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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Jason N. Work, Victoria, CA;
Neil D. Wyper, Okotoks, CA;
Simon H. Lightbody, Victoria, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carmanah Technologies Corp., Victoria, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/12 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for powering a load from solar energy comprises logic is coupled to the converter to control its conversion rate. A detector is coupled to the converter and detects its power output. The logic is operable to adjust the conversion rate until the solar panel operates at the smaller of a maximum power point of the solar panel and a power point of the solar panel that results in a maximum desired power and second logic adjusts the energy consumption over a period of time as a function of the energy available from the solar panel over a previous same period of time.