Abstract: According to one embodiment, a unit includes a casing and a connection terminal. The casing has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an attachment hole. The connection terminal has a connection portion which is inserted through the attachment hole from the side of the second surface and thus protrudes on the side of the first surface, a flange which is provided at the proximal end of the connection portion and which has a size that does not allow the passage of the flange through the attachment hole, and a holding portion which holds the casing between this holding portion and the flange located on the side of the second surface opposite to the first surface.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a laser diode, a reflector, a diffraction element, a liquid crystal layer, a phosphor layer and a lens. The liquid crystal layer includes a first polarized sheet, a second polarized sheet and a plurality of pixels sandwiched between the first polarized sheet and the second polarized sheet. The pixels are selectively powered to obtain different light transmittable areas of the liquid crystal layer. Laser emitted from the laser diode is reflected by the reflector and diffracted by the diffraction element to form a rectangular pattern. The diffracted light partially passes through the liquid crystal layer to form a low beam when the light transmittable area is small, and the diffracted light totally passes through the liquid crystal layer to form a high beam when the light transmittable area is large.

Abstract: The following invention relates to an improved lens apparatus for use in a head up display (HUD), particularly for providing HUD with a depth of field and more particularly with providing a secondary virtual image in a different colour so as to provide a warning message. The partially reflecting combiner has a first surface S1 located closest to a display, and a second surface S2, located furthest from the display, wherein the effective radius of curvature of surface S2>S1, so as to provide two non-coincident virtual images. The selection of antireflective coatings on the surfaces S2 and S1 allows the non-coincident virtual images to have different coloured virtual images.

Abstract: A touch panel, conductive film and the method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The conductive film may be disposed at a substrate to act as a touch sensing area. In particular, the conductive film may be formed by a method including the following steps: providing a substrate; uniformly mixing nano conductive metal with positive or negative sensitive material to form a mixture; coating the mixture over the substrate to form a wet film on the substrate; and patterning the wet film by an exposure process and a development process to form the conductive film.

Abstract: Provided is a capacitive touch panel which has enhanced sensitivity and is usable in an image display panel, etc. in this capacitive touch panel, a window, a first transparent film having a first transparent conductive electrode pattern formed on one surface thereof, and a second transparent film having a second transparent conductive electrode pattern which is formed on one surface thereof and disposed with respect to the first transparent film in such a manner as to allow a capacitance to be formed therebetween, are stacked in turn. The capacitive touch panel comprises a first transparent inter-layer resin provided between the window and the first transparent film, and a second transparent inter-layer resin provided between the first transparent film and the second transparent film, wherein the first transparent inter-layer resin has a dielectric constant greater than that of the second transparent inter-layer resin.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus is provided. Data lines are used to transmit display data signals or touch scan signals during different periods, wherein the data lines, the scan lines of the touch display apparatus and touch sensing lines of the touch display apparatus are disposed on a same substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch sensor including a window substrate, a bezel layer formed on an edge part of the window substrate, a reflective layer formed on the bezel layer, and electrode patterns formed in the bezel layer of the window substrate, wherein the bezel layer is formed of a transparent material. Thus, due to the formation of the bezel layer and the reflective layer of the touch sensor, bezel colors are effectively realized using a more thinned film bezel.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch panel structure, a method for forming the same and a touch device having the same. A touch panel structure of the present invention comprises a substrate, a color layer, an inorganic layer, and a photoresist layer. The color layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The inorganic layer is disposed on a surface of the color layer which is opposite to the substrate. The photoresist layer is disposed on a surface of the inorganic layer which is opposite to the substrate, wherein the color layer and the photoresist layer have different surface tensions. For electronic products that rely on the Colorful OGS (One Glass Solution) technology, by providing an inorganic layer between the color layer and the photoresist layer, problems related to different surface tensions when the layers are stacked during the manufacturing process of a touch panel can be solved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a touch sensor, including a window substrate, and bezel layers formed along an outer circumference on the window substrate. The bezel layer includes a photochromic compound or a thermochromic compound expressing at least two colors.

