Transparent Base Patents (Class 427/108)
  • Publication number: 20120312771
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making touch panel. A substrate having a surface is provided. The substrate defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. The adhesive layer on the trace area is solidified. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer on the touch-view area is solidified. The carbon nanotube layer on the trace area is removed. At least one electrode and a conductive trace is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: JIA-SHYONG CHENG, PO-SHAN HUANG, PO-SHENG SHIH, CHUN-YI HU, CHIH-HAN CHAO, JEAH-SHENG WU
  • Publication number: 20120315383
    Abstract: Method of making a touch sensor including one or more multilayer electrodes and an underlayer disposed on a substrate. The underlayer is disposed between the multilayer electrodes and the substrate. The multilayer electrodes including at least two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the first and second conductive layers to help reduce interfacial reflections occurring between particular layers in devices incorporating the conducting film or electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Clark I. BRIGHT, Nancy S. Lennhoff, Mark E. Flanzer, Dennis M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20120273257
    Abstract: A transparent conductive structure applied to a touch panel includes a substrate unit, a first coating unit, a transparent conductive unit, and a second coating unit. The substrate unit includes a transparent substrate. The first coating unit includes a first coating layer formed on the top surface of the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive unit includes a transparent conductive layer formed on the top surface of the first coating layer. The transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of embedded conductive circuits embedded into the first coating layer and arranged to form a predetermined embedded circuit pattern. The second coating unit includes a second coating layer formed on the top surface of the transparent conductive layer. The second coating layer has a touching surface formed on the top side thereof, and the touching surface allows an external object (such as user's finger, any type of touch pen, or etc.) to touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: INNOVATION & INFINITY GLOBAL CORP.
    Inventor: CHAO-CHIEH CHU
  • Publication number: 20120249451
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transparent panel, a transparent electrode which is formed in a transparent input region on a first surface of the transparent panel, a decorative layer which is formed in a decorative region on the first surface, a wiring layer which is formed on a surface of the decorative layer, and a transparent conductive connection layer which electrically connects the wiring layer and the transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8277593
    Abstract: A printing plate and a method of fabricating an LCD device are disclosed. The printing plate includes convex and concave portions, and a blanket support formed in the concave portion to prevent the bottom of the concave portion from being directly in contact with a pattern material coated on a blanket of a printing roll. The blanket support is additionally formed in the concave portion of the printing plate to prevent the pattern material coated on the blanket of the printing roll from being directly in contact with the bottom of the concave portion. In this case, the pattern material can be prevented from being transferred onto the printing plate in an undesired pattern. As a result, it is possible to form a precise pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Tae Young Oh
  • Publication number: 20120236393
    Abstract: A suspended particle device (SPD) film or laminate thereof. The film includes substrates coated on their inner surface with a polythiophene-based conductive polymer serving as electrode means. The polymer may be applied in the form of an aqueous composition also comprising solvent(s) and binder(s). A preferred polymer is a polyethylene dioxythiophene (PEDT) polymer. The polymer may be doped with polystyrene sulfonate. The polymer may be connected to a conductive material that extends beyond an outer boundary of the film to connect with a voltage source. Adhesive strength between the cured emulsion and the polymer is at least 1.46 N/25 mm. A further aspect constitutes a method for increasing adhesion between a cured suspended particle device emulsion and electrode means in a light valve film. The method comprises applying the polymer on an inner surface of the substrates constituting the film to serve as the electrode means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven M. Slovak, Xiao-Ping Chen, William J. Hull, Dongyan Wang
  • Publication number: 20120220069
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention provides a method to produce a conductive thin film, which comprises: providing a substrate; forming a first metal oxide layer on the substrate; forming an indium-free metal layer on the first metal oxide layer; and forming a second metal oxide layer on the indium-free layer, wherein the first metal oxide layer, the indium-free metal layer, and the second oxide layer are all solution processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: CHING-FUH LIN, MING-SHIUN LIN
