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  • Patent number: 8871315
    Abstract: Optical films are described having a polymerized microstructured surface that comprises the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated triphenyl monomer. Also described are certain triphenyl(meth)acrylate monomers and polymerizable resin compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bryan V. Hunt, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Judith M. Invie, David B. Olson, Anthony M. Renstrom
  • Patent number: 8871313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical sheet for use in a liquid crystal display. The optical sheet of the present invention allows for ease of handling, reduces defective proportions and manufacturing costs, improves throughput, and prevents the deterioration of luminance attributable to the damage of the optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Hwa Kim, Dae Shik Kim, Kyoung Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 8865272
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate opposite to the upper substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a first chiral compound and a second chiral compound, and the first chiral compound and the second chiral compound are enantiomeric and separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Rong Wang, Chih-Lung Chin, Wan-Chi Chen, Kung-Lung Cheng, Shih-Hsien Liu
  • Patent number: 8866981
    Abstract: The invention provides a vertical alignment liquid crystal panel, which includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, and a liquid crystal layer that includes negative liquid crystal containing liquid crystal molecules having a pre-tilt angle of 0°-7°, chiral agent, and a photo- or heat-polymerizable polymer. The first glass substrate includes a liquid crystal panel driving circuit, which includes a gate driver, a source driver, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The gate lines and the data lines define a plurality of pixel units, each of which includes a thin-film transistor, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode. The source driver applies a driving voltage of 0-6V via the thin-film transistor to the pixel electrode. The present invention improves elastic energy between the liquid crystal molecules and thus avoids image sticking caused by long term displaying of the same image at the same location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinhui Zhong, Xing Feng
  • Patent number: 8829147
    Abstract: Polymerizable liquid compositions of the polyurethane type, consisting of two components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) contains at least one cyclo-aliphatic diisocyanate monomer or a mixture of one cyclo-aliphatic diisocyanate monomer and a pre-polymer obtained by reaction, in the presence of an acid phosphate ester catalyst, between said cyclo-aliphatic diisocyanate monomer and one or more polyols having two or more hydroxy 1 groups per molecule and a molecular weight ranging from 50 to 2,000 g/mole; the second component (B) contains one or more polyols having a molecular weight ranging from 50 to 2,000 g/mole and a functionality between 2 and 5; in the absence of polyalkoxylated tertiary diamines and organometallic catalysts, said components (A) and (B) being present in a weight ratio which varies from 1:1 to 2:1 and the process for the production of organic glass starting from polymerizable liquid compositions of the polyurethane type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Acomon AG
    Inventors: Willem Bos, Fiorenzo Renzi, Roberto Forestieri, Andrea Vecchione
  • Patent number: 8828507
    Abstract: Provided are phase-separating polymer systems including a cured polymeric liquid crystal matrix phase and a guest phase including at least one photoactive material where the guest phase separates from the matrix phase during the curing process. Optical elements, including ophthalmic elements and other articles of manufacture including the phase-separating polymer systems are also disclosed. Methods of forming a liquid crystal phase-separating photoactive polymer system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar, Peter C. Foller, Chenguang Li, Ruisong Xu, Jiping Shao
  • Patent number: 8821770
    Abstract: Microstructured films comprising surface modified inorganic oxide particles and polymerizable resins are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Clinton L. Jones, Brant U. Kolb, Taun L. McKenzie, David B. Olson, Nathaniel K. Naismith
  • Patent number: 8821757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), in which R0 has the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Brigitte Schuler, Lars Lietzau
  • Patent number: 8823909
    Abstract: An optical film is provided and has retardations satisfying relations (1) to (3): 0?Re(550)?10;??(1) ?25?Rth(550)?25; and??(2) |I|+|II|+|III|+|IV|>0.5 (nm),??(3) with definitions: I=Re(450)?Re(550); II=Re(650)?Re(550); III=Rth(450)?Rth(550); and IV=Rth(650)?Rth(550), wherein Re(450), Re(550) and Re(650) are in-plane retardations measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively; and Rth(450), Rth(550) and Rth(650) are retardations in a thickness direction of the optical film, which are measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Nakayama, Hirofumi Toyama, Yuta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8821994
    Abstract: A multilayer optical retardation compensation film having at least one positive C-plate and at least one negative C-plate is used in an LCD device. The multilayer film may have a substantially flat wavelength dispersion curve, or the multilayer film combined with other layers in the LCD device may have a substantially flat wavelength dispersion curve. Polymer films for the positive C-plate may be identified according to their absorbance maxima at certain wavelength ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Akron Polymer Systems
