# US 2013/0278201 A1 · Multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition and method, solar energy harvesting buckyball, inductive coupling device; vehicle chassis; atmospheric intake hydrogen motor; electrical energy generating tire; and mechanical energy harvesting device

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- Number: US 2013/0278201 A1
- Document ID: US20130278201A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/673,595
- Filed: 2012-11-09
- Published: 2013-10-24
- Earliest claimed: 2005-08-05
- Inventors: Kahrl L Retti
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130278201A1

## CPC

- B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer
- B60L 5/005: {without mechanical contact between the collector and the power supply line}
- B60L 8/00: Electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind
- B60M 7/00: Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway
- F02M 21/0206: {Non-hydrocarbon fuels, e.g. hydrogen, ammonia or carbon monoxide}
- F02M 21/0227: {Means to treat or clean gaseous fuels or fuel systems, e.g. removal of tar, cracking, reforming or enriching}
- F02M 21/0296: {Manufacturing or assembly; Materials, e.g. coatings}
- H01J 45/00: Discharge tubes functioning as thermionic generators {(structural combination of fuel element with thermoelectric element G21C3/40; nuclear power plants using thermionic converters G21D7/04; structural combination of a radioactive source with a thermionic converter, e.g. radioisotope batteries G21H1/10; generators in which thermal or kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy by ionisation of a fluid and removal of the charge therefrom H02N3/00)}
- H02J 7/00: Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02K 7/1876: {with reciprocating, linearly oscillating or vibrating parts}
- H02N 2/18: producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators (for measurement devices G01)
- H02S 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- H10F 77/14: Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
- H10F 77/48: Back surface reflectors [BSR]
- H10N 30/30: with mechanical input and electrical output, e.g. functioning as generators or sensors
- H02J 7/35: with light sensitive cells
- Y02E 10/52: PV systems with concentrators
- Y02T 10/30: Use of alternative fuels, e.g. biofuels
- Y02T 10/64: Electric machine technologies in electromobility
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- B60M: POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY- PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B)
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- H02N: ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00)
- H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A multiple layer composition and method for deposition of a solar energy harvesting strip onto a driving surface that will allow electric cars to charge by an inductive coupling is provided. The multiple layer composition includes at least one magnetic material for generating a magnetic field, wherein at least one of the multiple layers comprises the magnetic material. Further, the a multiple layer composition includes at least one solar energy harvesting material for converting at least one of thermal and photonic energy into electrical energy, wherein at least one of the multiple layers comprises the at least one solar energy harvesting material and wherein the at least one solar energy harvesting material is located within a magnetic field generated by the at least one magnetic material. One of the layers may also include a thermal energy harvesting material for converting thermal energy into electrical energy.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for harvesting solar energy, the method comprising:
depositing a plurality of layers onto a surface area that is incident to solar energy, wherein at least one of the plurality of layers comprises at least one solar energy harvesting material bonded to the surface area and at least one of the plurality of layers comprises at least one magnetic material bonded to the surface area; and
converting at least one of thermal and photonic energy into electrical energy by the at least one solar energy harvesting material, wherein the at least one solar energy harvesting material is located within a magnetic field generated by the at least one magnetic material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one discharge capacitor is comprised by one or among more than one of the plurality of layers, the discharge capacitor comprising at least two conductors that are spaced apart and substantially parallel and at least one dielectric material between the conductors, wherein the at least one discharge capacitor is charged by the electrical energy and augments the magnetic field.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the depositing of the plurality of layers onto a surface area comprises depositing one or more of the plurality of layers by spraying, hand application, or film deposition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one magnetic material is deposited as a line array of a plurality of adjacent magnet portions substantially parallel to the surface area and substantially parallel to each other, wherein opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions are oriented such that a line between the opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions is perpendicular to the line array, further wherein each of the plurality of magnet portions have a substantially similar or opposite magnetic field orientation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the magnetic material is at least partially used for retaining and conveying information by staggering or eliminating portions of the magnetic material, or by adding diamagnetic material to the magnetic material to act as a magnetic field modifier.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one solar energy harvesting material is a thermal harvesting material for converting thermal energy into electrical energy and a photonic energy harvesting material for converting photonic energy into electrical energy, wherein the thermal harvesting material and photonic energy harvesting material are comprised by different layers of the plurality of layers.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of layers comprises a basecoat on which the magnetic material is deposited and another one of the plurality of layers comprises a transparent sealant material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the surface area that is incident to solar energy is one of a driving surface and a body panel of a vehicle.

