ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,040, issued on March 18, was assigned to Qi Zhang (Kunming, China).

"Mobile solar charging facility" was invented by Chenghui Zhang (Kunming, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile solar charging facility. The present invention relates to power supply and charging techniques for a mobile electric apparatus during movement, and in particular to such a facility having a combined technique of a solar photovoltaic battery and solar thermal power generation, and matching techniques and extended applications related to light compensation, energy storage, etc. The present invention is aimed at solving the problem of charging an elec...