E Ink Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

Creator Technology B.v.

1366 Technologies Inc.

Guy Danner

Gregg Michael Duthaler

Charles Howie Honeyman

Thomas Henry Whitesides

Jonathan D Albert

Robert Waverly Zehner

Steven J O'Neil

Karl Raymond Amundson

Ara N Knaian

Richard J Paolini, Jr

Michael D McCreary

Shamus Ford Patry

Benjamin M Davis

Alberto Goenaga

Glen Crossley

Randolph W Chan

Richard D LeCain

Richard M Webber

Russell J Wilcox

Valerie C Northrop

Holly G Gates

Lan Cao

Jonathan L Zalesky

Sandra Rifai

Peter T Kazlas

Craig A Herb

John E Ritter

Ian D Morrison

Alain Bouchard

Andrew P Ritenour

Fredericus Johannes Touwslager

Erik Van Veenendaal

Yu Chen

Kevin L Denis

Michael D Walls

Justin J Abramson

Nathan R Kane

Rajesh Chebiyam

John Edward Cronin

Michael L Steiner

David Darrell Miller

Jianna Wang

Anthony Edward Pullen

Matthew Joseph Kayal

Timothy J O'Malley, Jr

Seungman Sohn

Andrew Y Oleson

Jay Britton Ewing

Paul Stephen Drzaic

Michael G Hack

Emanuel Michael Sachs

Barrett Comiskey

Libing Zhang

Alexi Arango

Ira Spool

Seth O Newburg

Aimee S Goncalves

Peter G Madden

Shafiq Fazel

Erik C Sobel

Stephen P Dudek

Eric Howard Klingenberg

Charles Howard Honeyman

Joseph Fenton

Harit Doshi

Peter J Valianatos

Calder Phillips-Grafflin

Peter E Kane

Henry Ware Gale

Alexandros Cosmos Arango

John Atkinson

Jason C Pinto

Rachael A Forgit

Vladimir S Tarasov

Jonathan Kalow

Nicholas Brennan

Timothy L Wong

A robotic grommet installer includes a robotic arm and an installation unit. The installation unit includes a rotary grommet holder rotatively coupled to the robotic arm and an installer coupled to the robotic arm. The rotary grommet holder includes a plurality of grommet chambers spaced circumferentially about a rotational axis of the rotary grommet holder. Each grommet chamber of the plurality of grommet chambers is configured to hold a plurality of grommets. The installer is configured to retrieve a grommet from the rotary grommet holder, wherein the rotary grommet holder is configured to rotate to align the installer with an available grommet positioned within one of the plurality of grommet chambers.

Robotic grommet installers and methods of installing grommets

Processes are provided for depositing multiple color filter materials on a substrate to form color filters. In a first process, the surface characteristic of a substrate is modified by radiation so that a flowable form of a first color filter material will be deposited on a first area, and converted to a non-flowable form. A second color filter material can then be deposited on a second area of the substrate. In a second process, first and second color filter materials are deposited on separate donor sheets and transferred by radiation to separate areas of the substrate. A third process uses flexographic printing to transfer the first and second color filter materials to the substrate.

Process for the production of electro-optic displays, and color filters for use therein

Ink jet printing can be used in the production of electro-optic displays for (a) forming a layer of a polymer-dispersed electrophoretic medium on a substrate; (b) forming a color electro-optic layer; (c) forming a color filter; and (d) printing electrodes and/or associated conductors on a layer of electro-optic material.

Electro-optic media produced using ink jet printing

A method for addressing a bistable electro-optic display having at least one pixel comprises applying an addressing pulse to drive the pixel to a first optical state; leaving the pixel undriven for a period of time, thereby permitting the pixel to assume a second optical state different from the first optical state; and applying to the pixel a refresh pulse which substantially restores the pixel to the first optical state, the refresh pulse being short relative to the addressing pulse.

Methods for driving electro-optic displays, and apparatus for use therein

Various types of edge seals for protecting electro-optic displays against environmental contaminants are described. In one type of seal, the electro-optic layer is sandwiched between a backplane and a protective sheet and a sealing material extends between the backplane and the protective sheet. In other seals, the protective sheet is secured to the backplane or to a second protective sheet adjacent the backplane. The electro-optic layer can also be sealed between two layers of adhesive or between one layer of adhesive and the backplane. Other seals make use of flexible tapes extending around the periphery of the display.

Electro-optic display with edge seal

The invention provides materials and methods (including driving methods) for reducing the effects of remnant voltages in electro-optic displays.

Electro-optic displays with reduced remnant voltage

The present inventions relate to the formation of a thin polymer film on a substrate. Apparatus is described for transforming a solid polymer resist into an aerosol of small particles, electrostatically charging and depositing the particles onto a substrate, and flowing the particles into a continuous layer. Apparatus is further described for transforming solid resist into an aerosol of small particles by heating the resist to form a low viscosity liquid such as is compatible with nebulization and applying the techniques of jet or impact nebulization and aerosol particle sizing to form the aerosol. A method is further described of using ionized gas to confer charge onto the aerosol particles and using a progression of charging devices establish an electric field directing the flow of charged particles to the substrate. The progression of charging devices and associated apparatus results in high collection efficiency for the aerosol particles.

Apparatus for depositing a thin layer of polymer resist on a substrate

A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut to size, the release sheet removed and the laminate laminated to a backplane to form a display. Methods for providing conductive vias through the electro-optic medium and for testing the front plane laminate are also described.

Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays

A color filter array is provided in an electro-optic display by ink jet printing a plurality of colored areas (R,G,B) on one surface of a layer of electro-optic material (), an adhesive layer or a protective layer. Alternatively, the ink jet printing may be effected on the same layers in various sub-assemblies used to produce electro-optic displays.

Color electro-optic displays, and processes for the production thereof

An electro-optic display is produced using a sub-assembly comprising a front sheet, an electro-optic medium; and an adhesive layer. An aperture is formed through the adhesive layer where the adhesive layer is not covered by the electro-optic medium, and the sub-assembly is adhered to a backplane having a co-operating member with the aperture engaged with a co-operating member, thus locating the sub-assembly relative to the backplane. In another form of electro-optic display, a chip extends through an aperture in the electro-optic medium and adhesive layer. In a third form, the aforementioned sub-assembly is secured to a backplane and then a cut is made through both backplane and sub-assembly to provide an aligned edge.

Electro-optic displays, and materials and methods for production thereof

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