ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,638, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AGP America S.A. (Panama, Panama).
"Switchable laminate with touch control" was invented by Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete (Lima, Peru), Raghu K. Pendyala (Lima, Peru) and Andres Moscoso (Lima, Peru).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automotive glazing, with electrically controlled light transmittance, has been available for a number of years. Growth has been steady as the public recognizes the added utility provided. While a number of means of implementation are in use, all require a set of electrodes spanning opposite faces of the switchable portion of the glazing. As automotive electronic content ha...