Flexible Board Patents (Class 361/749)
  • Patent number: 11430857
    Abstract: The display device includes a non-display area. The non-display area includes: a slit formed in an edge cover; a first conductive layer formed in the same layer as an anode, and being in contact with a cathode; and a second conductive layer formed in the same layer as a capacitance electrode and provided to overlap the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Shinsuke Saida, Shinji Ichikawa, Hiroki Taniyama, Ryosuke Gunji, Takeshi Yaneda, Yoshihiro Nakada, Hiroharu Jinmura, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11424314
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer including an active area and a peripheral area outside the active area, a circuit element layer including a pixel in the active area of the base layer, a light emitting element layer including light emitting elements on the circuit element layer, a thin film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element layer and including an organic layer, and an input detection layer on the thin film encapsulation layer and including a detection electrode and a detection wire connected to the detection electrode. The circuit element layer includes a connection wire overlapping the detection wire in the peripheral area, and a contact part to connect the detection wire and the connection wire in the peripheral area. The contact part is spaced apart from the organic layer of the thin film encapsulation layer on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Nyeng Kang, Hyun Kim, Seungmin Song, Minseong Yi, Sanghoon Lee, Seonbeom Ji, Jung Eun Hong
  • Patent number: 11402879
    Abstract: A cover plate, a method for preparing the same, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The cover plate has a bending zone and a non-bending zone, and the cover plate includes: a substrate layer and a hardened layer attached to the substrate layer, in which the hardened layer includes a first hardened layer portion located in the bending zone, the first hardened layer portion including a mixture of a flexible hardened material and a rigid hardened material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianwei Li, Yongxiang Shi, Paoming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11406013
    Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including a first main surface, a cavity provided in the first main surface, and conductor patterns provided in the stacked body. The stacked body includes insulating substrate layers including resin as a main material that are stacked. The cavity includes a side surface and a bottom surface. At least a portion of a boundary between the side surface and the bottom surface includes conductor patterns continuous with the side surface and the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kasuya
  • Patent number: 11398504
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The flexible display panel includes a bending region, and data signal lines are disposed within the bending region. At least one of the data signal lines includes at least one metal layer, at least one of the data signal lines includes at least one stress buffer region, and a stress relieving feature is disposed within the stress buffer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fang Qin
  • Patent number: 11397031
    Abstract: A solid-state heat transporting device including a heat transporting element whose uniformity of contact with one or multiple surfaces is controllable so that various amounts of heat may be transported to and from the one or multiple surfaces. The heat transporting element uses the electrocaloric effect to absorb and release the heat and the uniformity of contact is controlled using an electrostatic effect which may change the shape of the heat transporting element. In one embodiment, the heat transporting element is an electrostatically actuated P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) polymer stack achieving a high specific cooling power of 2.8 W/g and a COP of 13 (the highest reported coefficient of performance to date) when used as a cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Qibing Pei, Rujun Ma, Ziyang Zhang, Roy Kornbluh, David Huber
  • Patent number: 11399433
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first and second signal pads respectively disposed at one side and the other side of a center axis extending in a first direction and first and second fixing pads spaced apart from each other with the first and second signal pads interposed therebetween, and a flexible film including connection pads overlapping the signal pads and first and second alignment pads groups spaced apart from each other with the connection pads interposed therebetween. The first alignment pad group includes n first alignment pads arranged in the first direction, the second alignment pad group includes n second alignment pads corresponding to the first alignment pads, and a distance between corresponding first and second alignment pads decreases as a distance thereof from a display area decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Jae-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11393992
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, including a support member, a central frame disposed on the display support member. A left frame slidably connected to the central frame. A right frame slidably connected to the central frame. The OLED display is rolled up or stretched by sliding the left frame and the right frame. Therefore, space of large display is reduced, and convenience of carrying is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11387419
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible substrate and a display device. The flexible substrate includes a flexible base substrate, and a wiring bonding structure disposed on the flexible base substrate and including a plurality of bonding leads. A filler is arranged between the bonding leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ke Cao
  • Patent number: 11380860
