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| 2H189 | LIQUID CRYSTALS 2 (STRUCTURES IN GENERAL, SPACERS, INLETS OR SEALING MATERIALS) | |
| G02F1/133 -1/133,500;1/133,540;1/1333;1/1334;1/1339-1/1341;1/1347 | ||
| G02F1/133-1/133,500; 1/133,540; 1/1333; 1/1334;1/1339-1/1341; 1/1347 | AA | AA00 STRUCTURE IN GENERAL |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |
| . of liquid crystal layers | . . Polymer liquid crystals | . . Dispersed liquid crystals | . . . Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals | . . . Microcapsule liquid crystals | . . having different thickness depending on the sections | . . Sandwiched members excluding liquid crystals | . . . with additional chemical substances | . . . Partition members | ||||
| AA11 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | ||||||
| . . . Fixed displays e.g. transparent print panels | . on substrates | . . inside the cells | . . . Impedance elements | . . outside the cells | . . . Conductive films | . . . Heaters | ||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA29 | AA30 | |||
| . of layered cells | . . varying in the modes of liquid crystals | . . Layered GH cells | . . regulating retardation or products of delta n multiplied by d | . . . Optical compensation | . . inverting negatives and positives | . . Positional relationships of picture elements or displays | . . combining layered cells with colour polarisers or colour filters | . . Alignment relationships | . . Relationships of twist angles | |||
| AA31 | AA32 | AA33 | AA34 | AA35 | AA37 | |||||||
| . . Multi-displays | . . having three or more layers | . . Layered cholesteric liquid crystal cells | . . for indicating multiple tones | . . adjusting the amount of light; Shutters | . arranging a plurality of the cells on the same planes | |||||||
| AA41 | AA42 | AA43 | AA44 | AA45 | ||||||||
| . based on special address schemes | . . Plasma address schemes | . . Electron beam address schemes | . . Optical address schemes | . . Heat address schemes excluding laser beam schemes | ||||||||
| AA51 | AA52 | AA53 | AA54 | AA55 | AA56 | AA57 | AA58 | AA59 | AA60 | |||
| . External frames or supporting structures | . . Frames | . . . Front frame members | . . . Middle frame members | . . . Back frame members | . . . Movable members e.g. hinges | . . . Shapes thereof | . . . Materials thereof | . . . . Conductive materials | . . . . Insulating materials | |||
| AA61 | AA62 | AA63 | AA64 | AA65 | AA66 | AA67 | AA68 | AA69 | AA70 | |||
| . . Means or members for supporting or fixing the panels | . . . fixing the panels with screws | . . . fixing the panels by locking or engaging | . . . fixing the panels by bonding | . . . by pressing | . . . formed integrally | . . . Elastic members | . . . Positioning members | . . for supporting | . . . of liquid crystal panels | |||
| AA71 | AA72 | AA73 | AA74 | AA75 | AA76 | AA77 | AA78 | AA79 | ||||
| . . . of optical sheets | . . . of light source sections | . . . . of light sources e.g. lamp holders | . . . . of lamp reflectors | . . . . of light guides | . . . . of drive circuits or lead wires of light sources | . . . of drive circuits | . . . . of flexible substrates | . . . . of drive circuit substrates | ||||
| AA81 | AA82 | AA83 | AA84 | AA85 | AA86 | AA87 | AA88 | AA89 | AA90 | |||
| . . Heat dissipation structures | . . . Means therefor | . . . . with thermally conductive members | . . . . with gases | . . . . with liquids | . . . Members therefor | . . . . with fans | . . . . with fins | . . electrical | . . . shielding | |||
| AA91 | AA92 | AA94 | AA95 | AA96 | AA97 | |||||||
| . . . grounding | . . . Measures against static electricity | . . for light shielding | . . Dustproof structures | . . for changing parts | . . for sharing members | |||||||
| G02F1/133-1/133,500; 1/133,540; 1/1333; 1/1334; 1/1339-1/1341; 1/1347 | BA | BA00 MATERIAL OF STRUCTURE IN GENERAL |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 |
| . of polymer liquid crystal layers | . of liquid crystal layers * excluding liquid crystals per se | . . Supporting matrices of dispersed liquid crystals * | . . . being polymers * | . . Additives * excluding common dyes | . . . Light-heat absorbing materials | . of members on substrates | . . Conductive films * | . . Heaters * | . of external frames or supporting structures * | |||
| BA11 | ||||||||||||
| . Other materials of structures in general * | ||||||||||||
