Solar lamp for outdoor use
US6729742B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B20/72
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Solar lamp for outdoor use, in particular a garden lamp, road or street lamp or such, consisting of one or more solar module, and a housing with a storage means for electric energy (battery), which is electrically connected to the solar module, and one or more luminous body, whereby between the battery and the luminous body a circuit is provided, which reacts to signals from a light sensor attached to the solar lamp, and which enables or disables the electrical connection between the battery and the luminous body depending on the degree of brightness/darkness, whereby the housing is provided with two or more walls of different orientation which do not converge parallel to each other, and whereby one or more solar modules are arranged on each wall, or that the walls are formed by solar modules.
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