US Patent Issued to Volvo Construction Equipment on Dec. 2 for "Vehicle compartment with smart glass controlled by a light sensor" (Polish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,733, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Volvo Construction Equipment AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Vehicle compartment with smart glass controlled by a light sensor" was invented by Piotr Nowak (Rzeszow, Poland) and Andrzej Stochmal (Wroclaw Dolnoslaskie, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle compartment for a vehicle includes a screen through which an occupant can view portions of the environment ambient of said vehicle compartment, at least one panel, adapted to adjust the light intensity of light falling into said vehicle compartment via at least a portion of said screen, a light sensor and a control unit adapted to adjust the...