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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120014105 | GUN-MOUNTED SEARCH LIGHT The improvements include an illuminator for a gun comprising a manually manipulated and storable external IR filter with a plurality of radially directed circumferential tabs integrally extending from the frame to allow a manual torque to be applied to the frame to manu... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110299002 | COLOR FILTER DISPLAY PANEL AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME A color filter display plate includes a substrate, a light blocking member on the substrate, a color filter on the substrate, a covering layer covering the light blocking member and the color filter, a common electrode on the covering layer, a plurality of support membe... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110284077 | PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR A SOLAR RECEIVER Protection apparatus for protecting a photovoltaic solar energy receiver from overheating due to concentrated solar radiation reflected from mirrors towards the receiver, the protection apparatus comprising: a shield arranged to move between a stowed position out of a p... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110267555 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME A color filter array panel includes: a substrate; a light blocking member on the substrate; a color filter on the substrate and partially overlapping the light blocking member, and having an opening exposing the substrate; a protective member in the opening; and a commo... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267714 | NOVEL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR Provided is a photopolymerizable composition that is highly sensitive to light having wavelengths of 365 nm and 405 nm, and is capable of forming a curable film that can suppress deterioration in physical properties of the film due to heat-aging. The photopolymerizable ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110249262 | FILTER WHEEL SPECTROMETER A filter wheel and a spectrometer including the filter wheel are disclosed. The filter wheel has a first support structure on which a first plurality of filters are mounted and a second support structure on which at least one filter is provided. A radiation source gener... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110211270 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE In an electronic device according to the present invention, an optical element 6 is arranged inside a casing, a transmissive panel member is mounted on a front surface of the casing, and a transmission portion is provided in the transmissive panel member to guide... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110102885 | ADHESIVE SHEET, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, OPTICAL FILTER AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet, a manufacturing method thereof, an optical filter and a plasma display panel. The present invention provides an adhesive sheet having an excellent base adhesion property through a hydroxyl group applied to a base film ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110075357 | FILTER MOUNTABLE ON DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY DEVICE A filter 101 of the present application has flexibility. The filter 101 includes a left protruding portion 102, a right protruding portion 103, a lower protruding portion 104a, a lower protruding portion 104b, and ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063745 | COLOR WHEEL The present invention relates to a color wheel which allows for an easy to perform balancing. The color wheel comprises a motor and a color rotor with a carrier. Filter segments are mounted to the carrier. In addition the color rotor comprises a body with a surface perp... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110052180 | LIGHT BLOCKING PLATE, CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME An exemplary light blocking plate includes a light pervious substrate, a filter film formed on the light pervious substrate, and a metal film layer formed on the light pervious substrate and the optical filter film. The metal film layer defines a through hole to expose ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110013302 | INK COMPOSITION FOR A COLOR FILTER, A COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURED USING THE INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE USING THE INK COMPOSITION An ink composition for a color filter includes about 100 parts by weight of a pigment dispersion, about 7 parts by weight to about 65 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin having hydroxyl group at a side chain of the thermosetting resin, about 0.015 part by weight to... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100328797 | DISPLAY FILTER A display filter includes a base substrate disposed in front of a display module, an optical film laminated on the surface of the base substrate that faces a user, and a hard coating layer formed on the surface of the base substrate that faces the display module. The ha... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100226004 | Optical Article and Method for Producing the Same A method for producing an optical article having a filter layer formed directly or with another layer in between on an optical substrate, the filter layer transmitting light in a predetermined wavelength band and blocking light with a wavelength longer and/or shorter th... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100214677 | Optical Element and Stress Athermalized Hard Contact Mount There is disclosed an optical element having a first surface and a second surface bounded by a circular periphery. A rim having an inner surface may extend from the second surface proximate the periphery. At least a portion of the inner surface of the rim may be convex.... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100165469 | OPTICAL FILTER AND FLAT DISPLAY PANEL COMPRISING THE SAME An optical filter including: a base film; and a function incorporation layer on the base film and for shielding electromagnetic interference and absorbing external light, the function incorporation layer having a cross mesh pattern, wherein the cross mesh pattern includ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149074 | Film filter and display apparatus having the same A film filter capable of protecting a display apparatus against external shock and a display apparatus including the same. The film filter includes a first layer including ribs and a plurality of openings partitioned off by the ribs and having first hardness and a secon... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100117108 | USES OF SELF-ORGANIZED NEEDLE-TYPE NANOSTRUCTURES The invention relates to processes for the production and elements (components) with a nanostructure (2; 4, 4a) for improving the optical behavior of components and devices and/or for improving the behavior of sensors by enlarging the active surface area. ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100118260 | PIXELIZED OPTICAL COMPONENT WITH NANOWALLS An optical component comprises a transparent network of cells juxtaposed and separated by walls parallel to a surface of the component, each cell being hermetically sealed and comprising at least one substance with an optical property, and all or part of the surface of ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100046106 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COLOR FILTER, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A COLOR FILTER, ELECTROOPTIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A color filter includes a base, a bank formed on the base, the bank defining at least one target discharge area, and a color filter film formed in the target discharge area. The color filter film is formed by separately discharging a droplet of a color ink and a droplet... