Including Metal Layer Patents (Class 428/209)
  • Patent number: 10826136
    Abstract: A battery pack comprises a stack of battery-board assemblies. Each battery-board assembly includes a circuit board, an electrical connector mounted on the circuit board, and a battery cell secured to a side of the circuit board. The battery cells are sandwiched between the circuit boards and the connectors are interconnected. The circuit boards and the connectors electrically connect the battery cells together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Suhat Limvorapun
  • Patent number: 10821704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) for electrical circuits comprising at least one first composite layer (2) which is produced by means of roll cladding and, after said roll cladding, has at least one copper layer (3) and an aluminium layer (4) attached thereon, wherein at least the surface side of the aluminium layer (4) facing away from the copper layer (3) is anodized for the generation of an anodic or insulating layer (5) made of aluminium oxide, and wherein the anodic or insulating layer (5) made of aluminium oxide is connected to a metal layer (7) or at least one second composite layer (2?) or at least one paper-ceramic layer (11) via at least one adhesive layer (6, 6?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ROGERS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Meyer, Karsten Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10818808
    Abstract: A method of producing a nanograin material wherein a hole-transporting surfactant is injected into an InP/ZnS dispersion solution, and the surface of an InP/ZnS quantum dot is covered with the hole-transporting surfactant to prepare an InP/ZnS dispersion solution with a hole-transporting surfactant. The InP/ZnS dispersion solution with a hole-transporting surfactant is then applied to a substrate using a spin coating process of the like to form a quantum dot layer with a hole-transporting surfactant having one or more layers. Then, a dispersion solution (replacement solution) containing an electron-transporting surfactant is prepared. The substrate having the quantum dot layer with a hole-transporting surfactant is immersed in the replacement solution for a predetermined time, and part of the hole-transporting surfactant is replaced with the electron-transporting surfactant to form a quantum dot layer having one or more layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Murayama
  • Patent number: 10784322
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a pixel define layer located on a base substrate, the pixel define layer having a hollow for defining a sub-pixel light emitting area, and a light emitting functional layer located in the hollow, wherein, the pixel define layer has protrusion structures on one or more sides facing the hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Dai
  • Patent number: 10779401
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (FPC) is provided, which includes a dielectric layer. Copper foil layers and cover layers are sequentially provided from inside to outside on both sides of the dielectric layer. The cover layer on one side of the dielectric layer is provided with a reinforced plate. The FPC includes a bending area. The copper foil layer and the cover layer on one side at the bending area and the reinforced plate are each provided with a windowed area. Edges of the copper foil layer, the cover layer, and the reinforced plate that are defined by windowed areas are not in one vertical plane. In the structure, stress concentrations in the bending area are distributed, so that the tearing risk to the edges of the bending area is reduced, and the bending resistance of the flexible circuit board is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yan Chen
  • Patent number: 10772220
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) has multiple layers, where select portions of inner layer circuitry, referred to as inner core circuitry, are covered by a coverlay material and the covered inner core circuitry is exposed from the remaining layers of the PCB. The PCB having covered inner core circuitry is formed using a dummy core plus coverlay process. The select inner core circuitry is part of an inner core. The inner core corresponding to the covered inner core circuitry forms a flexible PCB portion. The flexible PCB portion is an extension of the remaining adjacent multiple layer PCB. The remaining portion of the multiple layer PCB is rigid. The inner core is common to both the flexible PCB portion and the remaining rigid PCB portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Multek Technologies Limited
    Inventors: J L Zhou, Pui Yin Yu
  • Patent number: 10765005
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier is disclosed. The method includes galvanically depositing at least part of at least one electrically conductive pillar on a component, and inserting the at least one electrically conductive pillar and an electrically insulating layer structure into one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hannes Stahr, Hannes Voraberger, Andreas Zluc, Bettina Schuster
  • Patent number: 10756589
    Abstract: A motor coil includes a magnet structure, and a laminated coil substrate formed on the magnet structure and including coil substrates and adhesive layers alternately laminated. The coil substrates are formed by folding a printed wiring board including a resin substrate, a first conductor layer formed on a first surface of the resin substrate and forming coils, and a second conductor layer formed on a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface and forming coils, and the adhesive layers include an adhesive layer including a magnetic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
  • Patent number: 10747073