  • Publication number: 20120206242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) structure changing color according to the temperature, a method for fabricating thereof; a stacked film for preventing forgery, a method for fabricating thereof; an RFID tag, an RFID system and a method for controlling thereof; an RFID cap, a method for manufacturing thereof, a method for manufacturing container with contents; an RFID can, a method for manufacturing thereof; a packaging material, a method for manufacturing thereof, and a method for packaging product using the same; and a certificate for chipless RFID and a method for authenticating the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Bin Cho
  • Publication number: 20120200816
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to electronic devices (e.g., LCD or other display devices) having reduced susceptibility to Newton Rings, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the electronic device includes at least first and second glass substrates. An Anti-Newton Ring (ANR)/antireflective (AR) coating is provided on the second and/or third surface of the electronic device (e.g., on an inner surface of the cover glass and/or on an outer surface of the color filter substrate of an LCD device) so as to help reduce the formation of Newton Rings caused by the air pockets that surround one or more points of unintentional glass deformation. This may be made possible in certain example embodiments because the ANR coating is optically matched to reduce reflections of light between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Alexey KRASNOV, Willem den Boer, David M. Broadway
  • Publication number: 20120202077
    Abstract: A plate member for touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The plate member for touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; an intermediate transparent layer on the transparent substrate; and a conductive transparent layer on the intermediate transparent layer, wherein at least one of the intermediate transparent layer and the conductive transparent layer includes a peroxide composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Keun Sik Lee, Chung Won Seo, Ji Won Jo, Hyuk Jin Hong
  • Publication number: 20120196053
    Abstract: Creating an electrically conductive transparent structure. Liquid droplets comprising electrically conductive nanomaterial are deposited randomly onto a surface of a supporting substrate at a desired density to form an electrically conductive transparent network wherein the droplets are released from an applicator. A rate of drying of the liquid is controlled such that the liquid is able to evaporate without substantially damaging the supporting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Richard COULL, Vittorio Scardaci, Kevin Dooley
  • Patent number: 8230703
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method for making SPME fibers. The SPME fibers consist of metal-oxide coatings on fused-silica fibers. The coatings are prepared from a water-based solution containing a predetermined amount of metal ion and a predetermined amount of a reactant. The water based solution and the fused-silica fibers are kept at the temperatures below 100° C. for a predetermined time to obtain SPME fibers. The SPME fibers are applied for extraction of pesticides and other organic compounds such as 1,4-dichloro-2-nitrobenzene; Biphenyl; and Acenaphthene in the water based solution and cooling gas of a power generator respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventors: Reza Alizadeh, Sharmin kharrazi, Nahid Mashkouri Najafi
  • Patent number: 8221829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a Prussian blue coating film for an electrochromic device, more particularly to a method for preparing a Prussian blue coating film for an electrochromic device comprising an electrochromic layer coated on a light transmitting substrate including a coating of a transparent electrode, an ion storage layer coated on another light transmitting substrate including a coating of a transparent electrode and an electrolyte layer formed between the electrochromic layer and the ion storage layer, wherein the ion storage layer is formed with a specific nano-dispersed composition comprising Prussian blue by wet coating, thereby providing comparable or better physical properties, including light transmittance, response time, durability, etc., when compared with the conventional electrochemical techniques, simplifying the manufacturing processes and significantly improving the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: SKC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyeok Jang, Seungwon Lee, Chang Soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20120169980
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a polymer stabilized alignment liquid crystal display panel including: filling a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, monomer with single functional group and monomer with multiple functional groups; polymerizing the monomer with single functional groups to form two alignment layers over inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the monomer with multiple functional groups to form a polymer capable of pre-tilting the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Te-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ho Chiu, Hsi-Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 8202568
