Patents by Inventor Roger Messenger

Roger Messenger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Powering a vehicle and providing excess energy to an external device using photovoltaic cells
    Publication number: 20060118162
    Abstract: A photovoltaic powering system is provided that includes a movable platform connected to a self-propelled vehicle. An array of one or more photovoltaic cells is carried by the movable platform. A platform movement mechanism carried by the vehicle moves the movable platform. A platform alignment module carried by the vehicle and connected to the platform movement mechanism causes the photovoltaic cells to be aligned relative to ambient sunlight. The one or more photovoltaic cells converts ambient sunlight to energy that is supplied to a battery carried by the vehicle to thereby recharge the battery if a charge associated with the battery is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Florida Atlantic University
    Inventors: Max Saelzer, Roger Messenger