ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,837, issued on Sept. 30.
"Deployable solar panel system for vehicles" was invented by Jinwon Hong (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a deployable solar panel system for trucks. In order to achieve this, the present invention includes a guide bracket installed at the rear of the cap of the truck, multiple solar modules that fold or unfold to overlap or spread out inside the guide bracket, a pair of tension ropes (whereby either rope includes or is made of electric wire) installed beneath the guide bracket and connected to the solar modules, winding or unwinding the tension ropes to fold the solar...