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a flexible film, and a conductive adhesion member. The display panel includes a first substrate which includes a pad electrode connected to a signal line, a second substrate, and a metal electrode electrically connected to the pad electrode and on a side surface of the display panel. The flexible film includes a line electrode electrically connected to the metal electrode and attached to the side surface of the display panel. The conductive adhesion member includes a connection electrode electrically connecting the metal electrode to the line electrode. The conductive adhesion member attaches the flexible film to the surface of the display panel. The connection electrode includes the solder particles in melted form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmin Cho, Minseok Kim, Jonghwan Kim, Yongyoul Cho
  • Patent number: 10748980
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display region, a pad region spaced apart from the display region, and a bending region between the display region and the pad region. A plurality of pixel structures is positioned in the display region of the substrate. A plurality of pad wirings is positioned in the pad region of the substrate. A plurality of connection wirings electrically connect the pad wirings to the pixel structures. The connection wirings include a plurality of notches in the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seil Cho
  • Patent number: 10741322
    Abstract: Decorative, multi-layer surfacing materials, surfaces made therewith, methods of making such and wireless power transmission using the same, which surfacing materials comprise: a first resin-impregnated paper layer and a second resin-impregnated paper layer, and a first conductive material having a first terminus and a second terminus and capable of carrying an electric current from the first terminus to the second terminus; wherein the first conductive material is disposed on a first surface of the first resin-impregnated paper layer; wherein the first resin-impregnated paper layer and the second resin-impregnated paper layer are disposed in a stacked and compressed such that the first conductive material is encapsulated between the first resin-impregnated paper layer and the second resin-impregnated paper layer; and wherein at least one of the first resin-impregnated paper layer, the second resin-impregnated paper layer or an optional additional resin-impregnated paper layer is a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: THE DILLER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin O'Brien, Bryce Cole, Robert Jacob Kramer
  • Patent number: 10741466
    Abstract: A first packaged semiconductor device is provided. The first packaged semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die having a first terminal, a first electrically conductive lead that is electrically connected to the first terminal, and a first electrically insulating mold compound that encapsulates the first semiconductor die and exposes an end portion of the first lead at an outer surface of the first mold compound. A conductive track is formed in the outer surface of the first mold compound. Forming the conductive track includes activating a portion of the outer surface of the first mold compound for an electroless plating process, and performing the electroless plating process so as to form an electrically conductive material only within the activated portion of the outer surface of the first mold compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Cher Hau Danny Koh, Norliza Morban, Yong Chern Poh, Khay Chwan Saw, Si Hao Vincent Yeo
  • Patent number: 10714703
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate including a plurality of organic light emitting elements; an adhesive member on at least a portion of an upper surface of the substrate; a flexible circuit board adhered to the upper surface of the adhesive member and having a portion bent to be mounted to a lower surface of the substrate; and a light blocking member at the upper surface of the substrate, wherein the light blocking member is laterally offset from the adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min You, Dae-Kil Park
  • Patent number: 10709017
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate includes: a plurality of ceramic layers 300a, 300b stacked together; a via hole 400a, 400b provided in each of the plurality of ceramic layers, the via holes of the plurality of ceramic layers being connected together in a layer stacking direction of the plurality of ceramic layers; a via wire 406a, 406b including an electrical conductor filled into each of the via holes; a first conductor 404a, 404b provided on an upper surface of at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers, the first conductor having an annular or partially annular shape surrounding the via wire; and a second conductor 403a, 403b including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being located outside the first conductor on the upper surface of the at least one ceramic layer, the second portion overlying the first conductor, and an inner rim of the second portion being located outside an inner rim of the first conductor, wherein a thickness of the first conductor 404a, 404b is greater than a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10701811
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil of the present disclosure includes a copper foil substrate, at least one surface of which has a surface treatment coat including at least a roughening-treated surface on which roughening particles are formed. Observation of a cross-section of the surface-treated copper foil with a scanning electron microscope shows that on a surface of the surface treatment coat, a standard deviation of the particle height of the roughening particles is 0.16 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less, and an average value of the ratio of the particle height to the particle width (particle height/particle width) of the roughening particles is 2.30 or more and 4.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Uno, Yuko Okuno, Takahiro Tsuruta, Yoshimasa Nishi, Sunao Fukutake