### Claim 9

A multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition for deposition onto a surface area that is incident to solar energy, the composition comprising:
at least one magnetic material bonded to the surface area, for generating a magnetic field, wherein at least one of the multiple layers comprises the magnetic material; and
at least one solar energy harvesting material bonded to the surface area, for converting at least one of thermal and photonic energy into electrical energy, wherein at least one of the multiple layers comprises the at least one solar energy harvesting material and wherein the at least one solar energy harvesting material is located within a magnetic field generated by the at least one magnetic material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition according to claim 9, wherein at least one discharge capacitor is comprised by one or among more than one of the multiple layers, the discharge capacitor comprising at least two conductors that are spaced apart and substantially parallel and at least one dielectric material between the conductors, wherein the at least one discharge capacitor is charged by the electrical energy and augments the magnetic field.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition according to claim 10, wherein the deposition of the multiple layers onto a surface area comprises depositing one or more of the plurality of layers by spraying, hand application, or film deposition.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition according to claim 9, wherein the at least one magnetic material is deposited as a line array of a plurality of adjacent magnet portions substantially parallel to the surface area and substantially parallel to each other, wherein opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions are oriented such that a line between the opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions is perpendicular to the line array, further wherein each of the plurality of magnet portions have a substantially similar or opposite magnetic field orientation.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition of claim 9, wherein the magnetic material is at least partially used for retaining and conveying information by staggering or eliminating portions of the magnetic material, or by adding diamagnetic material to the magnetic material to act as a magnetic field modifier.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition according to claim 9, wherein the at least one solar energy harvesting material is a thermal harvesting material for converting thermal energy into electrical energy and a photonic energy harvesting material for converting photonic energy into electrical energy, wherein the thermal harvesting material and photonic energy harvesting material are comprised by different layers of the plurality of layers.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition of claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of layers comprises a basecoat on which the magnetic material is deposited and another one of the plurality of layers comprises a transparent sealant material.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The multiple layer solar energy harvesting composition according to claim 9, wherein the surface area that is incident to solar energy is one of a driving surface and a body panel of a vehicle.

### Claim 17

A method for harvesting solar energy, the method comprising:
depositing a plurality of layers onto a surface area that is incident to solar energy such that the plurality of layers are adhesively bonded to the surface area, wherein at least one of the plurality of layers comprises thermal energy harvesting material and at least one of the plurality of layers comprises a photonic energy harvesting material; and
converting thermal and photonic energy into electrical energy by the thermal and photonic energy harvesting materials, respectively.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein the depositing of the plurality of layers onto a surface area comprises depositing one or more of the plurality of layers by spraying, hand application, or film deposition.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of layers comprises a magnetic material for generating a magnetic field, the magnetic material being deposited as a line array of a plurality of adjacent magnet portions substantially parallel to the surface area and substantially parallel to each other, wherein opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions are oriented such that a line between the opposing polar regions of each of the plurality of magnet portions is perpendicular to the line array, further wherein each of the plurality of magnet portions have a substantially similar or opposite magnetic field orientation.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method according to claim 19, wherein at least one discharge capacitor is comprised by one or among more than one of the plurality of layers, the discharge capacitor comprising at least two conductors that are spaced apart and substantially parallel and at least one dielectric between the conductors, wherein the at least one discharge capacitor is charged by the electrical energy and augments the magnetic field.

### Claim at position 21

21-67. (canceled)