Nominal Manufacturing Methods Or Post Manufacturing Processing Of Liquid Crystal Cell Patents (Class 349/187)
  • Patent number: 8253941
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display panel includes an arriving part in which an unfinished display panel is disposed. The apparatus has at least one light transmitting part, a mold which is positioned on the arriving part and which includes at least one alignment key and a pattern forming part, a mold driver which drives the mold, and an alignment sensor which is positioned under the arriving part and which determines whether the display panel and the mold are erroneously aligned through the light transmitting part. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently and accurately pattern a specific material onto the display panel through an imprint lithography process using a pressing mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyuk Chang, Nam-Seok Roh, Jung-Mok Bae
  • Patent number: 8253915
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cell is disclosed wherein sealing bodies (500, 600) are formed on a color filter mother substrate (102), and the color filter mother substrate (102) and a TFT mother substrate (202) are so assembled that the sealing bodies (500, 600) are interposed between the color filter mother substrate (102) and the TFT mother substrate (202). Seal making portions (501, 511; 503, 509; 505, 507) are deformed so that gap portions (G) are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: TPO Hong Kong Holding Limited
    Inventor: Kenichi Mukai
  • Patent number: 8253907
    Abstract: A LCD device includes a plurality of color display pixels and a viewing angle control pixel on a first substrate; a backlight shielding pattern formed at a circumferential region of the viewing angle control pixel; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of a TFT; a protective film formed on a gate line, a data line, the TFT, the first electrode and the second pixel electrode, wherein a first contact hole is formed to expose part of the backlight shielding pattern; a first common electrode connected to the backlight shielding pattern through the first contact hole of the protective film, which is formed to be overlapped with at least part of the first pixel electrode, part of the TFT, and part of the backlight shielding pattern, wherein a plurality of slits overlapped with the first pixel electrode are formed; and a second common electrode formed by corresponding to the first pixel electrode on a second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-seok Park, Jae Seok Park, Hwi-Deuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8253132
    Abstract: Provided is a bottom emission type organic EL panel capable of preventing or delaying loss of light emission from an end portion of the light emission area and reduction of the light emission area in an organic EL element. This organic electro luminescence panel includes an organic electro luminescence element having at least one organic layer between an anode and a cathode arranged on a substrate. This panel has a main light emission area emitting light with a high luminance and a non-light emission area or a low light emission area emitting light with a lower luminance than the main light emission area, arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. By limiting the main light emission area to a smaller size than the cathode forming area, the end portion of the cathode forming area is arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Furukawa, Nobuhiko Takashima
  • Patent number: 8253905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, wherein the first conductive layer including a first sub-data line and a gate line, the second conductive layer including a source electrode and a common electrode, and the common electrode is disposed opposite to the first conductive electrode, and a method of making the same with five photolithographic and etching processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsin Lu, Yu-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 8253918
    Abstract: An array substrate for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line along a first direction on the substrate, a data line along a second direction and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a common line on the substrate, a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor, the pixel electrode including horizontal parts along the first direction, and a common electrode in the pixel region and connected to the common line, the common electrode including horizontal portions along the first direction, wherein the pixel electrode and the common electrode are formed on a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Ho Lim, Hyun-Kyu Lee, Do-Sung Kim, Byung-Koo Kang, Do-Young Lee, Eui-Tae Kim, Sang-Wook Park
  • Patent number: 8248572
    Abstract: A method for cutting a liquid crystal display panel includes transferring a pair of mother substrates on which a plurality of panel regions have been disposed to a scribing unit; forming first and second prearranged cut lines on front and rear surfaces of the mother substrates using a scribing unit; transferring the mother substrates with the first and second prearranged cut lines formed thereon to a breaking component; and moving a transfer unit which includes a body having a plurality of suction members and a steam generator installed at an edge of the body to an upper side of the mother substrates, and separating liquid crystal display panels formed at the panel regions from a dummy glass therearound while spraying steam onto the surface of the mother substrates through the steam generator of the transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Deog Yoo, Byoung-Mok Ha
  • Publication number: 20120206679
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and has a reflective area and a transmissive area. At least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose phase difference differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. Alternatively, at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohyama, Masato Imai, Kazuyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20120206688
