Patent ID: 7133109

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first substrate including a first display part having a pixel electrode; a second substrate including a second display part having a common electrode that faces the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; a seal line including a liquid crystal inlet, the seal line defining the first and second display parts; a first spacer disposed between the first and second display parts, the first spacer maintaining a cell gap formed between the first and second substrates; and a second spacer disposed near the liquid crystal inlet, the second spacer maintaining the cell gap, wherein each of the second spacers has a prism shape or an elliptical column shape, the prism shape having an approximately triangular cross section with three surfaces wherein one of the three surfaces is substantially perpendicular to a liquid crystal injection direction, and the elliptical column shape having an elliptical cross section with a long axis that is parallel to the liquid crystal injection direction.