    Inventors: Frank W. Harris, Jiaokai Alexander Jing, Ted Calvin Germroth, Xiaoliang Joe Zheng, Brian Michael King, Dong Zhang, Thauming Kuo, Qifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 8815117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixture for liquid crystal medium and a liquid crystal display using the same. The mixture for liquid crystal medium comprises: at least one anisotropic liquid crystal material and a polymerizable monomer which will polymerize under UV irradiation. The weight percentage of the polymerizable monomer accounts for 0.1% to 1% of the total mixture for liquid crystal medium. In the mixture for liquid crystal medium and a liquid crystal display using the same according to the present invention, by using a polymerizable monomer which will polymerize under UV irradiation and the appropriate content ratio, the polymer bump with small size and good uniformity can be obtained within the mixture for liquid crystal medium after the polymerization, which avoids the bad liquid crystal alignment and the light spot occurred at the dark state of the liquid crystal panel, and then increases the response rapid of the liquid crystal panel to obtain high contrast ratio and stable mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xing Feng, Xinhui Zhong
  • Patent number: 8795552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium containing one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formula IA to IE in which R0, R1, R2, X0, X1, X2, A1, Z1, m, p, q, v have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mingchou Wu, Martin (Kelun) Shu, Carol (Yi-Hsuan) Lin, Mark Verrall
  • Patent number: 8795553
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition is described, which contains a two-ring compound having a large optical anisotropy and a negatively large dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a two-ring compound having a negatively large dielectric anisotropy and a small viscosity as a second component, and may further contain at least one of a compound having a small viscosity as a third component, a compound having a negatively large dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, and a compound having an especially negatively large dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component. An AM liquid crystal display device containing the liquid crystal composition is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Norikatsu Hattori, Kazuhiko Saigusa
  • Patent number: 8790545
    Abstract: A composition for a liquid crystal film includes: 100 parts by weight of a vertically aligned liquid crystal mixture; 0.001-20 parts by weight of a chiral dopant; and 50-900 parts by weight of a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Hee Lee, Belyaev Sergey, Moon-Soo Park
  • Patent number: 8790544
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio by using a liquid-crystalline coating solution in which a small quantity of a second lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound is mixed with a first lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound. The second lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound has a mole number smaller than the first lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound. The molecular size of the second lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound is smaller than that of the first lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Matsuda, Tadayuki Kameyama, Sadahiro Nakanishi, Toru Umemoto
  • Patent number: 8784684
    Abstract: A compound which has a benzoxazinone ring and an aromatic ring that directly bonds to the benzoxazinone ring, and has a mesogenic core substituted by a substituent having a polymerizable functional group is excellent in terms of durability, colorless, and exhibits a high ?n while having an azomethine bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimamura, Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 8778466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to novel liquid-crystal media and novel polymerizable compounds for use in PSA displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 8771810
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition containing a compound represented by the formula (I) or the formula (I?) is useful for formation of films having a high ?n with no coloration. P1 and P2 each are a polymerizable group; m1 and m2 each are an integer of from 1 to 10; A1 to A4 each are a predetermined cyclic group; R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl; in the formula (I), Z1 is —COO—, —COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —NHCO— or —NR1CO—; L1 and L2 each are —O—, —S—, —COO—, —COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —OCOO—, —NHCO— or —NR1CO; n1 is 1 or 2; in the formula (I?), Z1 and Z2 each are —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCO— or NR1CO; L1 and L2 each are —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCOO—, —NHCO— or NR1CO; n1 and n2 each are 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Mizumura, Shunya Katoh, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Masaomi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8765011
