Patent ID: 8049855

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a first substrate having a common electrode and sinking comb-shaped pixel electrodes thereon; a second substrate, liquid crystal material between the first and second substrates, scanning lines extending in a first direction, signal lines extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a light shielding portion, wherein, the common electrode and the pixel electrodes are insulated with respect to each other, each pixel electrode comprises a central bridge portion and first and second outer bridge portions connected by electrode portions extending between them, the central bridge portion and the first and second outer bridge portions extend in the first direction, each pixel electrode has two symmetrical regions divided by the central bridge portion, in each region, the electrode portions extend in straight lines parallel to each other, each electrode portion in a given region has a counterpart electrode portion in the other region, the counterpart electrode portions in the first region and in the second region extend an angle relative to each other so as to have a V-shape in plan view, the angle of the V-shape ranges from 1 degree to 90 degrees, in each pixel electrode, the central bridge portion is symmetrical about a central axis extending in the first direction and has a respective lateral edge at each electrode portion connects to the central bridge portion, in each pixel electrode, each lateral edge is angled relative to the first direction along which the central bridge portion extends so that each of said electrode portions connects to its respective lateral edge as approximately a right angle, in each pixel electrode, an opening between any two parallel electrode portions, the central bridge portion and the corresponding first or second outer bridge portion is approximately rectangular, in each pixel electrode, the light shielding portion overlaps the central bridge portion.