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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuya Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Arihiro Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Norio Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuya Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Arihiro Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Norio Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates arranged opposite to each other to form a gap; spaced vertical alignment films formed on the substrate in the gap; a cured material formed on at least one of the alignment films in the gap; and a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal molecules. The display also includes a pixel electrode formed on one of the substrates in a pixel region and having either a plurality of elongated members arranged with spaces therebetween and connected by a connecting member or a plurality of elongated openings arranged in patterns. Finally, the cured material is at least formed on the vertical alignment films so that an alignment direction of at least the liquid crystal molecules adjacent the alignment films is regulated.