    Abstract: A highly portable and highly browsable light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device that is less likely to be broken is provided. The light-emitting device has a strip-like region having high flexibility and a strip-like region having low flexibility that are arranged alternately. In the region having high flexibility, a light-emitting panel and a plurality of spacers overlap with each other. In the region having low flexibility, the light-emitting panel and a support overlap with each other. When the region having high flexibility is bent, the angle between normals of facing planes of the two adjacent spacers changes according to the bending of the light-emitting panel; thus, a neutral plane can be formed in the light-emitting panel or in the vicinity of the light-emitting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki, Akio Endo
  • Patent number: 11380220
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a bending area and a non-bending area, and further includes a display module; a cover module provided on the display module and including an electrorheological layer corresponding to the bending area. The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the display panel and the display device of the present invention are provided with a layer of an electrorheological layer in the bending area of the display panel, which plays a protective and supporting role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yali Liu
  • Patent number: 11360337
    Abstract: A flexible substrate is provided. The flexible substrate includes: a flexible layer, wherein the flexible layer has a plurality of notches which have a first maximum width along a stretching direction in a stretched state of the flexible layer and have a second maximum width along the stretch direction in an unstretched state of the flexible layer, and wherein the first maximum width is greater than the second maximum width. A flexible display apparatus including the above flexible substrate and a method for producing the flexible substrate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pinfan Wang, Mingche Hsieh, Yuanzheng Guo
  • Patent number: 11360517
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible display apparatus with enhanced reliability. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of display areas and a bending area between the plurality of display areas, a display unit provided in in the plurality of display areas and the bending area of the flexible substrate, a cover film covering the display unit, and a supporting member including a plurality of supporting parts respectively supporting the plurality of display areas and an elastic portion supporting the bending area. The plurality of supporting parts and the elastic portion include different materials, and a boundary surface between each of the plurality of supporting parts and the elastic portion has a concave curved shape or a shape inclined at a certain angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeungHan Paek, Seongwoo Park, SeJune Kim, Joonsuk Lee, Saemleenuri Lee
  • Patent number: 11361681
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device including a flexible display screen and a support base. The support base has a support surface, and the flexible display screen is positioned on the support surface. The support base includes a first support and a second support, and the first support and the second support slidable relative to each other along a first direction. A first end of the flexible display screen is coupled to the first support, a second end of the flexible display screen is coupled to the second support, and the first support and the second support are provided with a winding mechanism for winding the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11348489
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible display device and a method for manufacturing the flexible display device. The method for manufacturing the flexible display device includes the following steps. First, a flexible substrate and a bonding structure are provided, in which the bonding structure is disposed on the flexible substrate. Subsequently, an anisotropic conductive film is provided on the bonding structure. Then, a driving circuit is provided on the anisotropic conductive film. Thereafter, the anisotropic conductive film is cured at a bonding temperature greater than or equal to 140° C. and less than or equal to 165° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hao Huang, Chu-Hong Lai, Yu-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: 11347270
    Abstract: A sturdy electronic device is provided. A reliable electronic device is provided. A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, a display portion having flexibility, and a power storage device having flexibility. The first board and the second board face each other. The display portion and the power storage device are provided between the first board and the second board. The display portion includes a first surface facing the power storage device. The first surface includes a first region not fixed to the power storage device. The first region overlaps with a display region of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11343923
    Abstract: A screen supporting device includes: a drive component and a supporting component rotationally connected to the drive component. The drive component comprises a rotating shaft and a connecting rod that rotationally connected to the rotating shaft. The drive component and the supporting component are disposed in a non-display surface of the flexible display screen. The connecting rod is fixedly connected to the supporting component. Through the rotating connection between the rotating shaft and the connecting rod, the supporting component and the drive component relatively rotate and move away from each other to fold or expand the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongqi Hou, Yongfeng Zhao, Fu Liao, Liwei Ding, Xuebin Li, Zhaoji Zhu
  • Patent number: 11343909
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display unit including: a flexible display formed to be elastically deformable; and a flexible portion comprising a flexible frame coupled to the rear surface of the flexible display, wherein the flexible frame is configured to have first holes repeatedly formed therethrough such that the flexible frame can be bent maximally to a first curvature; and a rigid portion disposed on at least one side of the flexible portion, wherein the flexible frame is made of a titanium material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyungmo Koo, Seyong Kim, Minchul Lee, Seunggeun Lim, Sunghan Kim
