Assembly Means Patents (Class 445/66)
  • Patent number: 8013545
    Abstract: Various methods of manufacturing a lighting apparatus and embodiments of a modular networked lighting apparatus are disclosed. One method defines a mechanical form factor with a minimum set of electrical connections for a networking module, builds a subassembly of the networked lighting apparatus, the subassembly comprising attachment points compatible with the mechanical form factor for the networking module and contacts for the minimum set of electrical connections for the networking module, installs a networking module into the subassembly of the networked lighting apparatus, the networking module compatible with a selected networking protocol for the networked lighting apparatus, completes the final assembly of the networked lighting module, and marks the networked lighting apparatus to indicate the selected networking protocol for the networked lighting apparatus. In some embodiments, the lighting apparatus may function without the networking module installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Greenwave Reality, PTE, Ltd.
    Inventor: Karl Jonsson
  • Patent number: 7972192
    Abstract: A curing device comprises a reaction chamber, a workbench provided at a bottom of the reaction chamber, an ultraviolet lamp provided at the top of the reaction chamber for irradiating the workbench, and a light shielding plate provided under the ultraviolet lamp for shielding the second area of the workbench from the light of the ultraviolet lamp. The workbench comprises a first area and a second area surrounded by the first area, the first area corresponds to a non-display area of a display panel to be produced, and the second area corresponds to the display area of the display panel to be produced. The workbench comprises a heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Hun Song
  • Publication number: 20110124259
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a light source and a method therefor are provided that enables a high efficient light source to be manufactured even when an optical element whose characteristic significantly varies is used. After maintaining temperatures of a laser device and a wavelength conversion element at a temperature where an output of light emitted from each of the device and the element is equal to or greater than a predetermined rate of the maximum output, the laser device and the wavelength conversion element whose temperatures have been maintained are joined together so that the output of the light emitted from the wavelength conversion element is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi OE, Kazutaka IKEDA, Akira NAKAMURA, Motoaki TAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20110111667
    Abstract: There are provided a system and a method for manufacturing an optical display device, in which optical films fed from two rolls which are the same in the direction of optical anisotropy, such as the direction of absorption axis, can be bonded to one and the other surfaces of an optical display unit so that the optical anisotropy of the one can be orthogonal to that of the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Kitada, Tomokazu Yura, Satoru Koshio, Takuya Nakazono
  • Patent number: 7901263
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LED light string using a jig having a main body and a plurality of spiral grooves formed thereon adjacent to each other is provided. The method includes winding an electrical wire in each of the grooves, removing portions of the electrical wires to provide a plurality of spaced exposed segments at successive locations on each of the electrical wires, placing LED chips on at least some of the plurality of exposed segments formed in one of the electrical wires, connecting each LED chip to a corresponding exposed segment on a different electrical wire by a connector, and sealing each LED chip and connector. A jig for attaching one or more LED chips to a plurality of electrical wires is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Digicrown International Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenneth Tsai
  • Patent number: 7883389
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for rapidly joining a first glass substrate to a second glass substrate. The first glass substrate and second glass substrates are separated by a peripheral glass spacer or frame. The glass frame is sandwiched between the first and second substrates. A layer of glass frit is placed on the top and bottom surfaces of the frame or about the top and bottom peripheral edges of the substrates in contact with the frame. Heat is then applied substantially solely to the periphery of the substrates about the frame to cause the frit to melt thereby securing the top substrate to the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Copytele, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Disanto, Denis Krusos
  • Publication number: 20110025191
    Abstract: An optical device deploring a phosphor layer having a textured surface to improve output of visual light is disclosed. A light emitting device includes a solid state light emitter and a phosphor layer. The solid state light emitter, for example, is configured to convert electrical energy to optical light. The phosphor layer includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface, for example, is the top surface while the second surface is the bottom surface. The phosphor layer is disposed over the solid state light emitter for generating luminous light in response to the optical light. The first surface of the phosphor layer, in one embodiment, is configured to include a texture, which has similarly shaped uniform configurations, capable of reducing total internal reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: BRIDGELUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Xu, Alex Shaikevitch
  • Patent number: 7862396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a flat panel display device. The device has a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate and an array of pixels formed therebetween. A frit is interposed and interconnects between the first substrate and second substrate. The frit is melted by irradiating a first laser and a second laser. The first and second lasers move along the different paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20100320900
