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| 20100024637 | Brake Booster - A brake booster includes a casing divided into a constant pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber by a diaphragm, a power piston attached to the diaphragm, a disc-shaped stem coupled to the center of the power piston and having a through-hole, a plunger interposed between the stem and an input shaft to press/release the stem during reciprocation of the input shaft, and an air intake valve having a vacuum passage interconnecting the constant and variable pressure chambers. The air intake valve is inserted into the diaphragm and the power piston for close contact with the through-hole of the casing, and regulates air flowing from an atmosphere into the variable pressure chamber and from the variable pressure chamber into the constant pressure chamber during the reciprocation of the input shaft. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100140063 | AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH - An automotive brake light switch mounted on a brake booster includes a housing defining a constant pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber partitioned by a diaphragm, with a first through-hole of the housing, a second through-hole formed in the diaphragm and an air intake valve to allow the constant pressure chamber to selectively communicate with the variable pressure chamber, wherein the air intake valve is fitted into the second through-hole and configured to selectively open or close the first through-hole in response to a brake pedal, the brake light switch apparatus having a switch body, a switch rod slidably mounted to the switch body so as to turn on/off a switch of the switch body, wherein a protruding length of the switch rod is changeable by the air intake valve, and a coupling portion coupling the switch body to the housing through the first through-hole. | 06-10-2010 |
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| 20090323156 | Method of forming electrochromic layer pattern, method of manufacturing electrochromic device using the same, and electrochromic device including electrochromic layer pattern - A method for forming an electrochromic layer pattern includes forming a transparent electrode layer and a photoresist layer on a transparent substrate, forming a photoresist pattern by laser interference lithography, and depositing an electrochromic layer pattern on the transparent electrode through openings defined by the photoresist pattern by depositing an electrochromic layer on a front surface of the substrate and then lifting up the photoresist pattern. An insulation layer may be further formed between the transparent layer and the photoresist layer. Here, the electrochromic layer may be formed after an insulation layer pattern is formed using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask. In this case, the electrochromic layer pattern is formed in openings defined by the insulation layer pattern. As a result, a contact surface area between the electrochromic layer pattern and the ion conductive layer is increased to ensure a rapid response speed. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100014145 | ELECTRODE COMPRISING LITHIUM NICKEL OXIDE LAYER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of preparing an electrode, which can lead to uniform electrochromism of a lithium nickel oxide layer by applying a voltage in all directions of the electrode during a formatting process, an electrode prepared by the same, and an electrochromic device including the electrode. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110051051 | ACRYLIC PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPRISING OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC COMPOUND, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are (A) an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive; and (B) an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an optically anisotropic compound having at least one substituent which contains an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group at a meta-position of a mesogen. A polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same are also disclosed. The optically anisotropic compound ensures excellent compatibility with the adhesive and high birefringence. Thus, main properties such as adhesion, reliability and durability in the conditions of high temperatures or high temperatures and high humidity are not worsened. Moreover light leakage is prevented by efficiently controlling the birefringence caused by shrinkage stress of the polarizing plate. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110116022 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, AND POLARIZING PLATES AND LCDS UTILIZING THE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a polarizer and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and more particularly, to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including (A) an acrylic copolymer and (B) a liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure. The liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure according to the present invention has superior solubility and compatibility with pressure-sensitive adhesive resin, and thus the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including the liquid optically-anisotropic compound can relax stress caused by shrinkage of the polarizer and effectively compensate negative birefringence. Therefore, the polarizer and the LCD device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can prevent light leakage originating from stress concentration in spite of long-term use. | 05-19-2011 |
