US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Oct. 14 for "Three-dimensional photovoltaic charging system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,086, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Three-dimensional photovoltaic charging system" was invented by Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact, three-dimensional (3D) photovoltaic charging system comprising a photovoltaic unit encased in a transparent housing, a power management unit, and a support base. The photovoltaic unit having non-coplanar photovoltaic surfaces that are positioned at a relative distance and a relative orientation. Compared to conventional flat solar panels, the 3D photovoltaic charging system can collect lig...