  • Patent number: 10681473
    Abstract: Some preferred embodiments include a microphone system for receiving sound waves, the microphone including a back plate, a radiation plate, first and second electrodes, first and second insulator layers, a power source and a microphone controller. The radiation plate is clamped to the back plate so that there is a hermetically sealed circular gap between the radiation plate and the back plate. The first electrode is fixedly attached to a side of the back plate proximate to the gap. The second electrode is fixedly attached to a side of the radiation plate. The insulator layers are attached to the back plate and/or the radiation plate, on respective gap sides thereof, so that the insulator layers are between the electrodes. The microphone controller is configured to use the power source to drive the microphone at a selected operating point comprising normalized static mechanical force, bias voltage, and relative bias voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hayrettin Koymen, Abdullah Atalar
  • Patent number: 10670472
    Abstract: A temperature measuring mask includes: a substrate 10; a temperature sensor 11 being provided to the substrate 10, and being capable of sensing a temperature inside a charged particle beam lithography device 4; a circuit board 12 being provided to the substrate 10, and including a measuring circuit 121A that measures the temperature using the temperature sensor 11 and a storage device 121B that stores measurement data of the measured temperature; a secondary cell 13 being provided to the substrate 10, and supplying electric power to the circuit 121A; and a photoelectric cell 14 being provided to the substrate 10, and generating electric power by being irradiated with an energy beam to charge the secondary cell 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Kota Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10670440
    Abstract: In order to provide a flow measuring device high in thermal responsiveness, the flow measuring device includes a temperature detecting element 2 for temperature detection, and a conductive metal lead frame 3 that supports and fixes the temperature detecting element. Of the metal lead frame, a part of the metal lead frame mounted with the temperature detecting element has a portion which is thinner than the thickness of the other metal lead frame or narrower than the width of the other metal lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinobu Tashiro, Keiji Hanzawa, Noboru Tokuyasu, Takeshi Morino, Ryosuke Doi
  • Patent number: 10645808
    Abstract: Dielectric such as polyether ether ketone may be used in forming radio-frequency flexible printed circuits. Filler may be incorporated into the dielectric to adjust the coefficient of thermal expansion of the flexible printed circuit. One or more layers of the flexible printed circuit may be unfilled and one or more layers of the flexible printed circuit may be filled. Antennas may be formed from metal traces on the flexible printed circuit, metal electronic device housing structures, or other conductive structures. A transmission line on the flexible printed circuit may couple radio-frequency transceiver circuitry in an electronic device to an antenna. A flexible printed circuit may have a portion with enhanced bendability in a location that overlaps a bend region. The enhanced bendability region may have less filler than other portions of the flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Froese, Qian Zhang, Paul Choiniere, Derek C. Krass
  • Patent number: 10629364
    Abstract: An inductor includes a body in which is disposed a coil formed as a plurality of coil patterns connected by one or more via(s). Each via includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed on the first conductive layer, and a distance between portions of coil patterns connected by the via in the body is greater than a distance between other portions of the coil patterns in the body. Methods of forming inductors having vias including first and second conductive layers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Woong Paeng, Jong Seok Bae, Soo Yeol Kim
  • Patent number: 10629466
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic chuck device which includes: an electrostatic chuck section having one main surface serving as a placing surface on which a plate-shaped sample is placed, and having a built-in internal electrode for electrostatic attraction; a first adhesion layer which contains spacers and a silicone adhesive and in which a layer thickness D is in a range of 3 to 25 ?m and a ratio (?S/D) between the layer thickness D and an average particle diameter ?S of the spacers is in a range of 0.1 to 1.0; a plurality of heating members bonded to the surface on the side opposite to the placing surface of the electrostatic chuck section in a pattern having a gap with respect to one another by the first adhesion layer; a second adhesion layer which contains a silicone adhesive; and a base section having a function of cooling the electrostatic chuck section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi Ito, Yukio Miura
  • Patent number: 10631412
    Abstract: Prepregs having a UV curable resin layer located adjacent to a first thermally curable resin layer or sandwiched between first and second thermally curable resin layers wherein the UV curable resin layer is uncured or partially cured as well as methods for preparing laminates using the prepregs wherein the laminate includes at least one UV curable resin encapsulated electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ISOLA USA CORP.