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| 20080225036 | Liquid crystal display - A disclosed display includes a display panel including a first group of data lines and second group of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the first and a second groups of data lines, and a plurality of picture cells arranged in a matrix. The display also includes a first source PCB coupled to first data integrated circuits (ICs) to supply first data voltages to the first group of data lines and a second source PCB coupled to second data ICs to supply second data voltages to the second group of data lines. The display further includes a timing controller having a single output port with a plurality of output pins which are configured to output video data to both the first and second data ICs, and to output a timing control signal to control both the first and second data ICs. In addition, the display includes a first connection cable coupling the single output port of the timing controller to at least one of the first and second source PCBs to transmit the video data and the timing control signal from the timing controller to the at least one of the first and second source PCBs. The first data ICs and second data ICs are configured to generate the first and second data voltages, respectively, based on the video data and the timing control signal. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080316161 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of liquid crystal cells defined as a first and second liquid crystal cell groups, a data driving circuit to supply a data voltage to the data lines in response to a polarity control signal, a gate driving circuit to supply a scanning pulse that swings between a gate high voltage and a gate low voltage to the gate lines, a first logic circuit to generate the polarity control signal differently for each frame period to maintain a polarity of the data voltage charged in the first liquid crystal cell group, and to invert one time a polarity of the data voltage charged in the second liquid crystal cell group for two frame periods, and a second logic circuit to control the gate driving circuit to decrease the gate high voltage of the scanning pulse to a modulated voltage between the gate high voltage and the gate low voltage for a predetermined modulation time. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090002292 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display device includes a data transition part to compare a number of transitions between a previous data and a current data to selectively invert the current data and to generate a reverse signal, a memory to store the data from the data transition part and to output the stored data as the previous frame data, a data reverse transition part to reversely convert the data from the memory using the reverse signal, a lookup table to compare the current data and the previous frame data reversely converted by the data reverse transition part to select a modulated data, and a display drive circuit to display the data from the lookup table on a liquid crystal display panel. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110007003 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device and a driving method of the same are discussed. A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising pixel cells having only circuit pixels, respectively, aligned in a matrix type corresponding to full resolution, the liquid crystal panel disposed in a matrix type to have resolution that is lower than the full resolution in a predetermined ratio; a panel driving unit driving entire pixel cells provided in the liquid crystal panel to display images, the panel driving unit converting and outputting touch sensing signals transmitted from the pixel cells having the touch sensor circuits into digital signals; and a sensing system calculating touch coordinates from the converted touch sensing signals. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110134169 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a data transition part to compare a number of transitions between a previous data and a current data and to compare a number of transitions between the current data and a next data to determine whether or not the current data is to be inverted in accordance with a comparison result thereof, and to determine whether or not the current data is to be inverted in accordance with a high level number difference of the data, thereby generating a reverse signal when the current data is inverted, a memory to store a data from the data transition part, a data reverse transition part to reversely convert the data from the memory using the reverse signal, a lookup table to compare the current data and the previous frame data reversely converted by the data reverse transition part to select a modulated data and a display drive circuit to display the data from the lookup table on a liquid crystal display panel. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110169797 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines to which a data voltage is supplied, a plurality of gate lines to which a gate pulse is supplied, and a plurality of liquid crystal cells, a data drive circuit to invert a polarity of the data voltage in response to a polarity control signal and to output the data voltage to the data lines in response to a source output enable signal, a gate drive circuit to supply the gate pulse to the gate lines, and a POL/SOE logic circuit to invert the polarity control signal for every frame period except at Nth-multiple frame period (where N is a positive integer), wherein the POL/SOE logic circuit controls the polarity control signal at every Nth-multiple frame period such that the polarity of the data voltage is the same as the previous frame period and controls a pulse width of the source output enable signal at every Nth-multiple frame period to be longer than for the other frame periods. | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20080251971 | Electrode for supercapacitor having metal oxide deposited on ultrafine carbon