US 11,809,053 B2
Electrical color control film and vehicle outer panel
Yuki Murai, Nagakute (JP); and Shinji Tani, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,751.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-063760 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317537 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/153 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G02F 1/155 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1675 (2019.01); G02F 1/167 (2019.01); G02F 1/1676 (2019.01)
CPC G02F 1/1533 (2013.01) [G02F 1/137 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G02F 1/13439 (2013.01); G02F 1/155 (2013.01); G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G02F 1/1676 (2019.01); G02F 2001/1678 (2013.01); G02F 2201/50 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle outer panel comprising an electrical color control film, the electrical color control film, comprising:
an underlying layer located on a base, wherein the base is a body of the vehicle outer panel,
a first transparent conductive layer located on the underlying layer;
a first electrical color control layer located on the first transparent conductive layer; and
a second transparent conductive layer located on the first electrical color control layer,
wherein the first electrical color control layer is configured in such a manner that color of the first electrical color control layer is controlled by electricity, and
wherein the electrical color control film is configured to change a color of the vehicle outer panel.