Abstract: A projector includes a light scanner, a light detector, a converging lens, and a light guide member. The light scanner is configured to scan light over a projection surface. The light detector is configured to detect reflected light of the light that has been reflected by a detection object. The converging lens is disposed between the projection surface and the light detector to guide the reflected light within a convergence range of the converging lens to the light detector. The light guide member is configured to refract or reflect at least the reflected light outside the convergence range of the converging lens in a widthwise direction parallel to the projection surface in plan view such that the reflected light within a detection range of the projector that is wider than the convergence range in the widthwise direction is guided to the light detector.

Abstract: A display device may include a display portion to maintain a display state in accordance with a voltage applied thereto; and a plurality of light transmission regions adjacent to the display portion at positions corresponding to a plurality of light sources arranged over the display portion.

Abstract: A decoration plate includes a substrate, a decoration pattern layer, and at least one color decoration layer. The decoration pattern layer is disposed on the substrate, and the decoration pattern layer has a pattern in a projection direction perpendicular to the substrate. The color decoration layer is disposed on and covers the decoration pattern layer, and extends onto the substrate.

Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate, first sensing series and optical matching stacked structures is provided. Each first sensing series includes first sensing pads and bridge structures, and two adjacent first sensing pads are connected along the first direction through one of the bridge structure. Each optical matching stacked structure includes a first optical matching pattern and a second optical matching pattern disposed between the first optical matching pattern and the bridge structure, and the optical matching stacked structures are disposed on a surface of the bridge structures that faces to a user so as to reduce a reflectivity of light along a direction of view in areas where the bridge structures are located.

Abstract: A touch point positioning and detecting circuit for a touch panel, a touch panel and a display device, to achieve an optical type in-cell touch panel, The touch point positioning and detecting circuit includes: a touch sensing sub-circuit, a detecting sub-circuit which is connected with the touch sensing sub-circuit, and a first touch driving electrode line and a second touch driving electrode line; the touch sensing sub-circuit includes: a capacitor, a first switch transistor and a second switch transistor; a gate and a source of the first switch transistor are connected with the first touch driving electrode line, and a drain of the first switch transistor is connected with a drain of the second switch transistor; a source of the second switch transistor is connected with the detecting sub-circuit, and a gate of the second switch transistor is connected with the second touch driving electrode line; one end of the capacitor is connected with the drain of the first switch transistor and the other end of the c

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel and a touch display panel including an insulating layer, a first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are respectively disposed on two sides of the insulating layer. The first conductive pattern includes a plurality of first electrode strips, wherein each first electrode strip includes a strip portion and a plurality of protrusion portions protruding from two sides of the strip portion. The second conductive pattern includes a plurality of second electrode strips, crossing the first electrode strips.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes multiple sensing units, multiple connecting wires and multiple bridge wires. A part of the sensing units are arranged along a first direction, and another part of the sensing units are arranged along a second direction. A part of the connecting wires and a part of the bridge wires are connected to the part of the sensing units along the first direction. Another part of connecting wires and another part of bridge wires are connected to the another part of the sensing units along the second direction. The impedance value of each bridge wire is different from that of each connecting wire.

Abstract: An adjustable focal length lens structure comprising a first adjustable focal length lens. The first adjustable focal length lens comprises an inner surface of a first side having a first curvature. The first adjustable focal length lens also comprises a first transparent conducting electrode on the first side. The first adjustable focal length lens also comprises an inner surface of a second side having a second curvature. The first adjustable focal length lens also comprises a second transparent conducting electrode on the second side. The first adjustable focal length lens also comprises one or more layers of a first liquid crystal material disposed between the inner surface of the first side and the inner surface of the second side, wherein the first liquid crystal material has two or more effective indices of refraction.

Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display device includes an image display module, a parallax barrier, a camera, and a processor. The image display module includes left eye pixels and right eye pixels arranged alternately. The parallax barrier includes opaque parts and light-transmissible parts arranged alternately. The camera is configured to capture an image in front of the auto-stereoscopic display device. The processor includes a face identifying module configured to determine whether a face exists in the image and determine a position of the face in the image when the face exists in the image, and a parallax barrier adjusting module configured to adjust positions of the opaque parts and the light-transmissible parts according to the position of the face in the image, so that a left eye is only capable of seeing the left eye pixels, and a right eye is only capable of seeing the right eye pixels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a pixel electrode including: a first subpixel electrode, a second subpixel electrode, and a third subpixel electrode electrically separated from each other; a first thin film transistor connected to the first subpixel electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode; a third thin film transistor connected to the third subpixel electrode; a fourth thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode and the third subpixel electrode; a first gate line connected to the first to third thin film transistors; a second gate line connected to the fourth thin film transistor; a data line connected to the first and second thin film transistors; and a storage electrode line connected to the third thin film transistor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first gate line and a second gate line respectively extending in a first direction. A main pixel electrode is arranged between the first gate line and the second gate line and extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction. A pair of sub-common electrodes respectively faces the first gate line and the second gate line through an insulating layer and extends in the first direction. The second substrate includes a main common electrode electrically connected with the sub-common electrode and arranged on both sides sandwiching the main pixel electrode. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal display panel including the color filter substrate, and a manufacturing process of the color filter substrate. The color filter substrate provided in the present invention includes: a substrate, including a display area and a non-display area on the periphery of the display area; and a black matrix, disposed on the substrate, wherein the black matrix in the display area on the substrate defines sub-pixels area, and the black matrix corresponding to the non-display area on the substrate includes a non-flat surface.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device including the same are provided. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a thin film transistor substrate comprising a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate electrode and including a source contact hole and a drain contact hole for exposing portions of the semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively inserted into the source contact hole and the drain contact hole. The interlayer insulating film includes a first convex portion formed at an inlet of the source contact hole and at an inlet of the drain contact hole.

Abstract: A display panel includes a gate line, a first data line crossing the gate line, a first voltage applied to the first data line, a second data line in parallel with the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line, a second voltage different from the first voltage applied to the second data line, a first thin film transistor electrically connected to the first data line, a second thin film transistor electrically connected to the second data line, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first thin film transistor, and disposed between the first data line and the second data line, and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second thin film transistor, and disposed opposite to the first pixel electrode with reference to the second data line.

Abstract: A flicker of an FFS liquid crystal display device that is driven at a low refresh rate is reduced. In an FFS liquid crystal display, a pixel electrode and a first common electrode included in a liquid crystal element are formed on an element substrate side, and a second common electrode is formed on another substrate (counter substrate) side. By making the first and second common electrodes have the same potential, generation of a residual DC voltage can be suppressed in a pixel. Thus, even when a refresh rate is lowered, change in transmittance of a pixel can be suppressed in a data retention period, so that a flicker can be reduced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate including a TFT, an organic passivation film formed to cover the TFT, and an alignment film; and a counter substrate including a spacer and an alignment film. The TFT substrate and the counter substrate are bonded with a sealing material in a seal portion, with a liquid crystal interposed between the two substrates. A wall-like structure is formed in the seal portion of the counter substrate, in a direction parallel to a side of the counter substrate. A concave portion of the organic passivation film is formed at a position corresponding to the wall-like structure of the TFT substrate, in a direction parallel to the side of the TFT substrate. With this structure, a gap between the wall-like structure and the TFT substrate is increased to facilitate the movement of the sealing material before curing, to form the sealing material uniformly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that enables to enhance the resolution of a display screen, to narrow a flame portion, and to simplify the production process of an array substrate.

Abstract: An electric-field exposure method includes forming a display cell. The display cell comprises a pixel electrode electrically connected to a data line and a gate line. A guard-ring line surrounds a display area on which the pixel electrode is disposed. A common electrode overlaps the guard-ring line. A resistance division part is connected to a node which is connected to a data pad and a gate pad. A first electrode and a second electrode are provided with first and second electronic signals, respectively. The first electrode is connected to the guard-ring line. The second electrode is electrically connected to the common electrode. The node is provided with a divided signal obtained by dividing the first and second signals through the resistance division part.

