ENERGY HARVESTING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: MOUMITA, Sarkar, SAMRAJ JABEZ, Dhinagar, SARVANI, Kuchibhotla, PRAMILA RAO, Nileshwar
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.12.2022
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CYCLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR; RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRAILERS; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

An energy harvesting vehicle includes multiple vehicle body parts and at least one solar module. Solar cells constituting at least one solar module are positioned in a section of at least one of the vehicle body parts. A pair of electrical connections of the solar cells and a protective layer of a predetermined thickness formed on a top surface of the solar cells are positioned in the section. Such a resin molded integration of a solar module to a vehicle body part allows for the installation of the solar module with non-flexible solar cells, even on non-flat surfaces or uneven surfaces.