ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,124, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TVS Motor Co. Ltd. (Chennai, India).
"Energy harvesting vehicle" was invented by Moumita Sarkar (Chennai, India), N. Pramila Rao (Chennai, India) and Samraj Jabez Dhinagar (Chennai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy harvesting vehicle includes a plurality of vehicular panels, and an energy canopy. The energy canopy is connected to at least two of the plurality of vehicular panels configured for generating electrical energy. The energy canopy includes a predetermined number of surfaces configured for receiving incident light, the incident light being received for a plurality of time...