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal compound having general physical properties required for the compound, namely, a high stability to heat, light and so forth, a small viscosity, a refractive index anisotropy value having a suitable magnitude, a dielectric constant anisotropy value having a suitable magnitude and steep electro-optical characteristics, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, in particular, a liquid crystal compound having a wide temperature range of the nematic phase; the compound is represented by formula (1): wherein R is alkenyl having 2 to 20 carbons; ring A1 and ring A2 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, or 1,4-phenylene in which at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine; Z1 and Z2 are independently a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —CH2O— or —OCH2—; and n is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Teizi Satou, Yasuyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 8758645
    Abstract: A blue phase liquid crystal material includes a liquid crystal host, a chiral reagent and a stable polymer. The chiral reagent is R811. The stable polymer is formed by photo-polymerizing a first monomer and a second monomer. The first monomer is 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA), and the second monomer is 2-methyl-1,4-bis{4-[3(-acrylate)propoxyl]benzoicacid}phenylester (PTPTP). The blue phase liquid crystal material has a blue phase temperature range widened to an extremely low temperature. A blue phase liquid crystal composition and a method for manufacturing the blue phase liquid crystal material by using the blue phase liquid crystal composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Infovision Optoelectronics (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., East China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zhi-gang Zheng, Hai-feng Wang, Dong Shen
  • Patent number: 8753726
    Abstract: An optical compensation film and a liquid crystal display characterized in that in a scattered-light intensity measurement for a film with an incident light with 90° in a scattered light profile of a goniophotometer, in the case of measuring so as to detect a scattered light intensity at the position of 130° from a light source, a difference in scattered light intensity between the case where a film slow axis is installed horizontally on a sample stand and the case where the film slow axis is installed vertically is 0.05 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Sera, Takahiro Takagi
  • Patent number: 8753537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixture for liquid crystal medium and a liquid crystal display using the same. The mixture for liquid crystal medium comprises: at least one anisotropic liquid crystal material and a polymerizable monomer which will polymerize under UV irradiation. The weight percentage of the polymerizable monomer accounts for 0.1% to 1% of the total mixture for liquid crystal medium. In the mixture for liquid crystal medium and a liquid crystal display using the same according to the present invention, by using a polymerizable monomer which will polymerize under UV irradiation and the appropriate content ratio, the polymer bump with small size and good uniformity can be obtained within the mixture for liquid crystal medium after the polymerization, which avoids the bad liquid crystal alignment and the light spot occurred at the dark state of the liquid crystal panel, and then increases the response rapid of the liquid crystal panel to obtain high contrast ratio and stable mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xing Feng, Xinhui Zhong
  • Patent number: 8747966
    Abstract: An optical element and a stereoscopic image display device are provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. Therefore, the optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Mi Seo, Sin Young Kim, Kyun Il Rah, Moon Soo Park, Seung Hun Chae
  • Patent number: 8741399
    Abstract: The birefringent film of the present invention contains an aromatic polyester having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1). In the general formula (1), A(s), B(s), C(s), and D(s) are each independently represent a group selected from a halogeno group, an alkyl group which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group. Also, a and b each represent an integer of 0 to 4, and c and d each represent an integer of 0 to 3. R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group which has 1 to 10 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkyl group which has 2 to 10 carbon atoms. R3 to R6 each independently represent a group or atom selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogeno group, an alkyl group which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group. Furthermore, l and m each represent an integer of 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Toshiyuki Iida, Yutaka Ohmori, Satoru Suzuki, Miyuki Kurogi, Hisae Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8736792
    Abstract: To provide a viewing-angle-enhancing film which is set in a liquid crystal display device at a position nearer to an observer than the position of a liquid crystal layer in the device, and which attains, at a high level, the compatibility of being enhanced in viewing angle with a decrease in the darkening of images at the time of observing the screen from the front thereof. A viewing-angle-enhancing film which is set in a liquid crystal display device at a position nearer to an observer than the position of a liquid crystal layer in the device, and simultaneously satisfies the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) the film has a parallel ray transmittance of 5 to 90%; (2) the film has a diffusivity (A) of 1 to 20 degrees in its main diffusion direction; and (3) the film has a diffusivity ratio of 0.25 to 15% in the main diffusion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuaki Kuze, Kenji Kawai, Kazumoto Imai, Akihumi Yasui, Akira Matsuda, Masao Kochi
