Patent ID: 7259819

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate having a first electrode formed of a conductor; a second substrate having a second electrode arranged to face said first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer held between said first and second substrates and containing liquid crystal molecules which are set substantially in a vertical alignment with respect to said first and second substrates in a state where no potential difference exists between said first and second electrodes; wherein said first electrode comprises a pixel electrode configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal molecules, said first electrode has a void space located in said conductor to divide the first electrode into segments and thereby forming boundaries that divide a pixel area defined by an overlap of said first and second electrodes into minute domains between which different directors of said liquid crystal molecules are obtained when a potential difference is applied between said first and second electrodes, and a bridge-wiring member interconnecting adjacent parts of said first conductor across said void space to connect said segments together, and said bridge-wiring member is configured to make an electric field created in a part of said pixel area located above said bridge-wiring member weaker than that created in said minute domains above the segments of the pixel electrode that are displaced from the bridge wiring member when the potential difference is applied between said first and second electrodes.