| CA | CA00 PROCESS RELATING TO STRUCTURE IN GENERAL |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |
| . for manufacturing liquid crystal cells | . . of polymer liquid crystal cells | . . of dispersed liquid crystals | . . . of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals | . . . . impregnating liquid crystals | . . . . emulsifying or suspending | . . . . by phase separation | . . . . . by photopolymerisation | . . . of microcapsule liquid crystals | . . of multiple cells; Forming a plurality of cells | |||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | ||||
| . . having special structures | . . . with perforated displays | . . . Curved cells | . . for cutting substrates | . . . of order involving other processes | . . . . before laminating substrates | . . . . after laminating substrates | . . . Structures thereof | . . . . with single cells | ||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA26 | CA27 | CA28 | CA29 | ||||
| . . . . for cutting substrates with multiple cells | . . . aligning substrates | . . . . Alignment marks | . . . Cutting means | . . . . for forming half-cuts or grooves | . . . . with cutting blades | . . . . by pressing | . . . . with lasers | . . . chamfering substrates | ||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA35 | CA36 | ||||||||
| . for manufacturing display units | . . connecting panels | . . connecting displays with external circuits | . Drive processes | . . for driving layered cells | ||||||||
| DA | DA00 STRUCTURE OF SPACER, INLET, OR SEALING MATERIAL |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . of spacers | . . Kinds thereof | . . . being dispersed | . . . . spherical e.g. beads | . . . . fibrous e.g. fibres | . . . patterned | . . . . dot-shaped e.g. column-shaped | . . . . linear e.g. band-shaped | . . . . planer e.g. lattices | . . Cross sections thereof | |||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | |||
| . . . coated | . . . layered | . . . with functional coatings or layers | . . . . aligned | . . . . adhesive | . . . . conductive | . . Shapes thereof | . . . with specific planes | . . . with specific cross-sections | . . . associated with alignment directions | |||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA28 | DA29 | DA30 | |||
| . . combined with other functional members | . . . Colour filters | . . . Light-shielding films | . . . Sealing materials | . . . Alignment films insulating films or projections for controlling alignment | . . . Electrodes or drivers | . . . Substrates | . . Arrangement or positional relationships | . . . with sealing materials | . . . . inside sealing materials | |||
| DA31 | DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | DA36 | DA37 | DA38 | DA39 | ||||
| . . . . . Display areas | . . . . . Light shielding areas | . . . . . Frame areas | . . . . in sealing materials | . . . . outside sealing materials | . . . in alignment films | . . . with inlets | . . . at projections | . . . at recesses | ||||
| DA41 | DA42 | DA43 | DA44 | DA45 | DA47 | DA48 | DA49 | |||||
| . . having different spacers | . . . of different kinds | . . . of different sizes or heights | . . . of different elasticity or hardness | . . . of different density or interval values | . . having specified numerical values | . . . of sizes or heights | . . . of density or interval values | |||||
| DA51 | DA52 | DA53 | DA54 | DA55 | DA56 | DA57 | DA58 | DA59 | DA60 | |||
| . of inlets | . . Positions thereof | . . . with other members | . . Sealing thereof | . . . Tube sealing; Coupling with plug members; Screwing | . . . Double sealing | . . Shapes thereof | . . . Weirs | . . . for preventing liquid crystals from flowing out | . . . Long drawing inlets or double inlets | |||
| DA61 | DA62 | DA63 | DA64 | DA65 | DA66 | DA67 | DA68 | DA69 | DA70 | |||
| . . . A plurality of inlets per cell | . . . Outlets | . . . Projections | . . . processing substrates | . . for treating sections to which inlet sealants are attached | . . for uniformising the thickness of the cells | . . for preventing liquid crystals from being contaminated | . . for improving adhesion | . . for preventing undercured inlet sealants | . . of specified numerical values of inlet sealants | |||
| DA71 | DA72 | DA73 | DA74 | DA75 | DA76 | DA77 | DA78 | DA79 | DA80 | |||