  • Patent number: 11330716
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a first printed circuit board including a first electrical terminal exposed on one face of a first area, a second electrical terminal exposed on the one face of a second area and insulated from the first electrical terminal, and a first ground terminal exposed on the one face of a third area formed between the first area and the second area, the third area having a width narrower than a width of the first area or the width of the second area; and a second printed circuit board including a third electrical terminal exposed on one face of a fourth area, a fourth electrical terminal exposed on the one face of a fifth area and electrically connected to the third electrical terminal, and a second ground terminal exposed on the one face of a sixth area located between the fourth area and the fifth area, wherein the second printed circuit board is disposed on the first printed circuit board to overlap the third area, the first electrical te
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyong Park, Taewoo Kim, Hyeongju Lee, Bongkyu Min, Jungsik Park, Hyelim Yun
  • Patent number: 11327533
    Abstract: The preset disclosure relates to a flexible display screen and an electronic device. The flexible display screen includes: a display screen body having a flat position and a bendable position; and a support plate disposed on a non-display surface of the display screen body; wherein the support plate comprises a flat plate and a bending portion; the flat plate is located at the flat position, and configured to support the display screen body; the bending portion is located at the bendable position and bent to fit the bendable position of the display screen body, and includes a plurality of deformation holes spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoran Wang, Fangxu Cao, Liming Dong, Yonghong Zhou, Xueyang Cao
  • Patent number: 11329249
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel comprises a flexible substrate and a supporting element. The flexible substrate comprises a main portion, a bonding portion bent on a back surface of the main portion, and a bending portion connected to the main portion and the bonding portion. The supporting element comprises a first supporting portion disposed inside the bending portion and contacting the bending portion, and the first supporting portion is a polyhedron structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Zhitao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11320865
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John Raff, Scott A. Myers, Christopher Stringer
  • Patent number: 11317506
    Abstract: A circuit board with high light reflectivity includes an inner wiring base board, a base board with a high light reflectivity, a first insulation layer, a first conductor layer, and a second insulation layer. A first opening in the inner wiring base board receives the base board. The first insulation layer is stacked on a surface of the inner wiring base board and defines a second opening corresponding in position to the first opening and exposing a portion of the base board. The first conductor layer is on a surface of the first insulation layer away from the inner wiring base board and includes connecting pads on the base board. The second insulation layer and the second conductor are stacked in that order on another surface of the inner wiring base board. A method for manufacturing the circuit board is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
    Inventors: Jin-Cheng Wu, Mei-Hua Huang, Ning Hou, Hua-Ning Wang, Qiang Song, Rong-Chao Li
  • Patent number: 11314286
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a device body including a plurality of sensor components arranged in a longitudinal line along a first direction; a flexible panel including a display region and a light transmitting region connected with the display region; and a drive mechanism configured to drive the flexible panel to move along a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Zhao, Gaocai Han
  • Patent number: 11314284
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure that are foldably connected with each other and that form a recess together and a flexible display located in the recess. The flexible display includes a first part located in the first area of the recess and having a first gap from the first portion of the second housing structure in the unfolded state, the first part including a first peripheral portion facing the first portion of the second housing structure and a second part located in the second area of the recess and having a second gap from the second portion of the second housing structure, the second part including a second peripheral portion facing the second portion of the second housing structure, in which the second gap is smaller than the first gap in the unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Jungjin Kim, Jongyoon Kim, Moohyun Baek, Chungkeun Yoo, Youngsik Choi, Minsung Lee
  • Patent number: 11310929
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a display module, a first frame that is disposed to be long along an upper side of the display module and is convexly bent toward a front side of the display module, a second frame that is spaced apart from the first frame in the vertical direction, is disposed to be long along a lower side of the display module, and is convexly bent in the same direction as the first frame, a third frame disposed between one side of the first frame and one side of the second frame, a fourth frame spaced apart from the third frame in the left-right direction and disposed between the other side of the first frame and the other side of the second frame, an upper sliding member mounted movably in the first frame and fixed to the upper side of the display module, and a lower sliding member mounted movably in the second frame and fixed to the lower side of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Weonyoung Sho, Youngwook Kang, Sangmin Kim, Huisik Kim, Honghae Do, Sungmo Im
  • Patent number: 11300342