    Abstract: An LCD device and a method for fabricating the same is described, in which each of light-shielding patterns has the uniform thickness to prevent the step coverage from being generated in color filter patterns by the light-shielding patterns. The LCD device includes a substrate with pixel and light shielding regions defined, a transparent material layer formed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel regions, a light-shielding layer formed on the substrate corresponding to the light shielding regions, and a color filter layer on the transparent material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Chul-Ho Kim, Jung Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 8243249
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device provided with a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates opposed to each other, and an oriented film disposed between at least one of the substrates and the liquid crystal layer, includes: (a) providing an inorganic oriented film to the one of the substrates; (b) forming a first organic film with a first silane-coupling agent, the first organic film randomly covering a surface of the inorganic oriented film with a predetermined coverage factor smaller than 1; and (c) forming, after step (b), a second organic film with a second silane-coupling agent having a carbon number different from a carbon number of the first silane-coupling agent, the second organic film covering the surface exposed from the first organic film, thereby forming the oriented film composed mainly of the first organic film, the second organic film, and the inorganic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shintaro Asuke
  • Patent number: 8243216
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an image includes a display cell with a first cell wall and a second cell wall opposed to the first cell wall. The cell walls enclose a layer of a display medium that includes a liquid crystal material having finely-divided pigment particles dispersed therein. Each cell wall includes an electrode for applying an electric field across the display medium. A method for recording an image is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: David Sikharulidze
  • Patent number: 8241935
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device having a concave reflector includes forming a switching element on a substrate, the switching element comprising a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, forming a first insulating layer on the substrate including the switching element, forming a plurality of photoresist patterns on the first insulating layer, patterning the first insulating layer to have a concave surface by using the photoresist patterns as masks, and forming a reflector on the first insulating layer having the recessed uneven surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Nam Jeong, Hye-Young Kim, Joo-Soo Lim, Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20120200815
    Abstract: A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a touch spacer formed on a first substrate, a common electrode formed on the touch spacer, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a sensing electrode facing the touch spacer on the second substrate and an alignment layer on the sensing electrode or the touch spacer, wherein the alignment layer has a thickness equal to or less than 500?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-hwan YOU, Young-je CHO, Byoung-jun LEE, Jun-pyo LEE, Sang-youn HAN, Hyeong-jun PARK, Yun-seok LEE, Sang-gun CHOI, Hyun-duck SON
  • Patent number: 8235761
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for resizing COTS AMLCDs or other electronic displays, as well as resized displays made using these apparatus and methods, are provided. The electronic display includes a front plate, a back plate, a perimeter seal spacing the front and back plates apart, and image-generating medium contained in an area between the front and back plates. A target portion of the display may be identified and separated from an excess portion of the display, e.g., by cutting and breaking the plates of the display, thereby creating an exposed edge along the target portion. The plates of the target portion are pressed towards one another, e.g., to stabilize or compress the target portion. An adhesive is applied to the exposed edge, and the pressure is released to draw the adhesive between the plates along the exposed edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventor: Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8237908
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes; forming a mother substrate assembly by disposing a liquid crystal mixture layer having liquid crystals and a light curable alignment supplement between a first mother substrate and a second mother substrate of a liquid crystal display, and disposing a light curable sealant surrounding the liquid crystal mixture layer, pre-tilting liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal mixture layer by applying a voltage to the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate, and simultaneously hardening the alignment supplement and the sealant by radiating light to the mother substrate assembly while applying the voltage to the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Goo Seok, Jae-Jin Lyu, Seung-Beom Park, Jong-Ho Son, Ji-Won Sohn, Myeong-Ha Kye, Hoon Kim, Jun-Hee Na
  • Patent number: 8237903
    Abstract: An LCD device includes plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixel regions on a substrate. A thin film transistor (TFT) resides at a crossing portion of the gate lines and the data lines and a pixel electrode is electrically connected with the TFT. The TFT includes a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer on the gate electrode and a semiconductor layer on the gate insulation layer. A portion of the data line and the semiconductor layer form a composite layer between adjacent pixel electrodes in which a line width of data line is the same as a line width of semiconductor layer. A method of fabricating the LCD device includes etching a passivation layer using a mask pattern and etching the semiconductor layer using the mask pattern and a portion of the data line as an etch mask to form the composite layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Il Lee, Seung Kwang Roh