    Inventor: Roland Schönholz
  • Patent number: 10613545
    Abstract: A passive infra-red guidance system and method for augmenting operation of an autonomous vehicle on a roadway includes at least one forward-looking infra-red imaging sensor mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the vehicle's operational system. The system determines the left and right edges of the roadway using thermal imaging, and then determines the centerline of the travel lane in which the vehicle is travelling based on the determined left and right edges of the roadway. The system then compares the determined centerline of the travel lane with the actual position of the vehicle and identifies any adjustment needed for the vehicle's position based on the comparison. The left and right edge determination may comprise identifying a difference between a thermal signature representative of the roadway and a thermal signature representative of a non-roadway portion that is located proximate to the roadway portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Arnold Chase
  • Patent number: 10616999
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) incorporates at least one damping layer or section. The at least one damping layer is incorporated in the PCB to absorb vibrations or oscillations that may be conveyed to the PCB. Such vibrations or oscillations may be generated by one or more electrical components coupled to the PCB. The damping layer is disposed to prevent the PCB from audibly vibrating when the electrical components associated with the PCB are caused to vibrate or pulsate under a voltage load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Toleno, Marianne Elizabeth La Ford, Michael Nikkhoo, Igor Markovsky
  • Patent number: 10617001
    Abstract: An electronic circuit, including a substrate made of a first polymer having a first glass transition temperature lower than 200° C., the substrate having first and second opposite surfaces; a first layer or first tracks of a second polymer on the first surface; a second layer or second tracks of the second polymer or of a third polymer on the second surface, the second and third polymers being different from the first polymer and having a second glass transition temperature higher than 200° C.; and third electrically-conductive tracks on the first layer or the first tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Olivier Haon, Abdelkader Aliane, Mohammed Benwadih
  • Patent number: 10612766
    Abstract: A laminate having an electroluminescent element disposed within the laminate is disclosed. The laminate includes a first paper layer having at least first and second vias through the first paper layer; a first electrically-conductive layer comprising an electrically-conductive material, the first electrically-conductive layer being disposed over the first paper layer; a dielectric layer disposed over the first electrically-conductive layer; a light emissive layer comprising an electroluminescent material, the light emissive layer being disposed over the dielectric layer; a second electrically-conductive layer comprising a translucent electrically-conductive material, the second electrically-conductive layer being disposed over the light emissive layer; an insulating layer disposed over the second electrically-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: THE DILLER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert Jacob Kramer
  • Patent number: 10604640
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition which comprises a compound with at least two DOPO groups or a combination thereof as the flame retardant and an aliphatic long-chain maleimide compound. The resin composition is useful for the preparation of various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a resin film with copper foil, a laminate or a printed circuit board, achieving at least one, more or all properties improved of laminate formability, reliability of multiple laminations, chemical resistance, thermal resistance, dielectric constant, dissipation factor, interlayer bonding strength, storage modulus and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10588222
    Abstract: A carbene-coated metal foil is produced by applying an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) compound to one or more surfaces of a metal foil (e.g., an electrodeposited copper foil having a surface that is smooth and non-oxidized). The NHC compound contains a matrix-reactive pendant group that includes at least one of a vinyl-, allyl-, acrylic-, methacrylic-, styrenic-, amine-, amide- and epoxy-containing moiety capable of reacting with a base polymer (e.g., a vinyl-containing resin such as a polyphenylene oxide/triallyl-isocyanurate (PPO/TAIC) composition). The NHC compound may be synthesized by, for example, reacting a halogenated imidazolium salt (e.g., 1,3-bis(4-bromo-2,6-dimethylphenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride) and an organostannane having a vinyl-containing moiety (e.g., tributyl(vinyl)stannane) in the presence of a palladium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10586748
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulating layer with an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; a first conductive pattern on the upper surface of the insulating layer; a second conductive pattern on the lower surface of the insulating layer; an aluminum pattern that covers at least a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive pattern; and a first passivation layer that covers at least a portion of sides of the first conductive pattern and that prevents diffusion into the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soo-Jae Park