| . of sealing materials | . . Shapes thereof | . . Multiple seals | . . Provisional seals | . . Dummy seals | . . Shapes of substrates for sealing | . . . at the steps or inclinations of substrates | . . . using partial substrate projections as seals | . . . with deformed ends of substrates for sealing | . . for treating sections to which sealing materials are attached | |||
| DA81 | DA82 | DA83 | DA84 | DA85 | DA86 | DA87 | DA88 | DA89 | DA90 | |||
| . . . with grooves or rough surfaces | . . . forming films | . . . removing films | . . . partially forming or removing films | . . for uniformising the thickness of the cells | . . . Dummy patterns | . . for preventing liquid crystals from being contaminated | . . for improving the adhesion | . . for preventing undercured sealing materials | . . of specified numerical values of sealing materials | |||
| EA | EA00 MATERIAL OF SPACER, INLET, OR SEALING MATERIAL |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | ||||
| . Matrices * | . . Organic materials * | . . . Thermosetting materials * | . . . Photocuring materials * | . . . Photo-thermosetting materials * | . . . Photosensitive materials * | . . Inorganic materials * | ||||||
| EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA19 | EA20 | |||||
| . Additives * | . . Conductive materials * | . . Light absorbing materials * | . Metals * | . . Copper solder or the like * | . . Deposited films * | . Members for underlayer treatments * | . . Surface active materials * | |||||
| FA | FA00 FORMING SPACER, INLET, OR LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER; LAMINATING SUBSTRATE |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Processes for forming spacers | . . Deposition | . . Dipping and lifting | . . . Electrodeposition | . . Coating | . . . by mixing spacers with coating materials | . . . Printing | . . . . Screen printing | . . . Dispensers including ink-jet units | . . . Dispersing or distributing | |||
| FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | FA17 | FA18 | FA19 | FA20 | |||
| . . . . Dry methods | . . . . Wet methods | . . . . by charging | . . patterning specific areas at which spacers are formed | . . . using masks or screens | . . . using photolithography | . . preventing spacing members from moving | . . . Bonding | . . manufacturing spacing members | . Processes for forming inlets | |||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA23 | FA24 | FA25 | FA26 | FA27 | FA28 | FA29 | FA30 | |||
| . Processes for forming liquid crystal layers | . . before laminating substrates | . . . Dispensers including ink-jetting | . . . Printing | . . after laminating substrates | . . . Forming processes | . . . . dipping the cells into liquid crystal tanks | . . . . . by contacting liquid crystals only to inlets | . . . . Dispensers including ink-jet units | . . . Injection processes | |||
| FA31 | FA32 | FA33 | FA34 | FA35 | FA36 | FA37 | FA38 | FA39 | FA40 | |||
| . . . . by vacuum or decompression | . . . . by pressurisation | . . Underlayer treatments or processing | . . . forming grooves | . . associated with aligning directions | . . of smectic liquid crystal layers e.g. ferroelectric crystal layers | . . requiring temperature adjustment or heating | . . by pressurising the cells | . . Fine adjustments of liquid crystal layers or the thickness of cells; Monitoring | . . Pretreatments of liquid crystal layers e.g. defoaming liquid crystals | |||
| FA41 | FA43 | FA44 | FA45 | FA46 | FA47 | FA48 | FA49 | |||||
| . . After-treatments e.g. uniformising treatments of liquid crystal layers | . Processes for sealing laminating or inlet sealing | . . applying sealing materials | . . . Printing | . . . . Screen printing | . . . Dispensers including ink-jet units | . . . pretreating sealing materials e.g. defoaming sealing materials | . . . aligning sealing materials | |||||
| FA51 | FA52 | FA53 | FA54 | FA55 | FA56 | FA57 | FA58 | FA59 | FA60 | |||
| . . curing sealing materials | . . . by irradiating sealing materials with light | . . . . combined with heating | . . . . irradiating only sealing materials | . . . . for preventing undercured sealing materials | . . . by heating sealing materials | . . . by melting the materials with ultrasonic waves | . . . by inducing high frequency | . . . Provisional sealing | . . . Provisional curing | |||
| FA61 | FA62 | FA63 | FA64 | FA65 | FA66 | FA67 | FA68 | FA69 | FA70 | |||