  • Patent number: 8237902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an array substrate of an LCD with a wide viewing angle and a method for manufacturing the same. The array substrate includes: gate lines and data lines formed on a substrate, and TFTs and pixel electrodes formed in pixel areas defined by the gate lines and the data lines, wherein at least one shaft for inducing liquid crystal to form a multi-domain structure is formed on each of the pixel electrodes. The method includes: forming a pattern containing gate lines, gate electrodes, data lines, source electrodes, drain electrodes and TFT channels on a substrate; depositing a passivation layer, opening a first via hole for connecting each of the drain electrodes to each of pixel electrodes and a second via hole for forming a shaft; and depositing a transparent conductive film, forming a pattern containing the pixel electrodes within pixel areas, and forming a shaft at the second via hole for inducing liquid crystal to form a multi-domain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xibin Shao, Haijun Yin, Junrui Zhang
  • Patent number: 8228455
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method for forming a pattern includes the steps of forming a thin film on a substrate, coating a photoresist film on the thin film, aligning a mask over the photoresist film, the mask formed on a base material, including a light shielding portion having a linear supporting portion and an uneven portion at a boundary of the supporting portion, and a transmission portion defined at regions excluding the light shielding portion, exposing the photoresist film with the mask thereon to a UV beam of a wavelength greater than 300nm to cause refraction in the vicinity of the uneven portion, and developing the photoresist film exposed thus to form a photoresist film pattern, and patterning the thin film by using the photoresist film pattern thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Young Yang, Jung Il Lee, Jeong Oh Kim, Yu Kyeong Ahn, Young Kwon Kang, Sang Jin Lee, Jung Ho Bang
  • Patent number: 8228466
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a matrix pattern formed in a double layer comprising a lower pattern having a hydrophilic property on a substrate, and a black matrix having a hydrophobic property on the lower pattern; and color filters formed in the pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kang, So Jong Shin, Bong Chul Kim, Ki Soub Yang, Tae Hyung Lee, Hak Woon Kim, Hong Myeong Jeon
  • Patent number: 8223297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same, and the liquid crystal display device may be configured by including a light guide plate with a plurality of movement prevention structures at both sides thereof, respectively; a lower cover with opening portions at the positions corresponding to the plurality of movement prevention structures, and on which the light guide plate being disposed; a light source unit disposed at a side of the light guide plate; a support main with insertion portions for inserting and mounting the movement prevention structures at the positions corresponding to the opening portions; a diffuser sheet and an optical sheet disposed on the light guide plate; and a liquid crystal panel disposed at an upper portion of the support main.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8223312
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) array substrate comprising: a gate line and a data line that intersect with each other to define a pixel region; and a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor formed in the pixel region. The thin film transistor comprises: a gate electrode connected with the gate line; a semiconductor island positioned above the gate electrode; and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed on the semiconductor island. A surface of the semiconductor island contacting with the source electrode and the drain electrode comprises ohmic contact regions subject to a surface treatment and a region of the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode is covered with a barrier layer. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 8223333
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device testing apparatus that comprises a stage configured in an air-floating structure to feed a liquid crystal panel including combined upper and lower substrates, a backlight unit configured to include a light source for an emission of light disposed under the stage, a protective film formed to encompass and protect the light source, and a lower polarizing plate formed on the protective film to firstly polarize light emitted from the light source in a fixed axis direction, an upper polarizing plate separated from the upper surface of the liquid crystal panel by a fixed distance to secondarily polarize light from the liquid crystal panel in the fixed axis direction; and a charge couple device (CCD) camera disposed on the upper polarizing plate to scan an image on the liquid crystal panel using light secondarily polarized by the upper polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Man Kim
  • Patent number: 8218123
    Abstract: A polarization converting system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The polarization converting system includes a polarization splitting unit splitting incident unpolarized light into two orthogonal polarizations and a polarization converting unit converting incident light into specific polarized light. The polarization converting unit has first and second regions that correspond to the polarization splitting unit and are different in a polarization converting extent from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-mo Hwang, Seung-ho Nam, Moon-gyu Lee, Young-chan Kim, Dong-ho Wee, Kyung-yeup Kim
  • Patent number: 8218122
    Abstract: A wiring film having excellent adhesion and barrier property and a low resistance value is formed. An oxygen gas is introduced into a vacuum chamber in which an object to be film formed is disposed; a sputtering target is sputtered in a vacuum ambience containing oxygen; and a first metallic film is formed on a surface of the object to be film formed. The first sputtering target includes copper as a major component and at least one kind of additive elements selected from an additive element group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Be, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy. Thereafter, a second metallic film is formed on a surface of the first metallic film by sputtering the sputtering target in a state in which the introduction of the oxygen gas into a vacuum ambience is stopped, and then a wiring film is formed by etching the first and second metallic films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Takasawa, Masaki Takei, Hirohisa Takahashi, Hiroaki Katagiri, Sadayuki Ukishima, Noriaki Tani, Satoru Ishibashi, Tadashi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20120169960
