1. A lid device, comprising:
a lid body moving between an open position for opening an opening of a storage structure and a closed position for closing said opening of said storage structure;
a lock means for locking said lid body in said closed position;
a guide portion formed on said storage structure; and
an urging member having one end fixed to said lid body so as to be held by said lid body and the other end engaging and guided by said guide portion so as to be stretched or compressed and thereby accumulate an urging force in association with part of opening and closing movements of said lid body,
said urging force driving at least an opening operation of said lid body,
said guide portion comprising a closed end portion in which said engaging end is placed when said lid body is placed in said closed position; an open end portion in which said engaging end is placed when said lid body is placed in said open position; a first guide portion connecting said closed end portion and said open end portion and guiding said engaging end when said lid body moves from said closed position to said open position; and a second guide portion connecting said closed end portion and said open end portion and guiding said engaging end when said lid body moves from said open position to said closed position,
said first guide portion comprising an initial guide portion connected to said closed end portion, a later guide portion connected to said open end portion, and a connecting portion connecting said initial guide portion and said later guide portion, and
said urging member releasing a larger urging force when said engaging end is guided by said initial guide portion than when said engaging end is guided by said later guide portion.
2. A lid device according to claim 1, wherein a fixed line segment connecting a closed fixed position in which said fixed end is placed when said lid body is placed in said closed position and an open fixed position in which said fixed end is placed when said lid body is placed in said open position, and an initial line segment connecting said connecting portion and said closed end portion extend in directions to cross each other, and
an angle formed by said fixed line segment and said initial line segment is greater than an angle formed by a later line segment connecting said connecting portion and said open end portion, and said fixed line segment.
3. A lid device according to claim 2, wherein said initial line segment is shorter than said later line segment.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels comprising the steps of:
dispensing a liquid crystal in a predetermined quantity on a first substrate for gang printing;
combining a second substrate with the first substrate on which the liquid crystal has been dispensed to form a multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions; and
applying a predetermined voltage to the liquid crystal display panel regions from an electrode terminal provided on the first or second substrate prior to a step of dividing the pair of first and second substrate thus combined into individual liquid crystal display panels.
2. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying a voltage includes the step of inspecting display defects in the liquid crystal display panel regions.
3. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying a voltage includes the step of irradiating the liquid crystal with ultraviolet rays while applying a voltage to polymerize a monomer in the liquid crystal component.
4. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying a voltage includes the step of controlling alignment of the liquid crystal by heating the liquid crystal while applying a voltage.
5. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, further comprising a step of exposing a terminal plane of the electrode terminal provided on the first or second substrate.
6. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 5, wherein the first and second substrates are offset relative to each other such that the terminal plane is exposed at the step of exposing the terminal plane.
7. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 5, wherein a substrate region facing the terminal plane is cut after the first and second substrates are combined such that the terminal plane is exposed at the step of exposing the terminal plane.
8. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 5, wherein the first and second substrates having different substrate sizes are combined such that the terminal plane is exposed at the step of exposing the terminal plane.
9. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein a voltage is applied to the electrode terminal that has been packaged on a TAB or COG basis at the step of applying a voltage.
10. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying a voltage includes the steps of:
electrically connecting scan bus lines in the multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions to each other;
electrically connecting signal bus lines in the multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions to each other;
connecting each of the mutually connected scan bus lines to an electrode terminal for the scan bus lines through a predetermined resistor;
connecting each of the mutually connected signal bus lines to an electrode terminal for the signal bus lines through a predetermined resistor; and
applying a voltage to each of the terminals.
11. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, the step of applying a voltage includes the steps of:
connecting scan bus lines in the multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions to an electrode terminal for the scan bus lines directly;
connecting signal bus lines in the multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions to an electrode terminal for the signal bus lines directly; and
applying a voltage to each of the terminals.
12. A method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panels according to claim 1, wherein the multiplicity of liquid crystal display panel regions are provided such that they are rotated at a predetermined angle to each other.