Energy-saving fluorescent lamp

• US 20100328930A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ching-Fu Tsai, Ming-Jung Wu
• Original Assignee: Ching-Fu Tsai, Ming-Jung Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Ming-Jung, Tsai, Ching-Fu
• Application Number:
  US12/458,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20100328930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/183
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/037 the solar unit and the lighting unit being located within or on the same housing
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

This invention relates to an energy-saving fluorescent lamp in which a solar energy collection unit is provided on the reflection hood of the fluorescent lamp, the solar energy collection unit being connected to a power storage unit through the circuit of a light-to-electricity converting unit, the power storage unit being capable of supplying electricity to the fluorescent lamp tube, a control unit being further provided between the power storage unit and the fluorescent lamp tube, the power storage unit being controlled by the control unit in such a manner that the power is supplied to the tube only when the power storage unit is stored with electricity, otherwise the tube being still supplied with electricity of utility power. In this manner, energy-saving effect can be achieved.

Claims

1. An energy-saving fluorescent lamp, wherein a solar energy collection unit is provided on the reflection hood of said fluorescent lamp, said solar energy collection unit being connected to a power storage unit through the circuit of a light-to-electricity converting unit so as to store the electricity obtained by the conversion of said light-to-electricity converting unit, the output end of said power storage unit being connected to a control unit which is provided between the utility power and the fluorescent lamp tube;

with this structure, said power storage unit being controlled by said control unit in such a manner that the electricity stored in said power storage unit is supplied to the lamp tube only when said power storage unit is stored with electricity, otherwise said lamp tube is still supplied with electricity of utility power.