US Patent Issued to STANLEY ELECTRIC on Feb. 17 for "Manufacturing method of liquid crystal element, liquid crystal element, lighting apparatus, and vehicle lamp system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,164, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to STANLEY ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Manufacturing method of liquid crystal element, liquid crystal element, lighting apparatus, and vehicle lamp system" was invented by Yasuo Toko (Tokyo) and Satomi Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal element is obtained having a plurality of alignment domains with a simple configuration. A manufacturing method of the liquid crystal element includes first through fourth processes. In the first process, a first substrate is formed having a first alignment film subjected to uniaxial alignment treatment. In the second process, forms a sec...