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve (EEV) controller allows a user to drive the stepper motor of EEVs. Thus, the EEVs toggle between an open position or a closed position. The EEV controller includes a housing, a portable power supply, a motor driver printed circuit board (PCB), a power switch, a directional switch, and a motor connector. The housing is used to protect and hold in place the motor driver PCB, the portable power supply, the power switch, the directional switch, and the motor connector. The portable power supply is used to provide electrical energy to the motor driver PCB and to the stepper motor of EEVs through the motor connector. The power switch allows a user to manually turn on or off the EEV controller and the stepper motor. The directional switch is used to toggle the stepper motor between a clockwise rotation or a counter-clockwise rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Barry Lee Dusenbury, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 11300996
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing including an opening connected to an internal space; a tray socket disposed to be connected to the outside through the opening in the internal space and including a tray reception space; a tray inserted into the tray reception space, wherein the tray includes a tray body including at least one space configured to receive at least one external component; and a tray cover including a pin insertion hole configured to guide a tray ejecting pin to the opening; an eject bar movably disposed in a tray mounting direction or ejecting direction in the tray reception space and facing the pin insertion hole; and a rotation lever configured to press the tray in the ejection direction according to pressing of the eject bar in the tray reception space, wherein the eject bar is disposed at a position at least partially overlapped with the tray body when viewed from above the tray socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonghoon Kim, Harksang Kim, Sungho Ahn, Donghyun Yeom, Chungkeun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11302893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel, which comprises at least one region to be cut and a functional region; the cross-sectional structure of the display panel comprises a substrate including a first sub-portion corresponding to a position of the region to be cut; a blocking part arranged on the first sub-portion; and a packaging layer arranged on the blocking part, and the contact surface of the packaging layer and the blocking part is a concave-convex surface. The display panel can improve the packaging effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Chao Dai
  • Patent number: 11294486
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to facilitate user interactions with foldable displays are disclosed. An apparatus processor circuitry to execute instructions to: detect a hover event via a hover sensor included within a first region of a foldable display of a computing device; detect a touch event via a touch sensor included within a second region of the display separate from the first region; and generate interactive content on the display, the interactive content to differ between a first appearance and a second appearance depending on whether the interactive content is rendered in the first region or the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Russell Beauregard, Saara Kamppari-Miller, Vivek Paranjape
  • Patent number: 11287704
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel which includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display panel including a plurality of driving lines disposed on the non-display area, and a plurality of driving pads connected to the plurality of driving lines, a plurality of side electrodes disposed on a side surface of the display panel and in contact with side surfaces of the plurality of driving pads, and a flexible film that includes a plurality of lead electrodes in contact with the plurality of side electrodes. The plurality of driving pads includes first to third driving pads that are sequentially arranged in a first direction. A first interval between the first and second driving pads is different from a second interval between the second and third driving pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Duyeon Han, Ji hyun Kim, Seung-Won Kuk, Jin-Mo Kwon, Minhyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11287854
    Abstract: A portable information apparatus is provided. The portable information apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a set of outer shell members disposed side-by-side along an arrangement direction of the first chassis and the second chassis and is respectively equipped with hollow parts, a set of inner shell members each of which is disposed so as to stride over a boundary at least between lower faces of the mutually adjacent outer shell members in the hollow parts of the mutually adjacent outer shell members, a first coupling section which couples each inner shell member and one of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together and a second coupling section which couples each inner shell member and the other of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Satoshi Seino, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 11284516
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a first indented portion indented inward along one side of the substrate; a first pad group and a second pad group that are spaced apart from each other on the substrate along the one side; a display unit located on the substrate and having a shape indented inward between the first pad group and the second pad group; an encapsulation layer encapsulating the display unit; a first wiring film including a third pad group connected to the first pad group; and a second wiring film including a fourth pad group connected to the second pad group. The first wiring film and the second wiring film are bent from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and the second wiring film is spaced apart from the first wiring film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Minjun Jang, Sunghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11264737
