IP Library Granted Patent US 9,958,752
Granted Patent B2
US 9,958,752 · App. 15/207,854 · Granted May 1, 2018

Electrophoresis display device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Tadashi Yamada (Matsumoto, JP); Kiyoshi Nakamura (Matsumoto, JP); Saichi Hirabayashi (Chino, JP); Nobukazu Nagae (Shiojiri, JP); Toru Katakabe (Fujimi-machi, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G02F1/167G02F1/1339G02F2001/1672
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Patent No.
US 9,958,752
App. No.
15/207,854
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoresis display device includes an element substrate (first substrate); a counter substrate (second substrate) arranged facing the element substrate; an electrophoresis layer arranged between the element substrate and the counter substrate and which includes a dispersion liquid which contains electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium in which the electrophoretic particles are dispersed; a dividing wall arranged to partition the electrophoresis layer into a plurality of cells; and a sealing layer arranged between the counter substrate and the dividing wall. The sealing layer has a modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 1 MPa or more to 100 MPa or less.

Claims (42)

1. An electrophoresis display device, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate;

an electrophoresis layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and which includes a dispersion liquid that contains electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium;

a dividing wall arranged to partition the electrophoresis layer into a plurality of cells; and

a sealing layer arranged between the second substrate and the dividing wall,

wherein the sealing layer has a modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 1 MPa or more to 100 MPa or less, and

wherein a surface of the sealing layer which is in contact with the dividing wall and pressed by the dividing wall is positioned closer to a second substrate side in a cross-sectional view of the electrophoresis display device than a surface of the sealing layer which is in contact with the electrophoresis layer.

2. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing layer has an average film thickness of ⅕ or more of the average film thickness of the electrophoresis layer.

3. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing layer has a lower volume resistivity than the volume resistivity of the dispersion liquid.

4. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing layer is a stacked body that includes a first sealing layer positioned on the second substrate side and a second sealing layer positioned on the electrophoresis layer side.

5. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first sealing layer has a modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 5 MPa or more to 40 MPa or less.

6. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second sealing layer has a modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 50 MPa or more to 10 GPa or less.

7. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first sealing layer has an average film thickness of 2.5 μm or more to 20 μm or less.

8. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second sealing layer has an average film thickness of 0.05 μm or more to 1.0 μm or less.

9. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first sealing layer has a volume resistivity of 1×10 7 Ω·cm or more to 5×10 10 Ω·cm or less.

10. The electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second sealing layer has a volume resistivity of 1×10 7 Ω·cm or more to 2×10 11 Ω·cm or less.

11. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 1 .

12. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 2 .

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 3 .

14. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 4 .

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 5 .

16. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 6 .

17. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 7 .

18. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the electrophoresis display device according to claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: YAMADA, TADASHI; NAKAMURA, KIYOSHI; HIRABAYASHI, SAICHI; NAGAE, NOBUKAZU; KATAKABE, TORU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039134/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-150060 · Jul 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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