ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,508, issued on June 17, was assigned to NITTA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Light shielding member" was invented by Kosuke Marutani (Yamatokohriyama, Japan), Takumi Kato (Yamatokohriyama, Japan), Takashi Megumi (Yamatokohriyama, Japan), Satoshi Yamaguchi (Yamatokohriyama, Japan) and Koji Yamashita (Yamatokohriyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light shielding member of the present invention includes 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 t...