    Abstract: The invention provides a broadband cholesteric liquid crystal film, a method for fabricating the same, a polarization device employing the same, and high light efficiency liquid crystal display employing the same. The cholesteric liquid crystal film is a single-layer liquid crystal material structure, and has a top surface and a bottom surface. Further, the cholesteric liquid crystal film includes a first region, a second region, and a third region, and the first region is adjacent to the top surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal film, the third region is adjacent to the bottom surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal film, and the second region is located between the first and third regions, and the average helical pitch P1 of the first region and the average helical pitch P3 of the third region are both larger than the average helical pitch P2 of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hui-Lung Kuo, Mei-Chih Peng, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Chin-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 8212969
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for manufacturing a display device, which can ensure precise alignment and attachment of a lenticular sheet onto a display panel. The method includes sequentially stacking a display panel and a lenticular sheet on a stage, irradiating light that is incident in parallel toward the display panel and the lenticular sheet from below the display panel, detecting the light that has passed through the display panel and the lenticular sheet, and determining an axial direction of a columnar lens formed on the lenticular sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woon Kim, Kyung-Ho Jung, Hee-Seop Kim, Hae-Young Yun, Jiangang Lu, Seung-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8212987
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having an improved aperture ratio and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display device has a storage capacitor with two patterned transparent conductive layers serving as two electrodes. Therefore the storage capacitor is pervious to light and the transparent area of the display device is enlarged so as to improve the aperture ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hantu Lin, Chih-Chun Yang, Chiajung Yang, Chienhung Chen
  • Publication number: 20120162595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of LC (liquid-crystal) compounds and LC media comprising them in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Seung-Eun Lee, Eun Young Kim, Dong-Mee Song, Eun-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20120162572
    Abstract: A retardation element includes an alignment film and a retardation layer in contact with a surface of the alignment film, and the retardation layer is formed by applying a paint containing a liquid crystal monomer and a non-liquid crystal monomer on the surface of the alignment film and then polymerizing the paint while the liquid crystal monomer is placed in an alignment state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Moriaki Okuno, Yukari Tsunoda, Harumi Sato, Kentaro Okuyama, Masashi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8208079
    Abstract: An optical compensator handling higher luminance, capable of achieving a higher contrast ratio while suppressing variation of the contrast ratio, and able to achieve higher definition and longer service life, a liquid crystal display system and a projection type liquid crystal display system using this optical compensator, and a production method and an adjustment method of the display systems are provided. The liquid crystal display system has a liquid crystal device optically modulating an emitted light beam by a liquid crystal layer vertically aligning liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric constant anisotropies and having a pretilt in a direction vertical to a main surface of a substrate, a first polarizer arranged on an incident side of the liquid crystal device, a second polarizer arranged on an emission side of the liquid crystal device, and an optical compensator arranged in a light path between the emission side of the first polarizer and the incident side of the second polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonori Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 8208095
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a polarizing layer formed on the base substrate and including a polarizing pattern having a plurality of carbon nano-tubes arranged in a direction, and a pixel layer formed on the base substrate and including a plurality of pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Joon Rho, Hee-Keun Lee, Baek-Kyun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20120154734
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided and includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other with a liquid crystal layer held therebetween. The first substrate has peripheral circuit wires formed in a peripheral area surrounding a display area, and the second substrate is disposed to face the first substrate so that the peripheral circuit wires of the first substrate are exposed. A resin layer having a predetermined width is formed on that end part of the second substrate on the side of facing the first substrate which is located on the side of the peripheral circuit wires of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8202447
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid crystal composition which mixes two or more liquid crystal compounds, namely, a method for producing a liquid crystal composition, including conducting agitation or ultrasonic irradiation of two or more liquid crystal compounds without applying external heat, wherein at least one of the liquid crystal compounds has a melting point higher than 40° C., and a temperature at a start of the agitation or ultrasonic irradiation is not more than 40° C. The production method of the present invention enables a highly reliable, high-quality liquid crystal composition to be produced without the necessity for large-scale equipment such as a pressure reduction apparatus or heating apparatus. Accordingly, this method is extremely practical for the production of liquid crystal compositions that require a high level of reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Kurisawa, Kunihiko Kotani