    Abstract: A method for making a conductive film of carbon nanotubes includes the steps of: a) preparing a carbon nanotube solution having a viscosity ranging from 1 to 50 c.p. at room temperature and containing a plurality of multi-walled carbon nanotubes; b) atomizing the carbon nanotube solution to form a plurality of atomized particles including the carbon nanotubes; c) providing a carrier gas to carry the atomized particles to a substrate disposed on a spin coating equipment; and d) spin coating the atomized particles on the substrate to form a conductive film of carbon nanotubes on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Ipcooler Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Jiuh Lin, Jun-Wei Su, Ying-Chen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120141721
    Abstract: A window panel for a display apparatus is provided comprising a first reinforced layer formed at a first predetermined depth from entire upper and lower surfaces, a second reinforced layer formed at a second predetermined depth from a side surface connecting an edge of the upper surface and an edge of the lower surface, and a non-reinforced portion formed at least a portion of the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Sangdae PARK
  • Publication number: 20120141666
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent carbon nanotube (CNT) electrode using a conductive dispersant. The transparent CNT electrode comprises a transparent substrate and a CNT thin film formed on a surface the transparent substrate wherein the CNT thin film is formed of a CNT composition comprising CNTs and a doped dispersant. Further disclosed is a method for producing the transparent CNT electrode. The transparent CNT electrode exhibits excellent conductive properties, can be produced in an economical and simple manner by a room temperature wet process, and can be applied to flexible displays. The transparent CNT electrode can be used to fabricate a variety of devices, including image sensors, solar cells, liquid crystal displays, organic electroluminescence (EL) displays and touch screen panels, that are required to have both light transmission properties and conductive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon Mi YOON, Jae Young CHOI, Dong Kee YI, Seong Jae CHOI, Hyeon Jin SHIN
  • Publication number: 20120132862
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon nanotube dispersion including: carbon nanotubes, a solvent, and a dispersant, in which a mutifunctional ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block copolymer acts as the dispersant. The carbon nanotube dispersion provides excellent dispersion stability in aqueous and organic systems. Therefore, the carbon nanotube dispersion is suitable for a transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyeon-jin SHIN, Jae-young CHOI, Seong-jae CHOI, Seon-mi YOON
  • Publication number: 20120135247
    Abstract: The present invention can achieve the purpose of enhancing the strength and the anti-crack ability of a glass plate. The glass plate includes a transparent glass-based element and a high polymer plastic membrane. The high polymer plastic membrane is framed on at least one part of the peripheral side of the transparent glass-based element and performs a capillary action on at least one part in a liquid state and then to be combined tightly with the transparent glass-based element after being solidified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: YUH-WEN LEE, Qiong Yuan, Xianbin Xu
  • Publication number: 20120125660
    Abstract: A process of forming optically clear conductive metal or metal alloy thin films is provided that includes depositing the metal or metal alloy film on a polycrystalline seed layer that has been deposited directly on a nucleation layer of metal oxide comprising zinc oxide. Also conductive films made by this process are provided. In some embodiments, the metal alloy thin films include silver/gold alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Clark I. Bright
  • Publication number: 20120107598
    Abstract: Transparent conductive films comprising silver nanowires dispersed in polyvinyl alcohol or gelatin can be prepared by coating from aqueous solvent using common aqueous solvent coating techniques. These films have good transparency, conductivity, and stability. Coating on a flexible support allows the manufacture of flexible conductive materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Choufeng Zou, Karissa Eckert
  • Publication number: 20120107491
    Abstract: Thin films containing a transparent conducting oxide and a high permittivity material are disclosed. Exemplary thin films may exhibit increased transmission in the visible-to-near infrared (vis-NIR) spectrum without a decrease in electrical conductivity compared to the thin film without the high permittivity material. Methods for making thin films having enhanced optical properties without substantially decreased electrical quality are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaonan Li, James Burst, Timothy A. Gessert
  • Patent number: 8168265
