IP Library Granted Patent US 7,548,298
Granted Patent B2
US 7,548,298 · App. 11/467,299 · Granted Jun 16, 2009

Liquid crystal panel, method for producing liquid crystal panel, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,548,298
App. No.
11/467,299
Granted
Jun 16, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal panel includes: a pair of substrates; inorganic oriented films having plural fine pores being provided on surfaces of the substrates facing each other; a liquid crystal layer being provided between the inorganic oriented films; and a sealing part sealing the liquid crystal layer, the sealing part being provided between the inorganic oriented films and along an outer periphery of the inorganic oriented films, the liquid crystal panel further including a filling material including a compound having a first functional group having high affinity with the inorganic oriented films and a second functional group having high affinity with the sealing part, the filling material being filled in an area of the inorganic oriented films overlapping the sealing part to fill the fine pores and to covers surfaces of the inorganic oriented films.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid crystal panel comprising:

a pair of substrates;

inorganic oriented films having plural fine pores being provided on surfaces of the substrates facing each other;

a liquid crystal layer being provided between the inorganic oriented films; and

a sealing part sealing the liquid crystal layer, the sealing part being provided between the inorganic oriented films and along an outer periphery of the inorganic oriented films,

the liquid crystal panel further comprising a filling material including a compound having a first functional group having high affinity with the inorganic oriented films and a second functional group having high affinity with the sealing part, the filling material being filled in an area of the inorganic oriented films overlapping the sealing part to fill the fine pores and to covers surfaces of the inorganic oriented films.

2. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first functional group is a group forming a covalent bond with the inorganic oriented films.

3. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 2 , wherein the inorganic oriented film is constituted by SiO 2 or Al 2 O 3 as a major component, and the first functional group is an alkylsilyl group or a hydroxyl group.

4. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic oriented film is an obliquely vapor-deposited film.

5. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second functional group is a group forming a covalent bond with the sealing part.

6. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 5 , wherein the sealing part is constituted by a resin material having a polymerizable group as a major component, and the second functional group is a group being polymerized with the polymerizable group.

7. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the compound in the filling material is 50% by weight or more.

8. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 , wherein the compound has an average molecular weight of from 100 to 500.

9. A method for producing a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates; inorganic oriented films having plural fine pores being provided on surfaces of the substrates facing each other; a liquid crystal layer being provided between the inorganic oriented films; and a sealing part sealing the liquid crystal layer, the sealing part being provided between the inorganic oriented films and along an outer periphery of the inorganic oriented films,

the method comprising the steps of:

preparing a pair of substrates each having on one surface thereof the inorganic oriented film;

filling a filling material including a compound having a first functional group having high affinity with the inorganic oriented films and a second functional group having high affinity with the sealing part, in an outer periphery of the inorganic oriented films to fill the fine pores and to covers surfaces of the inorganic oriented films;

feeding a sealing material in a liquid state forming the sealing part to an area of the inorganic oriented films having been filled with the filling material;

hardening the sealing material after disposing the pair of substrate with a gap therebetween to make the sealing materials in contact with each other;

forming the liquid crystal layer by injecting a liquid crystal composition into the gap; and

sealing an injection inlet having been used for injecting the liquid crystal composition.

10. The method for producing a liquid crystal panel according to claim 9 , wherein the step of filling the filling material is carried out by feeding a filling material composition containing the filling material to the inorganic oriented films.

11. The method for producing a liquid crystal panel according to claim 10 , wherein the filling material composition has a viscosity that is lower than a viscosity of the sealing material.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the liquid crystal panel according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046153/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2006
From: TERAO, KOICHI; SHINOHARA, YUJI; SASABAYASHI, TOMOKO; CHO, KEIPIN
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018174/0876 →