to overlap the plurality of lead wires and the second film portion; and a second non-conductive member disposed to overlap the plurality of lead wires and the third film portion, wherein the conductive member is disposed between the first non-conductive member and the second non-conductive member in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Seung Soo Ryu, Sang Hyuck Yoon
  • Patent number: 11726527
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a first digitizer layer disposed on the display panel; a second digitizer layer disposed on the display panel and separated from the first digitizer layer; a first plate member disposed on the first digitizer layer; and a second plate member disposed on the second digitizer layer, wherein each of the first plate member and the second plate member includes a plurality of plate portions and one or more hinge portions configured to rotatably connect the plurality of plate portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Seo, So Jeong La, Dong Jin Park, Jai Ku Shin, Seok Chan Lee, Sung Chul Choi, Ji Hye Shin
  • Patent number: 11721667
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a stretchable display device, including a lower substrate as a first substrate, the lower substrate having an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; a plurality of second substrates positioned on the lower substrate and horizontally separated from each other; a transistor disposed on the second substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed above the transistor and above the plurality of second substrates; a plurality of connecting substrate positioned between the plurality of second substrates to interconnect two adjacent second substrates. With this structure of the display, especially to the structure of the connecting substrate and the connection line, the stress applied to the stretchable display the connecting lines may be attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihan Kim, Hyokang Lee
  • Patent number: 11716809
    Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a display panel including a first surface and a second surface of the display panel disposed opposite to each other; a backlight module including a first surface and a second surface of the backlight module disposed opposite to each other, wherein the first surface of the backlight module is attached to the second surface of the display panel; a circuit board including an end attached to the first surface of the display panel and another end bent to the second surface of the backlight module; and an adhesive layer including a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to each other, wherein the first surface of the adhesive layer is bonded to a side of the backlight module close to the circuit board, and the second surface of the adhesive layer is bonded to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Tian
  • Patent number: 11708512
    Abstract: The present application provides an adhesive composition for a foldable display including a thermocurable resin; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the thermocurable resin includes a unit derived from a compound including at least one N or O; and at least one unshared electron pair in the molecule, and the thermocurable resin has a glass transition temperature of ?70° C. or lower, an adhesive film using the same, and a foldable display including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Song, Hyon Gyu Park, Hyun Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11700693
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide an electronic device including: a housing; a first printed circuit board disposed in the housing; a second printed circuit board disposed in the housing and spaced apart from the first printed circuit board; a first flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board; and a second flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, in which the second flexible printed circuit board may be longer than the first flexible printed circuit board. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo, Jungchul An, Seungki Choi
  • Patent number: 11693451
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a folding area a non-folding area. The digitizer includes a first base layer, a second base layer disposed on the first base layer, a third base layer disposed on the second base layer, a first sensing line disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer, and a second sensing line substantially perpendicular to the first sensing line, disposed between the second base layer and the third base layer, and including a first sub-line portion and a second sub-line portion disposed in the non-folding area, and a third sub-line portion disposed between the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion and corresponding to the folding area. The third sub-line portion has a fracture strain greater than a fracture strain of the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Seungkyun Hong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11696403
    Abstract: A display device and an electronic apparatus. The display device includes a display panel, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The display panel includes a light-outgoing side and a non-light-outgoing side opposite to the light-outgoing side; the first circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel and positioned at the non-light-outgoing side; and the second circuit board is configured to be electrically connected to the first circuit board, and the second circuit board includes a functional circuit in signal connection with the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Sijun Lei, Xianyong Gao, Yansheng Sun, Yunsong Li, Xinzhi Shao, Dengqian Li, Shanbin Chen, Jia Sun, Guangzhao Li, Bo Ran, Zhicai Xu, Bichao Chen
  • Patent number: 11690268
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kwon, Won Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Hey Jin Shin, Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11682851
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface; and a connection module connected between the first substrate and the second substrate. The connection module further includes: a first connection section having two ends respectively connected to a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion is connected to the first surface of the first substrate, and the second connection portion is connected to the third surface of the second substrate; a second connection section having two ends respectively connected to the first connection portion and a third connection portion, wherein the third connection portion is connected to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Chieh Lin, Keng-Yi Lee, Shu-Juien Huang
  • Patent number: 11683968
    Abstract: A diode display includes a substrate having a first island and a second island spaced apart from each other, a first pixel disposed on the first island, and a second pixel disposed on the second island. The first pixel includes a first base layer, a first transistor on the first base layer, a first light emitting element electrically connected to the first transistor, and a first encapsulation layer covering the first light emitting element. The second pixel includes a second base layer, a second transistor on the second base layer, a second light emitting element connected to the second transistor, and a second encapsulation layer covering the second light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Won Il Choi, Hye Jin Joo, Won Sang Park, Mu Gyeom Kim, Man Sik Myeong, Hyo Yul Yoon