Patents by Inventor Eldon Bruce Priestley

Eldon Bruce Priestley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of preparing a liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 3973057
    Abstract: The inner surfaces of a pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display are treated with a solution of a surfactant to provide a uniform stable alignment of the liquid crystal material confined between the inner surfaces. The inner surfaces are first wetted by the soluton of the surfactant, a silane derivative, and the solution is then heated, while the inner surfaces are in contact with the solution, to a temperature between about 75.degree.C and a temperature just below the boiling point of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Jones Channin, Eldon Bruce Priestley