    Abstract: A component carrier is illustrated and described. The component carrier has i) a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and ii) at least one elastic element attached to the stack and configured to reversibly connect the component carrier with a further component carrier by elastically deforming the at least one elastic element and essentially not deforming the stack and the further component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Vockenberger, Rainer Frauwallner, Thomas Krivec
  • Patent number: 11259433
    Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for using regulating components for communicating radio frequency signals. The apparatus is equipped with a plurality of regulating components. At least two of the regulating components are connected through a connecting part, and one of the connected regulating components is in a feed connection with the circuit board. In use, the regulating components are used for communicating radio frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SUNWAY COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongwei Liu, Suganthan Shanmuganathan, Kiran Vanjani
  • Patent number: 11258044
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a first flat area, a second flat area, and a bending area between the first flat area and the second flat area; a display unit overlapping the first flat area and disposed on a surface of the substrate; first and second protection layers on an opposing surface of the substrate and overlapping the first and second flat areas, respectively. The first and second protection layers include a hardening member including a photo-hardening resin, the first protection layer includes a first inclination part at an end, the second protection layer includes a second inclination part at an end, the first inclination part has a first inclination angle with the opposing surface, the second inclination part has a second inclination angle with the opposing surface, and the first and second inclination angles are in a range of about 10 degrees to about 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Kwon, Woo Yong Sung, Ung-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11251254
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area disposed therebetween. The substrate is bent at the bending area about a bending axis. An inorganic insulating layer is disposed over the substrate and includes an opening or groove corresponding to the bending area. An organic material layer fills the opening or groove. A first conductive layer extends from the first area to the second area through the bending area. The first conductive layer is disposed over the organic material layer and includes a multipath portion having a plurality of through holes. A length of the multipath portion, in a direction from the first area to the second area, is greater than a width of the opening or groove, in the direction from the first area to the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsoo Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwangmin Kim, Kiwook Kim, Joongsoo Moon, Hyunae Park, Jieun Lee, Changkyu Jin
  • Patent number: 11237589
    Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes: a base; a supporting plate having a first end pivotally connected to the base, and a second end; two pivot modules disposed at the second end; a bearing frame having a fixed part connected to the two pivot modules, and two curved parts connected to the fixed part; a bending mechanism disposed on the fixed part and the two curved parts and connected to the pivot modules; and a flexible panel disposed on the bearing frame and covering the bending mechanism. When the flexible electronic device is switched to a curve mode, the bending module drives the two curved parts to stretch with respect to the fixed part to bend the flexible panel. When the flexible electronic device is switched to a flat mode, the bending module drives the two curved parts to move close to the fixed part to flatten the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shiue Jan, Wei-Hao Lan
  • Patent number: 11226509
    Abstract: Performance of a display apparatus is improved. The display apparatus includes: a substrate having a side surface (first side surface); a backlight unit (light supply portion) having a side surface (second side surface); a flexible wiring board having a wiring electrically connected to a terminal (first terminal) and having an insulating film with flexibility covering the wiring; and a double-sided tape. The flexible wiring board is bonded to the side surface of the backlight unit through the double-sided tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ito, Kaoru Inoue, Hiromichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11229127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bending adjustment apparatus using a curved bar, a bendable electronic device including the same, and a method for adjusting bending of the electronic device. The bending adjustment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a guide unit attached to a flat panel member made of a flexible material; at least one curved bar extending in a curved shape and rotatably installed in the guide unit; and a power transmission drive unit configured to rotate the curved bar so as to adjust a tensile force applied to the flat panel member corresponding to a curved shape of the curved bar. Accordingly, the degree of bending of the panel may be controlled by adjusting an angle formed by the curved direction of the curved bar with the panel in a state in which the bent-type curved bar is coupled to the flat panel member such as a display panel, and the curvature of the panel may be adjusted to a desired degree by controlling the rotation of the curved bar to an arbitrary angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Chang-soon Hwang, Sun-jong Kim, Youn Sang Yoo
  • Patent number: 11223710
    Abstract: The invention provides a hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen, which comprises a middle U-shaped cover, a left support frame, and a right support frame, and the left support frame, the right support frame and the U-shaped cover are rotatably connected; a foldable and unfoldable flexible screen support plate is connected to the left support frame, and the right support frame and the U-shaped cover, the flexible screen support plate is located inside the hinge; the flexible screen support plate is composed of a rotatable first left support plate, a second left support plate, a first right support plate and a second right support plate; the first left support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second left support plate, and the first right support plate is provided with a short lever arm that takes the shaft as a fulcrum to pull and support the second right support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU AMPHENOL PHOENIX TELECOM PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guanlun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11221648