    Abstract: Disclosed are a welding aid for a spiral-wound filament of a lamp and a lamp comprising such a welding aid. The spiral-wound filament has a spiral-wound filament body and at least one spiral-wound filament tail. The welding aid is arranged at a distance d from the spiral-wound filament body and is designed to connect the at least one spiral-wound filament tail to a current-conducting support, the distance d being defined in accordance with a power P at which the lamp is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
  • Publication number: 20100311198
    Abstract: A frame assembly to stretch a donor film used in laser induced thermal imaging (LITI), a method of manufacturing the donor film, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device. The frame assembly to stretch a donor film includes: a main body including a center opening; a first support portion including a film mounting guide portion on which the donor film is mounted; a second support portion that including a film pressing portion that presses a donor film in a direction perpendicular to a coupling direction of the frame main body and the first support portion; and an elastic member disposed between the first support portion and the main body, wherein the first support portion is coupled to an inner portion of the main body by a first coupling member, and wherein the second support portion is coupled to an inner portion of the first support portion in a direction perpendicular to the coupling direction of the main body and the first support portion by a second coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20100279575
    Abstract: A system and method for depositing a phosphor composition onto a light emitting device improves manufacturing yield, simplifies conventional processes, and decreases costs. For example, a method of dispensing a phosphor composition onto a light emitting device includes dispensing a portion of the phosphor composition onto the light emitting device utilizing a plurality of colored phosphor dispensers each for dispensing a respective type of phosphor. Power is applied to the light emitting device to emit light, and a characteristic the light emitted by the light emitting device is detected. Phosphor mixing and phosphor dispensing are dynamically controlled. Therefore the color characteristics of phosphor dispensed on LEDs are consistent. The system and method may also reduce the difference between detected characteristic of the light and a desired characteristic of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Xu, Rene Helbing
  • Publication number: 20100267307
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a flat display device using the sealing apparatus. The sealing apparatus to attach a first substrate and a second substrate to each other using an attachment member disposed between the first and second substrates, the sealing apparatus comprises a stage on which the first substrate is seated, a halogen lamp irradiating light, and a reflector reflecting light irradiated from the halogen lamp to the attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Han PARK, Hyung-Sik Kim, Joon-Hyung Kim, Seung-Ho Myoung, Jong-Dae Kim, Cheol Lae Roh
  • Publication number: 20100225223
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a discontinuous organic layer on at least one of a cover substrate and an insulating substrate provided with a display device element, arranging the insulating substrate and the cover substrate with facing each other for the organic layer to be interposed therebetween, and assembling the cover substrate and the insulating substrate by pressing the substrates together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon KIM, Won-Hoe Koo, Jung-mi Choi
  • Patent number: 7774152
    Abstract: A method of calculating node potentials in a network including current flow nodes on wirings with high precision at high speed is provided. Provided are a drive method of making voltages applied to electron-emitting devices uniform using the calculating method and an apparatus for manufacturing an image display apparatus including the electron-emitting devices. Assume that n nodes are located between one end of a wiring in which a potential DL is set and the other end of the wiring in which a potential DR is set. At a j-th node counted from the one end, when a current value flowing therefrom is Ij, a node potential is Vj, resistance elements between a terminal and a node and between adjacent nodes are R0 to Rn+1, and a resistance between both end of the wiring is Rall, the node potential Vj is calculated by the following expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100197187
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal component manufacturing method wherein a gap between a panel surface of a liquid crystal module and a transparent cover is filled with a transparent resin, then, the liquid crystal module and the transparent cover are bonded by curing the resin. In the method, at the peripheral section of at least one surface of the panel surface and the facing surface of the transparent cover, the resin is applied, then, a dam is formed by semi-curing the resin. At the same time, the resin is applied to the center, the panel surface and the transparent cover are permitted to face, and the resin applied at the center is pushed to spread by reducing the gap between the facing panel surface and the transparent cover. The resin pushed to spread is dammed up by the dam, and the whole resin that exists in the gap is cured. An apparatus for manufacturing the liquid crystal component is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Satoru Naraba, Hajime Hirata, Takanori Tahara, Yoshiyuki Arai, Yoshio Nogami
  • Patent number: 7766715
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a PDP, in which a glass substrate on which a panel structure member precursor is formed is put on a setter and the panel structure member precursor is fired/solidified, the setter mainly includes a material obtained by coupling silicon carbide and silicon nitride, and a difference between a linear expansion coefficient of the setter and a linear expansion coefficient of the glass substrate is 5×10?6/K or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Morita
  • Publication number: 20100159787