Abstract: A bottom chassis includes a base chassis which accommodates a light source part emitting a light, a reflective film disposed on a bottom plate of the base chassis and including a reflective material to reflect the light, a cladding film disposed on the reflective film, and a light guide film disposed on the cladding film, receiving the light from the light source part through a first surface thereof, and guiding the received light to exit through a second surface thereof as a plane light, where the cladding film has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the light guide film.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with: a frame; a display panel, which is fixed to the frame; and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards, which are disposed adjacent to each other, and each of which has one end side pressure bonded to the display panel, and the other end side bent to the frame side, which is the reverse side of the display panel. The display apparatus has adhesive areas wherein a surface of the display panel is adhered and fixed to the frame, the adhesive areas being in areas overlapping the flexible printed circuit boards. In regions among the flexible printed circuit boards adjacent to each other, non-adhesive areas where the surface of the display panel is not adhered and fixed to the frame are provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that can prevent light leakage in black images, has an improved viewing angle of white images, and can avoid an increase in the thickness and additional costs. The liquid crystal display device includes: a collimating backlight unit; and a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, and the liquid crystal layer includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided, including a lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed to face the lower substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a lower polarizing layer with a structure of wire grid formed on one surface of the lower substrate and configured to provide polarizing-filtering of light radiated from a backlight; and an upper polarizing layer with a structure of wire grid formed on one surface of the upper substrate and configured to provide polarizing-filtering of the radiated light passing through the lower polarizing layer and the liquid crystal layer, at least one of the wire grid of the lower polarizing layer and the wire grid of the upper polarizing layer including a reflection layer configured to reflect the radiated light and an absorbing layer configured to absorb external light incident from the outside through the upper substrate.

Abstract: A back light assembly includes: a light source including a light emitting diode which generates white light having color coordinates located on one of a plurality of color coordinate ranks; a reflector sheet which reflects the white light incident from the light source, where the reflector sheet includes a reflective material which reflects light incident thereon and a color compensation material which compensates the color coordinates of the white light by controlling the intensity of light having a predetermined wavelength range, among the white light, to allow the color coordinates of the white light to converge on target color coordinates; and a diffuser plate which diffusing light provided from the light source and the reflector sheet.

Abstract: This invention relates to a backlight module and a liquid crystal display where the backlight module comprises a light guide plate, a substrate, a light source, a reflective element and a reflective sheet. The light guide plate and the reflective sheet are joined by a double coated film that is set up along the edge of a lower surface of the light guide plate. A light exit plane of the light source is placed in between the lower surface of the light guide plate and a light exit plane of the light guide plate. By means of altering the setup of the light guide plate and the reflective sheet, this invention settles the technical issue of mura appeared at the corresponding display panel.

Abstract: A light unit for a display includes: a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources facing a side of the light guide plate and spaced apart from the light guide plate; and a buffering member between the light guide plate and the light source. The buffering member includes: spacing parts positioned respectively between adjacent light sources and contacting the light guide plate, and a blocking part connecting the plurality of spaced parts to each other and facing a side direction of each light source.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal cell between first second polarizing plates; and a surface light source device. The surface light source device includes a light source unit, a light guide plate for outputting first directivity light having directivity of maximum intensity in a first direction, which forms a predetermined angle from a normal direction of the light output surface in a plane approximately parallel to a light guiding direction of light, and having a high ratio of a polarized light component oscillating in the plane and a prism sheet being configured to convert the first directivity light into second directivity light directed in a second direction within a predetermined angle from the normal direction of the light output surface of the light guide plate while substantially maintaining a polarization state of the first directivity light.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light guide plate; a light source facing an entrance surface of the light guide plate; an optical sheet member located toward an exit surface of the light guide plate; and a frame surrounding the optical sheet member, the light source, and the light guide plate to retain the optical sheet member, the light source, and the light guide plate. The optical sheet member includes a protrusion protruding toward the light source and fixed to the light guide plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fastening device for a LED light string of a backlight module, including a LED light string and a frame, the LED light string being configured with a substrate and a plurality of LEDs mounted onto the substrate, wherein at least a retainer is incorporated on the substrate, and the frame being provided with a notch matchable with the retainer such that the LED light string can be securely attached to the frame. The retainer can be made individually, and a SMT process is utilized to attach the retainer of the fastening device on the backside of the LED light string. With this convenient arrangement, a lot of manufacturing processes have been omitted. The LED light string and the frame can be modulated, and the overall configuration of the module is simplified.