  • Patent number: 10582612
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeYeoul Kwon, HeeSeok Yang, Sangcheon Youn, Sung Woo Kim, YoonDong Cho, Saemleenuri Lee
  • Patent number: 10575399
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a multilayer body including a plurality of stacked resin layers and a wiring layer provided in the resin layer. The multilayer body includes a deformable flexible portion which generally defines a wave-shaped portion extending in a direction of travel that is repeatedly changed when viewed in a direction of stacking of the resin layers, the wiring layer being routed along the wave-shaped portion. The flexible portion includes a turn-back portion arranged at a position where the direction of travel is changed and an intermediate portion connecting adjacent turn-back portions to each other. A width of the turn-back portion is greater than a width of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihito Otsubo
  • Patent number: 10566215
    Abstract: A method includes electrically connecting an IC chip module to a motherboard and thermally contacting a heat sink to the IC chip module. The IC chip module includes a carrier comprising a top surface and a bottom surface configured to be electrically connected to the motherboard. The IC chip module includes a stiffening frame attached to the carrier top surface. The stiffening frame includes a base portion that has a central opening and a plurality of opposing sidewalls. The IC chip module further includes a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the carrier top surface and concentrically arranged within the central opening. The IC chip module further includes a first directional heat spreader thermally contacting the semiconductor chip. The first directional heat spreader includes a directionally thermally conductive material arranged to efficiently transfer heat from the semiconductor chip in a first opposing bivector direction towards first opposing sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Evan G. Colgan, Yi Pan, Hilton T. Toy, Jeffrey A. Zitz
  • Patent number: 10564645
    Abstract: A passive infra-red guidance system and method for augmenting operation of an autonomous vehicle on a roadway includes at least one forward-looking infra-red imaging sensor mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the vehicle's operational system. The system determines the left and right edges of the roadway using thermal imaging, and then determines the centerline of the travel lane in which the vehicle is travelling based on the determined left and right edges of the roadway. The system then compares the determined centerline of the travel lane with the actual position of the vehicle and identifies any adjustment needed for the vehicle's position based on the comparison. The left and right edge determination may comprise identifying a difference between a thermal signature representative of the roadway and a thermal signature representative of a non-roadway portion that is located proximate to the roadway portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Arnold Chase
  • Patent number: 10535596
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a feedthrough assembly and methods of forming such assemblies are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the feedthrough assembly can include a non-conductive substrate and a feedthrough. The feedthrough can include a via from an outer surface to an inner surface of the non-conductive substrate, a conductive material disposed in the via, and an external contact disposed over the via on the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate. The external contact can be electrically coupled to the conductive material disposed in the via. And the external contact can be hermetically sealed to the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate by a bond surrounding the via. In one or more embodiments, the bond can be a laser bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ruben, Michael S. Sandlin
  • Patent number: 10518500
    Abstract: A laminate in which a first layer is formed with high positional accuracy, and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. In the laminate of this invention, a relief structure forming layer includes a first region having an indented structure extending in a first direction or a direction tilted by an angle within 10 degrees to the left or right from the first direction in a plan view, and a second region including an indented structure extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction or a direction tilted by an angle within 65 degrees to the left or right from the second direction in a plan view. The first layer contains a first material which is different from a material of the relief structure forming layer, and has a surface shape corresponding to that of the relief structure forming layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yashiki
  • Patent number: 10524359
