SOLAR POWER SYSTEM

• US 20130285454A1
• Filed: 12/24/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hua-Zheng Zhang, Kai-Kuei Wu, Kuan-Hong Hsieh, Kun-Chih Hsieh, Yong-Hui Hu
• Inventors: HU, YONG-HUI, HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, ZHANG, HUA-ZHENG, WU, KAI-KUEI, HSIEH, KUN-CHIH
• Application Number:
  US13/726,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20130285454A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/65
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 6/00 Devices for producing mechanical power from solar energy solar boilers F24
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/46 Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines

Abstract

A solar power system includes a solar panel for converting solar power into direct current power. The solar power system further includes an electric power detecting device, an elevator mechanism, an electric current control unit and a fixing mechanism. The elevator mechanism mechanically pulls a weight under a direct current motor and drives the direct current motor to rotate to generate electric power when the weigh falls. The electric current control unit outputs the direct current power to the direct current motor when the direct current power is equal to a predetermined value and stops outputting the direct current power when the weight is pulled to a predetermined. The fixing mechanism keeps the weight staying at the predetermined height and enables the weight to fall so that the elevator mechanism driving the direct current motor to rotate to generate electric power.

Claims

1. A solar power system comprising:

a solar panel configured for converting solar power into direct current power;

an electric power detecting device configured for detecting the direct current power converted by the solar panel;

a direct current motor configured to be powered by the direct current power to rotate;

an elevator mechanism mechanically connected to the direct current motor and a weight, the elevator configured for being driven by the direct current motor to pull the weight to a predetermined height and driving the direct current motor to rotate to generate electric power when the weigh falls;

an electric current control unit configured for enabling the direct current power converted by the solar panel to flow through the direct current motor when the direct current power is equal to a predetermined value, powering the direct current motor to drive the elevator mechanism to pull the weight, and disabling the solar panel to provide the direct current power to the direct current motor when the weight is at the predetermined height, thereby the direct current motor stopping rotating; and

a fixing mechanism configured for keeping the weight staying at the predetermined height, and enabling the weight to fall from the predetermined height to drive the direct current motor to rotate via the elevator mechanism, thereby electric power being generated by the rotating direct current motor and provided to a load.

2. The solar power system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing mechanism comprising:

a support member located at the predetermined height and defining a through hole therein for allowing the weight to move therethrough;

a fixing switch member mounted above the through hole, and configured for generating a trigger signal in response to a touch of the weight on the fixing switch member when the weight is pulled to move upwardly through the through hole to the predetermined height;

a close mechanism; and

a controller electrically connected to the fixing switch member, configured for controlling the close mechanism to move towards the through hole to close the through hole in response to the trigger signal, thereby the weight being intercepted by and staying on the close mechanism, and further configured for controlling the close mechanism to move away from the through hole to open the through hole after a predetermined time has elapsed, which enables the weight to drop.

3. The solar power system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elevator mechanism comprising:

a gear box mechanically coupled to the direct current motor;

a coiling block mounted on an output shaft of the gear box; and

a rope wound on the coiling block with an end mounted on the coiling block and the other end connected to the weight.

4. The solar power system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the gear box is a transmission mechanism including a plurality of gears