US 11,982,907 B2
Liquid crystal panel with electrode having bent portion
Yoshihiro Sakurai, Kanagawa (JP); Hironao Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Harumi Okuno, Kanagawa (JP); and Takeo Koito, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,284.
Application 14/263,586 is a division of application No. 12/640,906, filed on Dec. 17, 2009, abandoned.
Application 18/102,284 is a continuation of application No. 17/339,488, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,567,369.
Application 17/339,488 is a continuation of application No. 16/429,639, filed on Jun. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,029,567, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/429,639 is a continuation of application No. 15/955,042, filed on Apr. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,310,331, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Application 15/955,042 is a continuation of application No. 14/263,586, filed on Apr. 28, 2014, granted, now 9,977,287, issued on May 22, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2008-324781 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0168542 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1337 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133707 (2013.01); G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); G02F 1/134372 (2021.01); G02F 1/133749 (2021.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid crystal panel comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; and
a first electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate in a display area; and
a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the first substrate;
wherein the first electrode has:
a pair of electrode branches each having a first end and a second end;
a slit between the pair of electrode branches;
a first connection connecting the first ends of the pair of electrode branches; and
a second connection connecting the second ends of the pair of electrode branches,
wherein the first electrode has areas including
a first bent portion,
a second bent portion, and
a main portion that is disposed between the first bent portion and the second bent portion,
wherein the first bent portion is adjacent to a contact hole of the first electrode,
wherein the first bent portion is bent relative to the main portion in an area close to the first ends,
wherein the second bent portion is bent relative to the main portion in an area close to the second ends, and
wherein a direction of the first bent portion that is directly in contact with the first connection is substantially parallel to a direction of the second bent portion that is directly in contact with the second connection, and wherein no bent portion is disposed between the second bent portion and the second connection.