Patent ID: 8755020

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed to be opposed to the first substrate with a space interposed therebetween; a first alignment film that is formed on the first substrate; a second alignment film that is formed on the second substrate; spacers that are formed in at least one of a gap between the first substrate and the first alignment film and a gap between the second substrate and the second alignment film so as to thereby maintain a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and a sealant that encloses and seals the liquid crystal layer and fixes the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a region of the first substrate and the second substrate enclosed by the sealant is a rectangle, wherein the rectangle includes a central region, a pair of first regions between which the central region is interposed in a major-axis direction of the rectangle, a pair of second regions between which the central region is interposed in a minor-axis direction of the rectangle, and a peripheral region that surrounds the central region, the pair of first regions, and the pair of second regions, wherein the spacers are disposed in the central region and the peripheral region except the pair of first regions and the pair of second regions, and wherein in the peripheral region, a width from each of the first regions to one long side of the rectangle in an outward direction is larger than a width from one of the second regions to the one long side in the outward direction.