IP Library Granted Patent US 10,442,165
Granted Patent B2
US 10,442,165 · App. 16/104,349 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Plastic cell and method for manufacturing same

Inventor: Junichi Hirakata (Minami-ashigara, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
B32B23/08B32B27/00B32B27/04G02F1/13G02F1/1333B32B27/308B32B27/365
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Patent No.
US 10,442,165
App. No.
16/104,349
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a plastic cell that maintains conductivity without losing a sealing property and allows extension of an electrode even in a case where a plastic substrate is deformed into a free shape with roughness or curved surfaces, and a method for manufacturing the same. The plastic cell of the present invention includes a first plastic substrate, a first transparent conductive layer, a fluid layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second plastic substrate, in this order, the plastic cell further including a sealing part that seals the fluid layer by deformation of a part of the first plastic substrate or the second plastic substrate, in which the first plastic substrate has a first through-hole, the second plastic substrate has a second through-hole, the first through-hole has a first conductive material therein, and the second through-hole has a second conductive material.

Claims (52)

1. A plastic cell comprising:

a first plastic substrate, a first transparent conductive layer, a fluid layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second plastic substrate, in this order,

wherein the plastic cell further comprises a sealing part that seals the fluid layer by deformation of a part of the first plastic substrate or the second plastic substrate,

the first plastic substrate has a first through-hole,

the second plastic substrate has a second through-hole,

the first through-hole has a first conductive material therein, and

the second through-hole has a second conductive material therein.

2. The plastic cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first conductive material is the same material as the first transparent conductive layer, and the second conductive material is the same material as the second transparent conductive layer.

3. The plastic cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein an orientation layer is provided between the first transparent conductive layer and the fluid layer and between the second transparent conductive layer and the fluid layer, respectively, and

the fluid layer is a liquid crystal layer formed by using a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound.

4. The plastic cell according to claim 2 ,

wherein an orientation layer is provided between the first transparent conductive layer and the fluid layer and between the second transparent conductive layer and the fluid layer, respectively, and

the fluid layer is a liquid crystal layer formed by using a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound.

5. The plastic cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein both the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate are elongated films, and

the plastic cell is in a roll form obtained by winding the elongated films in a longitudinal direction.

6. The plastic cell according to claim 2 ,

wherein both the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate are elongated films, and

the plastic cell is in a roll form obtained by winding the elongated films in a longitudinal direction.

7. The plastic cell according to claim 3 ,

wherein both the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate are elongated films, and

the plastic cell is in a roll form obtained by winding the elongated films in a longitudinal direction.

8. The plastic cell according to claim 4 ,

wherein both the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate are elongated films, and

the plastic cell is in a roll form obtained by winding the elongated films in a longitudinal direction.

9. The plastic cell according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

10. The plastic cell according to claim 2 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

11. The plastic cell according to claim 3 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

12. The plastic cell according to claim 4 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

13. The plastic cell according to claim 5 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

14. The plastic cell according to claim 6 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

15. The plastic cell according to claim 7 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

16. The plastic cell according to claim 8 , further comprising an electrode,

wherein the electrode is connected to at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer via the conductive material.

17. A method for manufacturing a plastic cell, comprising:

a step of forming a first through-hole in a first elongated plastic substrate,

a step of disposing a first transparent conductive layer on the first elongated plastic substrate having the first through-hole formed therein;

a step of forming a second through-hole in a second elongated plastic substrate,

a step of disposing a second transparent conductive layer on the second elongated plastic substrate having the second through-hole formed therein;

a step of disposing a fluid layer on the first transparent conductive layer;

a step of bonding the first plastic substrate, in which the fluid layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer, and the second plastic substrate, on which the second transparent conductive layer is disposed, to each other by a roll-to-roll process, to produce an elongated laminate;

subsequent to production of the laminate, a step of performing a thermal fusion welding of the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate to each other, to seal the fluid layer in the longitudinal direction; and

a step of winding the laminate in a roll shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: HIRAKATA, JUNICHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046656/0121 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-030065 · Feb 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017005820 · Feb 17, 2017
Related Publication 20190001631A1 · Jan 3, 2019