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes: a flexible display module including a bendable area having a folding axis and substantially planar members respectively located at opposite sides of the bendable area; and a support disposed on the flexible display module and including a hinge portion and support members, each of the support members being rotatably supported by one of opposite sides of the hinge portion, wherein at least a portion of the folding axis overlaps at least one of the support members in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mansik Myeong, Jai Ku Shin, Gil Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 11205448
    Abstract: A disk device according to one embodiment includes a recording medium, a magnetic head, a wiring member, and a flexible printed circuit board. The magnetic head is configured to read/write information from/to the recording medium. The wiring member includes a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of first wires that electrically connect the magnetic head to the first terminals. The flexible printed circuit board includes a surface, a plurality of second terminals located on the surface to be connected to the first terminals by means of a conductive adhesive, and a ground plane spaced apart from the second terminals in a direction along the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11197382
    Abstract: An electronic module for a transmission control unit may include a printed circuit board that has an electronic component. The electronic component may be electrically connected to a surface of the printed circuit board at least at one point. At least a portion of the electronic component that includes the at least one point may be covered with a protective coating. The protective coating may include a media-tight protective lacquer. The electronic component may be a semiconductor component contained in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Josef Loibl, Hermann Josef Robin
  • Patent number: 11196013
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a display module are provided. The flexible display panel includes a bending section. At least one trace is defined with the bending section, and each trace includes at least one stress relief apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Fang, Ding Ding
  • Patent number: 11195891
    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: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghoon Han, Jihoon Kim, Daeseung Mun
  • Patent number: 11195901
    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: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Park, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11193639
    Abstract: A light module and a manufacturing method are provided. The light module comprises a first and a second substrate separated from a prefabricated substrate along a closed curve, the first substrate is detachable connected and/or fixed with the second substrate; light emitting elements mounted on one of the first and second substrate; and a drive element mounted on the other one of the first and second substrate. The method comprises: determining a closed curve on a prefabricated substrate to separate the prefabricated substrate into a first region and a second region; providing light emitting elements and first electronic element on first surface of the prefabricated substrate; providing second electronic element on second surface of the prefabricated substrate; separating a first and second substrate from the prefabricated substrate along the closed curve; and assembling and connecting the second substrate with the first substrate at a separation opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaowei Chai, Chun-Jen Chung, Xiaoping Fu, Xinghua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11188120
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device comprises a bending support part configured to be bent at a plurality of angles; a first sliding part and a second sliding part disposed under the bending support part and configured to slide in symmetrical directions with respect to each other, wherein at least a portion of one surface of the first sliding part and at least a portion of one surface of the second sliding part face each other when the bending support part is bent at one angle; a rail support part disposed over the bending support part and coupled with the first sliding part and the second sliding part and coupled with the bending support part, the rail support part being configured to support hinge motions and guide sliding motions of the first sliding part and the second sliding part; and a display disposed over the first sliding part, the bending support part, and the second sliding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jieun Myung, Bosoon Kang, Namsu Kim, Dahyun Lee, Jinhoo Lee, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11184982
    Abstract: A display panel and chip-on-film (COF) package bonding structure is provided and includes a display panel including a panel substrate and a plurality of panel bonding pins. The panel bonding pins are disposed on the panel substrate and are arranged along a lateral direction. Each of the panel bonding pins is trapezoidal and is directed along a longitudinal direction. A COF package is bonded to the display panel and includes a package substrate and a plurality of package bonding pins. The package bonding pins are disposed on the package substrate, are arranged along the lateral direction, and are bonded to the panel bonding pins respectively. Each of the package bonding pins is trapezoidal and along the longitudinal direction. The trapezoidal panel bonding pins and package bonding pins can be aligned with and contacts each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peiqian Tong