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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7397530 | Method for encapsulation of liquid crystals with a narrow capsule size range This invention relates to a method for encapsulation of liquid crystals to form spherical particles with a narrow size distribution. More specific, this invention relates to a method for encapsulation of liquid crystals that are suitable to be employed in liquid cry... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388645 | Pressure sealing apparatus and method for ferro-electric liquid crystal display A pressure sealing apparatus and method for a ferroelectric liquid crystal display is disclosed for improving an alignment characteristic of a liquid crystal. In the apparatus and method, simultaneously with a pressurization of a liquid crystal display panel into wh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7361389 | Smectic liquid crystal device and process for producing the same A smectic liquid crystal device and process for producing the same are provided to realize uniform orientation of a smectic liquid crystal with no nematic phase in a phase sequence represented by an antiferroelectric liquid crystal; and a process for producing the s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7315343 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer for a display in an OCB mode, a heating unit which heats the liquid crystal display panel, a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the liqui... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7295272 | Liquid crystal device, a method for producing a liquid crystal device and method for controlling a liquid crystal device The invention relates to a liquid crystal device, comprising a liquid crystal bulk layer and chiral dopants being inhomogeneously distributed in the bulk layer as a result of being permanently attached to at least one surface, termed chiral surface. The invention al... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292304 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME COMPRISING A DUMMY COLUMN SPACER TO REGULATE A LIQUID CRYSTAL FLOW AND A SUPPLEMENTAL DUMMY COLUMN SPACER FORMED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND ALONG THE DUMMY COLUMN SPACER A liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display panel includes first and second substrates facing into each other, a column spacer in a pixel region between the substrates, a dum... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283196 | Liquid crystal device, a method for producing a liquid crystal device and a method for controlling a liquid crystal device The invention relates to a liquid crystal device, comprising a liquid crystal bulk layer and dopants being inhomogeneously distributed in the bulk layer as a result of being permanently attached to at least one surface, termed dopant surface. The invention also rela... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265810 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having uniform alignment of monostable ferroelectric liquid crystal, and a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device. The temperature range of a cholesteric phase or a chiral nematic phas... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7161652 | Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device having spontaneous polarized liquid crystal, with heating and applied voltage The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device capable of achieving uniform alignment of monostable ferroelectric liquid crystal having spontaneous polarization, and provides the liquid crystal display device. The liquid cry... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139063 | Fabricating method for liquid crystal panel implementing ferroelectric liquid crystal and operating in a monostable state In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a ferroelectric LC layer is formed between first and second substrates of a LC panel. The LC panel is cooled at a low temperature, for example at −20° C., where the ferroelectric LC maintains a smetic phase. D... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7095463 | Ultraviolet ray emitting apparatus and electronic apparatus using ultraviolet ray emitting elements A display emitting apparatus that irradiates an optically transparent display unit with Ultraviolet rays of light from below to cause luminescent layers provided on the display unit to emit colored rays of light to provide a highly colorful and very ornamental displ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7038758 | Liquid crystal cell, display device, and particular method of fabricating liquid crystal cell by dropping and capillary action Bubbles mixed in liquid crystal injected into a liquid crystal cell are pushed out through an outlet. The outlet has a space secured to a maximum limit by an extended sealing portion reaching the outer peripheral end surfaces of substrates, and a step with a color f... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7016008 | Method of fabricating liquid crystal display device having sealant patterns, dummy patterns, and substrate protective patterns A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display which prevents breakage of a substrate in a thin liquid crystal display panel. The method includes forming a plurality of sealant patterns defining a liquid layer on a first substrate, a plurality of dummy patterns be... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999649 | Optical switches made by nematic liquid crystal switchable mirrors, and apparatus of manufacture Technology for constructing a single layer polarization insensitive electrically switchable liquid crystal mirror is disclosed which serves as the basic element for constructing an optical router switch array in free space as well as waveguide format. The optical ro... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6972963 | Electronic apparatus having structure for protecting flexible printed circuit and chip thereon An electronic apparatus having a structure for protecting a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a chip thereon is described, including a metal backplate, a first circuit and a second circuit respectively on the front side and the back side of the backplate, a metal f... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6950086 | Driving method for a cholesteric liquid crystal display device having a memory mode of operation and a driving apparatus A driving method for a liquid crystal display device with a cholesteric liquid crystal having a memory mode of operation including a first stage of applying a first voltage to change the state of the cholesteric liquid crystal to a homeotropic state, a second stage ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6902454 | Process for laminating electrically addressable display A process laminates a flexible electrically addressable display and includes steps of: providing a flexible, electrically addressable liquid crystal display having two surfaces, placing a protective sheet over one of the surfaces, and heating and pressing the protec... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6864931 | Electrically controllable liquid crystal microstructures This invention relates to methods of building rigid or flexible arrays of electro-optic devices. A phase separated composite structure technique yields adjacent regions of polymer and liquid crystal (LC) of specific architecture instead of a random dispersion of LC ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6844909 | Ferrodielectric liquid crystal display (FLCD) manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a ferrodielectric liquid crystal display device includes the steps of injecting melted ferrodielectric liquid crystal in a cell formed between a lower structure body and an upper structure body each having a substrate, an electrode layer, a... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6674506 | Apparatus for introducing a fluid into vias formed in a liquid crystal display element An apparatus introduces fluid in vias formed in an LCD element free of voids or air bubbles in the fluid material. A support base secures the LCD element in place during fluid flow from a fluid dispenser positioned proximate to the LCD element. Fluid flow... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6573879 | Plasma-addressed liquid crystal display device A plasma-addressed liquid crystal display device capable of high-speed drive and improved viewing characteristic is composed of a liquid crystal cell structure and plasma cell structure stacked with each other. The liquid crystal cell structure is formed ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6545738 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display and method for fabricating the same using opposite polarity split layer electrodes A liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device wherein two domains are provided within each pixel cell so as to prevent flicker and to widen a viewing angle. In the liquid crystal display device, a common elec... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6490022 | LCD device and method of manufacture thereof A liquid crystal display device (20) comprises two transparent substrates (1, 2) which are joined to each other via a sealing member (3) so as to form a gap therebetween, and a liquid crystal layer (21) which is sealed in the gap and formed of a polymer d... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6417908 | Liquid crystal device having spacers and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a liquid crystal light modulating element comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal modulating layer interposed between the substrates. The liquid crystal modulating layer mainly comprises (1) a liquid crystal material for light mo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6226061 | Liquid crystal display device having phase different plates A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is composed of (1) an LCD element having (i) a glass substrate on which a flat portion including pixel electrodes and a flat portion including switching elements, wires, and the like are laminated with interlayer insu... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6151096 | Liquid crystal display including dopant phase-separated from liquid crystal A mixture of a ferroelectric or anti-ferroelectric liquid crystal material and a monomer having a single photopolymeric functional group is injected in the space between two electrode substrates while heat is applied. After cooling of the mixture it is ir... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6118512 | Manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display element A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display element is provided with the steps of: arranging a pair of insulating substrates face to face with each other and bonding them to each other, each of the insulating substrates having electrodes formed the... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6069675 | Active matrix liquid crystal display In an LCD, there is used a GH-mode liquid crystal of which change in transmittivity due to variation in gap thickness is less than that of the conventional TN liquid crystal. A tablet facility is directly arranged or electrodes having the function of the ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6046791 | Polymer dispersed liquid crystal electro-optical device and method for manufacturing the same A polymer dispersed liquid crystal electro-optical device comprising a liquid crystal polymer complex layer having a liquid crystal and a polymer, wherein said liquid crystal and said polymer are aligned in the same direction when no electric field is app... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6038009 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display device A ferroelectric liquid crystal display device is described. The device has a pair of substrates having at least an electrode film and an alignment film, and a complex made of a ferroelectric liquid crystal material and a polymer material disposed between ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6020947 | Liquid crystal devices A ferroelectric liquid crystal display (FLCD), which comprises a cell including a layer of chiral smetic ferroelectric liquid crystal material contained between two substrates and at least one alignment layer for determining the surface alignment of the m... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6007739 | Liquid crystal compound, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal compound of the present invention is represented by the following general Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are independently a linear or branched alkyl group or alkoxy group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, pro... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5978065 | Liquid crystal device and manufacturing method and apparatus therefor A liquid crystal is dropped on one end portion of a bottom substrate that is coated with a sealing material in an outer peripheral portion. After a top substrate is laid on the bottom substrate, the liquid crystal is expanded from the one end portion of t... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5963290 | Liquid crystal display An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) including two substrates sandwiching an LC layer therebetween, and causing a plurality of different kinds of regions to coexist in the LC layer is disclosed. An electrode formed with an aperture is provided on at least one ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5923394 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal display device with a mixture of ferroelectric crystal material and photopolymerizable monomer A ferroelectric liquid crystal display device is described. The device has a pair of substrates having at least an electrode film and an alignment film, and a complex made of a ferroelectric liquid crystal material and a polymer material disposed between ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5907383 | Method for producing a liquid crystal display device A method for producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a polymeric region and a liquid crystal region substantially su... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5895107 | Promotion of C2 state in ferroelectric liquid crystal devices In order to promote the formation of the C2 state during manufacturing of a ferroelectric liquid crystal display comprising a cell including a layer of chiral smectic ferroelectric liquid crystal material contained between two substrates. The manufacturin... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5892497 | Additive color transmissive twisting ball display A segmented ball for an electrical twisting ball color display device, the device being composed of different sets of spheroidal balls rotatably disposed in an elastomer substrate, each set being associated with a different display color. The segmented ba... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5880804 | Process for producing ferroelectric liquid crystal device An improved method for achieving a defect-free and uniform liquid crystal alignment in a process for the production of a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device. A process for producing a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device containing a ferroe... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5835181 | Process for producing liquid crystal including discharging liquid crystal material through second aperture A liquid crystal device is produced through the steps of: a) disposing a pair of substrates opposite to each other so as to form a cell between the substrates while leaving a first aperture and a second aperture for communication with an exterior and form... | 11/10/1998 |
