Table With Solar Power Module

• US 20100064945A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Golden Sun Solar Lighting and Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Golden Sun Solar Lighting and Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Sierenberg, Ralf
• Application Number:
  US12/474,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20100064945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.20
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/04 Tables specially adapted for use in the garden or otherwise in the open air, e.g. with means for holding umbrellas or umbrella-like sunshades
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/048 Encapsulation of modules

Abstract

A table can include a surface structure supportable by at least one leg component. A solar module can be operatively coupled to said surface structure and capable of receiving photonic energy impinging upon an upper surface of said table.

Claims

1. A table comprising:

a surface structure;

at least one leg component operatively coupled to said surface structure; and

a solar module operatively coupled to said surface structure and capable of receiving photonic energy impinging upon an upper surface of said table;

2. The table of claim 1, further comprising:

a frame configured to hold said surface structure; and

an electrical outlet disposed in said frame and operatively coupled to said solar module to receive electrically energy from said solar module.

3. The table of claim 2, wherein said at least one leg component comprises a plurality of leg components hingeably coupled to said frame.

4. The table of claim 2, wherein said leg component is any one of collapsable, retractable, movable, and removable.

5. The table of claim 1, wherein said solar module is adhered to an upper surface of said surface structure.

6. The table of claim 1, wherein said solar module is disposed within a recess of said surface structure.

7. The table of claim 1, wherein the surface structure is transparent and said solar module is disposed beneath said surface structure.

8. The table of claim 1, further comprising a power module.

9. The table of claim 8, wherein the power module comprises a voltage protection circuit.

10. The table of claim 8, wherein the power module comprises a power inverter.

11. The table of claim 8, wherein the power module comprises a regulator.

12. The table of claim 8, wherein the power module comprises an energy storage module.

13. A method of using a solar powered table comprising:

configuring a solar powered table so that an upper surface of said solar powered table is exposed to a source of photonic energy;

converting said photonic energy into electrical energy using a solar module in said solar powered table;

operating an electrical device using said electrical energy.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing said electrical energy in a storage module in said solar powered table.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising converting said electrical energy using any one of a power inverter, a step up power regulator, and a step down power regulator.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said configuring comprises unfolding hingedly coupled portions of said solar panel table.