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090296249 | COLOR FILTERS FOR A ROLLABLE DISPLAY A flexible display (200) includes a display effect layer (128) formed on a back plane substrate (114) configured and dimensioned to be flexible. A front plane substrate (121) is configured and dimensioned to be flexible and is mounted on the ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090279168 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE The object of the invention is to provide an adhesive composition attaining, in a single layer, both adhesiveness capable of direct attachment to a glass plate disposed on the front face of a display device and desired optical filter functions and hardly undergoing the ... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090251784 | Luminaire reflector with light-modifying flange A luminaire reflector of the type that is dome-shaped and includes a flange at the bottom provides a modified a flange that alters the pattern or other effect of light trapped in the wall of the reflector and exiting through the flange. When the bottom surface of the fl... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090231742 | Drive System Useful In A Night Vision Device A drive system for optical components particularly useful with night vision devices. The drive system uses a single motor to rotate a selected one of two components between its operative and inoperative positions while retaining the other component in its inoperative po... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090225460 | LIGHT SHIELDING STRUCTURE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE A light shielding structure of an optical device includes outer and inner annular members which move relative to each other in an axial direction, small and large diameter outer peripheral portions formed on the inner annular member, and a light shielding ring positione... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090206698 | Vibration device, antidust device, camera, vibration device inspection method, method for manufacturing vibration device and vibration method A vibration device comprising; a vibrator which generates bending vibration on a predetermined member, a controller which controls a driver to drive the vibrator, wherein; the vibrator comprises a plurality of driving electrodes electrically insulated respectively, the ... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090201597 | Busterbite The invention concerns an attachment device for the mounting and fixation of lighting filters. The attachment device consists of at least three tags (2), each one having an adhesive surface (7) to apply onto the edge (5) of the filter (6) and... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090185303 | Optical filter, method of manufacturing the same and plasma display device having the same An optical filter includes a support layer, absorption patterns on a first surface of the support layer, the absorption patterns having a predetermined interval therebetween, and adhesion members on the first surface of the support layer, the adhesion members being buri... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090096997 | Optical Seaming Adjuster A structure to adjust optical seaming filters in the z-direction is provided. The adjuster structure uses 5 degrees of freedom to individually adjust a filter on a projector in the z-direction to optimize the projected seam. A set of common identical filters may be used... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090073591 | COLOR WHEEL An exemplary color wheel includes a motor, a color filter and a heat sink. The motor includes a main body, a rotary housing fixed to an end of the main body and a spindle extending outwardly from the rotary housing. The color filter is sleeved around the spindle of the ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090073592 | COLOR WHEEL A color wheel includes a motor defining a rotating portion, a color filter, a sensor and a processor electrically connected to the sensor. The rotating portion defines a groove at the periphery of the rotating portion to aid the sensor in detecting a color index positio... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090073354 | Color Filter and Liquid Crystal Display Comprising Same A color filter and an LCD including the color filter are provided. The color filter includes a substrate with a first side and a second side opposite to said first side, a blue color resist formed on the first side, and a transparent conductive layer at least locally fo... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090059407 | COLOR WHEEL A color wheel includes a motor and a color filter. The motor includes a rotating casing and a rotating shaft protruding outward from a center of a side of the rotating casing. An external thread is formed on the rotating shaft. The color filter defines an internal threa... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090034105 | COLOR WHEEL An exemplary color wheel includes a carrier, a color filter, a fastening plate, and a heat dissipating unit. The carrier includes a spindle extending outwardly therefrom. The fastening plate includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The second ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090034106 | COLOR WHEEL FOR USE IN PROJECTION DEVICE An exemplary color wheel for use in DLP projectors includes a motor, a color filter unit, a locking member, and an elastic member. The motor includes a rotor portion. The rotor portion protrudes a shaft. The shaft defines a receiving portion therein. The color filter un... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090034104 | COLOR WHEEL An exemplary color wheel includes a motor, a carrier, a color filter unit, and a fixing member. The carrier includes a main body fixed to the motor and a tapered spindle extending from the main body and away from the motor. The tapered spindle defines an axial hole ther... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090034103 | Solar Film Viewing Cell A solar viewing filter comprising a paperboard tube, and a paperboard disc having an aperture and film extending across the aperture, the paperboard disc being arranged within the paperboard tube to enable a user to view a solar event through the film when looking into ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090027793 | COLOR WHEEL A color wheel includes a motor, a color filter, and an obstructing plate. The motor includes a body, a rotating disk with a rotating shaft protruding outward from the center of a side of the rotating disk. The color filter includes filter sectors colored red, green, and... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090021851 | COLOR WHEEL WITH INDIVIDUAL BALANCING MASSES ALONG A GUIDE A color wheel is provided with a balancing device. The balancing device encompasses an essentially circular track whose center point coincides with the axial center of rotation of the color wheel. The track is provided with at least two mutually independent, movable bal... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080297933 | COLOR WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND COLOR WHEEL WITH SAME An exemplary color wheel assembly comprises a carrier, a locking member, a color filter unit and an elastic member. The carrier includes a main body, a shaft and a lock-receiving portion. The shaft coaxially protrudes outwardly from the main body. The lock-receiving por... | 12/04/2008 |