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Method for aligning liquid crystals, alignment device and liquid crystal display element

  • US 6,295,112 B1
  • Filed: 04/23/1997
  • Issued: 09/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of aligning liquid crystals, designed for aligning a liquid crystal material of a liquid crystal display element, said liquid crystal material sealed between a pair of planar light-transmissive substrates respectively having alignment films formed on surfaces thereof which face each other, comprising the step of:

  • locally applying a pressure to said liquid crystal material under an applied heat in order to align the liquid crystal material, said locally applied pressure being applied to the planar light-transmissive substrates, wherein a portion subjected to an application of pressure in said liquid crystal material is moved in an opposite direction to a direction of an alignment treatment applied to said alignment films.

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