| . . laminating substrates | . . . aligning substrates | . . . . Alignment marks | . . . under vacuum or decompressed conditions | . . . pressing substrates | . . . . with gases or liquids | . . . Fine adjustments of the thickness of cells; Monitoring | . . applying inlet sealants | . . curing inlet sealants | . . . by irradiating inlet sealants with light | |||
| FA71 | FA72 | FA73 | FA74 | FA75 | FA76 | FA77 | FA79 | FA80 | ||||
| . . . . combined with heating | . . . . irradiating inlet sealants only | . . . . for preventing undercured inlet sealants | . . . by heating inlet sealants | . . . by sucking inlet sealants | . . . Provisional curing | . . of order involving other processes | . Batch processing of a plurality of the cells | . Continuous processes | ||||
| FA81 | FA82 | FA83 | FA84 | FA85 | FA86 | FA87 | FA88 | FA89 | FA90 | |||
| . Using resin substrates | . Apparatus or equipment | . . for forming spacers | . . . Distributing apparatus | . . . Printing apparatus | . . for forming liquid crystal layers | . . . Drip apparatus | . . . Injection apparatus | . . for forming sealing materials | . . . for applying sealing materials | |||
| FA91 | FA92 | FA93 | FA94 | FA95 | ||||||||
| . . . for curing sealing materials | . . for laminating substrates | . . for forming inlet sealants | . . . for applying inlet sealants | . . . for curing inlet sealants | ||||||||
| GA | GA00 FUNCTION OR PROPERTY OF SPACER, INLET, OR SEALING MATERIAL |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | |
| . of spacers | . . electrical | . . . for conducting between substrates | . . . Conductivity or resistivity | . . optical | . . . Colouring or light shielding | . . . Refractivity | . . thermal | . . . Thermal expansion coefficients | . . mechanical | |||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | GA15 | ||||||||
| . . . Hardness or elasticity | . . surface | . . . of alignment | . . . of bonding | . . . of water wetting | ||||||||
| GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA27 | GA28 | GA29 | GA30 | |||
| . of inlet sealants | . . electrical | . . . for conducting between substrates | . . . Conductivity or resistivity | . . optical | . . . Colouring or light shielding | . . thermal | . . . Thermal expansion coefficients | . . for preventing liquid crystals from being contaminated | . . . for preventing inlet sealants from dissolving into liquid crystals | |||
| GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | ||||||||||
| . . for controlling the thickness of the cells | . . for enhancing bonding functions | . . Dust prevention | ||||||||||
| GA41 | GA42 | GA43 | GA44 | GA45 | GA46 | GA47 | GA48 | GA49 | GA50 | |||
| . of sealing materials | . . electrical | . . . for conducting between substrates | . . . Conductivity or resistivity | . . optical | . . . Colouring or light shielding | . . thermal | . . . Thermal expansion coefficients | . . for preventing liquid crystals from being contaminated | . . . for preventing sealing materials from dissolving into liquid crystals | |||
| GA51 | GA52 | GA53 | ||||||||||
| . . for controlling the thickness of the cells | . . for enhancing bonding functions | . . for water or moisture resistance | ||||||||||
| HA | HA00 PURPOSE OR PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA04 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | HA08 | HA09 | HA10 | |
| . Safety | . . protecting mechanically | . . . for preventing liquid crystal cell from oscillating or being shocked | . . . for preventing liquid crystal cells from having deflection | . . Measures against harmful light or stray light | . . Measures against high or low temperatures or heat | . . Water or moisture proofing | . . Dust prevention | . . facilitating maintenance or exchange of parts | . . Electromagnetic shield or antistatic | |||
| HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA16 | |||||||
| . Thinning downsizing or reducing weight | . Improving productivity | . Reducing consumable materials or parts count | . Uniformising the thickness of the cells | . Uniformising alignment | . Other purposes or problems to be solved * | |||||||
| JA | JA00 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL |
JA01 | JA02 | JA03 | JA04 | JA05 | JA06 | JA07 | JA08 | JA09 | JA10 | |
| . Current effect types | . . Dynamic scattering (DS) types | . Field effect types | . . Dielectric anisotropy types | . . . Twisted nematic (TN) types | . . . Guest-host (GH) types | . . . Electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) types | . . . Super twisted nematic (STN) or super twisted birefringence effect (SBE) types | . . . Phase change (PC) types | . . . Vertical alignment (VA) types | |||
