Power wiring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021167628-A1
Application number	US-201816769582-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 8, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Jun 3, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a power wiring device that can suppress reduction of electricity generation efficiency due to the external environment. The power wiring device includes: a plurality of circuit modules each including a first connector and a second connector; and a wiring member including a third connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the first connector and a fourth connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the second connector, and in which the third connector and the fourth connector are electrically connected to one another. The plurality of circuit modules includes: an energy harvesting module as a circuit module that can output, from the first connector and the second connector, electric power obtained through energy harvesting; and a load module as a circuit module that can consume electric power input from the first connector and electric power input from the second connector.

First claim

1 . A power wiring device comprising:
a plurality of circuit modules each including a first connector and a second connector; and a wiring member including a third connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the first connector and a fourth connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the second connector, and in which the third connector and the fourth connector are electrically connected to one another, wherein the plurality of circuit modules includes: an energy harvesting module as a circuit module that can output, from the first connector and the second connector, electric power obtained through energy harvesting; and a load module as a circuit module that can consume electric power input from the first connector and electric power input from the second connector.

2 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , wherein the energy harvesting module includes or is connectable to an energy harvesting part that can generate electric power through energy harvesting.

3 . The power wiring device according to claim 2 , wherein the energy harvesting module includes a reverse current preventing part that restricts current from flowing into the energy harvesting part from either or both of the first connector and the second connector.

4 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , wherein the load module includes or is connectable to a load that can consume electric power.

5 . The power wiring device according to claim 4 , wherein the load module includes a voltage controlling part that controls, to a specific voltage, a voltage that is input from either or both of the first connector and the second connector and outputs the specific voltage to the load.

6 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the wiring member, wherein
the plurality of circuit modules includes a plurality of the energy harvesting module.

7 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the wiring member, wherein
the plurality of circuit modules includes a plurality of the load module.

8 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , further comprising a switching member including: a fifth connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the third connector; a sixth connector that is mechanically attachable to and detachable from the fourth connector; and a switching part that can switch between electrical connection and electrical disconnection between the fifth connector and the sixth connector.

9 . The power wiring device according to claim 8 , wherein the switching part is a switch element.

10 . The power wiring device according to claim 8 , comprising a plurality of the wiring member, wherein
the plurality of circuit modules includes a plurality of circuit module groups each including a plurality of circuit modules connected via one or more wiring members among the plurality of the wiring member, and at least two circuit module groups among the plurality of circuit module groups are connected to one another via the switching member.

11 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , further comprising a branching member including: a fifth connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the third connector; and a sixth connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the fourth connector, and including at least one of the fifth connector and the sixth connector in plurality.

12 . The power wiring device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of circuit modules includes a secondary battery module as a circuit module that includes a secondary battery and that can switch between a charging state in which electric power input from either or both of the first connector and the second connector charges the secondary battery and a power supplying state in which electric power from the secondary battery is output from the first connector and the second connector.

13 . A power wiring device comprising a plurality of circuit modules each including: a first connector; and a second connector that is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from the first connector, wherein
the plurality of circuit modules includes: an energy harvesting module as a circuit module that can output, from the first connector and the second connector, electric power obtained through energy harvesting; and a load module as a circuit module that can consume electric power input from the first connector and electric power input from the second connector.

Assignees

• Zeon Corp

Inventors

• Yoshida Masayoshi
• Kojima Kiyoshige

Classifications

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02E70/30

  Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin · CPC title

• H02S40/36

  characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules, e.g. electrical module-to-module connection · CPC title

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title