Energy storage device

• US 9,497,838 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2014
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai-Yin Huang
• Original Assignee: Tai-Yin Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Tai-Yin
• Primary Examiner(s): TAT, BINH C
• Application Number:
  US14/460,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 320106-114
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00304 Overcurrent protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/345 using capacitors as storage or buffering devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05F 7/00 Use of naturally-occurring electricity, e.g. lightning or static electricity

Abstract

An energy storage device configured for a vehicle or a building is provided. The energy storage device includes a receiving element, a conduction element, a limiting current element, a voltage dividing element, and a storage element. The receiving element is configured for receiving a lightning'"'"'s electrical power in an environment. The conduction element is coupled to the receiving element and is configured for conducting a first path or a second path in accordance with an electrical property of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power. The voltage dividing element is coupled to the limiting current element and is configured for dividing a voltage of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power. The storage element is coupled to the voltage dividing element and is configured for storing the lightning'"'"'s electrical power.

Claims

1. An energy storage device, configured for a vehicle, a vessel or an aircraft, the energy storage device comprising:

a receiving element, configured for receiving a lightning'"'"'s electrical power in an environment;

a conduction element, coupled to the receiving element and configured for conducting a first path or a second path in accordance with an electrical property of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power;

a limiting current element, coupled to the conduction element and configured for limiting a current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power;

a voltage dividing element, directly coupled to the limiting current element and configured for dividing a voltage of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power; and

a storage element, coupled to the voltage dividing element and configured for storing the lightning'"'"'s electrical power, wherein the storage element comprises one or more super capacitors;

wherein a first one-way conduction element is configured in the first path, a second one-way conduction element is configured in the second path, one end of the first one-way conduction element is electrically connected to one end of the second one-way conduction element, and the first one-way conduction element and the second one-way conduction element are configured reversely;

wherein the limiting current element provides the limited current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power to the voltage dividing element, and the limiting current element has a preset current value;

wherein when the current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power is higher than the preset current value, a current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power exceeding the preset current value is guided and discharged to the environment;

wherein the voltage dividing element has one or more voltage dividers, each of the voltage dividers provides a voltage suitable for the storage element to the storage element, and the voltage dividing element has a preset voltage value;

wherein when the voltage of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power is higher than the preset voltage value, a voltage of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power exceeding the preset voltage value is guided and discharged to the environment.

2. The energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein a positively charged current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power flows through the first one-way conduction element, or a negatively charged electron of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power current flows through the second one-way conduction element.

3. The energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle, the vessel or the aircraft forms a Faraday'"'"'s cage, wherein the Faraday'"'"'s cage shelters parts of the large current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power and a partial current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power can be received from the receiving element.

4. The energy storage device according to claim 3, wherein the conduction element determines whether the lightning'"'"'s electrical power is positively or negatively charged, the first one-way conduction element comprises one or more serial diodes, and the second one-way conduction element comprises one or more serial diodes.

5. The energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein the limiting current element comprises a current divider;

wherein when the current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power is higher than the preset current value, the current divider guides a current of the lightning'"'"'s electrical power exceeding the preset current value to a discharge element.

6. The energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage dividing element comprises one or more voltage dividers, each of the voltage dividers has a ground end and couples to the storage element configured for storing the lightning'"'"'s electrical power.

7. The energy storage device according to claim 5, wherein the discharge element is a ground element or a discharger, the receiving element is one or more conductive projections configured in a housing of the vehicle, the vessel or the aircraft, and each of the conductive projections is a lightning rod.

8. The energy storage device according to claim 6, wherein the discharge element is a ground element or a discharger, the receiving element is one or more conductive projections configured in a housing of the vehicle, the vessel or the aircraft, and each of the conductive projections is a lightning rod.

9. The energy storage device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a cell element, coupled to the storage element and configured for outputting a power to an electrical equipment of the vehicle, the vessel or the aircraft.