| JA11 | JA12 | JA13 | JA14 | JA15 | JA16 | JA17 | JA18 | JA19 | JA20 | |||
| . . . Homogeneous alignment types | . . . Bend alignment or pi cells | . . . Hybrid aligned nematic (HAN) types | . . . Lateral electric field-driven types | . . . Cholesteric types | . . . . Polarisation selectivity | . . . . Wavelength selectivity | . . Permanent dipole types | . . . Ferroelectric types | . . . Antiferroelectric types | |||
| JA21 | JA22 | JA23 | JA24 | JA25 | JA26 | JA27 | JA28 | JA29 | JA30 | |||
| . Thermal effect types | . . changing liquid crystal layers or transferring phases thereof | . Optical effect types | . Other principles of operations | . . Pressure or oscillation effect types | . . Magnetic field effect types | . Additional structures thereto | . . Means for dividing operations | . . . by alignment films | . . . by electrode structures | |||
| JA31 | JA32 | JA33 | JA34 | |||||||||
| . . . by projections or recesses | . . Arrangement for dividing operations | . . . in picture elements | . . . in each picture element | |||||||||
| KA | KA00 DEFINED PARAMETER OR NUMERICAL VALUE OF CELL STATE |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA05 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | ||
| . Thickness (d) of liquid crystal cells | . Refractivity anisotropy (delta n) | . Retardation (delta n x d) | . Transmissivity of liquid crystal materials | . Elastic constants of liquid crystal materials | . Twist angles | . Regulated pitches p with filled cells; d/p | . Spontaneous pitches q of liquid crystal materials; d/q | . Pretilt angles | ||||
| KA11 | KA13 | KA14 | KA15 | KA16 | KA17 | KA18 | KA19 | KA20 | ||||
| . . having different angles between the upper and lower substrates | . Angles formed between polarisation axes and alignment axes | . Angles formed between polarisation axes between polarisers * | . Operating temperatures | . Drive frequencies | . Dielectric constants or dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystal materials | . Parameters or numerical values of cell states not otherwise provided for * | . Relationships between parameters | . . Ratios or differences | ||||
| LA | LA00 OTHER RELATED COMPONENT |
LA01 | LA02 | LA03 | LA04 | LA05 | LA06 | LA07 | LA08 | LA09 | LA10 | |
| . Substrates | . . Protect substrates | . Electric conductors or electrodes | . . for external connections | . Alignment films | . Insulating films | . Bonding agents or adhesives | . Drive circuits or drive elements | . . Power sources | . . Active elements or non-linear elements e.g. TFTs or TFDs | |||
| LA11 | LA13 | LA14 | LA15 | LA16 | LA17 | LA18 | LA19 | LA20 | ||||
| . . Photoconductors | . Optical elements | . . Wavelength selective elements or colour filters | . . Light shielding or absorbing members | . . Phase compensation plates | . . Polarising elements | . . Lenses or prisms | . . Diffusing elements or reflecting elements | . . Light sources | ||||
| LA21 | LA22 | LA24 | LA25 | LA26 | LA27 | LA28 | LA29 | LA30 | ||||
| . . . for writing * | . . Light guides or optical fibres | . Additional components | . . with input functions; Touch panels | . . . Means therefor | . . . . optical | . . . . electromagnetic | . . . Arrangement thereof | . . . . on the surfaces of liquid crystal panels | ||||
| LA31 | LA32 | LA33 | ||||||||||
| . . . . on the internal surfaces of liquid crystal panels | . . . . on the rear surfaces of liquid crystal panels | . . with acoustic functions | ||||||||||
| MA | MA00 SPECIAL USE |
MA01 | MA03 | MA05 | MA06 | MA07 | MA08 | MA09 | ||||
| . Antiglare mirrors | . Light valves | . Projectors * | . . Liquid crystal panels with single panels | . . Liquid crystal panels with three panels | . Displays for vehicles | . . for car navigation | ||||||
| MA11 | MA13 | MA15 | ||||||||||
| . Level meters | . Electronic paper sheets | . Other special use * | ||||||||||
| NA | NA00 STRUCTURE COMBINING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS |
NA01 | NA02 | NA03 | NA05 | NA07 | NA09 | |||||
| . Transmissive reflection types | . . Full semi-transmission | . . having transmission areas and reflection areas | . Full reflection types | . Variable control of visible angles | . Both-side displays | |||||||
| NA11 | NA13 | |||||||||||
| . Multiscreen displays | . Stereoscopic displays |