ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,424, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid crystal device, display device, and optical modulation module" was invented by Akihide Haruyama (Suwa, Japan) and Yusuke Komuro (Azumino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing plate provided on a light incidence side of the liquid crystal panel, a second polarizing plate provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, a first phase difference adjusting element arranged between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel a...