  • Patent number: 8203689
    Abstract: A reduced-pressure drying method includes: decompressing a second chamber communicated with a first chamber housing a base material coated with a liquid substance containing a solvent to predetermined operative pressure by a decompressing device; leaving the first chamber closed in response to reaching the predetermined operative pressure until the evaporated solvent raising the pressure in the first chamber to predetermined pressure; communicating the first chamber with the pressure raised to the predetermined pressure with the second chamber; and discharging the vapor of the solvent dispersed in the first and the second chambers by the decompressing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Gomi
  • Publication number: 20120147304
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device that diminishes flickers caused by crosstalk of a three-dimensional image (an overlap of images) or reflection of external light. A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, at least one of the pair of substrates having an electrode and the pair of substrates being placed opposite each other, and a first polarizing plate placed on a light source side and a second polarizing plate placed on a view side with the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, in which a protective film on the view side of the second polarizing plate includes a transparent support satisfying 0?|Re(550)|?10 and an optically anisotropic layer having a ?/4 function, and Rth of the protective film on the view side of the second polarizing plate is |Rth|?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro Yanai, Hiroaki Sata, Hajime Nakayama, Yasuyuki Sasada
  • Patent number: 8199276
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel displaying images, a light source supplying light to the liquid crystal panel, a circuit board including at least one of a brightness sensor and a temperature sensor, a frame including a plurality of sidewalls each including an inner surface, an outer surface and a top surface, the frame including a recess into which the circuit board is inserted downwardly, and the top surface including an open area through which the recess is accessible, and a blocking member covering the open area of the top surface where the frame recess is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Woo Lee, Jin-Ho Cho, Jae-Woo Jang, Young-Jae Lee, Neung-Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 8199285
    Abstract: A light-blocking film is formed by a resin, is formed on a surface of a first substrate that is closer to a second substrate continuously without being interrupted along a side edge of the first substrate, and is formed extending from an outer edge of a display region to the side edge of the first substrate. The first substrate is formed to be thinner than the second substrate. A region having a uniform surface height is formed on the surface of the first substrate that is closer to the second substrate along the side edge of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohsuke Fujikawa, Shoichi Andou
  • Patent number: 8199312
    Abstract: A layout of LCD panels and a size of the mother substrate are disclosed, to improve the efficiency in arrangement of the LCD panels, and to maximize the substrate efficiency, the layout comprising a mother substrate; a dummy region of 15 mm or less in a periphery of the mother substrate; and six LCD panels of the 26-inch model in a matrix of 2×3 on the mother substrate excluding the dummy region with a margin corresponding to 2˜4% of a length of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Soo Woo, Kwang Il Jeong, Gi Soo Nam, Myung Woo Nam, Hyun Jee Lee
  • Patent number: 8199311
    Abstract: A layout of LCD panels and a size of the mother substrate are disclosed, to improve the efficiency in arrangement of the LCD panels, and to maximize the substrate efficiency, the layout comprising a mother substrate; a dummy region of 15 mm or less in a periphery of the mother substrate; and six LCD panels of the 26-inch model in a matrix of 2×3 on the mother substrate excluding the dummy region with a margin corresponding to 2˜4% of a length of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Soo Woo, Kwang Il Jeong, Gi Soo Nam, Myung Wee Nam, Hyun Jee Lee
  • Patent number: 8199303
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display unit structure and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method comprises the following steps: forming a patterned first metal layer with a first data line segment and a lower gate pad on a substrate; forming a patterned dielectric layer covering the first data line and the lower gate pad having a plurality of first openings and a second opening therein, forming a patterned second metal layer including a common line, a second data line segment and a upper gate pad, wherein the upper gate pad is electrically connected to the lower gate pad through the first openings, and the second data line segment is electrically connected to the first data line segment through the first openings; finally forming a patterned passivation layer and a patterned transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Liu-Chung Lee, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Kuo-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 8199471
    Abstract: A rollable display device including a first housing 32; a second housing 34 mateable with the first housing 32; an electronic package 36 disposed within at least one of the first housing and the second housing 34; a roll frame 40 coupled to the first housing 32; a rollable display 38 rotatably disposed within the roll frame 40, having one end connected at the second housing 34, and operably connected to the electronic package 36 to display information from the electronic package 36; and a spreader mechanism 50 having a first leg assembly 52, a second leg assembly 54, and a joining assembly 56. First leg assembly 52 couples the first housing 32 and the second housing 34, second leg assembly 54 couples the first housing 32 and the second housing 34, and joining assembly 56 couples the first leg assembly 52 and the second leg assembly 54.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.