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a workpiece is disclosed. The method comprises providing (810) a layer (120) of a polymeric material on at least a portion of a substrate (110) and patterning (830) the layer of polymeric material by exposing the layer with electromagnetic radiation having a frequency and amplitude within said certain frequency range and amplitude range so as to form a pattern of regions (122) having a first electrical conductivity and regions (124) having a second electrical conductivity. The method further includes the actions of mounting (840) an electronic component (140) on the layer of polymeric material and curing (850) the polymeric material. A workpiece comprising a substrate (110), a layer (120) of a polymeric material adapted to, in a non-cured state, to change its electrical conductivity when exposed with electromagnetic radiation (E) within a certain frequency and amplitude range is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Mycronic AB
    Inventor: Robert Helleday
  • Patent number: 10506723
    Abstract: An enhanced substrate includes a carbine-coated metal foil laminated to a substrate that includes glass fiber impregnated with a base polymer. The carbine-coated foil metal includes a conductive surface treated with an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) compound containing a matrix-reactive pendant group that includes at least one of a vinyl-, allyl-, acrylic-, methacrylic-, styrenic-, amine-, amide- and epoxy-containing moiety capable of reacting with the base polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10501638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard coating film, and more particularly, to a hard coating film that includes a high elongation oligomer having an elastic modulus and elongation at break in a specific range on a transparent substrate, and thus can exhibit excellent impact resistance and bending resistance and can minimize the occurrence of a curl caused by cure shrinkage of a hard coating film, and an image display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geo San Lim, Dong Hwi Kim, Kwan Wook Song
  • Patent number: 10506711
    Abstract: A ceramic circuit board and a method of making are provided. The ceramic circuit board includes a substrate and a composite material layer. The composite material layer is formed on the substrate and comprises metal oxide powders and ceramic powders. The composite material layer has an interface layer which is transformed from the metal oxide powders by reduction and includes comprises zero-valent metal, lower-valent metal oxide and eutectic mixture reduced from the metal oxide powders of the composite material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Meng-Hsiu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10490352
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a multi-layer unit, side margins, and bonding units. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers laminated in a first direction and internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers. The side margins cover the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The bonding units are each disposed between the multi-layer unit and each of the side margins and have higher silicon content than the ceramic layers and the side margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kato, Kotaro Mizuno, Yukihiro Konishi
  • Patent number: 10492297
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a hybrid conductive ink including: silver nanoparticles and eutectic low melting point alloy particles, wherein a weight ratio of the eutectic low melting point alloy particles and the silver nanoparticles ranges from 1:20 to 1:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Chad Steven Smithson, Kurt I. Halfyard, Michelle N. Chretien
  • Patent number: 10487412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chromium-based coating comprising at least one layer rich in crystalline phase or phases of nickel (Ni) and/or Ni compounds, and at least one layer rich in crystal-line phase or phases of chromium (Cr) and/or Cr compounds, Cr being electroplated from a trivalent chromium bath. The coating is characterized in that the it further comprises one or more crystalline phases of chromium-nickel-phosphorus (CrNiP), which CrNiP phase has been produced by heat treating a coating comprising at least one layer of nickel-phosphorus (NiP) and at least one layer of Cr. The invention also relates to a method for producing a chromiumbased coating and to a coated object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Savroc Ltd
    Inventors: Juha Miettinen, Jussi Räisä
  • Patent number: 10482667
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to providing of a display that can provide content through either a virtual image from a heads-up-display or a transparent display physically adhered to the back surface of the heads-up-display. The aspects disclosure herein also relate to providing a detection of an input, and in response to detection, switching the combined display from a first mode to a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander van Laack
  • Patent number: 10475865
    Abstract: A flexible display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a flexible display motherboard are provided in the present disclosure. The flexible display motherboard includes a carrier substrate, a separation layer provided above the carrier substrate, a deformable layer covering the separation layer, a flexible substrate provided above the deformable layer, and a display device provided on the flexible substrate, wherein the deformable layer shrinks and deforms under a preset triggering condition to separate the flexible substrate from the carrier substrate without any damage to the display element, and the light-outgoing effect of the flexible display device can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxin Wang, Zhijie Ye, Wenbin Jia, Ronggang Shangguan, Lingyun Liu
