Mazda Motor Corporation

Tooru Niitani

Shinshi Kajimoto

Mitsutoshi Kuroiwa

Osamu Michihira

Osamu Michihara

A solar battery system for a vehicle comprises a solar battery mounted on a body of the vehicle, a load connector for connecting selectively at least one of electric equipments provided in the vehicle with the solar battery so as to apply an output of the solar battery to the electric equipment connected thereby with the solar battery, a battery output checker for detecting the magnitude of the output of the solar battery, and a controller operative to select in response to the magnitude of the output of the solar battery detected by the battery output checker one or more of the electric equipments provided in the vehicle, which operate with power consumption corresponding appropriately to the output of the solar battery, as one or more electric equipments to be connected by the load connector with the solar battery.

Solar battery systems for vehicles

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.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Tooru Niitani