US4911257A
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Vehicle having a solar battery system
Assignee: Mazda Motor Corp
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Filing: 1988-11-15
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Granted: 1990-03-27
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Expires: 2008-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A solar battery system for a vehicle comprises a solar battery mounted on a body of the vehicle, an actinometer provided on the body for detecting the quantity of solar radiation supplied to the body, a controller for comparing an output of the solar battery with a detection output of the actinometer to obtain a result of comparison and generating an alarm signal when the result of comparison is out of a predetermined condition, and a warning device provided in a cabin formed in the vehicle for giving a warning in response to the alarm signal obtained from the controller.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinshi Kajimoto
- 👤 Tooru Niitani
- 👤 Osamu Michihara
- 👤 Mitsutoshi Kuroiwa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:03
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60L; B60L1/00; B60H; B60H1/00; B60H1/00642; B60H1/00978; B60L8/00; B60L8/003; B60L2250/00; B60L2250/16; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/7072; Y02T10/80; Y02T10/88; Y10; Y10S; Y10S136/00; Y10S136/291; Y10S320/00; Y10S320/18; Y10S454/00; Y10S454/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A vehicle having a solar battery system comprising: a solar battery mounted on a body of the vehicle, actinometer means for detecting the quantity of solar radiation supplied to the body of the vehicle, control means operative to compare an output of said solar battery with a detection output of said actinometer means to obtain a result of comparison and generate an alarm signal when the result of comparison obtained is out of a predetermined condition, and warning means provided in the vehicle cabin for giving a warning in response to the alarm signal obtained from said controller.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A vehicle having a solar battery system comprising: a solar battery mounted on a body of the vehicle, actinometer means for detecting the quantity of solar radiation supplied to the body of the vehicle, control means operative to compare an output of said solar battery with a detection output of said actinometer means to obtain a result of comparison and generate an alarm signal when the result of comparison obtained is out of a predetermined condition, and warning means provided in the vehicle cabin for giving a warning in response to the alarm signal obtained from said controller.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said actinometer means is positioned close to a lower portion of a front windshield of the vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said actinometer means is disposed on an instrument panel provided in a front portion of the cabin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said actinometer means is positioned close to a lower portion of a rear windshield of the vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said actinometer means is disposed on a rear shelf panel provided in a rear portion of the cabin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said actinometer means comprises a plurality of actinometers disposed at different portions of the vehicle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vehicle according to claim 6, wherein said control means is operative to compare the output of said solar battery with the maximum one of the detection outputs of said plurality of actinometers to obtain the result of said comparison.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vehicle according to claim 6, wherein at least two of said actinometers are disposed in front and rear portions of the cabin, respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
A vehicle according to claim 8, wherein said control means is operative to compare the output of said solar battery with the maximum one of the detection outputs of said actinometers disposed in the front and rear portions of the cabin to obtain the result of comparison.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
A vehicle according to claim 8, wherein said two of said actinometers are disposed on an instrument panel provided in the front portion of the cabin and on a rear shelf panel provided in the rear portion of the cabin, respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said solar battery is disposed on a roof portion of the body of the vehicle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A vehicle according to claim 11, wherein said actinometer means comprises a plurality of actinometers and at least two of said actinometers are disposed in front and rear portions of the cabin, respectively.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
A vehicle according to claim 12, wherein said control means is operative to compare the output of said solar battery attached to the roof portion of the body of the vehicle with the maximum one of the detection outputs of the actinometers disposed in the front and rear portions of the cabin to obtain the result of comparison.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
A vehicle according to claim 13, wherein said two of said actinometers are disposed on an instrument panel provided in the front portion of the cabin and on a rear shelf panel provided in the rear portion of the cabin, respectively.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A vehicle according to claim 11, wherein said solar battery is attached to a slidable sun roof panel provided on the roof portion of the body of the vehicle.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
73 words
A vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the roof portion of the body of the vehicle is provided with an opening and said slidable sun roof panel is disposed selectively to shut the opening so as to position said solar battery to be able to receive the sunlight and to be stored under the roof portion so as to cause said solar battery to be shaded so as not to receive the sunlight.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said warning means is operative to give a visual warning in response to the alarm signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vehicle according to claim 17, wherein said warning means comprises a warning lamp provided on a dashboard disposed in a front portion of the cabin.
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