  • Patent number: 8730435
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a plurality of retardation films for alleviating a deterioration in display quality depending on a viewing angle direction, and a driving liquid crystal layer selected from the group consisting of a driving liquid crystal layer typified by a VA mode wherein a liquid crystal molecule in a driving liquid crystal medium is aligned perpendicular to a substrate when no electric field is applied, a driving liquid crystal layer typified by an IPS mode wherein a liquid crystal molecule in a driving liquid crystal medium is aligned parallel to the substrate when no electric field is applied, and a driving liquid crystal layer that shows optical isotropy when no voltage is applied, a retardation film of a positive A-plate formed of a liquid crystalline polyimide having a photoreactive group is used as at least one layer of the plurality of retardation films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Saigusa, Norio Tamura
  • Patent number: 8715527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds selected from the compounds of the formulae IA and IB in which R1, R2, L1-4, X1 and X2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Luessem, Christian Hock, Brigitte Schuler, Eike Poetsch
  • Patent number: 8709553
    Abstract: A product comprising a patterned optically anisotropic layer having two or more regions of different birefringence in the form of a pattern, which further comprises a semi-transmissive-half-reflective layer having a transmittance of 30% or higher and a reflectance of 30% or higher is provided. The product permits visualization of a latent image in the product through a polarizing plate as well as visualization of the information on the side opposite to the side to be viewed from.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ichirou Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Kouki Takahashi, Satomi Suzuki, Masao Nakajima, Hideki Kaneiwa
  • Patent number: 8709280
    Abstract: Polar nematic compounds having the following structure: where is a caged boron structure. The sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, an isothiocyanoto group, or a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. R? is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, or a halogen. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays, and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Bryan Ringstrand, Piotr Kaszynski
  • Patent number: 8703012
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one characteristic such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature thereof, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy and specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and heat, or a liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two characteristics; an AM device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio and contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth; wherein the liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having a polymerizable group as a first component, and may contain a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature as a second component, or a specific compound having a small viscosity or a large maximum temperature as a third component, and a liquid crystal display device contains the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Furusato, Eriko Kurihara
  • Patent number: 8703013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy, which contains at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula II in which R1, R2, R3, R4, ring A, Z1, Z2 and m are as defined in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display based on the ECB, VA, PS-VA, FFS, PALC or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Norihiko Tanaka, Makoto Murakami, Shinji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8703252
    Abstract: A multi-layer stretched film has 251 or more alternating layers which consist of first layers and second layers, wherein the first layers are made of a polyester which contains (i) 5 to 50 mol % of a naphthoic acid component as a dicarboxylic acid component and (ii) a diol having an alkylene group with 2 to 10 carbon atoms as a diol component; and the second layers are made of a thermoplastic resin having an average refractive index of 1.50 to 1.60 and differences in refractive index among a uniaxial stretching direction, a direction orthogonal to the uniaxial stretching direction and a film thickness direction of 0.05 or less before and after stretching, and the film has specific reflectance characteristics for a P polarization component and an S polarization component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Taro Oya, Mitsumasa Ono, Tetsuo Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20140104546
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate and a specific polymer, the specific polymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents a substituent; (A) represents an atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka NOZOE, Akio TAMURA, Yu NAITO
  • Patent number: 8696933
    Abstract: Polar nematic compounds, one example of which has the following structure: is a caged boron structure, where the sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, or an isothiocyanoto group, or R is a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. X is COOR? or COSR?. R? is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, a halogen, or a cyano group. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Bryan Ringstrand, Piotr Kaszynski
