US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 4 for "Systems and methods for reorienting solar panel array on in-motion vehicles using energy comparisons" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,823, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for reorienting solar panel array on in-motion vehicles using energy comparisons" was invented by John DeRamos (Garden City, Mich.) and Amanda Christiana (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable solar panel array system and methods of use are provided. The reconfigurable solar panel array system may comprise a reconfigurable solar panel array, a bending mechanism, and a computing device, comprising a processor and a memory. The system may be configured to, when a vehicle is in ...