Patent ID: 8256940
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: F21S,F41H

Abstract:
1. A cover for use in connection with a vehicle light, the vehicle light having a light source and a light reflector, comprising: a lens having an electrically activatable material switchable between a light inhibiting state and a light transmissive state, the electrically activatable material prevents the transmission of visible light from entering into and reflecting out from the vehicle light when the electrically activatable material is set to the light inhibiting state; the lens having an area without the electrically activatable material such that visible light from the light source is able to pass through the area; and a baffle extending from a body of the lens, the baffle comprising the electrically activatable material such that the baffle blocks a portion of the visible light that passes through the area of the lens when the electrically activatable material is in the light inhibiting state.