Energy supply circuit without power converter and electronic device using same

    公开(公告)号:US10379568B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15030777

    申请日:2014-10-21

    摘要: The present invention relates to an energy supply circuit for instantly supplying power without a power converter and an electronic device which operates only when energy is supplied from an energy source using the same. An energy supply circuit without a power converter according to the present invention comprises: an energy extraction unit 10 for generating power from an energy source; and output unit 20 for supplying power to an external electronic circuit; a switch unit 30 interposed between the energy extraction unit and the output unit 20 to connect an output end of the energy extraction unit 10 to the output unit 20 when switched on; and a maximum power point tracking control unit 40 for generating an open/closed signal for opening or closing the switch unit 30 according to the voltage and current of the energy extraction unit 10. The present invention has a technical feature wherein a turn-on point of the open/closed signal comes at a time when the output end voltage of the energy extraction unit 10 is Vh, and a turn-off point comes at a time when the output end voltage of the energy extraction unit 10 is Vl. Accordingly, the present invention has a simple configuration, low manufacturing costs, has no energy loss due to the power conversion, and has no reduction in life due to charging and discharging of an energy storage device.

    METHOD OF FORMING A RETAINING CLIP
    35.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190154170A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16238005

    申请日:2019-01-02

    摘要: A method of forming a retaining clip configured to secure an elongate member to a generally planar panel is described herein. The retaining clip includes a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and an end wall interconnecting the side walls. The side walls define a gap configured to receive the panel. The retaining clip includes further includes a resilient first cantilevered prong projecting into the gap from the first side wall and a resilient second cantilevered prong projecting from into the first gap from the second side wall. Free ends of the first and second prongs are characterized as having a pair of pointed barbs on distal edges of the first and second prongs. The pointed barbs are configured to increase a removal force required to remove the panel from the first gap. A method of forming such a retaining clip is also described.

    High-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with solar panel

    公开(公告)号:US10130055B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US14909487

    申请日:2015-02-25

    发明人: Masayuki Iwai

    摘要: [Problem] To provide a high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with a solar panel having a large power generation amount while ensuring light quantity for a plant.[Solution] Since the high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system 80 equipped with a solar panel has a light transmitting region A provided at the solar panel 50, more light can be taken into the frame unit and can be utilized for cultivating the plants P1 and P2. Since the double-sided light receiving solar cell 52 is employed for the solar panel 50 and light reflectivity is given to the floating bench 34, the weed-proof sheet 56, the vertical frame 20b and the like, light which does not shine on the plants P1 and P2 is reflected to a light receiving region on a rear face side of the double-sided light receiving solar cell 52 and can be effectively utilized for power generation. Thus, a large power generation amount can be obtained while ensuring light quantity for the plants.

    Light trapping optical structure
    39.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09678321B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-13

    申请号:US14181439

    申请日:2014-02-14

    申请人: Sergiy Vasylyev

    发明人: Sergiy Vasylyev

    摘要: A light trapping optical cover employing an optically transparent layer with a plurality of light deflecting elements. The transparent layer is configured for an unimpeded light passage through its body and has a broad light input surface and an opposing broad light output surface. The light deflecting elements deflect light incident into the transparent layer at a sufficiently high bend angle with respect to a surface normal and direct the deflected light toward a light harvesting device adjacent to the light output surface. The deflected light is retained by means of at least TIR in the system formed by the optical cover and the light harvesting device which allows for longer light propagation paths through the photoabsorptive layer of the device and for an improved light absorption. The optical cover may further employ a focusing array of light collectors being pairwise associated with the respective light deflecting elements.

    PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE STACKABLE CORNER PROTECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20170137200A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:US14941438

    申请日:2015-11-13

    IPC分类号: B65D81/05 H02S40/00

    摘要: The disclosure describes various stackable corner protector configurations. The corner protectors can have curved lateral surfaces that allow the corner protectors to be decoupled from a photovoltaic module to which they are coupled to by rotating one end of the corner protectors away from the object. This removal process works even more efficiently with multiple stacked corner protectors as the stacked corner protectors can be concurrently removed from the object by rotating the stacked corner protectors away from the object together. The corner protector can also include one or more attachment features for securing the corner protector to the object. For example, when the corner protector is installed on a photovoltaic module, the attachment feature can engage a lip defined by a recess or channel of the photovoltaic module.