Self-charging solar battery

Patent · Tue Jan 07 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5766523

Curiel, R F

This self-charging solar battery consists of: a flashlight housing formed at least partially of a transparent material, an open-ended cylindrical battery housing formed at least partially of a transparent material, a rechargeable battery cell means mounted in the battery housing (with its transparent material positioned adjacent the transparent material of the flashlight housing and comprising positive and negative terminals, one at each end thereof), a solar electric panel comprising photo-voltaic cell means having positive and negative terminals, and a diode means mounted in the battery housing and comprising an anode and a cathode. The solar battery also has: a first means for connecting the positive terminal of the photo-voltaic cell means to the anode and for connecting the cathode to the positive terminal of the battery cell means, a second means for connecting the negative terminal of the battery cell means to the negative terminal of the photo-voltaic cell means, and cap means for closing each end of the battery housing.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-86-093798
• Patent Number(s): US 4563727
• OSTI ID: 5766523
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
ANODES
BATTERY CHARGING
CATHODES
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRODES
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUIPMENT
EXCITATION
MATERIALS
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POSITIONING
RADIATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION