IP Library Granted Patent US 8,451,404
Granted Patent B2
US 8,451,404 · App. 12/565,885 · Granted May 28, 2013

Display device having polarizing plates with protective films

Inventors: Koichi Fukuda (Mobara, JP); Tetsuya Oshima (Mobara, JP); Satoru Kawasaki (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,451,404
App. No.
12/565,885
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device having a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal, and polarizing plates which are pasted to surfaces of the above described pair of substrates on the sides opposite to the above described liquid crystal, where the above described polarizing plates are formed of at least an inside protective film, a polarizing film and an outside protective film, which are layered on the above described substrate side in this order, an expansion axis of the above described outside protective films forms an angle of 30° or more and 90° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films, and an expansion axis of the above described inside protective films forms an angle of 0° or more and 3° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films.

Claims (8)

1. A display device comprising:

a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal, and polarizing plates which are pasted to surfaces of said pair of substrates on the sides opposite to said liquid crystal, wherein

said polarizing plates are formed of at least an inside protective film, a polarizing film and an outside protective film, which are layered on said substrate side in this order so that the inside protective film is adjacent to said substrate,

an expansion axis of said outside protective films forms an angle of 30° or more and 90° or less with an expansion axis of said polarizing films, and

an expansion axis of said inside protective films forms an angle of 0° or more and 3° or less with an expansion axis of said polarizing films.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein said expansion axis of said inside protective films forms an angle of 0° or more and 1° or less with said expansion axis of said polarizing films.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein said outside protective film is made of a film having a polyester resin as a main component.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a phase difference film forms a layer between said substrates and said inside protective films.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
Reel/Frame 031295/0492 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 031283/0057 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2009
From: FUKUDA, KOICHI; OSHIMA, TETSUYA; KAWASAKI, SATORU
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023277/0341 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-244262 · Sep 24, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100073610A1 · Mar 25, 2010