ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,406, issued on May 20, was assigned to Manufacturing Resources International Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Solar powered vehicle topper unit" was invented by William Dunn (Alpharetta, Ga.), Jack Bartholmae (Duluth, Ga.) and Douglas Bennett (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar powered display assembly and related systems and methods are disclosed. A controller is interposed between an electronic display at a housing, an alternative power source external to, but electrically connected to the display assembly at a housing, and a solar energy harvesting device. The controller determines a power requirement for operating the...