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sealed panel having a first substrate and a second substrate, including: a melting step of melting a sealing material which does not contain a binder for making the sealing material into paste form; a coating step of applying the melted sealing material onto a surface of the second substrate; and a sealing step of laminating the first substrate and the second substrate via the sealing material applied onto the surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Iijima, Muneto Hakomori, Toshiharu Kurauchi, Takanobu Yano, Yuichi Orii
  • Publication number: 20100151764
    Abstract: Disclosed are an absorber, in which the positions of absorption pads are automatically adjusted according to sizes of substrates, and an apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel having the same. The absorber includes an absorption plate gate attached to a robot arm having a transfer hand through a turn unit; and an absorption unit assembly mounted on the lower surface of the absorption plate, and the absorption unit assembly includes a middle absorption unit; a left absorption unit located at the left side of the middle absorption unit; a right absorption unit located at the right side of the middle absorption unit; an absorption support unit to guide moving routes of the absorption units and fix the absorption units to the absorption plate; and absorption pads respectively formed on the absorption units such that the positions of the absorption pads are adjusted according to sizes of substrates to allow the absorption pads to absorb the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Jong-Go Lim
  • Publication number: 20100141135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a display device which can favorably cut a display panel having the structure where a resin layer is sandwiched between an element substrate and a sealing substrate. The manufacturing method of a display device includes the steps of: forming a display panel by sandwiching a resin which is hardened by any one of electromagnetic waves, radioactive rays and electron beams and heat between an element substrate having a display region in which a plurality of light emitting elements are formed and a sealing substrate in such a manner that the resin covers the display region; radiating at least one of electromagnetic waves, radioactive rays and electron beams to the display panel thus hardening first portions of the resin and leaving second portions of the resin in a state softer than the first portions; separating the display panel at positions corresponding to the second portions; and heating the separated display panel thus further hardening the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Satoru KASE, Yoshinori Ishii, Eiji Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20100127615
    Abstract: A an organic electroluminescent display device includes an array substrate including a driving thin film transistor in a pixel region on a first substrate; an opposing substrate including an organic electroluminescent diode in the pixel region on a second substrate; an adhesive layer filling a space between the array substrate and the opposing substrate; and a connection spacer to electrically connect the organic electroluminescent diode with the driving thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Myung-Seop Kim, Jeong-Dae Seo, Jong-Moo Lee, Hyun-Ju Choi, Chang-Wook Han, Yoon-Heung Tak
  • Publication number: 20100120318
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of assembling an LCD panel, an interface apparatus, and an assembling apparatus. In this invention, the first panel of the LCD panel is mounted on the interface apparatus before being pressed to the second panel of the LCD panel. Therefore, the complexity of the assembly room can be simplified and the cycle time in the assembly room can be shortened by moving the processes of flatly attaching and separating panels out of the assembly room. The interface apparatus is easier to be processed than a glass substrate during operation. The design of the interface apparatus can simplify the mechanisms in the assembly room and shorten the cycle time. The usage of the interface apparatus can reduce the alignment error caused by nonsynchronization of releasing static electricity suckers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Chuan-Chieh Lin, Wen-Chueh Pan, Yang-Jiann Fann, Jer-Shyoung Lai
  • Publication number: 20100120320
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The assembly apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies a board and backlight assembly including a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display panel received on the backlight unit at a predetermined assembly location, an assembly unit that in turn draws separated type chassis members from a cartridge, into which the separated type chassis members are loaded, and receives the separated type chassis members at edges of the board and backlight assembly supplied at the predetermined assembly location, and a screw coupling unit that screw-couples the separated type chassis members received at the edges of the board and backlight assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Yongjin Kim, Byungsu Chae
  • Publication number: 20100105276
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel, a sealant having a cut-out formed at least on the other end side of a display region is provided on one film substrate. A liquid crystal material is supplied to one end side of the display region in the one film substrate or the other film substrate. An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel includes a bonding unit arranged to bond the pair of film substrates to each other through the sealant and the liquid crystal material by pressing respective surfaces of the film substrates so that a pressure in a middle of the film substrates becomes higher than that at both ends thereof, and a sealing unit arranged to seal the cut-out of the sealant to the pair of film substrates bonded in the bonding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tokuo Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100105277
    Abstract: A flat display panel sealing device that can prevent separation of a sealant by applying pressure to a first substrate and a second substrate with the sealant therebetween is disclosed. While the pressure is applied, light is irradiated to the sealant, whereby the first and second substrates are sealed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Wook KANG, Min-Sang Koo
  • Publication number: 20100099322
