US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on May 27 for "Protective band to prevent skin damage to drivers" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,456, issued on May 27, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Protective band to prevent skin damage to drivers" was invented by Nouf Jubran Alqahtani (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Ghada Naje Alessa (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Hoor Fayez Aldushaishi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Amnah Nabil Bukair (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Syed Mehmood Ali (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar radiation protective band for a driver that includes a housing and an armband. The housing includes a front panel, a side panel, and a microcontroller. The front panel includes a front panel UV light sensor, a fr...