    Abstract: This invention contemplates the use of laser patterning/scribing in electrochromic device manufacture, anywhere during the manufacturing process as deemed appropriate and necessary for electrochromic device manufacturability, yield and functionality, while integrating the laser scribing so as to ensure the active layers of the device are protected to ensure long term reliability. It is envisaged that the laser is used to pattern the component layers of electrochromic devices by directly removing (ablating) the material of the component layers. The invention includes a manufacturing method for an electrochromic device comprising one or more focused laser patterning steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Byung Sung Kwak, Nety Krishna
  • Publication number: 20120100285
    Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion element having a high absorbance at 600 nm can be provide by a method for manufacturing an organic photoelectric conversion element having a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and an organic layer between the electrodes, the method comprising a step of applying a solution that contains a conjugated polymer compound having a thiophenediyl group as a repeating unit and a sulfur-containing heterocyclic compound on one of the electrodes to form an applied film, and a step of drying the applied film at a temperature of 70° C. or less to form the organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20120082782
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an oxide thin film comprises: providing a coating material composed of a first precursor material, a fuel material and a solvent; coating the coating material on a substrate; and annealing the coated coating material on the substrate to convert the coated coating material into an oxide thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jih-Jen Wu, Wei-Ting Wu, Ching-Mei Wang, Jen-Sue Chen
  • Publication number: 20120062505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capacitive touch panel, which includes a transparent substrate, transparent electrodes formed on one surface of the transparent substrate, and electrode wires formed on the other surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the transparent substrate includes through holes which are formed therethrough and are filled with a filler so that the transparent electrodes are electrically connected with the electrode wires, and in which the patterned transparent electrodes are connected with the electrode wires by the through holes formed on the transparent electrodes, thus increasing the force of adhesion between the electrode wires and the transparent electrodes, and also, the through holes are filled with a filler and thus the transparent electrodes and the electrode wires are electrically connected with each other, thus reducing contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woon Chun Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Won Ha Moon, Jong Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20120052308
    Abstract: Transparent conducting electrodes include a doped single walled carbon nanotube film and methods for forming the doped single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) by solution processing. The method generally includes depositing single walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in a solvent and a surfactant onto a substrate to form a single walled carbon nanotube film thereon; removing all of the surfactant from the carbon nanotube film; and exposing the single walled carbon nanotube film to a single electron oxidant in a solution such that one electron is transferred from the single walled carbon nanotubes to each molecule of the single electron oxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: EGYPT NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mostafa M. El-Ashry, Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Bhupesh Chandra, George S. Tulevski
  • Publication number: 20120032910
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode made of a conductive polymer and formed on one surface of the transparent substrate; an anisotropic conductive adhesion layer formed on an edge of the transparent electrode; and an electrode formed on the anisotropic conductive adhesion layer and electrically connected with the transparent electrode by the anisotropic conductive adhesion layer. The touch panel is advantageous in that the anisotropic conductive adhesion layer is disposed between the transparent electrode and the electrode, so that the chemical reaction between the transparent electrode and the electrode can be prevented, with the result that the resistance between the transparent electrode and the electrode can be maintained constant and the change in physical properties of the transparent electrode can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Jong Young Lee, Woon Chun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120031486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nanoparticle compositions for use in photovoltaic cells. Nanoparticles are utilized to provide increased scattering and also wavelength shifting to increase the efficiency of the photovoltaic cells. Exemplary nanoparticles include colloidal metal and fluorescent nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: NANOSYS, INC.