  • Patent number: 8696932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline polymer composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a liquid-crystalline polymer and 1-150 parts by weight of the total weight of talc particles (A) and talc particles (B), wherein talc particles (A) have an aspect ratio of 3.1-5.0 and a median particle diameter of 5-100 ?m; and talc particles (B) have an aspect ratio of 1.0-3.0 and a median particle diameter of 5-100 ?m; wherein the weight ratio of talc particles (A)/talc particles (B) is from 1/9 to 9/1, and wherein the liquid-crystalline polymer composition according to the present invention exhibits improved molding flowability without impairing mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto Uchida, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8691351
    Abstract: An antireflection film includes, in a following order, a transparent substrate film; a medium refractive index layer; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the medium refractive index layer is (A) a medium refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.64 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 55.0 to 65.0 nm, the high refractive index layer is (B) a high refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.70 to 1.74 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 105.0 to 115.0 nm, and the low refractive index layer is (C) a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.32 to 1.37 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 85.0 to 95.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Takato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8691111
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following formula: wherein: R1, R2 are independently aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR7, NHSO2R7, COOR7, OCOR7, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine with either R1 or R2 to form a carbocylic or heterocyclic ring; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, CH2, CH, alkyl or aryl either substituted or unsubstituted, COOR7, or combine with L to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R7 is aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; L is the non-metallic elements required to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or a single bond or a double bond; m is 1-3; n is 0-12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kent Displays Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Thomas Welter, Erica N. Montbach, J. William Doane, Nithya Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 8685274
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound that has an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds and also has at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light or the like, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (?n), a low threshold voltage and a suitable dielectric anisotropy (??). A compound represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, R2 is halogen or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; the ring A1, the ring A2 and the ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 4 carbons; G is —CH2— or —O—; and m is 1, and n and p is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tokifumi Masukawa, Yasuyuki Goto, Tomohiro Yano
  • Patent number: 8685275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy, which contains at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula II in which R1, R2, R3, R4, ring A, Z1, Z2 and m are as defined in claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display based on the ECB, VA, PS-VA, FFS, PALC or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Norihiko Tanaka, Makoto Murakami, Shinji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8663497
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal composition formed by including a polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I) in a nematic liquid crystal composition with negative dielectric anisotropy (??). In the formula, ring C1 represents a benzene-1,2,4-triyl group, or the like; rings C2 to C4 represent a 1,4-phenylene group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, or the like; M1 to M3 represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Z1 and Z2 are a direct coupling, -L1-, -L1O—, -L1O—CO—, or the like; Z6 is a direct coupling, -L2-, -OL2-, —O—COL2-, or the like; at least one of Z1, Z2, and Z6 is not a direct coupling; L1 and L2 represent a C1-10 alkylene group; Z3 to Z5 represent a direct coupling, an ester bond, or the like; and p, q, and r are 0 or 1, wherein 1?p+q+r?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Matsumoto, Masatomi Irisawa
  • Patent number: 8658060
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including a first neutral liquid crystal, a second neutral liquid crystal, a first polar liquid crystal, a second polar liquid crystal, and a third polar liquid crystal. A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display panel to form an image using light provided by the backlight unit. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first base substrate, an opposing second base substrate, and the liquid crystal composition disposed between the first and second base substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SiHeun Kim, Duck Jong Suh, Won-Gap Yoon, Jieun Jang, Jaeweon Hur
  • Publication number: 20140037866
    Abstract: A color material dispersion liquid comprising a color material represented by the following general formula (I), a dispersant, and a solvent having a solubility of the color material of 0.1 (mg/10 g solvent) or less at 23° C., having excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color resin composition for color filters, which can form a color layer that has high contrast, excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color filter formed with the color resin composition for color filters; a liquid crystal display device having the color filter; and an organic light-emitting display device having the color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Okada
  • Patent number: 8641923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal mixture that includes an isotropic mixture of liquid crystal molecules and a photo-polymerizable monomer. In addition, disclosed are a liquid crystal display (LCD) including a first display panel and a second display panel facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel and including a plurality of liquid crystal regions and a plurality of polymer structures positioned among the plurality of liquid crystal regions, and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display (LCD). The liquid crystal layer is formed of a liquid crystal mixture in which liquid crystal molecules and a photo-polymerizable monomer exist isotropically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: NDIS Corporation
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Lee, Sun-Kyoung Oh, Hee-Suck Cho, Kwang-Nyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140017419
    Abstract: To provide a gas barrier laminate film containing a substrate film having on at least one surface thereof one layer or plural layers of an inorganic thin film layer, a first layer of the inorganic thin film layer on a side of the substrate film being formed by a facing target sputtering method, and a method for producing a gas barrier laminate film, containing forming one layer or plural layers of an inorganic thin film layer on at least one surface of a substrate film, a first layer of the inorganic thin film layer on a side of the substrate film being formed by a facing target sputtering method, and thus to provide a gas barrier laminate film with high gas barrier property having a dense inorganic thin film layer that inflicts less damage to a substrate film, particularly to a resin film, on which the inorganic thin film layer is formed, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Amanai, Makoto Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8628698
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition for a protective layer of a color filter including an acrylate-based resin including a repeating unit represented by each of Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, a melamine-based resin represented by Chemical Formula 4, a thermal acid generator (TAG), and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Se-Young Choi, Jae-Hyun Kim, Nam-Gwang Kim, Eui-June Jeong, Sang-Kyun Kim, Kwen-Woo Han, Hyun-Hoo Sung
  • Patent number: 8628685
    Abstract: Compounds including at least one mesogenic substructure and at least one long flexible segment and methods of synthesizing the same are disclosed. Formulations which include various embodiments of the mesogen-containing compounds and their use in articles of manufacture and ophthalmic devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc
    Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar
  • Patent number: 8623475
    Abstract: An antireflective film is provided and includes: a transparent substrate; at least one conductive layer formed from a composition including at least one transparent conductive polymeric material and a compound forming a cross-liking site, the compound having a plurality of cross-linking reactive groups, at least one of which cross-links with the transparent conductive polymeric material; and at least one low refractive index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rikio Inoue, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Mifune
  • Patent number: 8623474
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display utilizing a vertically aligned state of liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied and to a method of manufacturing the same. Objectives include providing a liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same in which the existing step for forming vertical alignment films can be omitted to achieve a cost reduction. The liquid crystal display includes a monofunctional monomer having a structure expressed by X—R (where X represents an acrylate group or a methacrylate group, and R represents an organic group having a steroid skeleton). A liquid crystal material is sandwiched between substrates, which are then irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the monofunctional monomer, thereby forming a polymer film at an interface of a substrate. The monofunctional monomer has a hydrophobic skeleton such as an alkyl chain and a photoreactive group on one side of the skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Kataoka, Hideaki Tsuda, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Jin Hirosawa, Seiji Tanuma, Yoshio Koike
  • Patent number: 8623472
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and has a surface where a first in-plane orientation in a portion from 0 to 3 ?m in depth from the surface is lower than a second in-plane orientation in a portion from 3 ?m to 10 ?m in depth from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sasada, Hajime Nakayama, Shinya Watanabe, Kunihiro Atsumi
  • Patent number: 8603596
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an illuminator and a liquid crystal panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided therebetween. The liquid crystal layer is formed of a liquid crystal material which contains molecules having at least one of a carbon-carbon triple bond and a polycyclic group. The illuminator includes a light source causing primary generation of at least blue light, among other light which is used for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Miyachi