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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chizuka Tani, Tokyo, JA;
Fumihiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JA;
Assignee:
Nippon Electric Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3501 / ; 350150 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal cell includes a nematic liquid crystal of negative dielectric anisotropy is disposed between a pair of transparent electrode substrates. The electrode substrates have on their inner surfaces small grooves formed parallel to each other, the grooves on one surface being perpendicular to those on the other surface. In the absence of a voltage applied between the substrates, the long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are perpendicular to the inner surfaces of the electrode substrates. The addition of a small amount of a cholesteric liquid crystal material markedly improves the contrast of the display.