US Patent Issued to The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte on Sept. 29 for "Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) curtain wall system" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,003, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) curtain wall system" was invented by Kyoung Hee Kim (Charlotte, N.C.) and Seyedehhamideh Hosseiniirani (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic curtain wall system includes a three-dimensional (3D) solar module configured to receive sunlight and reflect sun path geometry; an interior glass unit comprising a single or a double glass panel; an exterior glass panel offset from the interior glass unit forming a gap therebetween, wherein the gap is a conditioned, closed a...