1. A thin film transistor array panel comprising:
a first signal line;
a second signal line intersecting the first signal line;
a thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line;
a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and
an aligning member extending substantially parallel to the second signal line, overlapping the second signal line, and having an edge closer to the pixel electrode than the second signal line,
wherein the aligning member is electrically floating.
2. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1, wherein the aligning member and the pixel electrode are disposed on the same layer.
3. A thin film transistor array panel comprising:
a first signal line;
a second signal line intersecting the first signal line;
a thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line;
a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and
an aligning member extending substantially parallel to the second signal line, overlapping the second signal line, and having an edge closer to the pixel electrode than the second signal line,
wherein the aligning member has substantially the same voltage as the second signal line.
4. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first panel including a first signal line, a second signal line intersecting the first signal line, a thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and an aligning member extending substantially parallel to the second signal line and having an edge closer to the pixel electrode than the second signal line;
a second panel facing the first panel and including a common electrode formed thereon; and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel,
wherein the aligning member is electrically floating or has substantially the same voltage as the second signal line.
5. The liquid crystal display of claim 4, further comprising a tilt direction determining member disposed on at least one of the first and the second panels and determining tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer.
6. The liquid crystal display of claim 5, wherein the liquid crystal layer has negative dielectric anisotropy and is subjected to vertical alignment.
7. The liquid crystal display of claim 5, wherein the tilt direction determining member comprises a cutout formed at the pixel electrode or the common electrode.
8. The liquid crystal display of claim 7, wherein the tilt direction determining member has a width ranging about 9-12 microns.
9. The liquid crystal display of claim 5, wherein the tilt direction determining member makes an angle of about 45 degrees with the first signal line.
10. The liquid crystal display of claim 5, wherein the tilt direction determining member comprises a protrusion formed on the pixel electrode or the common electrode.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A bit for use in headgear for directing an animal, the bit comprising:
a pair of rings to which reins of the headgear are to attach;
a jointed mouthpiece with a connecting portion adjacent each end for connection to a respective one of the rings such that each ring can rotate through the respective connecting portion, and at least one joint between the connecting portions that allows the mouthpiece to articulate between an undeflected position in which the connecting portions have a maximum separation, and deflected positions in which the separation of the connecting portions is less than the maximum; and
a mouthpiece support that extends between the rings, and limits the minimum separation of the connecting portions.
2. A bit according to claim 1, wherein the support includes a cross bar that is to extend through the animal’s mouth; a pair of uprights, that are each of which is connected at their upper end to the cross bar; and a pair of fixed loops, that each of which is connected to the lower end of a respective one of the uprights and defines an opening through which one of the rings extends, and wherein an interference between the mouthpiece, the uprights and the rings limits the minimum separation of the connecting portions.
3. A bit according to claim 2, wherein the fixed loops form shoulders on which the mouthpiece rests.
4. A bit according to either claim 2, wherein the height of the uprights is greater than the thickness of the mouthpiece at the connecting portion.
5. A bit according to claim 2, wherein the fixed loops are arranged such that the largest dimension of the opening extends generally transversely to the cross bar and uprights.
6. A bit according to claim 2, wherein the length of the opening defined by the fixed loops is such that the rings can freely rotate when the mouthpiece is in any of the undeflected or deflected positions.
7. A bit according to claim 2, wherein the cross bar has an arc shape such that the mouthpiece articulates beneath the cross bar.
8. A bit according to claim 2, wherein the support includes a loop member that is connected to the uprights and is to extend underneath the animal’s lower jaw.
9. A bit according to claim 8, wherein the crossbar, uprights and loop member form a continuous ring.
10. A bit according to claim 9, wherein the fixed loops are welded to the continuous ring.
11. A bit according to claim 2, further-comprising a retaining ring that extends around the cross bar and through a central portion of the mouthpiece to retain the mouthpiece in close proximity to the cross bar.
12. A bit according to claim 11, wherein the mouthpiece has a single joint formed by two opposing interlinked loops, and wherein the retaining ring extends through one of the loops.
13. A bit according to claim 1, wherein each connecting portion is in the form of an aperture that extends through the mouthpiece adjacent the respective end.
14. A bit according to claim 1, wherein each of the rings in the pair of rings are is circular.
15. A bit according to claim 1, wherein each of these pair of rings has a diameter of at least 10 centimetres.
16. Headgear for directing an animal, the headgear comprising a bit according to claim 1.