Liquid crystal display cell
First Claim
1. An electro-optical watch display cell having an electro-optic material selected from the group consisting of the liquid crystal, electrochromic, and other electro-optical types, said cell having an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate, said upper and lower glass substrates sandwiching said electro-optical material thereinbetween, said glass substrates arranged and configured such that said upper substrate supports said electro-optical display cell in said watch, and wherein said lower glass substrate is sufficiently thin so as to substantially reduce the formation of undesired shadow images.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal, electrochromic or other electro-optical material is sandwiched between two glass substrates. An electric field is applied to the electro-optical material to display time and other information on a watch. The lower glass substrate is thinner than the upper substrate so as to create clear displays and to enable the manufacture of a thin watch which is also light weight and shock resistant.
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8 Claims
- 1. An electro-optical watch display cell having an electro-optic material selected from the group consisting of the liquid crystal, electrochromic, and other electro-optical types, said cell having an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate, said upper and lower glass substrates sandwiching said electro-optical material thereinbetween, said glass substrates arranged and configured such that said upper substrate supports said electro-optical display cell in said watch, and wherein said lower glass substrate is sufficiently thin so as to substantially reduce the formation of undesired shadow images.
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6. In a watch, an electro-optical display cell arranged to visually indicate predetermined information, said display cell having a reflector, a bottom polarization plate disposed on said reflector, a lower glass substrate disposed on said polarization plate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on said lower glass substrate, an upper glass substrate disposed on said liquid crystal layer, and a top polarization plate disposed on said upper glass substrate;
- wherein the improvement comprises said upper glass substrate coupled to said watch and having a thickness sufficient to support the entire display cell and said lower glass substrate being sufficiently thin so as to substantially reduce the formation of undesired shadow images.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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