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device includes performing a discharge-scanning by moving a nozzle row including a plurality of discharge nozzles and a substrate including a plurality of functional film partitioned areas relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to an array direction of the discharge nozzles in the nozzle row and by selectively discharging liquid from the discharge nozzles to deposit the liquid in the film formation partitioned areas to form a functional film, and performing a secondary scanning by moving the substrate and the nozzle row relative to each other in the array direction. The performing of the secondary scanning includes performing a first secondary scanning at least once in which a relative movement distance between the nozzle row and the substrate is equal to an integral multiple of an arrangement pitch of the film formation partitioned areas in the array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru KATAGAMI, Sadaharu KOMORI, Tsuyoshi KATO, Masayuki OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 7690962
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device bonding apparatus includes a chamber part for bonding substrates together, a plurality of moving elements within the chamber part, and at least one origin verifying system provided along moving paths of the moving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Seok Lee, Sang Ho Park
  • Patent number: 7692758
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a thin film transistor on a first substrate, forming a color filter on a second substrate, and forming a spacer on one of the first and second substrates, the spacer being formed by a distributing apparatus, and forming a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Ok Park, Sung Yel Kim
  • Publication number: 20100009590
    Abstract: A cut section checking/aligning unit simultaneously checks cut sections of unit liquid crystal display panels that are separated from within first and second base substrates and aligns the unit liquid crystal display panels to a reference position. A grinding unit grinds edges of the unit liquid crystal display panels. The cut section checking/aligning unit and the grinding unit are integrated within a grinding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Hun-Jun Choo, Sang-Sun Shin, Jong-Go Lim, Ho-Kyun Kim, Sang-Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 7628670
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an image displaying apparatus having a display panel. A first substrate of the display panel on which a phosphor exciter is disposed and a second substrate of the display panel on which phosphors emitting light by the phosphor exciter is provided, are prepared under a vacuum atmosphere. Then, the first and the second substrates are carried in a getter processing chamber or bake processing chamber, and getter processing or bake processing is applied thereto under the vacuum atmosphere. After the processing, the first and the second substrates are carried in a seal processing chamber, where the substrates are heat sealed under the vacuum atmosphere. Thus, reduction of vacuum exhaust time and a high vacuum degree in manufacturing an image displaying apparatus is attained and efficiency of manufacturing is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Miyazaki, Kohei Nakata, Tetsuya Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20090280711
    Abstract: The invention provides a production management system and a production management method which are applied to an optical display device production system which can more precisely carry out a production management. A memory stores a panel information allocated per an optical display unit, and a roll information including a positional information of optical films in a material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut so as to coordinate. A position in the material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut is specified based on the panel information corresponding to the optical display unit of the optical display device determined by an inspecting apparatus that a defect exists, and the roll information coordinated to the panel information. If it is possible to recognize what position in what material roll the defect exists, as mentioned above, it is possible to carry out a production management more precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori IKEDA, Tamotsu ODA, Kazuo KITADA, Tomokazu YURA, Satoru KOSHIO, Takuya NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20090244896
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a base, a lighting module disposed on the base, the lighting module including a mounting plate, and a plurality of light emitting diodes provided on the mounting plate, and a cover surrounding the lighting module and secured in the base, the cover optimally directing light emitted by the plurality of light emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Eugene McGehee, John Thomas Adinolfi
  • Patent number: 7594842
    Abstract: A cassette assembly and a method of manufacturing fluorescent lamps using the cassette assembly are provided. The cassette assembly includes a housing defining a process chamber and having a plurality of holes in which glass tubes for the fluorescent lamps are inserted to communicate with the chamber, a carrying unit including two or more porous plates through which the glass tubes are fitted, a plurality of ring members disposed on the porous plates to preliminarily fix the glass tubes to the carrying unit by allowing the outer circumferences of the glass tubes to contact, and a locking unit for changing the glass tubes from the preliminary fixing status to a lockup status by varying contact pressure applied between the ring members and the glass tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: DMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Lee, Dong-Gil Kim, Sung-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20090227171
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a display is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a pixel area, forming a plurality of patterned first electrodes on the pixel area, forming a plurality of partitions on both sides of the patterned first electrodes, respectively filling in spaces between the partitions with various colored material to cover the patterned first electrodes by a depositing process, and forming a cover on the partitions and the colored materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chao-Kai Cheng, Wan-Wen Chiu, Yuh-Zheng Lee, Yuan-Chang Liao, Jyh-Wen Shiu, Jen-Chieh Yang
