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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. 07, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 91 ; 359103 ;
Abstract
A ferroelectric liquid crystal cell comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal having an antiferro-electric phase (S.sub.m C.sub.A.sup.*) or its composition and a pair of substrates having electrodes and holding said liquid crystal or its composition therebetween, characterized in that the layer structure of said liquid crystal in the antiferro-electric phase (S.sub.m C.sub.A.sup.*) has once been changed from a chevron structure to a bookshelf structure by application of a voltage to the electrodes.