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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Claire R. Donoghue, Twyford, GB;
Britton G. Billingsley, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kristina M. Magnusson, Djurmo, SE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to darkening filters' which are suitable for selectively darkening an optically transmissive windowfor protection from light, in particular from high intensity light. The darkening filter′ is mounted in a forward-facing optically transmissive windowand comprises a non-uniform patternof switchable shutterscapable of being switching to at least a dark state and a light state by a shutter control system. The present disclosure also relates to a method of operating such darkening filters′. The present disclosure furthermore relates to vision-protective headgears′, welding shieldsand panescomprising the darkening filters′ according to the present disclosure.