Patent ID: 7336338

Claim:
A liquid crystal voltage indicator comprising a first substrate layer having a surface with a first conducting layer deposited thereon, a second substrate layer being parallel to said first substrate layer, said second substrate layer having a surface with a second conducting layer deposited thereon and facing said first conducting layer, at least one of said conducting layers being transparent, an intermediate layer located between said substrate layers, said intermediate layer being a structure comprising liquid crystal and changing its optical properties in an alternating electric field, each of said conducting layers is divided into at least two segments which do not touch one another one of said segments of said second conducting layer being a larger segment and the other said segments of said second conducting layer being smaller than said larger segment, whereas said segments of said first conducting layer being shaped similarly to said smaller segments of said second conducting layer, wherein one of said segments of said first conducting layer is provided with an external electric terminal, said terminal being positioned opposite a fragment of one of said smaller segments of said second conducting layer, the other segments of said first conducting layer, excluding a second end segment of said first conducting layer, being situated in series sequence and positioned opposite fragments of two neighboring said smaller segments of said second conducting layer, said second end segment of said first conducting layer being on the end of the series sequence opposite said terminal and situated opposite a fragment of a one of said smaller segments of said second conducting layer and opposite a fragment of said larger segment of said second conducting layer.