ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,881, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Photovoltaic device of human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kenji Nakano (Sakai, Japan), Kei Asao (Sakai, Japan), Nanami Matsushita (Sakai, Japan) and Susumu Endo (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a photovoltaic unit and electronic controller circuitry. The photovoltaic unit includes a light receiving surface. The electronic controller circuitry is electrically connected to the photovoltaic unit. The photovoltaic unit is arranged to overlap at least partially the electronic controller circuit...