Abstract: A retardation film includes a first optically anisotropic layer having liquid crystal compounds fixed in a homogeneously aligned state and a leveling agent, and having an order parameter of 0.75 to 0.95 and a thickness of 0.3 to 3.0 ?m; an intermediate layer including a resin having a solubility parameter SP value of 21.5 to 24.7, calculated by Hoy's method, the intermediate layer having a thickness of 3.0 ?m or less; and a second optically anisotropic layer having liquid crystal compounds fixed in a homeotropically aligned state, and having an order parameter OP of 0.6 to 0.95 and a thickness of 0.3 to 3.0 ?m, wherein OP is represented by the following equation; OP=(A??A?)/(2A?+A?) where A? is absorbance of the liquid crystal compounds for light polarized parallel to an alignment direction, and A? is absorbance of the liquid crystal compounds for light polarized perpendicular to the alignment direction.

Abstract: A subject is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition in which tilt alignment is easily developed and an optical anisotropic film obtained therefrom. A solution is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing one or more polymerizable liquid crystal compounds selected from compounds represented by formulas (1-1), (1-2) and (1-3), and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (2-1). In the following formula, for example, Z11 and Z12 are hydrogen; W1 is independently hydrogen, fluorine or a methoxy; W2 and W3 are independently hydrogen or methyl; X1 is independently a single bond or —CH2CH2—; and for example, W4 is methyl; and X2 is —O—; and m1, m2, n1 and n2 are 2 to 15. Moreover, Z21 is hydrogen or methyl; R1 is an alkyl ester-containing substituent; W5 is hydrogen; X3 is —COO—; X4 is —O—, for example; and m3 is 2 to 15 and q1 is 0 to 2.

Abstract: An optical film roll is disclosed capable of realizing excellent display characteristics while maintaining manufacturing efficiency. The optical film roll has a width corresponding to a pair of opposite sides of a liquid crystal cell and is used by being cut to a length corresponding to another pair of opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell to be continuously attached to a surface of the liquid crystal cell. The optical film roll includes a long optical film wound into a roll shape, the long optical film being obtained by subjecting a long optical raw film, which includes a polarizing film having an absorption axis in its width direction, to a slitting process in a machine direction while conveying the long optical raw film in its lengthwise direction. The polarizing film includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that contains a dichromatic substance and has an Nz coefficient of 1.10 or more.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a cross-shaped pixel electrode which includes a main pixel electrode and a sub-pixel electrode, and a second substrate including a common electrode which includes main common electrodes and sub-common electrodes. A first horizontal inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode is less than a second horizontal inter-electrode distance between the sub-pixel electrode and the sub-common electrode and is greater than a vertical inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode.

