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Solar powered golf cart

  • US 4,744,430 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1987
  • Issued: 05/17/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vehicle having a propulsion motor powered by electrical energy, a battery and solar cell assembly for providing electrical energy comprising:

  • a plurality of batteries;

    a solar cell array having a plurality of solar cell panels;

    said solar cell array connected to supply electricity to said batteries;

    each of said panels having a flexible substrate facilitating the positioning of said panel is other than a planar configuration;

    each of said substrates having a rectilinear configuration defined by edges and said substrates mechanically joined along abutting edges to form a rectilinear array having a peripheral margin;

    a fabric covering extending beneath said rectilinear array and enclosing said peripheral margin of said array; and

    a support structure beneath said fabric covering having a plurality of longitudinal supports connected by a plurality of lateral supports.

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