  • Patent number: 10465069
    Abstract: Provided are a polyphenyl ether resin composition and a prepreg and a laminated board containing same. The polyphenyl ether resin composition comprises the following components: (1) a tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate-modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin; and (2) a vinyl resin cross-linking agent, the weight of the vinyl resin cross-linking agent being 40-100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate-modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin. The modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin, due to containing a tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate active group, can cross-link more vinyl resin cross-linking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guangbing Chen, Xianping Zeng
  • Patent number: 10458864
    Abstract: A deformation sensing apparatus comprises an elastic substrate, a conductive element, and an additional conductive element. The conductive element includes conductive joints that are separated from each other by resolving elements along a length of the conductive element. Different combinations of conductive joints and resolving elements correspond to different segments of the deformation sensing apparatus. Based on a change in capacitance between a conductive joint and the additional conductive element when a strain is applied to the deformation sensing apparatus, the deformation sensing apparatus generates a signal that allows determination of how the strain deforms the deformation sensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Jason Keller, Tristan Thomas Trutna, David R. Perek, Bruce A. Cleary, III, Brian Michael Scally
  • Patent number: 10457608
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate that includes a surface layer portion positioned on an internal layer portion, and a surface layer electrode on a surface of the surface layer portion. The surface layer portion includes a first layer next to the internal layer portion, and the internal layer portion includes a second layer next to the first layer. The thermal expansion coefficient of the first layer is lower than the thermal expansion coefficient of the second layer. The first layer and the second layer each contain glass containing 40 weight % to 65 weight % of MO, where MO is at least one selected from CaO, MgO, SrO, and/or BaO); 35 weight % to 60 weight % of alumina, and 1 weight % to 10 weight % of at least one metal oxide selected from CuO and/or Ag2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Fujita
  • Patent number: 10458050
    Abstract: A textile fabric containing a first electrically conductive thread and a second electrically conductive thread is disclosed. In one aspect, the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread cross at a first crossover point, wherein the textile fabric further contains an electrical connector establishing an electrical connection between the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread. The electrical connector contains a first contact pad in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive thread, a second contact pad in electrical contact with the second electrically conductive thread, and a first stretchable electrical interconnection connecting the first contact pad with the second contact pad. The first contact pad and the second contact pad are provided at a location different from the location of the first crossover point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: IMEC vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Bjorn Van Keymeulen, Frederick Bossuyt, Thomas Vervust, Johan De Baets
  • Patent number: 10450405
    Abstract: A resin composition contains an epoxy resin, and a curing agent including a first acid anhydride and a second acid anhydride. An unsaturated bond concentration in the second acid anhydride is not higher than 0.7%. The unsaturated bond concentration is represented by following formula (1). The ratio of the number of acid anhydride equivalents of the first acid anhydride to the number of epoxy equivalents of the epoxy resin is between 0.05 and 0.5 (inclusive). The ratio of the total number of acid anhydride equivalents of the first acid anhydride and the second acid anhydride to the number of epoxy equivalents is between 0.5 and 1.1 (inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nii, Hidetsugu Motobe, Toshiyuki Higashida
  • Patent number: 10444911
    Abstract: A flexible touch sensing unit may include a substrate including an active touch region and an inactive region surrounding the active touch region, a plurality of first sensing electrodes disposed on the active touch region and extending along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing electrodes disposed on the active touch region and extending along a second direction, and a plurality of sensing lines disposed on the inactive region and electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes. Each of the sensing lines may include a first metal layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer disposed on the first conductive layer. Each of the first sensing electrodes may include a third metal layer, and each of the second sensing electrodes may include a fourth metal layer. The first conductive layer may include a self-assembled monolayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ha Son, Jea-Neung Kim, Yong-Hwan Ryu