MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611010117 A) filed by Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, Haryana, on Jan. 30, for 'vehicle-mounted deployable solar energy harvesting device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Shobhit Maheshwari.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle-mounted deployable solar energy harvesting device, comprises of a platform 101 to be installed on a roof of an electric vehicle, a mounting unit to securely attach the platform 101 to the roof of the vehicle, a central flap 104 with a plurality of cascading solar plates 105, each comprising photovoltaic cells for converting solar energy into electrical energy, a motorized hinge assembly 106 to monitor angular position and ensure complete deployment of the plates 105, a sensing suite to determine vehicle motion, parking mode, for adaptive deployment of the cascading solar plates 105, a suction unit 102 to generate negative pressure for temporary and non-invasive attachment of the platform 101, a plurality of electromagnets 107 to lock the cascading solar plates 105 and a self-cleaning unit includes a plurality of piezoelectric actuators 108 to induce high-frequency vibrations to dislodge dust and debris from photovoltaic surfaces."
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