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US 12,638,621 · App. 17/876,315 · Granted May 26, 2026

Cholesteric liquid crystal film and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Takahiro Hayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Kuniyasu (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B5/1852B26D3/08G02B5/1833
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Patent No.
US 12,638,621
App. No.
17/876,315
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal film including a cholesteric liquid crystal, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions are alternately arranged in a straight line on an upper surface observed with a microscope; and a manufacturing method thereof.

Claims (14)

1 . A cholesteric liquid crystal film comprising:

a cholesteric liquid crystal,

wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions are alternately arranged in a straight line on an upper surface observed with a microscope, and

wherein the upper surface observed with a microscope has a bonding point at which the dark portions are bonded to each other.

2 . The cholesteric liquid crystal film according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the number of the bonding points is 10 or less per 50 μm square area.

3 . The cholesteric liquid crystal film according to claim 1 ,

wherein a distance between adjacent dark portions is 0.01 μm to 50 μm.

4 . The cholesteric liquid crystal film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions are alternately arranged on a cross section in a thickness direction observed with a microscope, and

the dark portions are inclined with respect to a main surface.

5 . The cholesteric liquid crystal film according to claim 4 ,

wherein an inclined angle of the dark portions with respect to the main surface is 20° to 90°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: HAYASHI, TAKAHIRO; KUNIYASU, SATOSHI; ICHIHASHI, MITSUYOSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060666/0385 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-015749 · Jan 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020047689 · Dec 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220373726A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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