Patent ID: 7932983

Claim:
A method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in an LCD device, the method comprising: injecting a liquid crystal into a liquid crystal panel having a sealing member for forming a liquid crystal receiving space; disposing a mask on the first substrate, the mask including an opening corresponding to a metal member that overlaps the sealing member; irradiating a laser beam onto the metal member through the opening of the mask to form a repair region such that the metal member is heated by the laser beam, the sealing member corresponding to the metal member is removed by the heated metal member, and a thickness of the sealing member is reduced at a predetermined portion of the sealing member; pressurizing the liquid crystal to adjust the amount of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal receiving space such that the sealing member at the repair region is broken by the pressure, and some of the liquid crystal is discharged from the liquid crystal receiving space through the repair region of the sealing member; and resealing the repair region of the sealing member.