US Patent Issued on July 7 for "Solar charger USB receiver for laptops" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,574, issued on July 7.

"Solar charger USB receiver for laptops" was invented by Chinmay Somayajula (Boulder, Colo.), Nagesh Somayajula (Boulder, Colo.) and Nagalakshmi Somayajula (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a USB receiver charger for laptops consisting of four internal layers and two external layers. The external layers feature a thin photovoltaic (PV) panel that captures both sunlight and artificial light, integrated on both sides of the USB. Internally, the first layer houses high-powered LED COB lights, illuminating the second layer-the PV panel. The PV panel absorbs light, converting it ...