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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nishio, Chiba, JP;
Yohei Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Miyamichi, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a wheel group connected to the vehicle body, a door disposed on the vehicle body and opened by an actuator in a first direction, and a planar light shielding member disposed on the door, having a variable light transmittance and including at least a first region and a second region that are disposed along the first direction. When the vehicle is in a first state, the first region and the second region of the light shielding member in the door have a first light transmittance. When the vehicle is in a second state, the second region remains at the first light transmittance, and the first region has a second light transmittance larger than the first light transmittance. Thereafter, an opening operation of the door in the first direction is completed.