Patent ID: 9733521
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G02F

Claim:
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a first electrode provided on the first substrate; a second electrode provided on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the first electrode comprises a plurality of first openings in a region where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap each other; wherein the second electrode comprises a plurality of second openings in the region where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap each other; wherein the plurality of first openings are disposed forming a plurality of first columns so that respective longitudinal directions of the plurality of first openings align with a first direction, wherein each of the plurality of first openings comprises two short-side edges that obliquely cross the first direction at an angle other than orthogonal; wherein the plurality of second openings are disposed forming a plurality of second columns so that respective longitudinal directions of the plurality of second openings align with the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of second openings comprises two short-side edges that obliquely cross the first direction at an angle other than orthogonal; wherein the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are alternately disposed column by column along a second direction that crosses the first direction; wherein a direction in which each of the two short-side edges of each of the plurality of first openings extends is the same as a direction in which each of the two short-side edges of each of the plurality of second openings extends; and wherein each short-side edge of each of the plurality of first and second openings extends in a straight line between corresponding long-side edges.