ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,943, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 4D Vision Corp (Peabody, Mass.).

"Solar powered streetlamp solar collector" was invented by Jonathan Jacques (Peabody, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a solar collecting streetlamp. The streetlamp includes a lamp top having solar collectors and one or more light sources. A post is included which supports the lamp top. Disposed around the post is a shell defining an air gap. The shell is configured to supply air from the base of the post to the lamp top. The streetlamp can include a gyromagnetic generator to help move the air through the air gap towards the lamp ...