Patent ID: 8418477

Claim:
An apparatus for cooling an interior of a vehicle comprising: a solar photo-voltaic panel removably positioned on an inside of a window or a windshield of the vehicle to block at least a portion of sun rays from entering the vehicle and configured to convert energy from the sun rays to generate a DC voltage; and a thermoelectric cooling assembly powered by the DC voltage; wherein the thermoelectric cooling assembly comprises a casing having a thermoelectric module having a cold side exposed to air in the interior of the vehicle and a hot side exposed by a narrow opening in the casing to air exterior of the vehicle, the thermoelectric module adapted to transfer heat from the air in the interior of the vehicle to the air exterior of the vehicle; wherein there is substantially no flow of air through the thermoelectric cooling assembly from the interior to the exterior of the vehicle; and wherein the narrow opening in the casing is adapted to be positioned in a narrow opening between a top of a vehicle window and a frame of the vehicle; and wherein the apparatus further comprises a sealing grommet adapted to be positioned in the narrow opening between the top of the vehicle window and the frame of the vehicle.