Abstract: A curved display device curved in a first direction includes: a first substrate including a plurality of signal lines, an insulating layer which covers the signal lines, a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer, and a shielding electrode electrically insulated from the pixel electrode and disposed along a signal line, which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, among the signal lines; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and including a common electrode; and a light control layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A novel surface protection panel is provided, with no rainbow colors appearing within the display screen or shading occurring, even when the display screen is viewed through sunglasses equipped with polarization lenses. Proposed is a surface protection panel disposed on the outer side of a liquid crystal display panel, that is to say, on the visible side of the liquid crystal display panel in a liquid crystal image display device equipped with a liquid crystal display panel. The surface protection panel has a constitution which a gas barrier transparent resin film having a gas barrier layer is layered on one side or on each side of a transparent synthetic resin plate, and the surface protection panel has a property which both the transparent synthetic resin plate and the gas barrier transparent resin film are non-stretched substantially, non-oriented or uniaxially oriented.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display device that suppresses occurrence of drop marks during production without degrading various properties, such as dielectric anisotropy, viscosity, nematic phase upper limit temperature, rotational viscosity (?1), and ghosting property, and a method for producing the liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal composition layer 13 sandwiched between a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 and vertical alignment films 16 and 17 that contain a polymer of a polymerizable compound having a reactive group. The liquid crystal composition constituting the liquid crystal composition layer 13 contains compounds represented by general formulae (I) and (II).

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display device that suppresses occurrence of drop marks during production without degrading various properties, such as dielectric anisotropy, viscosity, nematic phase upper limit temperature, rotational viscosity (?1), and ghosting property, and a method for producing the liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal composition layer 13 sandwiched between a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 and vertical alignment films 16 and 17 formed of a cured product of a polymerizable liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal composition constituting the liquid crystal composition layer 13 contains compounds represented by general formulae (I) and (II).

Abstract: A liquid-crystal photo-alignment layer that is composed of polymer stabilized azo dyes is provided, where a polymer network is introduced in the photo-alignment layer for stabilization. The photo-alignment layer is realized based on a two-step irradiation to first achieve molecule alignment to form the photo-alignment layer and then stabilize this layer. To realize the photo-alignment layer, a pre-determined surface of the substrate is first coated with a film of mixture. The mixture comprises an azo dye and a monomer preferably mixed in an optimal concentration of 0.67 wt/wt. The azo dye and the monomer have light-absorption peaks at different wavelengths such that photo-alignment of the azo-dye molecules and stabilization of the photo-alignment layer by polymerization of the monomer are achievable by two separate exposures of light to the film.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention disclose a display substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a liquid crystal display panel. The display panel is used for constructing a transflective liquid crystal display panel including a transmissive region and a reflective region. The display substrate includes an alignment layer which comprises a first alignment structure in the transmissive region and a second alignment structure in the reflective region. The first alignment structure is an oblique alignment structure and the second alignment structure is a vertical alignment structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a thin film transistor panel including a first alignment layer, an opposing panel including a second alignment layer, and opposite to the thin film transistor panel, and a liquid crystal layer between the thin film transistor panel and the opposing panel, and including liquid crystal molecules, wherein a difference between a pretilt angle provided by the first alignment layer and a pretilt angle provided by the second alignment layer is equal to or greater than about 0.8 degree.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic body having good coatability onto a laminate, in which the laminate includes an optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition including a liquid crystal compound by direct coating, and an isotropic resin layer formed on the optically anisotropic layer by direct coating, and has good coatability onto the isotropic resin layer. The laminate includes an optically anisotropic layer and an isotropic resin layer formed of a resin composition directly coated on the optically anisotropic layer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by curing a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound containing a polymerizable group; the isotropic resin layer is the outermost layer of the laminate; and the surface energy on the side of the isotropic resin layer of the laminate is 34.0 mN/m or more.

Abstract: In preferred embodiments, the proposed eyeglass frame includes two glass-holding rims, each attached to an endpiece with upper and lower hinge loops coupled thereto. The endpiece includes split proximal and middle sections, and a solid distal section. The split includes a curvilined slit and a first window. The frame has two clamps with a second window and a groove. The clamp, preferably formed as a tube having a C-like or 0-like cross-section, operatively slides along the endpiece. The frame has two temples each with—an upper prong and—a lower prong furnished with outer protrusions, and—a middle prong therebetween, including—a strip-shaped portion,—a Z-shaped portion, and—a tongue with a tip. The lower and upper prongs diverge, forming a V-shape. The tongue and tip engage with the first and second windows during assembling.