MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511132958 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'a system and method for a flush-closing foldable solar panel assembly with integrated wiring and an asymmetric hinge mechanism.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Sanhita Das; Dr. Jayant Kumar Mohanta; Dr. Ravi Prakash Srivastava; Dr. Srijan Sengupta; and Deekshant Singh Rajawat.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a foldable solar panel assembly comprising an n n array of rigid, monolithic, parallelogram-shaped panels, each featuring integrated wiring channels and recessed mounting slots for photovoltaic modules and configured with an asymmetric hinge mechanism utilizing knuckle barrel hinges with variable offsets along a first axis and uniform offsets along a second axis. Additionally, the assembly may include an actuation mechanism providing a single degree of freedom to transition between deployed and folded states. The panels are manufactured via additive methods or injection molding, ensuring the integrated channels, mounting slots, and protrusions are formed as a monolithic unit. The system maintains electrical interconnections through wiring routed via the channels, enabling efficient and compact deployment and retraction of the solar module array."
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