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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Songtao Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shinya Iwasaki, Susono, JP;
Taizo Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryota Tomizawa, Susono, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A wrapping film includes a transparent film with an ultraviolet-near infrared (UV-NIR) active layer and a visibly transparent infrared (VTIR) reflective layer. The transparent film is configured to be wrapped onto a surface, the UV-NIR active layer is configured to absorb at least one of UV light or NIR light and emit IR light, and the VTIR reflective layer is configured to reflect the emitted IR light. The wrapping film also includes a photovoltaic solar cell disposed on an edge of and in optical communication with the transparent film and the photovoltaic solar cell is configured to receive the reflected IR light and generate electricity.