Intelligent shading charging systems

• US 10,159,316 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ShadeCraft, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ShadeCraft, Inc.
• Inventors: Gharabegian, Armen Sevada
• Primary Examiner(s): Hawk, Noah Chandler
• Application Number:
  US15/212,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 15/00 Umbrellas with detachable covers
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 17/00 Tiltable umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2017/005 with additional rotation about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2023/0012 Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2025/003 Accessories not covered by groups A45B25/24 - A45B25/30
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1009 combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1018 with illuminating devices, e.g. electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1027 with means for generating solar energy
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 23/00 Other umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/02 Umbrella frames
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/16 Automatic openers, e.g. frames with spring mechanisms A45B25/143 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/165 with fluid or electric actuators
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/18 Covers detachable A45B15/00; Means for fastening same
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/012 Foldable support elements
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/12 using posts in combination with upper profiles
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 30/452 Vertical primary axis
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/30 Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/32 : specially adapted for solar tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 30/20 : Collapsible or foldable PV modules
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 40/38 : Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 : Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 : Mountings or tracking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 : Photovoltaic [PV] energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 70/30 : Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 : Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

An intelligent shading charging system, includes a housing having a rechargeable battery installed therein, a lower support assembly connected to the housing and an upper support assembly, the upper support assembly including one or more arm support assemblies. The intelligent shading charging system further includes a hinging assembly connecting a lower support assembly to an upper support assembly to allow an upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the lower support assembly, one or more arms connected to the one or more are support assemblies, a shading fabric; and one or more solar cell arrays mounted on or integrated within the shading fabric.

Claims

1. An intelligent shading charging system, comprising:

a housing having a rechargeable battery installed therein;

a lower support assembly connected to the housing;

an upper support assembly, the upper support assembly comprising one or more arm support assemblies;

a hinging assembly connecting the lower support assembly to the upper support assembly to allow the upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the lower support assembly;

a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a motor controller and a motor, the motor controller and the motor causing the upper support assembly to rotate the upper support assembly with respect to the lower support assembly via the hinging assembly, the motor assembly housed inside the lower support assembly;

one or more arms connected to the one or more arm support assemblies;

a shading fabric;

one or more solar cell arrays mounted on or integrated within the shading fabric; and

one or more digital cameras, the one or more digital cameras capturing images, video and/or sound of an area surrounding an intelligent shading charging system.

2. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, the housing further including an interface coupled to an electrical power supply system, the electrical power supply system comprising a power grid.

3. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 2, the rechargeable battery in the housing providing excess electrical power to the power grid.

4. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 2, the housing further including an electrical vehicle charging port, the electrical power supply system further providing power to the electrical vehicle charging port.

5. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, the rechargeable battery in the housing receiving electrical power from the one or more solar cell arrays.

6. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, the rechargeable battery in the housing providing electrical power to components, circuits and/or assemblies in the lower support assembly and/or the upper support assembly.

7. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, the housing further including an electrical vehicle charging port, the electrical vehicle charging port being coupled to the rechargeable battery and the rechargeable battery providing power to the electrical vehicle charging port.

8. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, the lower support assembly further comprising a light assembly, the light assembly projecting light in a downward direction.

9. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 8, further comprising an additional lighting assembly, the additional lighting assembly projecting light in an upward direction.

10. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 1, further comprising a computing device, the computing device installed within the lower support assembly or the upper support assembly, the computing device further comprising a volatile memory device, a processor, a non-volatile memory device, and computer-readable instructions stored on a non-volatile memory device, loaded into a volatile memory device and executed by the processor.

11. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 10, further comprising a wireless transceiver device, the one or more digital cameras to communicate the captured images, videos and/or sound to the wireless transceiver device, which communicates the captured images, videos and/or sound to the non-volatile memory device.

12. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 11, further comprising the wireless transceiver communicating the captured images, video, and/or sound to an external computing device.

13. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 11, further comprising a display coupled to the intelligent shading charging system, the captured images, videos and/or sound being communicated to the display.

14. An intelligent shading charging system, comprising:

a housing having a rechargeable battery installed therein;

a lower support assembly connected to the housing;

an upper support assembly, the upper support assembly comprising one or more arm support assemblies;

a hinging assembly connecting a lower support assembly to an upper support assembly to allow an upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the lower support assembly;

one or more arms connected to the one or more are support assemblies;

a shading fabric; and

a base assembly installed within the housing including the rechargeable battery, the lower support assembly to be inserted into an opening of the base assembly and the lower support assembly to rotate about an azimuth axis with respect to the base assembly.

15. An intelligent shading charging system, comprising:

a housing having a rechargeable battery installed therein;

a lower support assembly connected to the housing;

an upper support assembly, the upper support assembly comprising one or more arm support assemblies;

a hinging assembly connecting a lower support assembly to an upper support assembly to allow an upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the lower support assembly;

one or more arms connected to the one or more are support assemblies;

a shading fabric;

one or more solar cell arrays mounted on or integrated within the shading fabric;

a wireless transceiver; and

an additional wireless transceiver, the additional wireless transceiver to provide wireless communications capability for a computing device, such as a wireless computing device within an electric vehicle.

16. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 15, the lower support assembly comprising an additional motor assembly.

17. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 16, wherein the additional motor assembly to cause the lower support assembly to rotate about an azimuth axis with respect to the housing including the rechargeable battery.

18. The intelligent shading charging system of claim 15, the upper support assembly comprising an additional motor assembly, the additional motor assembly to cause the one or more arm support assemblies to deploy outward from the upper support assembly to cause the one or more arms and/or shading fabric to be deployed.