Patent ID: 8531634

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: 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 being formed on at least one of the alignment films in the gap; a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal molecules; a pixel electrode formed on one of the substrates in a pixel region and having a plurality of elongated members arranged with spaces therebetween; wherein said pixel electrode also has a connecting member which electrically connects the plurality of elongated members to each other, the connecting member includes a first connecting portion extending parallel to a first direction and a second connecting portion extending parallel to a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, each of the plurality of elongated members extends from the connecting member in an oblique direction of approximately 45 degrees with respect to one of the first direction and the second direction, and 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, wherein the liquid crystal molecules in the spaces between elongated members of said pixel electrode at the time of voltage application are tilted in directions parallel to the extending directions of the elongated members of said pixel electrode.