IP Library Granted Patent US 7,961,377
Granted Patent B2
US 7,961,377 · App. 12/752,861 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Dispersion, microcapsule, electrophoretic device, electro-optical device, and method of forming a dispersion

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Patent No.
US 7,961,377
App. No.
12/752,861
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for making an electrophoretic solution includes: including two kinds of particles having different charging polarities into the electrophoretic solution; calculating a mixing ratio so that charge amounts of the two kinds of particles become approximately equal to each other on a basis of a unit volume of a dispersion medium; and mixing the two kinds of particles in each mixed quantity that satisfies the calculated mixing ratio.

Claims (35)

1. A dispersion comprising:

a medium;

a plurality of first charged particles that have a first polarity, the plurality of first charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of first charged particles being represented as W 1 , each of the plurality of first charged particles including a titania; and

a plurality of second charged particles that have a second polarity, the plurality of second charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of second charged particles being represented as W 2 ,

the W 1 and the W 2 satisfying a following formula:

0.2 <W 1/ W 2<5.

2. A microcapsule having the dispersion according to claim 1 .

3. An electrophoretic device having the microcapsule according to claim 2 .

4. An electro-optical device having the electrophoretic device according to claim 3 .

5. A dispersion comprising:

a medium;

a plurality of first charged particles that have a first polarity, the plurality of first charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of first charged particles being represented as W 1 ; and

a plurality of second charged particles that have a second polarity, the plurality of second charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of second charged particles being represented as W 2 , each of the plurality of second charged particles including an acrylic,

the W 1 and the W 2 satisfying a following formula:

0.2 <W 1/ W 2<5.

6. A microcapsule having the dispersion according to claim 5 .

7. An electrophoretic device having the microcapsule according to claim 6 .

8. An electro-optical device having the electrophoretic device according to claim 7 .

9. A dispersion comprising:

a medium;

a plurality of first charged particles that have a first polarity, the plurality of first charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of first charged particles being represented as W 1 ; and

a plurality of second charged particles that have a second polarity, the plurality of second charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of second charged particles being represented as W 2 , an absolute value of amount of charges of the plurality of the first charged particles being approximately equal to an absolute value of amount of charges of the plurality of the second charged particles,

the W 1 and the W 2 satisfying a following formula:

0.2 <W 1/ W 2<5.

10. A microcapsule having the dispersion according to claim 9 .

11. An electrophoretic device having the microcapsule according to claim 10 .

12. An electro-optical device having the electrophoretic device according to claim 11 .

13. A microcapsule having a dispersion, the dispersion comprising:

a medium;

a plurality of first charged particles that have a first polarity, the plurality of first charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of first charged particles being represented as W 1 ; and

a plurality of second charged particles that have a second polarity, the plurality of second charged particles being dispersed in the medium, mass of the plurality of second charged particles being represented as W 2 ,

the W 1 and the W 2 satisfying a following formula:

0.2 <W 1/ W 2<5.

14. An electrophoretic device having the microcapsule according to claim 13 .

15. An electro-optical device having the electrophoretic device according to claim 14 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2018
From: KANBE, SADAO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047476/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →