Electronic apparatus and method for manufacturing electro-optical device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHatsuki Kanbayashi
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing the following device is provided: an electro-optical device which includes a pair of substrates holding a display material having optical properties varied by electric stimulation and which has a curved shape. The method includes covering the front and rear faces of a display with a pair of protective films and then bonding end portions of the protective films to each other with an adhesive containing a thermoplastic resin, the end portions being located outside the display; heating the bonded end portions to melt the adhesive and then bending the display depending on applications; and solidifying the melted adhesive by cooling to allow the protective films to hold the display bent.
Claims3
A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device which includes a pair of substrates holding a display material having optical properties varied by electric stimulation and which has a curved shape, the method comprising:
- covering the front and rear faces of a display with a pair of protective films and then bonding end portions of the protective films to each other with an adhesive containing a thermoplastic resin, the end portions being located outside the display;
- heating the bonded end portions to melt the adhesive and then bending the display depending on applications;
- solidifying the melted adhesive by cooling to allow the protective films to hold the display bent;
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- subjecting outer faces of the substrates opposed to each other to dry surface activation treatment in advance of covering the display with the protective films.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.