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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189135 | LED back-light unit and liquid crystal display device using the same An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherei... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8164708 | Light guide plate, and backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same A light guide plate for guiding light includes a light-incident portion allowing light generated from a light source to be incident thereon, a light-facing portion opposite to the light-incident portion, and a first prism pattern disposed between the light-incident ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159631 | Backlight module and liquid crystal display with the same An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (122), a first light source (125) and a second light source (126). The first light source includes first light emitting diodes (1252) and first reflective members (1... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154683 | Illumination device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a method for easily manufacturing an illumination device in which a surface mount chip-type LED is used, and a wiring board is formed into a truncated conical or another shape. The method includes, in a flexible strip-like wiring boa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144286 | LED backlight and liquid crystal display device An LED backlight in which deterioration in in-plane uniformity of brightness is prevented, whose thickness, frame width, and wire length are reduced, and in which wiring can be carried out easily, includes an LED provided on one surface of an LED substrates; the LED... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130338 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device that is capable of preventing the damage to optical sheets and a liquid crystal panel due to vibration and impact is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel for controlling transmissivity of liquid... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120726 | Surface light source device and display There is provided a surface light source device having a configuration where light sources are arranged on both of a pair of side surfaces of a light guide plate and allowed to independently form nonuniform light emission intensity distributions in which light emiss... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120725 | Liquid crystal display device with particular molding-type substrates Disclosed is an LCD device having molding-type substrates formed so as to have a controllable thickness through simplified fabricating processes. The LCD device comprises: a lower cover; a plurality of lamps disposed on the lower cover with a constant interval there... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111350 | Semiconductor light-emitting device and fabrication method thereof A plurality of protrusions is formed on the C-plane substrate with a corundum structure. A base film made of a III-V compound semiconductor including Ga and N is formed on the surface of the substrate. The surface of the base film is flatter than the surface of the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107034 | Backlight module with light concentrating and scattering structure and liquid crystal display using same A backlight module (20) includes a light guide plate (200) and a light source (210). The light guide plate includes a light incident surface (202). The light source includes light emitting diodes (LEDs) (211) and a light concentrat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102484 | Light emitting device and method of manufacture A light emitting device includes a transparent conductive layer formed adjacent one of two semiconductor layers having an active layer therebetween. The transparent conductive layer includes first and second transparent conductive regions with different electrical c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089578 | Surface light source device In a light guide plate 63, a light introducing unit 65 having a thickness larger than that of a light guide plate body 64 is provided at an end of the light guide plate body 64. A point source of light 62 is placed so as to face an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8077271 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display using the same A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display using the backlight unit are disclosed. The backlight unit includes a plurality of lamps, a lower cover whose an upper portion has an opening, a lamp guide, and an optical member on the lamps. The lamps are positioned in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072558 | Lighting device for display device and display device A lighting device for a display device includes a plurality of linear light sources 17 arranged parallel to one another, and a light reflecting plate 14 arranged on the side of the linear light sources 17 that corresponds to the opposite side of... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068193 | Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a back light in which an electrode support member can be reliably arranged on the base side without concern for thermal expansion. There is provided a liquid crystal display d... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054403 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same A backlight unit having improved reliability is disclosed. The backlight unit includes a support main formed of a mold having a rectangular frame shape, a plurality of LEDs arranged at a side of the support main, a light guide plate arranged parallel to the p... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054404 | Surface light source device A dichroic filter column (4) is provided on an incident surface (11). At least one of two end parts of a light guide plate (1) in a thickness direction is divided into a plurality of light guide paths (6), in a width direction of the ligh... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054402 | Optical member, backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same An optical member according to one or more embodiments includes an optical plate and an optical film. In an embodiment, the optical plate includes an incident part receiving light provided from the exterior and an emitting part emitting the light. The optical film i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045091 | Backlight unit and dislay device having the same A backlight unit according to the embodiment comprises an LED module comprising an LED; a case supporting the LED module; a fixing part fixing the LED module to the case; a reflective sheet comprising an opening for exposing the LED on the LED module and the fixing ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040457 | Side mold, backlight assembly having the same, method thereof, and liquid crystal display having the backlight assembly A backlight assembly having lamp sockets and a side mold is provided. The backlight assembly includes a lamp emitting light, a lamp socket into which the lamp is inserted, and a side mold having at least one portion of a bottom surface thereof opened and including a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040456 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device To sophisticate a portable electronic appliance without hindering reduction of the weight and the size, more specifically, to sophisticate a liquid crystal display apparatus installed in a portable electronic appliance without hindering the mechanical strength, a li... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018551 | Liquid crystal display module with reflector having raised lamp guide A liquid crystal display module displays an image on a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes a reflecting sheet having a raised portion that receives a light source a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013949 | Liquid crystal display device with optoelectronic component and method for controlling backlighting of such a display device An LC display is disclosed that comprises a light source (5) that provides the background illumination, that emits light of only a part of the spectrum and that is disposed on the back (9) of the liquid crystal layer (10) so as to be protected a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7990489 | Liquid crystal display device having frame and light diffusing plate A liquid crystal display device includes a frame, a linear light source, a liquid crystal cell, a light diffusing plate and a positioning mechanism. The light diffusing plate is disposed between the frame and the liquid crystal cell and has an optical processing reg... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982818 | Flexible circuit board of liquid crystal display comprising a triangular light absorbing layer A flexible circuit board of a liquid crystal display device includes a first insulating film, a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film to cover the conductive pattern, a plur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982819 | Lighting device for display device and display device A lighting device for a display device, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of tubular light sources 17 arranged parallel to one another, and a light reflecting plate 14 arranged on the side of the tubular light sources 17 t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978285 | Surface light source which selectively irradiates two linearly polarized light beams in polarized states different from each other and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same A surface light source includes a light source which selectively irradiates two polarized light beams in polarized states different from each other, a light guide plate which includes a transparent plate having two plate surfaces facing each other and end faces surr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978284 | Illumination device and liquid crystal display apparatus An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973877 | Illumination device and liquid crystal display apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an illumination device that can make it easy to detect a disorder of a light emitting element, and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the illumination device. Each light emitting element array (S) is constituted by ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973876 | Backlight module having frame accommodating light source driver and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary backlight module (2) includes a light guide plate (23), a light source (25), a light source driver (27), and a frame (21). The light source is provided adjacent to the light guide plate. The light source driver is dire... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969529 | Liquid crystal display device using external electrode fluorescent lamps A backlight structural body of a liquid crystal display device includes, between a back plate and a frame-like mold frame, a plurality of external electrode fluorescent lamps which is arranged in parallel to each other and a pair of side frames which includes electr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956952 | Liquid crystal module with lamp socket having slits that receive tabs of lamp reflector A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel and a back light unit. The back light unit has a rear frame, a light guide plate and a lamp reflector assembly. The lamp reflector assembly including a light source, a lamp reflector and a lamp socket. The lamp... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952657 | Liquid crystal display having high color saturation A liquid crystal display comprising a backlight module and a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The backlight module comprises a white point source that emits a spectrum of light comprising three peaks. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crys... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948579 | Planar lighting device and liquid crystal display device using the same An optical fiber of which one end is optically coupled to a laser light source propagating, from the one end to other end, a laser light emitted from the laser light source. A light-guiding plate includes a light-guiding section in which a plurality of right prisms ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944524 | Display apparatus with particular light control and light reflecting The present invention is directed to the provision of a high-contrast display apparatus. The display apparatus of the present invention includes a light source, a display section having an electro-optical conversion device for transmitting or scattering light introd... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936418 | White light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof, and backlight and liquid crystal display device using the same A white light-emitting device 1 includes a semiconductor light-emitting element 2 emitting ultraviolet light or violet light, and a light-emitting unit 10 which includes three or more kinds of visible light-emitting phosphors 9 and emits ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929077 | Light source, display device, portable terminal device, and ray direction switching element A planar light source includes a backlight that emits light in a planar shape, a ray direction regulating element that regulates a direction of light made incident from the backlight and emits the light, whereby a directivity of the light is improved, and in which a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929076 | Optical module and optical pickup apparatus An optical module includes: a base plate; a light emitting element mounted on the base plate; an integrated circuit element of the light receiving element built-in type mounted on the base plate by bonded wires and having a light receiving portion for receiving retu... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924367 | Backlight module with detachable illuminator support apparatus and liquid crystal display utilizing same An exemplary backlight module includes a frame and an illuminator support apparatus. The frame defines a through hole therein, and the through hole includes an assembly hole and a location hole communicating with each other. The illuminator support apparatus include... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901102 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display apparatus employing the same A backlight unit including a plurality of light-emitting device units with varying arrangement intervals such that the light-emitting device units are more densely arranged at edges of a base plate than at center thereof, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus... | 03/08/2011 |
