Electric vehicle and equipment therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071638-B2
Application number	US-201715420330-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	Feb 1, 2016
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electric vehicle including a power source, an electric motor adapted to be supplied with electric power from the power source for vehicle driving, a sheet-shaped solar battery for electric power generation, a storing portion for storing the sheet-shaped solar battery in its nonoperating condition, and a connecting unit for allowing the supply of electric power from the sheet-shaped solar battery to at least one of the electric motor and the power source, wherein when the sheet-shaped solar battery is used to perform electric power generation, the sheet-shaped solar battery is taken out of the storing portion and then spread to effect photovoltaic power generation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a power source;
an electric motor adapted to be supplied with electric power from said power source for vehicle driving;
a sheet-shaped solar battery for electric power generation;
a storing portion for storing said sheet-shaped solar battery in its nonoperating condition; and
connecting means for allowing supply of electric power from said sheet-shaped solar battery to at least one of said electric motor and said power source;
wherein when said sheet-shaped solar battery is used to perform electric power generation, said sheet-shaped solar battery is taken out of said storing portion and then spread to effect photovoltaic power generation,
wherein said sheet-shaped solar battery is spread on a back side of said electric vehicle so as to come into contact with a road surface, and
wherein said sheet-shaped solar battery is stored in a rolled condition in said storing portion.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a position of said storing portion is set so that said electric vehicle can be driven in a condition where said sheet-shaped solar battery is spread.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power source includes a storage battery, and said storage battery is adapted to be charged by said sheet-shaped solar battery in its spread condition.

4. An electric vehicle comprising:
a power source;
an electric motor adapted to be supplied with electric power from said power source for vehicle driving;
a sheet-shaped solar battery for electric power generation;
a storing portion for storing said sheet-shaped solar battery in its nonoperating condition; and
connecting means for allowing supply of electric power from said sheet-shaped solar battery to at least one of said electric motor and said power source;
wherein when said sheet-shaped solar battery is used to perform electric power generation, said sheet-shaped solar battery is taken out of said storing portion and then spread to effect photovoltaic power generation,

wherein said sheet-shaped solar battery is spread on a back side of said electric vehicle so as to come into contact with a road surface.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein said power source includes a storage battery, and said storage battery is adapted to be charged by said sheet-shaped solar battery in its spread condition.

6. Equipment for an electric vehicle including a storage battery and an electric motor adapted to be supplied with electric power from said storage battery for vehicle driving, said equipment comprising:
a sheet-shaped solar battery for electric power generation; and
coupling means for supplying electric power from said sheet-shaped solar battery to at least one of said storage battery and said electric motor,
wherein said sheet-shaped solar battery is adapted to be rolled for storage in said electric vehicle, and
wherein said sheet-shaped solar battery is spread on a back side of said electric vehicle so as to come into contact with a road surface.

Assignees

• Disco Corp

Inventors

• Sekiya Kazuma

Classifications

• B60L53/51

  Photovoltaic means · CPC title

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• B60Y2200/91

  Electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60K2016/003

  solar power driven · CPC title

• Y02T10/90

  Energy harvesting concepts as power supply for auxiliaries' energy consumption, e.g. photovoltaic sun-roof · CPC title