Abstract: In the information display panel, in which one or more groups of display media are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field generated between the substrates is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, at least one substrate of the two substrates (both substrates in the figure) is a laminated substrate in which a first substrate, a low elastic layer and a second substrate are successively laminated from an outer surface, so that a stress concentration at a rib adhesion portion and so on of a partition wall can be reduced, If the laminated substrate with a laminated construction including a buffer layer for reducing stress concentration, it is possible to provide the information display panel, which can improve a mechanical strength with respect to an external force.

Abstract: In a thin-film transistor comprising respective elements of: three electrodes of a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode; a channel layer; and a gate insulating film, at least the channel layer is formed by a metal oxide film including indium. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the thin-film transistor, which can manufacture an element to a polymer substrate without using a high temperature process and which can achieve a high performance and a high reliability at low cost.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an information display device having an information display panel, in which display media are sealed between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, is characterized in that the improvement comprises, in the case of electrically connecting an electrode arranged on one substrate and an electrode arranged on the other substrate at an outer portion of an information display portion of the information display panel, the steps of: arranging an adhesive including conductive spacer particles having a diameter smaller than a distance between the electrodes arranged on the substrates at a predetermined portion between the substrates; and pressing a portion of the substrate, to which the adhesive is arranged, under pressure; so that the electrode arranged on one substrate is electrically connected to the electrode arranged on the other s

Abstract: In an information display panel, in which display media are sealed in a plurality of cells formed by partition walls between two opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a tensile elastic modulus of the partition wall is controlled in a range of 10-100 MPa and a breaking elongation of the partition wall is controlled in a range of 2-500%.

Abstract: An information display device has an information display plate where at least one or more kinds of particles are sealed between cells formed by a partition wall, the cells being between two opposite substrates at least either of which is transparent. At least either of electrodes is provided on a substrate, and an electric field is applied to the particles by the electrodes to move the particles, causing information such as an image to be displayed on the display plate. The surfaces of the substrates are smoothed by making D?2H satisfied, with D being the diameter of a particle (a particle forming the particles), H the height of the electrodes. This thins the electrodes as much as possible (making the height of the electrodes small) and smoothes the surfaces of the substrates, and as a result, the information display device after an endurance test has an improved contrast ratio.

Abstract: In an image display panel: in which at least one group of particles or liquid particles is sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent; in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image; and in which partition walls arranged between the substrates according to need, use is made of the substrate in which at least a surface, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (first aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (second aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is coated by a material having a small charge decay property (third aspect), a universal hardness of a binder resin used for a material constituting the partition wall is not less than 400 N/mm2, whi

Abstract: Disclosed is a panel for information display wherein one or more display media are sealed between two opposite substrates at least one of which is transparent and information such as an image is displayed by moving the display media using the electric field generated in the substrates. A multilayer substrate wherein a first plate, a low elasticity layer and a second plate are sequentially arranged is used as at least one of the substrates (as both substrates in the embodiment shown in the drawings) so that stress concentration in a rib bonding portion of a partition wall can be relaxed. Such a panel for information display is improved in the mechanical strength against external forces by using a multilayer substrate having a multilayer structure which includes a buffer layer for relaxing stress concentration.

Abstract: In an information display panel, in which display media are sealed between a transparent front substrate and a rear substrate, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied from electrodes arranged respectively to the front substrate and the rear substrate, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, the rear substrate is constituted by a flexible material, and a metal electrode is formed on the rear substrate by a patterning process using a vapor deposition and a sputtering or a metal electrode is formed on the rear substrate by effecting a patterning process to a metal film formed by a vapor deposition or a sputtering. In this manner, it is possible to obtain an information display panel, which can improve a flexibility of the rear substrate with the electrode by an inexpensive cost, achieve an easy handling of the substrate and decrease a panel breakage due to a detachment of two substrates.

Abstract: In an image display panel: in which at least one group of particles or liquid particles is sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent; in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image; and in which partition walls arranged between the substrates according to need, use is made of the substrate in which at least a surface, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (first aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (second aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is coated by a material having a small charge decay property (third aspect), a universal hardness of a binder resin used for a material constituting the partition wall is not less than 400 N/mm2, whi

Abstract: In an image display panel: in which at least one group of particles or liquid particles is sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent; in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image; and in which partition walls arranged between the substrates according to need, use is made of the substrate in which at least a surface, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (first aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (second aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is coated by a material having a small charge decay property (third aspect), a universal hardness of a binder resin used for a material constituting the partition wall is not less than 400 N/mm2, whi

Abstract: In an information display device having a display panel, wherein one or more kinds of display media are sealed between two opposed substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and wherein the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image or the like, a dummy rib 11 having a cross-sectional shape (any one of L-shaped, U-shaped, rectangular, circular, polygonal, semicircular, I-shaped or step-like shape, a L-shaped partition wall is shown) capable of preventing outflow of conductive paste from a regular applying position has been provided at a predetermined position on the substrate in order to prevent a short circuit between the substrates due to the outflow of the conductive paste applied to a peripheral part of the substrate to allow conduction between upper and lower substrates.

