Abstract: An electro-optic display is produced using a sub-assembly comprising a front sheet, an electro-optic medium; and an adhesive layer. An aperture is formed through the adhesive layer where the adhesive layer is not covered by the electro-optic medium, and the sub-assembly is adhered to a backplane having a co-operating member with the aperture engaged with a co-operating member, thus locating the sub-assembly relative to the backplane. In another form of electro-optic display, a chip extends through an aperture in the electro-optic medium and adhesive layer. In a third form, the aforementioned sub-assembly is secured to a backplane and then a cut is made through both backplane and sub-assembly to provide an aligned edge.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 24, 2013
Publication date:
May 1, 2014
Applicants:
POLYMER VISION LTD., E INK CORPORATION
Inventors:
Guy M. Danner, Valerie C. Northrup, Jonathan D. Albert, Holly G. Gates, Erik van Veenendaal, Fredericus J. Touwslager
Abstract: An electro-optic display is produced using a sub-assembly comprising a front sheet, an electro-optic medium; and an adhesive layer. An aperture is formed through the adhesive layer where the adhesive layer is not covered by the electro-optic medium, and the sub-assembly is adhered to a backplane having a co-operating member with the aperture engaged with a co-operating member, thus locating the sub-assembly relative to the backplane. In another form of electro-optic display, a chip extends through an aperture in the electro-optic medium and adhesive layer. In a third form, the aforementioned sub-assembly is secured to a backplane and then a cut is made through both backplane and sub-assembly to provide an aligned edge.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 12, 2011
Publication date:
December 8, 2011
Applicants:
Polymer Vision Ltd., E Ink Corporation
Inventors:
Guy M. Danner, Valerie C. Northrop, Jonathan D. Albert, Holly G. Gates, Erik van Veenendaal, Fredericus J. Touwslager
Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed comprising a housing (1) and a retractable display (3) conceived to he alternated between an at least partially extended state and a retracted state, the device comprising a cleaning unit (6) integrated in the housing and being arranged for removing contamination from at least a front surface of the display. The flexible display (3) can be retracted by sliding the side members (4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 5c) into the housing using, for example, a grip (7). Preferably, in the electronic device 10 the display is provided with edge members 8a, 8b for guiding the bar (6).
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 9, 2008
Publication date:
July 22, 2010
Applicant:
Polymer Vision Ltd.
Inventors:
Hendrik D. Visser, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Gijs Peters, Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema
Abstract: The invention relates to a display unit comprising a flexible display having a depicting side for depicting visual information. The flexible display is deformable between a storage state wherein the flexible display is in a deformed position, and a depicting state wherein the depicting side of the flexible display is substantially flat, visible from an exterior point of view and it is possible to control visual information content on the depicting side. Further, the display unit is arranged such that the flexible display is deformable between the storage state and the depicting state to at least one additional state wherein a part of the depicting side of the flexible display is substantially flat, visible from the exterior point of view and it is possible to control visual information content on that part of the depicting part.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2008
Publication date:
July 1, 2010
Applicant:
Polymer Vision Ltd.
Inventors:
Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Petrus Johannes Gerardus Van Lieshout, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers
Abstract: An electro-optic display is produced using a sub-assembly comprising a front sheet, an electro-optic medium; and an adhesive layer. An aperture is formed through the adhesive layer where the adhesive layer is not covered by the electro-optic medium, and the sub-assembly is adhered to a backplane having a co-operating member with the aperture engaged with a co-operating member, thus locating the sub-assembly relative to the backplane. In another form of electro-optic display, a chip extends through an aperture in the electro-optic medium and adhesive layer. In a third form, the aforementioned sub-assembly is secured to a backplane and then a cut is made through both backplane and sub-assembly to provide an aligned edge.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 27, 2008
Publication date:
January 1, 2009
Applicants:
E INK CORPORATION, POLYMER VISION LTD.
Inventors:
Guy M. Danner, Valerie C. Northrop, Jonathan D. Albert, Holly G. Gates, Erik van Veenendaal, Fredericus J. Touwslager