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Liquid crystal apparatus having a liquid crystal panel and a panel supporting means
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-06
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Granted: 1992-04-28
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Expires: 2010-03-06
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal apparatus includes: (a) a liquid crystal panel having a longitudinal direction and containing therein a chiral smectic liquid crystal comprising plural layers of liquid crystal molecules aligned to have a common layer normal, each layer being composed of a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, each liquid crystal molecule being oriented to one of plural stable orientation states in the absence of an electric field; and (b) a panel supporting means comprising two fixing axes which extend in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal panel and fix the peripheral sides of the liquid crystal panel, the fixing axes forming an intersection angle θ 1 in the range of 0-25 degrees with the common layer normal.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukio Hanyu
- 👤 Masanobu Asaoka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:06
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/133308
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising: (a) a liquid crystal panel having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of peripheral sides in parallel with the longitudinal direction and containing therein a chiral smectic liquid crystal comprising plural layers of liquid crystal molecules aligned to have a common layer normal; and (b) panel supporting means for supporting said liquid crystal panel having two fixing axes which extend in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said liquid crystal panel and fix the peripheral sides of said liquid crystal panel, the fixing axes forming an intersection angle θ 1 in the range of 0-25 degrees with the common layer normal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising: (a) a liquid crystal panel having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of peripheral sides in parallel with the longitudinal direction and containing therein a chiral smectic liquid crystal comprising plural layers of liquid crystal molecules aligned to have a common layer normal; and (b) panel supporting means for supporting said liquid crystal panel having two fixing axes which extend in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said liquid crystal panel and fix the peripheral sides of said liquid crystal panel, the fixing axes forming an intersection angle θ 1 in the range of 0-25 degrees with the common layer normal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said intersection angle θ 1 is in the range of 0-15 degrees.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said intersection angle θ 1 is 0 degree.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said panel supporting means comprises a rigid body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said rigid body comprises a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
117 words
A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising: (a) a liquid crystal panel having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of peripheral sides in parallel with the longitudinal direction and containing therein a chiral smectic liquid crystal comprising plural layers of liquid crystal molecules aligned to have a common layer normal; (b) panel supporting means for supporting said liquid crystal panel having two fixing axes which extend in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said liquid crystal panel and fix the peripheral sides of said liquid crystal panel, the fixing axes forming an intersection angle θ 1 in the range of 0-25 degrees with the common layer normal; and (c) a multiplex drive means for driving said liquid crystal panel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
117 words
A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising: (a) a liquid crystal panel having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of peripheral sides in parallel with the longitudinal direction and containing therein a chiral smectic liquid crystal comprising plural layers of liquid crystal molecules aligned to have a common layer normal; (b) panel supporting means for supporting said liquid crystal panel having two fixing axes which extend in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said liquid crystal panel and fix the peripheral sides of said liquid crystal panel, the fixing axes forming an intersection angle θ 1 in the range of 0-25 degrees with the common layer normal; and (c) a multiplex drive means for driving said liquid crystal panel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said intersection angle θ 1 is in the range of 0-15 degrees.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said intersection angle θ 1 is 0 degree.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said panel supporting means comprises a rigid body.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said rigid body comprises a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys.
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