    Inventors: J. Wallace Parce, Jian Chen
  • Publication number: 20120009335
    Abstract: A conductive polymer film having an antistatic function and an electromagnetic wave shielding function, and also having excellent optical properties such as transparency even if the film is arranged in the interior of LCD. The conductive polymer film comprises a polymer film and a conductive polymer adhered to the surface thereof, wherein the conductive polymer comprises polythiophene or polythiophene derivatives, the polymer film comprises an acetyl cellulose material or a norbornene material, a layer of the conductive polymer has a thickness of 3 ?m or less, and the conductive polymer film has a visible light transmission of 78% or more and a surface resistivity of 103-1012 ?/square.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironobu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20120003485
    Abstract: Monolayers of organic compounds are formed on transparent conductive metal oxide surfaces these are used for example in producing organically based electronic components. By selecting the monolayer, the service life of the devices produced therewith may be improved by orders of magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Dana Berlinde Habich, Marcus Halik, Oliver Hayden, Günter Schmid
  • Publication number: 20110308929
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel 100, including: a transparent electrode 120 including a conductive polymer and formed on one surface of a transparent substrate 110, connection electrodes 130 formed on both ends of the transparent electrode 120, and silver electrode 140 formed on the connection electrodes 130 to correspond to the connection electrodes 130, wherein the connection electrodes 130 prevent the transparent electrode 120 from contacting the silver electrodes 140. The connection electrode 130 is interposed between the transparent electrode 120 and the silver electrode 140 to prevent a chemical reaction between the transparent electrode 120 and the silver electrode 140, thereby maintaining electric resistance constantly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Woon Chun Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Jong Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20110298729
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a transparent substrate 10, transparent electrodes 20 patterned and formed on the transparent substrate 10, and a non-conductive and colored transmittance compensation material 40 filled in an opening part 30 formed between the patterned transparent electrodes 20. In the touch panel, the opening part 30 formed between the transparent electrodes patterned and formed on the transparent substrate 10 is filled with the transmittance compensation material 40 to compensate for a difference in light transmittance and reduce abrupt change in the refractive index, thereby making it possible to improve visibility of the entire touch panel. In addition, the opening part between the patterned transparent electrodes 20 is filled with the non-conductive transmittance compensation material 40 to prevent an electrical short between the patterned transparent electrodes 20, thereby making it possible to improve reliability of the operation of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Woon Chun Kim, Jong Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20110297750
    Abstract: A method for producing a finishing layer containing a window (104) for a portable data storage medium, in particular a chip card, and the use of the method for producing a data storage medium. A transparent plastic-based support layer (28) is used and an opaque colour layer (30) is applied on the support layer in a screen printing process, wherein the colour layer (30) has a recess (32) having the dimensions of the window (104). A first layer (40) of a transparent primer is then screen printed onto the colour layer and a design colour layer (50) is then applied in an offset printing process onto the first layer. A second layer (60) of a transparent primer is applied in an offset printing process on top of the design colour layer (50) and a transparent finish (70) is finally applied onto the second layer (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Huber, Klaus Kohl, Fabik Roman, Christina Schellenberger, Manuela Schropf
  • Patent number: 8071156
    Abstract: A hydrophilic ceramic coating is formed on an endoprosthesis preform. The hydrophilic ceramic coating is porous and can store nano-sized drug particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Torsten Scheuermann
  • Publication number: 20110293850
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent carbon nanotube (CNT) electrode comprising a net-like (i.e., net-shaped) CNT thin film and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, a transparent CNT electrode comprises a transparent substrate and a net-shaped CNT thin film formed on the transparent substrate, and a method for preparing a transparent CNT electrode, comprising forming a thin film using particulate materials and CNTs, and then removing the particulate materials to form a net-shaped CNT thin film. The transparent CNT electrode exhibits excellent electrical conductivity while maintaining high light transmittance. Therefore, the transparent CNT electrode can be widely used to fabricate a variety of electronic devices, including image sensors, solar cells, liquid crystal displays, organic electroluminescence (EL) displays, and touch screen panels, that have need of electrodes possessing both light transmission properties and conductive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kee YI, Seon Mi YOON, Jae Young CHOI, O Ok PARK, Mun Ho KIM, Hong Kyoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20110287173
