IP Library Granted Patent US 9,048,207
Granted Patent B2
US 9,048,207 · App. 13/417,589 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Bubble discharging structure, reverse printing block, display device, printing method, and method of manufacturing display device

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Patent No.
US 9,048,207
App. No.
13/417,589
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a bubble discharging structure, including a substrate which has a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area, and on which a counter substrate is caused to come in contact with the first area to provide a film having a first pattern, and a bubble discharging path through which the first area and the second area communicate with each other, and through which a bubble confined between the substrate and the counter substrate when the counter substrate is caused to come in contact with the first area is discharged from the first area to the second area.

Claims (20)

1. A printing method, comprising:

forming a transfer layer on a counter substrate, the counter substrate having a plate shape; and

pressing said transfer layer against a first area of a substrate having said first area and a second area adjacent to said first area such that a bubble is confined between the first area and the counter substrate, the substrate having a bubble discharging path, the bubble discharging path comprising a trench formed in the substrate and extending along a portion of the substrate from the first area to the second area, the pressing thereby forming a film having a first pattern on said first area and discharging the bubble from said first area to said second area through said bubble discharging path,

wherein said first area is a display area in which pixels are provided so as to have the first pattern.

2. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein

said first area comprises a recessed portion having a second pattern reverse to the first pattern, and

said counter substrate is a blanket in which said transfer layer is formed on a contact surface between said substrate and said counter substrate.

3. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein

said counter substrate is a blanket in which said transfer layer comprises an organic layer having the first pattern that is formed on a contact surface between said substrate and said counter substrate.

4. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising:

forming display elements on a substrate,

said process of forming of said display elements on said substrate including:

forming a transfer layer on a counter substrate, the counter substrate having a plate shape, and

pressing said transfer layer against a first area of a substrate having said first area and a second area adjacent to said first area such that a bubble is confined between the first area and the counter substrate, the substrate having a bubble discharging path, the bubble discharging path comprising a trench formed in the substrate and extending along a portion of the substrate from the first area to the second area, the pressing thereby forming a film having a first pattern on said first area and discharging the bubble from said first area to said second area through said bubble discharging path.

5. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 4 , wherein

said first area is a printing area in which a recessed portion having a second pattern reverse to the first pattern is provided, and

said counter substrate is a blanket in which said transfer layer is formed on a contact surface between said substrate and said counter substrate.

6. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 4 , wherein

said first area is a display area in which pixels are provided so as to have the first pattern, and

said counter substrate is a blanket in which said transfer layer comprises an organic layer having the first pattern that is formed on a contact surface between said substrate and said counter substrate.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 035615/0682 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2012
From: ANDO, MAKOTO; MORI, TSUTOMU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027910/0132 →