US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Integrating a solar panel in a vehicle body part" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,867, issued on May 19.

"Integrating a solar panel in a vehicle body part" was invented by Durandus Kornelius Dijken (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Maikel Van Hest (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for connecting a solar panel to a frame of a vehicle body part, the method comprising the steps of providing a recess (3) in the frame (2) of the vehicle body part (1), providing at least one inlet opening (6) in the recess, the at least one inlet opening providing a first passage (6a) between the recess and an interior (7a) of the vehicle body part, positioning the solar panel (5) over the recess, therewith defining a vol...