Patent ID: 7872720

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a pair of substrates facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, one of the pair of substrates including data lines, scanning lines, the data lines and the scanning lines intersecting each other, pixels arranged in a matrix, at least one U-shaped first electrode, and at least one U-shaped second electrode that applies an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode to the liquid crystal layer, each of the first electrode and the second electrode including a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion, and a joint portion for connecting the first and second electrode portions, the first electrode portion and second electrode portion extending from the joint portion such that the first electrode portion is parallel to the second electrode portion, wherein at least a portion of the joint portion of the first electrode and at least a portion of the joint portion of the second electrode are arranged so as to overlap one line of the data lines or the scanning lines, and are aligned in a line extending along the one line of at least the data lines or the scanning lines.