  • Publication number: 20090209162
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method of sealing a gap formed between each end cap of a fluorescent bulb and a protective sleeve, where the fluorescent bulb is disposed within the protective sleeve to form a bulb and sleeve assembly with the gap defined between an external surface of the end caps and an internal surface of the protective sleeve. The method comprises rotating the bulb and sleeve assembly and injecting a sealant in the gap associated with each end cap as the bulb and sleeve assembly rotate to provide a continuous bead of sealant between the end caps and the protective sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Anthony J. Bartol
  • Patent number: 7568961
    Abstract: A module for manufacturing a display device, a method for manufacturing the module, and a method for manufacturing a display device using the module, are provided. The module includes a solid substrate, a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, and a third flexible substrate in one embodiment. The solid substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface facing to the upper surface. The first flexible substrate is on the upper surface of the solid substrate, and the second flexible substrate is on the first flexible substrate and has an opening to receive a flexible display substrate that has a display element. The third flexible substrate is on the lower surface of the solid substrate to prevent a bending of the solid substrate. Advantageously, a malfunction of pixels of the display element is decreased, and the module for manufacturing the display device may be recycled to decrease a manufacturing cost of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7534155
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing display panels includes forming a material layer on a substrate, and baking the material layer formed on substrate which is placed on a supporting bed. The supporting bed is formed of a first supporting bed and a second supporting bed placed on the first supporting bed. A difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the second supporting bed and the substrate is smaller than a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the first supporting bed and the substrate, and the substrate is placed on the second supporting bed such that the substrate is positioned entirely within the perimeter of the second supporting bed during the baking and heating. This structure allows reduction of scratches on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yonehara, Masanori Suzuki, Makoto Morita, Daisuke Adachi, Yasuyuki Akata, Kenji Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20090124158
    Abstract: A system for attaching a display panel and a stereoscopic lens panel is provided. The system may include a panel supply device that receives a display panel and a stereoscopic lens panel, and a conveyance device that conveys the display panel and the stereoscopic lens panel. A cleaning device cleans attachment surfaces of the display panel and stereoscopic lens panel, and a laminating device laminates an adhesive film onto an attachment surface of the display panel. A panel attachment device then attaches the display panel and the stereoscopic lens panel, either of which may be laminated with the adhesive film by the laminating device, and a baking device bakes the adhesive film interposed between the display panel and the stereoscopic lens panel to form a stereoscopic display panel. A panel discharge device then loads the stereoscopic display panel thereon for subsequent processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Jae Seok HWANG
  • Publication number: 20090116253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp ring for a lamp, in particular an indicator lamp, which comprises a recess for coding and an additional recess for positioning the lamp ring in a base mounting machine. According to the invention, the second recess has an inner wall with a projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHL
    Inventors: Franz Brandl, Jurgen Hallmeier, Klaus Knorr
  • Publication number: 20090098789
    Abstract: A desired optical sheet for a display is easily provided while flexibly responding to addition of size and change in size of an optical sheet for a display. An equipment for producing an optical sheet for a display, including: a joining device which joins two or more optical sheets at one or more parts, a cutting device which cuts the optical sheets joined by the joining device or periphery of optical sheets not joined by the joining device into a product size, a packaging device which stacks and packages the optical sheets joined by the joining device and a control device which variably sets the product size and the order of the joining step by the joining device, the cutting step by the cutting device and the packaging step by the packaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Endo, Shotaro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090073351
    Abstract: A display medium including: a pair of substrates; a pair of electrodes disposed on the pair of substrates, and facing each other; and a functional layer and a display layer disposed between the pair of electrodes with an adhesive layer disposed between the functional layer and the display layer. The display layer includes a binder and microcapsules dispersed in the binder. The microcapsules have a polymer serving as a wall material, and a liquid crystal enclosed therein. A shape of an interface of the display layer at least on the side of the adhesive layer in a cross section along a thickness direction of the disposed layers is an irregular line having a distance between a highest protruding portion and a lowest depressed portion is from about 0.5 ?m to about 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Kakinuma, Shigeru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090068917
