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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Noriaki Onishi, Nara, JP;
Naohisa Sonku, Nara, JP;
Yusuke Tsuda, Kizugawa, JP;
Hiroaki Kojima, Nara, JP;
Yasunobu Tagusa, Ikoma, JP;
Inventors:
Noriaki Onishi, Nara, JP;
Naohisa Sonku, Nara, JP;
Yusuke Tsuda, Kizugawa, JP;
Hiroaki Kojima, Nara, JP;
Yasunobu Tagusa, Ikoma, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1339 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate arranged to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein a plurality of first supports are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to reach the other substrate and a plurality of second supports, which are shorter than the first supports, are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to the other substrate.