    Abstract: A transparent electrically-conductive hard-coated substrate of the invention comprises a transparent base material; a deposited carbon nanotubes layer formed on the transparent base material; and a cured resin layer formed on the deposited carbon nanotubes layer, wherein the deposited carbon nanotubes layer has a thickness of 10 nm or less, the total thickness of the deposited carbon nanotubes layer and the cured resin layer is 1.5 ?m or more, and part of the deposited carbon nanotubes layer is diffused into the cured resin layer so that carbon nanotubes are present in the cured resin layer. The transparent electrically-conductive hard-coated substrate possesses high transparency and hard coating properties and also has electrical conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Katsunori TAKADA, Toshitaka NAKAMURA, Noriyuki JUNI, Amane MOCHIZUKI, Hiroaki MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20110279335
    Abstract: Transparent, flat antenna (A) for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, comprising at least one transparent, electrically insulating substrate (1) that has in its surface (1.1) an electrically insulating, circumferential edge region (1.1a), a transparent, electrically conductive coating (2) that covers large areas of the surface (1.1) of the substrate (1) up to the edge region (1.1a) and is formed by at least two flat segments (2.1n), where n=1 or a whole number n>1, that contain or are made of at least one electrically conductive material (2.2) and are insulated from each other by at least one linear, electrically insulating region (2.3), and at least one connection (3) for galvanic, capacitive, or inductive decoupling of the antenna signal from at least one flat segment (2.1n); Method for its manufacture and its use as a transparent built-in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Christoph Degen, Gunther Vortmeier, Stefan Droste
  • Publication number: 20110279387
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a transparent conductive substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch screen using the same. The transparent conductive substrate includes a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode that is formed and patterned on the transparent substrate, and a primer that is formed between the transparent substrate and the transparent electrode and is patterned to have a pattern corresponding to the transparent electrode. The transparent electrode is easily patterned by previously patterning the primer to correspond to the transparent electrode and residues do not remain on the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woon Chun Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Jong Young Lee, Yong Hyun Jin
  • Patent number: 8053028
    Abstract: A conductive polymer film having an antistatic function and an electromagnetic wave shielding function, and also having excellent optical properties such as transparency even if the film is arranged in the interior of LCD. The conductive polymer film comprises a polymer film and a conductive polymer adhered to the surface thereof, wherein the conductive polymer comprises polythiophene or polythiophene derivatives, the polymer film comprises an acetyl cellulose material or a norbornene material, a layer of the conductive polymer has a thickness of 3 ?m or less, and the conductive polymer film has a visible light transmission of 78% or more and a surface resistivity of 103-1012 ?/square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Hironobu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8034419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method relating to graded-composition barrier coatings comprising first and second materials in first and second zones. The compositions of one or both zones vary substantially continuously across a thickness of the zone in order to achieve improved properties such as barrier, flexibility, adhesion, optics, thickness, and tact time. The graded-composition barrier coatings find utility in preventing exposure of devices such as organic electro-luminescent devices (OLEDs) to reactive species found in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ahmet Gun Erlat, Anil Duggal, Min Yan, Sheila Tandon, Brian Joseph Scherer
  • Publication number: 20110233482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive powder which has enough transparency for the use in the field of industrial design requiring expressions by colors, in particular, an electrically conductive powder which has superior dispersibility into solvents or polymer matrixes and gives conductivity even with low PWC. The present invention provides a transparent electrically conductive powder, comprising a first powder component that comprises:(a) a platelet-like aluminum oxide as a first substrate; and (b) a coating layer containing tungsten-doped, or tungsten- and phosphorus-doped, or phosphorus-doped tin oxide wherein the coating layer coats a surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Tetsuji Honjo, Satoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8025929
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preparing a flexible mechanically compensated layered material comprising a transparent carrier both sides of which are at least partly covered with a transparent inorganic material, comprising the consecutive steps of a) providing two temporary substrates; b) applying a transparent inorganic material layer onto each of the temporary substrates; c1) applying a transparent carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers; or c2) applying a polymerizable precursor for a transparent polymerized carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers followed by polymerizing the polymerizable precursor to the transparent carrier; and d) removing the temporary substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Helianthos B.V.
