Patent ID: 7812917

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates, which are bonded so that principal surfaces thereof are opposed to each other across an intervening gap; a plurality of bead spacers, which are prepared separately from each of the pair of substrates and disposed between the principal surfaces of the pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer in which the gap is filled with liquid crystal molecules; wherein one of the pair of substrates includes a display screen of the liquid crystal display device on a side opposite the principal surface of the one of the pair of substrates, and the display screen includes a plurality of pixels, arranged two-dimensionally, in each of which light transmittance of the liquid crystal layer is controlled; the plurality of bead spacers are disposed in a region of at least one of the principal surfaces of the pair of substrates, the region being opposed to a non-display portion arranged between the plurality of pixels of the display screen; an alignment film which aligns the liquid crystal molecules, and an organic film which is different in composition from the alignment film and is covered with the alignment film in the region are formed on the at least one of the principal surfaces of the pair of substrates; and the plurality of bead spacers is adhered to each of the alignment film and the organic film and held in the region; and wherein: the alignment film and the organic film are formed of the same resin film; and the alignment film and the organic film are different from each other in at least one of: an organic substance, which is contained in the resin film and is different from the resin film, and a content ratio of the organic substance.