    Inventors: David J. E. Bemelmans, Kenny Darmadji, Edzer Huitema, Raymond W. Lafarre, Nicolaas W. Schellingerhout
  • Patent number: 8199294
    Abstract: To provide: a production method of a liquid crystal display device, the production method being capable of efficiently and stably providing alignment treatment for an alignment film of the liquid crystal display device, in which a plurality of domains is formed in a pixel region; and an exposure device for alignment treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hakoi, Iichiro Inoue, Koichi Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20120139874
    Abstract: It is characterized in that there is provided a liquid crystal panel including a pair of transparent substrates having electrodes for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, respectively, the electrodes for liquid crystal display being made of a transparent conductive film and serving as electrodes for liquid crystal display, and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates; and that one of the pair of transparent substrates has an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor disposed on a side thereof with the electrode for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, the electrode for a projection capacitive sensor being made of the same conductive film as the electrode for liquid crystal display and serving as an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao OZEKI, Tokihito Sawada, Takashi Yuchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8194226
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel through an in-situ process includes a body and a hardening unit, an annealing unit, and a transferring unit disposed on the body. The hardening unit heats a sealing member within a liquid crystal display panel to harden the sealing member. The annealing unit anneals liquid crystal within the liquid crystal display panel sealed by the sealing member. The transferring unit transfers the liquid crystal display panel between the hardening unit and the annealing unit. Therefore, the sealing member may be hardened and the liquid crystal may be sealed through an in-situ process to enhance productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Ho Lee, Min-Young Won, Jin-Whal Kim
  • Patent number: 8194216
    Abstract: A display substrate includes an insulation substrate, an (n)-th gate line, a data line, first and second source electrodes, first and second drain electrodes, a pixel electrode, a third drain electrode, and a storage line. The first source electrode overlaps a first portion of the (n)-th gate line and is electrically connected to the data line. The first and second drain electrodes overlap a second portion of the (n)-th gate line. The pixel electrode is connected to the first drain electrode. The second source electrode overlaps a first portion of an (n+1)-th gate line, while the third drain electrode overlaps a second portion thereof. The storage line overlaps a portion of each of the pixel electrode and the second and third drain electrodes. The second source electrode is formed by extending the second drain electrode in a direction substantially from the (n)-th gate line towards the (n+1)-th gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Sung Um, Jae-Jin Lyu, Seung-Beom Park
  • Patent number: 8194227
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a super large wide-angle high-speed response liquid crystal display apparatus manufactured by using a photolithographic procedure for three times. The invention adopts a halftone exposure technology to form a gate electrode, a common electrode, a pixel electrode and a contact pad, and then uses the halftone exposure technology to form a silicon (Si) island and a contact hole, and a general exposure technology to form a source electrode, a drain electrode and an orientation control electrode. A passivation layer uses a masking deposition method. A film is formed by using a P-CVD method, or a protective area is formed at a local area by using an ink coating method or spray method, and a TFT array substrate used for the super large wide-angle high-speed response liquid crystal display apparatus manufactured by using a photolithographic procedure for three times can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Mikuni Electoron Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakae Tanaka, Samejima Toshiyuki
  • Patent number: 8189167
    Abstract: A mask holder for irradiating UV-rays is disclosed in the present invention. The mask holder includes a lower part having a frame and a mask supporting member supporting a mask, wherein the mask supporting member is in the frame and has a plurality of first connecting portions, and an upper part having a plurality of second connecting portions to be aligned with the first connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Sang Byun, Moo Yeol Park, Sung Su Jung
  • Patent number: 8189159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, in which dim block caused by overlays is prevented at blue pixels having upside down inverted structures with respect to one another in a Z-type driving in which a signal is applied to data lines in zigzag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Suk-Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 8189166
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel transferring apparatus capable of transferring a liquid crystal display (LCD) panels with various models, the apparatus including a first main body to affix a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel formed on a substrate; and at least one second main body extendable from the first main body to adjust an area to affix the LCD panel; a third main body extendable from the second main body. The transferring apparatus may include an impact applying unit formed at the third main body to apply an impact to the substrate at an outer periphery of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Joon Lee, Jeong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8184258
    Abstract: A dispenser system for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table to overturn a substrate having at least one image display part on a first surface of the overturned substrate, and at least one syringe system to supply sealant onto a first surface of the overturned substrate to form a seal pattern along outer edges of the image display part on the first surface of the overturned substrate, wherein the at least one syringe system moves along horizontal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Kim, Sung-Su Jung