    Inventors: Gert Jan Jongerden, Rutger Schlatmann, Jan Willem Gaston Mahy
  • Publication number: 20110229706
    Abstract: Novel, simple methods are presented directed to the synthesis of aligned nanofibers of polyaniline and substituted derivatives on a substrate. The production of these fibers is achieved via various methods by controlling the concentration of aniline monomer or substituted aniline derivatives or an oxidant in the reaction medium and maintaining said concentration at a level much lower than conventional polyaniline synthesis methods. Methods are disclosed relating to the use of a permeable membrane to control the release of a monomer and/or oxidant as well as a bulk polymerization method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Arthur J. Epstein, Nan-Rong Chiou, Ly James Lee, Chunmeng Lu
  • Patent number: 8007861
    Abstract: An ink jet applicator includes an ink jet head having nozzle via which liquid droplets are jetted, a seal mechanism sealing the nozzle using a pressure vessel; a solution supply mechanism supplying a solution to the nozzle at a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koizumi, Atsushi Kinase, Taketo Shiba
  • Patent number: 7998525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an electrode substrate that has a base substrate made of glass having a strain point of 520° C. or higher, a transparent conductive layer formed on the base substrate, a metal wiring layer, and an insulating layer made of low-melting glass that covers the metal wiring layer, the metal wiring layer and the insulating layer being provided on the transparent conductive layer, the method including at least the steps of providing paste that forms a base material of the low-melting glass so as to cover the metal wiring layer; and forming the insulating layer by sintering the paste by means of a heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20110170160
    Abstract: An optical image shutter having a transparent electro-optical crystal formed on a transparent amorphous substrate and a method of manufacturing the optical image shutter. The light image shutter is created by forming a buffer layer using a material having a similar crystalline structure to an electro-optical crystal, on a transparent amorphous substrate such as glass, and forming an electro-optical thin film layer such as the electro-optical crystal on the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Yong-hwa PARK, Chul-ho JUNG, Dae-ho YOON
  • Publication number: 20110157866
    Abstract: A shell of mobile communication terminal is provided. The shell includes a shell body made by a transparent or semitransparent material and having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface has patterns formed thereon. A semitransparent-semireflecting layer is formed on the outer surface of the shell body. The patterns can be observed from outside of the shell body when there is light transmitting from the inner surface to the outer surface, and the semitransparent-semireflecting layer presents a mirror effect when there is no light transmitting from the inner surface to the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Huating Li, Mintao Chen, Lei Zhong, Jiaxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7968622
    Abstract: An ink-jet composition for a color filter excellent in storage stability, straightness and sustainability at the time of ejection from a head, wherein a cured layer thereof is excellent in heat resistance, adhesive property, and solvent resistance. The ink-jet ink composition for a color filter is a specific epoxy group-containing polymer (A), a specific epoxy group-containing compound (B) having two or more specific epoxy groups and a polycarboxlic acid derivative (C) in which specific carboxylic acid (c1) having alicyclic hydrocarbon is rendered latent by vinyl ether (c2), wherein the equivalence ratio of carboxyl groups rendered latent by the polycarbonoxylic acid derivative (C) to the total epoxy groups contained in the epoxy-group containing polymer (A) and the epoxy-group containing compound (B) is in the range from 0.7 to 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Nishida, Masashi Nishiyama, Masato Tezuka, Atsushi Sato, Yukihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20110090712
    Abstract: A display housing for a portable computing device that utilizes a plastic cover bonded to an internal metal frame is described. To account for thermal cycling issues and in particular to prevent bond slippage, multiple types of adhesives are employed to join the metal frame and the plastic cover. In particular, a very high bond (VHB) adhesive material is used in certain areas to bond the metal inner frame to the plastic cover and a liquid adhesive is used in other areas. The plastic cover can be translucent to light. A method of coating the plastic cover to block light, such as from a backlight used for the display, is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kathleen A. Bergeron, Laura DeForest, Kevin S. Fetterman, Michelle Goldberg, Timothy S. Hibbard, Chung-Tse Huang, William F. Leggett, Zachary Joseph Zeliff