ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,171, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NITTA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Light shielding member" was invented by Takumi Kato (Nara, Japan) and Takashi Megumi (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light shielding member of the present invention may include a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate facing the first polarizing plate, and a thermosensitive sheet interposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, in which the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate may be positioned so that their respective transmission axes are different from each other. The thermosensitive sheet m...