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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Motohiro Yamahara, Osaka, JP;
Nobukazu Nagae, Tenri, JP;
Masayuki Okamoto, Tenri, JP;
Toshiyuki Hirai, Kashihara, JP;
Teruyoshi Hara, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Tokihiko Shinomiya, Nara, JP;
Nobuaki Yamada, Higashiosaka, JP;
Shuichi Kozaki, Nara, JP;
Wataru Horie, Hashimoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 75 ; 359 76 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display element which includes two opposing electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between said electrodes, wherein an alignment film for aligning a liquid crystal of said liquid crystal layer in at least three different directions is disposed above a side of said liquid crystal layer of at least one of said electrodes is disclosed.