METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR PANELS FOR AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INSIDE A TRUCK/SEMI/VEHICLE

• US 20100263947A1
• Filed: 06/29/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Green Solar Transportation, LLC
• Original Assignee: Green Solar Transportation, LLC
• Inventors: Glass, Gerald G., Reichart, Chris John
• Application Number:
  US12/494,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20100263947A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/2.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/003 Converting light into electric energy, e.g. by using photo-voltaic systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/46 for ICE-powered road vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Abstract

A method for generating electricity from solar power to an electrical system inside a truck/semi/vehicle relying on a photovoltaic panels (1) DC disconnects (2,3); charge controller (4); batteries (5); electrical wires, and fuses. The photovoltaic panel(s) will generate electrical power that will provide sufficient power to run an electrical system inside a truck/semi/vehicle or an electrical system.

Claims

1. A method for providing solar power to an electrical system inside a truck/semi/vehicle comprising:

a) one or more photovoltaic panels positioned on the top of the truck/semi/vehicle roof top;

b) two or more DC disconnect units that protect against charge overflow;

c) a charge controller that checks a battery'"'"'s power level, load consumption and amount of electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels;

d) one or more batteries that will store the electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels;

e) an electrical system inside a truck/semi/vehicle that uses the stored energy from the photovoltaic panels.

2. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) an assembly receptacle that stores the DC disconnect and the charge controller;

b) an electrical connection that connects the photovoltaic panels to the first

DC controller.

3. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) an electrical connection between the first DC disconnect and the charge controller;

b) an electrical connection between the charge controller and the load.

4. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) an electrical connection between the second DC disconnect and the batteries, for solar power storage;

b) an electrical connection between the batteries and the photovoltaic panel.

5. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity needed by the load.

6. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity needed by the batteries.

7. The method as in claim 1 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels.

8. An improved method for directing the electricity generated by photovoltaic panels into a load.

9. The improved method as in claim 8 and further comprising:

a) in one embodiment the load is an AC handling unit;

b) the manner in which the panels were mounted;

c) the way the wires were run and the manner of installation of the DC disconnect units were wired together make this unit work with enough electrical output to run an AC handling unit.

10. The improved method as in claim 8 and further comprising:

a) A load that will utilize the electricity generated by the solar panels;

11. The improved method as in claim 8 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity needed by the load.

12. The method as in claim 8 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity needed by the batteries.

13. The method as in claim 8 and further comprising:

a) the logical settings in the DC disconnect to measure the level of electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels.

14. An improved photovoltaic apparatus for generating and directing the electricity generated by photovoltaic panels into a load. Such apparatus having an extremely high amount of electrical current, is an improvement to all previous apparatus because it is capable of running an AC handling unit or an electrical system inside a truck/semi/vehicle for longer periods of time.