IP Library Granted Patent US 8,736,803
Granted Patent B2
US 8,736,803 · App. 12/749,654 · Granted May 27, 2014

Mother panel wherein a sealing material includes a first sealing material and a second sealing material wherein the first and second sealing material enables air tight sealing within a periphery of the mother panel

Inventors: Toshiro Iwata (Chosei, JP); Takahiro Nagami (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,736,803
App. No.
12/749,654
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mother TFT substrate having plural TFT substrates, and a mother counter substrate having plural counter substrates are bonded together to form a mother panel. At this time, the interior of the mother panel is sealed only with a sealing material, without forming a sealant separately in seal portions. The mother counter substrate has plural counter substrates of liquid crystal cells. A sealing material is arranged in two rows surrounding the counter substrates in the periphery of the mother counter substrate, except for the seal portions in which seal portion sealing materials are arranged in two rows in a staggered manner on the short sides. When the mother counter substrate and the mother TFT substrate are overlapped and the inside air is let out, the sealing materials are heated. Then, the seal portion sealing materials are bridged together to seal the interior of the mother panel.

Claims (30)

1. A mother panel comprising:

a mother TFT substrate;

a mother counter substrate bonded to the mother TFT substrate; and

a plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate are bonded together with a sealing material provided in the periphery surrounding the plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the sealing material includes a first sealing material of a seal portion in the periphery as well as a second sealing material of an other portion in the periphery so as to enable air tight sealing within the periphery of an interior of the bonded together mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate forming the mother panel and containing the plurality of liquid crystal cells therein;

wherein the second sealing material of the other portion in the periphery is arranged in two rows;

wherein the first sealing material of the seal portion in the periphery is arranged in at least one row; and

wherein no sealant other than the first sealing material is formed in the seal portion in the periphery so as to enable the air tight sealing in the periphery of the mother panel.

2. A mother panel comprising:

a mother TFT substrate;

a mother counter substrate bonded to the mother TFT substrate; and

a plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate are bonded together with a sealing material provided in the periphery surrounding the plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the sealing material includes a first sealing material of a seal portion in the periphery as well as a second sealing material of an other portion in the periphery so as to enable air tight sealing within the periphery of an interior of the bonded together mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate forming the mother panel and containing the plurality of liquid crystal cells therein;

wherein the second sealing material of the other portion in the periphery is arranged in two rows;

wherein the first sealing material of the seal portion in the periphery is arranged in a single row; and

wherein no sealant other than the first sealing material is formed in the seal portion in the periphery so as to enable the air tight sealing in the periphery of the mother panel.

3. A mother panel comprising:

a mother TFT substrate;

a mother counter substrate bonded to the mother TFT substrate; and

a plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate are bonded together with a sealing material provided in the periphery surrounding the plurality of liquid crystal cells;

wherein the sealing material includes a first sealing material of a seal portion in the periphery as well as a second sealing material of an other portion of the periphery so as to enable air tight sealing within the periphery of an interior of the bonded together mother TFT substrate and the mother counter substrate forming the mother panel and containing the plurality of liquid crystal cells therein;

wherein the second sealing material of the other portion in the periphery is arranged in two rows;

wherein the first sealing material of the seal portion in the periphery is arranged in a single row with a substantially crank shape; and

wherein no sealant other than the first sealing material is formed in the seal portion in the periphery so as to enable the air tight sealing in the periphery of the mother panel.

4. A mother panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing material of the seal portion is arranged in two rows, and wherein a width of the first sealing material of the seal portion is greater than a width of the second sealing material of the other portion.

5. A mother panel according to claim 2 , wherein a width of the first sealing material of the seal portion is greater than a width of the second sealing material of the other portion.

6. A mother panel according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the seal portion sealing material is greater than a width of the sealing material of the other portion.

Assignments (8)
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC COVER SHEET, TO CHANGE ADDRESS OF RECEIVING PARTY, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 031430 FRAME 0572. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031910/0696 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
Reel/Frame 031430/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031420/0855 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2010
From: IWATA, TOSHIRO; NAGAMI, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024158/0196 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-095629 · Apr 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100259707A1 · Oct 14, 2010