fiber and the fabrication method thereof - The present invention discloses an improved electrode for a supercapacitor and a method of preparation thereof. The inventive electrode comprises a collector, a carbon substrate disposed on the collector comprising ultrafine carbon fibers having a specific surface area of at least 200 m | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100084007 | MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE GRAFTED BY LIVING POLYMER, CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODE AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME, AND EACH PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are to provide a modified carbon nanotube obtained by reacting a polymer to a carbon nanotube by a radical graft method, capable of minimizing lowering of a physical property of a carbon nanotube caused when being modified, and capable of enhancing dispersibility of the carbon nanotube and an adhesion strength between carbon nanotubes, the polymer having a molecular weight controlled by a living radical polymerization and still having a living radical end group. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100084008 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL COMPRISING METAL OXIDE NANOBALL LAYER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a semiconductor electrode prepared by spraying a metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion on a conductive substrate using an electric field to form a metal oxide nanoball layer which is composed of agglomerated metal oxide nanoparticles and has a high porosity and specific surface area, exhibits improved photoelectric properties even when a gel or solid electrolyte is used. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100317790 | GRAPHENE COMPOSITE NANOFIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a graphene composite nanofiber and a preparation method thereof. The graphene composite nanofiber is produced by dispersing graphenes to at least one of a surface and inside of a polymer nanofiber or a carbon nanofiber having a diameter of 1˜1000 nm, and the graphenes include at least one type of monolayer graphenes, and multilayer graphenes having a thickness of 10 nm or less. The graphene composite nanofiber can be applied to various industrial fields, e.g., a light emitting display, a micro resonator, a transistor, a sensor, a transparent electrode, a fuel cell, a solar cell, a secondary cell, and a composite material, owing to a unique structure and property of graphene. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110266213 | ULTRAFINE CONTINUOUS FIBROUS CERAMIC FILTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An ultrafine continuous fibrous ceramic filter, which comprises a filtering layer of a fibrous porous body, wherein the fibrous porous body comprises continuous ultrafine fibers of metal oxide which are randomly arranged and layered, and powdery nano-alumina incorporated into the ultrafine fibers or coated thereon, the ultrafine fibers being obtained by electrospinning a spinning solution comprising a metal oxide precursor sol-gel solution, and optionally, a polymer resin, and sintering the electrospun fibers, in which the ultrafine fibers have an average diameter of 10˜500 nm, and the fibrous porous body has a pore size of maximum frequency ranging from 0.05 to 2 μm, exhibits high filtration efficiency at a high flow rate, and can be regenerated. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120003524 | METAL OXIDE ULTRAFINE FIBER-BASED COMPOSITE SEPARATOR WITH HEAT RESISTANCE AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - An ultrafine fiber-based composite separator comprising a fibrous porous body which comprises ultrafine metal oxide/polymer composite fibers, or ultrafine metal oxide fibers and a polymer resin coating layer formed on the surface thereof, the ultrafine fibers being continuously randomly arranged and layered, and obtained by electrospinning a metal oxide precursor sol-gel solution or a mixture of a metal oxide precursor sol-gel solution and a polymer resin solution, wherein the surface of the metal oxide/polymer composite fibers has a uniform mixing composition of the metal oxide and the polymer resin, in which the separator has a heat shrinkage rate at 150˜250° C. of 10% or less and does not break down due to melting at a temperature of 200° C. or lower, has low heat shrinkage rate, and superior heat resistance and ionic conductivity, being capable of providing improved cycle and power properties when used in manufacturing a battery. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120042713 | GAS SENSOR USING METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a gas sensor, including: a sensor substrate provided with an electrode; and a thin layer of sensor material formed by spraying a solution in which metal oxide nanoparticles are dispersed onto the sensor substrate. The gas sensor is advantageous in that a sensor material is formed into a porous thin layer containing metal oxide nanoparticles having a large specific surface area, thus realizing high sensitivity on the ppb scale and a high reaction rate. Further, the gas sensor is advantageous in that it can be manufactured at room temperature, and the thickness of a sensor material can be easily adjusted by adjusting the spray time, so that a thin gas sensor or a thick gas sensor can be easily manufactured. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120113565 | ELECTRODE FOR SUPER CAPACITOR HAVING METAL OXIDE DEPOSITED ON ULTRAFINE CARBON FIBER AND THE FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an improved electrode for a supercapacitor and a method of preparation thereof. The inventive electrode comprises a collector, a carbon substrate disposed on the collector comprising ultrafine carbon fibers having a specific surface area of at least 200 m | 05-10-2012 |