Abstract: In the method of manufacturing an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having optical reflectance and charge characteristics and consisting of at least one or more groups of particles, are sealed in a cell formed by partition walls between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a display media filling step for filling the display media in the cell includes the steps of: setting a screen over the partition walls; arranging the display media on the screen; and moving a plate member on the screen under such a condition that the plate member is contacted to the screen.

Abstract: In an information display device, in which display media (particles or liquid powders) are sealed between opposed substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media (particles or liquid powders), to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, spacers are arranged on a surface of at least one substrate in a sealing agent arranging portion, which seals a space between at least one flexible substrate and the other substrate by a sealing agent. Hereby, providing the information display device, in which an adequate gap endurable to a high-voltage application can be ensured, and a breakage of an information display panel can be suitably prevented.

Abstract: In an information display device which comprises an information display panel, in which at least one group of particles are sealed in a plurality of cells formed by partition walls between the opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the particles, to which an electrostatic field is applied by utilizing electrodes arranged to the substrates respectively, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, when D is assumed to be a particle diameter of the particle (constituting the particles) and H is assumed to be a height of the substrate, the following relation is satisfied: D?2H, so that a surface of the substrate is made to be smooth. In this manner, the information display device is provided, which improves a contrast ratio after endurance due to the smooth substrate surface by making a thickness of the electrode as thin as possible (by making a height of the electrode as small as possible).

Abstract: An image display device, in which image display media are sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and in which the image display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image. A construction of particles used as the image display media is improved (the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth aspects of the invention), and a material of the particles used as the image display media is improved (the third, seventh and tenth aspects of the invention). Whiteness of the particles and a liquid powder using the particles is improved, particle agglutination is prevented, and the charge property is controlled. Moreover, durability is improved such that a contrast of the image display during a repetition display is not decreased. As a result, an excellent image display can be achieved.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an information display device having an information display panel, in which display media are sealed between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, is characterized in that the improvement comprises, in the case of electrically connecting an electrode arranged on one substrate and an electrode arranged on the other substrate at an outer portion of an information display portion of the information display panel, the steps of: arranging an adhesive including conductive spacer particles having a diameter smaller than a distance between the electrodes arranged on the substrates at a predetermined portion between the substrates; and pressing a portion of the substrate, to which the adhesive is arranged, under pressure; so that the electrode arranged on one substrate is electrically connected to the electrode arranged on the other s

Abstract: In an image display panel: in which at least one group of particles or liquid particles is sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent; in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image; and in which partition walls arranged between the substrates according to need, use is made of the substrate in which at least a surface, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (first aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is subjected to a hydrophobic treatment (second aspect), at least a surface of the partition wall, to which the particles or the liquid powders are contacted, is coated by a material having a small charge decay property (third aspect), a universal hardness of a binder resin used for a material constituting the partition wall is not less than 400 N/mm2, whi

Abstract: In the image display device, in which the image display media are sealed between opposed substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and in which the image display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display an image, a construction of the particles utilizing as the image display media is improved (the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth aspects of the invention), and, a material of the particles utilizing as the image display media is improved (the third, seventh and tenth aspects of the invention). Therefore, the whiteness of the particles and the liquid powder using the particles can be improved, and it is possible to prevent the particle agglutination and to control the charge property. Moreover, in the image display panel in which the particles and the liquid powder are used as the image display media, it is possible to obtain a durability such that a contrast of the image display during a repetition display is not decreased.

Abstract: A light shielding blade material is provided for an optical apparatus and has at least three prepreg sheets each being comprised of an epoxy resin of a thermosetting type as a matrix resin and containing a fiber drawn in an alignment direction within the matrix resin. These prepreg sheets are superposed upon each other so that the alignment directions of the fibers of the prepreg sheets disposed adjacent to each other cross at right angles to each other. The material has also two or more films each being comprised of an epoxy resin of a non-cured state as a base resin and containing 15 to 40 weight % of carbon black in the epoxy resin. These films are disposed to form a laminate of the prepreg sheets and the films so that the prepreg sheets contact one surface or both surfaces of each film.

Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film made of an adhesive resin composition in which conductive particles are dispersed. The adhesive resin composition is a thermosetting resin composition containing base resin composed of polyacetalized resin obtained by acetalizing polyvinyl alcohol and/or modified polyacetalized resin obtained by introducing an aliphatic unsaturated group in a side chain of the polyacetalized resin, melamine-series resin, (meth)acrylate phosphate, and alkyd resin. The present invention provides an anisotropic conductive film exhibiting high adhesive strength to both ITO and SiOx.