Bulb mounting of solar cell
OwnerMarion E. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
An energy converting assembly is provided for parasiting of light from a fluorescent light bulb utilizing a solar cell. The solar cell is mounted on a base member elongated in the dimension of elongation of the fluorescent bulb, and electrical interconnections to the cell are provided. A flexible sheet of opaque material having a flat white interior reflective surface surrounds the fluorescent bulb and reflects light emitted from the bulb back toward the bulb and the solar cell. The reflective sheet is tightly held in contact with the bottom of the bulb by adhesive, a tie strap, an external clip, or the like.
Claims28
An energy converting assembly for attachment to an elongated light source, and comprising:
- a solar cell;
- an elongated base member to which said solar cell is mounted;
- electrical interconnections operatively attached to said solar cell;
- light reflective wrap means operatively connected to said base member for mounting said base member on an elongated light source with the dimension of elongation of the base member coextensive with the dimension of elongation of the elongated light source, said light reflective wrap means dimensioned so as to substantially surround the elongated light source along substantially the length of said base member in the dimension of elongation thereof;
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- means for holding said wrap means in place substantially surrounding the light source.
An assembly comprising:
- an elongated light source;
- a base member including a solar cell associated therewith, said base member elongated in the same dimension as said light source;
- reflective means substantially surrounding said light source along the length of said base member for reflecting substantially all the light impinging thereon back toward said light source and said solar cell;
- means for holding said solar cell tightly against a bottom surface of said light source with said reflecting means substantially surrounding said light source;
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- electrical connections operatively connected to said solar cell for carrying away electrical energy produced thereby.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.