Streetlight powered by solar energy

• US 20070052385A1
• Filed: 09/05/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chen-Yueh Fan
• Original Assignee: Chen-Yueh Fan
• Inventors: Fan, Chen-Yueh
• Application Number:
  US11/515,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052385A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/101
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/037 the solar unit and the lighting unit being located within or on the same housing
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/72 in street lighting

Abstract

A streetlight powered by solar energy has a lamppost, a circuit panel, a rechargeable battery and a solar array. The lamppost has a post and a lampshade. The lampshade is mounted around the top end of the post and has a top recess. The rechargeable battery is mounted in the lampshade and storing electricity. The solar array is mounted in the top recess in the lampshade and recharges the rechargeable battery. The circuit panel is mounted in the lampshade and has a light. Therefore, the solar array can absorb solar energy and transfer solar energy to electric energy to store electricity in the rechargeable battery. Then the rechargeable battery supplies power to the light.

Claims

1. A streetlight powered by solar energy comprising

a lamppost having

a post having a top end;

and

a lampshade mounted on the top end of the post and having a top recess and an open bottom;

a rechargeable battery mounted in the lampshade to store electricity;

a solar array mounted in the top recess in the lampshade, facing away from the lampshade to convert sunlight to direct current (dc) electricity and connected to the rechargeable battery; and

a circuit panel mounted in the lampshade and having

a bottom surface facing the open bottom of the lampshade;

a light mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit panel to receive dc electricity from the rechargeable battery; and

a control circuit mounted on the circuit panel.

2. The streetlight powered by solar energy as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control circuit connects the rechargeable battery to the light and has

a DC to DC converter connected to the rechargeable battery to convert the DC power of the rechargeable battery to multiple different voltage DC power sources and has multiple DC power source outputs;

a photo resistor;

a controller having

multiple input terminals connected to one DC power source output from the DC to DC converter through the photo resistor to determine whether the sunlight is weak or not according to voltage potential changes of the photo resistor;

an output terminal; and

a driving circuit connected to another DC power source output from the DC to DC converter, the output terminal of the controller and the light.

3. The streetlight powered by solar energy as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light is light emitting diodes.

4. The streetlight powered by solar energy as claimed in claim 3, wherein the streetlight has a wire connected to the control circuit on the circuit panel to power the LEDs.