US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 22 for "Solar panel assemblies for marine vessels" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,491, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Solar panel assemblies for marine vessels" was invented by Kevin T. Farrell (Port Orange, Fla.) and Paul E. Olvera (Edgewater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel assembly for a marine vessel. A first frame is configured to be selectively fixed relative to the marine vessel. A second frame is configured to be moveably coupled to the marine vessel to be moveable relative to the first frame into a stowed position and a deployed position. A solar panel has a surface that extends between a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to t...