    Abstract: An encapsulation apparatus capable of securely sealing a gap of a display panel and improving intensity of the display panel, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device using the encapsulation apparatus are taught. The encapsulation apparatus includes an injection port having tapered projecting edges formed in both sides of one end the injection port, and injecting a reinforcing material into a gap of a display panel in a dual surface contact manner, the first substrate and the second substrate being attached to each other using a sealant; and a supporter coupled to the injection port and supporting the injection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Ki-Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20090061723
    Abstract: A method for sealing a fluorescent lamp performs a first heating operation to heat a region of a glass tube in which a fluorescent material is coated, stretches the glass tube at the heated region, and performs a second heating operation to heat the stretched region of the glass tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Young Keun LEE, Myong Gi Jang
  • Publication number: 20090053964
    Abstract: A seal agent D and liquid crystal C are clamped to a lower substrate 6, a pair of the lower substrate 7 and an upper substrate are laminated with the seal agent D and the liquid crystal C interposed therebetween, and at least one of the pair of substrates is a roll-shaped long flexible resin film. When the substrates are laminated, the lower substrate 6 on one hand is aligned to the upper substrate 7 on the other hand in every arbitrary length. With this arrangement, productivity can be improved as well as a positional dislocation due to accumulation of positioning errors can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Atsuo Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20090051280
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and an organic layer that is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode includes a conductive protection layer that is formed on the organic layer so as to protect the organic layer and a conductive main electrode layer that is formed on the protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuki Moyama, Yasushi Yagi, Shingo Watanabe, Chuichi Kawamura, Kimihiko Yoshino, Tadahiro Ohmi
  • Publication number: 20090029624
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for manufacturing a container (8) for accommodating an Hg source (9) for a discharge lamp. The process includes the following steps are carried out: a) production of a helical cutout (2) in a coil former (1); b) insertion of a flexible strip-like wire fabric (3) into the helical cutout (2); c) movement of the strip-shaped wire fabric (3) through the helical cutout (2) and production of a coiled hollow-cylindrical container (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventor: Josef Schlecht
  • Publication number: 20080299865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation apparatus for separating a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) glass panel and an aluminum frame from a PDP panel assembly (an assembly of the PDP glass panel and the aluminum frame) and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Byeongun Ko, Kwangwoo M. Ko
  • Publication number: 20080254704
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device including forming a standard mark in a flexible substrate fed in a first direction, forming a partition wall in the flexible substrate, and forming an electrode by applying a conductive member at a predetermined position between the partition walls by an applicator based on the standard mark. An apparatus is provided that includes a transportation unit to transport a flexible substrate in a first direction, a mark formation unit to form a standard mark in the flexible substrate, a partition wall formation unit to form a partition wall in the flexible substrate, and an application unit to apply a conductive member to a predetermined position between the partition walls based on the standard mark. A display device is provided that includes a flexible substrate, a partition wall formed by pressing the flexible substrate, and an electrode formed by application between the partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohide HAMADA, Kei Nara
  • Publication number: 20080218049
    Abstract: A light source apparatus is equipped with a discharge lamp, which has a glass tube that forms a light emitting part and a base member that is coupled thereto, and a mounting apparatus that holds the discharge lamp via the base member. Therein, the base member has a flange part that contacts positioning plate of the mounting apparatus, and a fixed part that is urged with a pressing force that presses the flange part to the positioning plate. Furthermore, the mounting apparatus has a fixing arm that urges the fixed part by a compression coil spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirasu, Yasuo Aoki, Motoo Koyama, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080200089
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LED light string using a jig having a main body and a plurality of spiral grooves formed thereon adjacent to each other is provided. The method includes winding an electrical wire in each of the grooves, removing portions of the electrical wires to provide a plurality of spaced exposed segments at successive locations on each of the electrical wires, placing LED chips on at least some of the plurality of exposed segments formed in one of the electrical wires, connecting each LED chip to a corresponding exposed segment on a different electrical wire by a connector, and sealing each LED chip and connector. A jig for attaching one or more LED chips to a plurality of electrical wires is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: DIGICROWN INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Kenneth Tsai
  • Publication number: 20080194167
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for rapidly joining a first glass substrate to a second glass substrate. The first glass substrate and second glass substrates are separated by a peripheral glass spacer or frame. The glass frame is sandwiched between the first and second substrates. A layer of glass frit is placed on the top and bottom surfaces of the frame or about the top and bottom peripheral edges of the substrates in contact with the frame. Heat is then applied substantially solely to the periphery of the substrates about the frame to cause the frit to melt thereby securing the top substrate to the bottom substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Frank DiSanto, Denis Krusos