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Liquid crystal mixture

Assignee: Alps Alpine Co Ltd
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Filing: 1982-09-30
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Granted: 1984-11-13
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Expires: 2002-09-30
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Abstract

Abstract A liquid crystal mixture comprising a nematic liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, an optically active substance such as cholesteric or chiralnematic liquid crystal, a dichroic dye and an ionic substance characterized by use of a hexadecylpyridinium salt having the following structural formula as the ionic substance ##STR1## where X is a halogen atom.

Inventors

  • 👤 Fumiaki Yamanashi
  • 👤 Yuzo Hayashi
  • 👤 Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 17:17
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/52; C09K19/60

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 40 words
A liquid crystal mixture comprising a nematic liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, an optically active cholesteric or chiralnematic liquid crystal, a dichroic dye and a hexadecylpyridinium salt, having the following structural formula, ##STR6## wherein X is a halogen atom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 40 words
A liquid crystal mixture comprising a nematic liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, an optically active cholesteric or chiralnematic liquid crystal, a dichroic dye and a hexadecylpyridinium salt, having the following structural formula, ##STR6## wherein X is a halogen atom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The liquid crystal mixture as defined in claim 1 wherein said nematic liquid crystal is a liquid crystal substance consisting principally of a cyclohexanecarboxylate ester.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
The liquid crystal mixture as defined in claim 1 wherein X is Br.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1987-11-13 1988-05-14 1988-11-13 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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