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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154688 | Planar light-emitting device and liquid crystal display apparatus A planar light-emitting device has a plurality of light-emitting units each including a light source and a lightguide plate. The light-emitting units are arranged with the light-exiting surfaces of their respective lightguide plates being substantially flush with ea... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8077272 | Planar light-emitting device and liquid crystal display apparatus A planar light-emitting device has a plurality of light-emitting units each having a lightguide plate having an upper surface as a light-exiting surface, a lower surface opposite to the light-exiting surface, a peripheral side surface extending between the respectiv... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7705931 | Planar light-emitting device and display apparatus having the same A planar light-emitting device includes a lightguide plate (7), a light source including at least one light-emitting package (6) that makes light enter the lightguide plate, and a reflecting sheet (10, 11) that returns light leaking from the lig... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7593231 | Adhesive sheet for attaching an electronic part and an electronic device having such an electronic part An electronic device includes an element having a surface, an electronic part having a surface to be adhesively attached to the surface of the element, and an adhesive sheet having a first adhesive layer releasably attached to the surface of the element, a second ad... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7588365 | Method of manufacturing light guide plate, light guide plate, backlight unit with the light guide plate and display apparatus having the same A method of producing an edge-light type light guide plate having a light exiting surface and a light reflecting surface having light reflective dots formed thereon in a scattered fashion. The method includes (a) producing a first prototype of the light guide plate ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7576462 | Electromagnetic exciter An electromagnetic exciter includes a casing having a cylindrical side wall with first and second end openings. A suspension supports a magnetic circuit assembly vibratably in the cylindrical side wall. The suspension has a ring-shaped outer section integrally forme... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7543973 | Light guide plate, method of manufacturing light guide plate and backlight with the light guide plate An edge-light type light guide plate 30 is provided and has a first surface 31 and a second surface 32 that are opposed to each other, and a peripheral edge surface extending between the peripheral edges of the first and second surfaces. A part ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7530720 | Backlight unit and display apparatus having the same A backlight unit includes a planar light source member that has a light-emitting surface and that emits light having directivity in a perpendicular direction to the light-emitting surface. An optical member has a light-receiving surface opposed to the light-emitting... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527411 | Lightguide plate of a double-sided illumination backlight and a double-sided liquid crystal display unit using the backlight A double-sided emitting backlight unit has a first light-emitting surface for illuminating a first liquid crystal display panel disposed to face the first light-emitting surface, a second light-emitting surface provided parallel to the first light-emitting surface t... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522256 | Liquid crystal lens apparatus A liquid crystal lens apparatus includes a liquid crystal lens unit having first and second substrates including electrodes for applying a voltage a first liquid layer, an electric heating element including at least one high-electrical-resistance section for heating... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7488103 | Lighting device with light guide plate illuminated by LED A lighting device for a liquid crystal display and the like comprises: a light guide plate having a top surface serving as a light exiting surface, a bottom reflective surface and a circumferential surface; and a least one LED unit disposed adjacent to the circumfer... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7436088 | Electromagnetic exciter An electromagnetic exciter includes a magnetic circuit device composed of an outer yoke, a flat magnet arranged within the outer yoke, and an inner yoke mounted on the magnet, and a casing within which the magnetic circuit device is contained. The casing has a flat ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7218041 | Light emitting device provided with electrically conductive members having high thermal conductivity for thermal radiation A light emitting device has a plurality of conductive members with good heat conductivity provided in a base member, the conductive members are isolated by insulating members provided between the conductive members. A light emitting element device is mounted on the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193365 | High-intensity light emitting diode with concave and convex shaped light scattering portions formed on a cover A light emitting diode, capable of accomplishing enlargement of emitted range of light and equalization of brightness of emitted light has a substrate (22), electrodes (23a, 23b), a light emitting element (24) mounted on the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186014 | Double-faced lighting device A lighting device has a light guide plate having light projecting surfaces at least on the one sides thereof, and at least one brightness enhancement film having a plurality of prisms and disposed adjacently to one of both sides of the light guide plate. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6888173 | Light emitting diode device An LED is mounted on a substrate, and a protector made of a transparent material is provided for sealing the LED. A color correcting filter is formed on the protector. The color correcting filter has an effect of changing chromaticity of emitted light of the LED to ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6815249 | Surface-mount device and method for manufacturing the surface-mount device A surface-mount device has a substrate, a pair of electrodes, each of which comprises an upper electrode and a lower electrode. A pair of grooves are formed in opposite sides of the substrate. The upper electrode and the lower electrode are connected by a connecting... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6700137 | Light emitting diode device A light emitting diode device has a reflector member having an approximately semispherical recess. A reflector surface is provided on an inner surface of the recess and a light emitting diode is provided in the recess. The light emitting diode is located ... | 03/02/2004 |
