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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1991
Shinshi Kajimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Tooru Niitani, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Michihira, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsutoshi Kuroiwa, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
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.