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Method of making compensator for liquid crystal display
Assignee: Eneos Corp
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Filing: 1993-06-03
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Granted: 1995-05-09
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Expires: 2013-06-03
Abstract
Abstract A compensator for a liquid crystal display device is made by applying a solution containing a liquid crystalline polymer onto an orientation substrate, then allowing the liquid crystalline polymer to be oriented, and thereafter transferring the resulting layer of the liquid crystalline polymer on the orientation substrate onto a light transmitting substrate, said solution containing the liquid crystalline polymer having incorporated therein 0.01% to 10% by weight of a surface active agent relative to the liquid crystalline polymer.
Inventors
- 👤 Teruaki Yamanashi
- 👤 Shinichirou Suzuki
- 👤 Yoshio Tsujimoto
- 👤 Toshikazu Kiyohara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:41
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/13363; G02F1/133636; C; C09; C09K; C09K2323/00; C09K2323/02; C09K2323/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of making a compensator for a liquid crystal display device, comprising applying a solution containing a liquid crystalline polymer onto an orientation substrate, then allowing the liquid crystalline polymer to be oriented, and thereafter transferring the resulting layer of the liquid crystalline polymer on the orientation substrate onto a light transmitting substrate, said solution containing the liquid crystalline polymer having incorporated therein 0.01% to 10% by weight of a surface active agent relative to the liquid crystalline polymer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of making a compensator for a liquid crystal display device, comprising applying a solution containing a liquid crystalline polymer onto an orientation substrate, then allowing the liquid crystalline polymer to be oriented, and thereafter transferring the resulting layer of the liquid crystalline polymer on the orientation substrate onto a light transmitting substrate, said solution containing the liquid crystalline polymer having incorporated therein 0.01% to 10% by weight of a surface active agent relative to the liquid crystalline polymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said surface active agent is a fluorine-containing surface active agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said liquid crystalline polymer exhibits a twisted nematic orientation in a liquid crystal state and assumes a glassy state at a temperature below a transition point to a liquid crystalline state thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said solution has a solid concentration in the range from 5% to 50% by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said solution contains a solvent which is selected from the group consisting of halogenated hydrocarbons, mixed solvents thereof with phenols, and polar solvents.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and cationic surfactants.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the fluorine-containing surface active agent contains oxyethylene, oxypropylene or alkyl groups in which some or all of the hydrogen atoms contained in the oxyethylene, oxypropylene or alkyl groups have been substituted by fluorine atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method as set forth in claim 7, wherein said fluorine-containing surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of perfluoroalkylcarboxylic acid metal salts, potassium perfluoroalkylphosphates, polyethylene glycol perfluoroalkyl fatty acid esters, perfluoroalkyl alkoxylates, perfluoroalkyl group-containing methacrylate oligomers and perfluoroalkyl group-containing acrylate oligomers.
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