US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 23 for "Solar power generation panel structure and reinforcing plate for solar power generation panel structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,968, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Solar power generation panel structure and reinforcing plate for solar power generation panel structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Gotemba, Japan), Kiyoto Sasaki (Shizuoka-ken, Japan), Shoichi Iwamoto (Fuji, Japan) and Kosuke Suzuki (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure in which a reinforcing plate is laminated and fixed to a solar power generation panel in which a plurality of solar cells are arranged vertically or horizontally on a panel member, the reinforcing plate extends along the surface It has a plurality of cut...