Patent ID: 8325306

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to be opposite to each other; liquid crystal contained between said first and said second substrates; a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of drain bus lines extending in a second direction, wherein said second direction is different from said first direction; and a first sub picture element electrode and a second sub picture element electrode, wherein said first sub picture element electrode is not in contact with said second sub picture element electrode, wherein said first sub picture element electrode includes a first body portion and a plurality of first branches extending from said first body portion, with said first branches being separated from each other by a plurality of first slits, wherein said second sub picture element electrode includes a second body portion and a plurality of second branches extending from said second body portion, with said second branches being separated from each other by a plurality of second slits, wherein said first and second sub picture element electrodes are adjacent to each other, and define a pair of adjacent opposed edges with a first adjacent opposed edge being part of said first sub picture element electrode and a second adjacent opposed edge being part of said second sub picture element electrode, wherein said first adjacent opposed edge and said second adjacent opposed edge are each generally V-shaped, such that a generally V-shaped space is defined between said first and second opposed edges, wherein conductive material forming said first sub picture element electrode is present between closed edges of said first slits and said first adjacent opposed edge, and wherein conductive material forming said second sub picture element electrode is present between closed edges of said second slits and said second adjacent opposed edge.