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US 7,469,541 B1Granted
Portable power system
OwnerDavid S. Melton, Odes Armijo-Casterinventors
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Abstract
A remote and portable, hybrid power system comprising one or more of the following components: a solar system, batteries, a back-up generator, a wind energy system, and a communications system. The components are disposed on a platform that is portable and transportable to the remote location by a truck or other transportation vehicle.
Claims23
A portable power assembly comprising:
- a platform, said platform being transportable and having a substantial weight for stability so that a wind does not blow the assembly over;
- a renewable energy power system disposed on said platform, said energy power system providing continuous and uninterrupted energy after delivery to a remote location or to a location comprising a home, business or other building structure;
- the renewable energy power system comprising a solar energy power system having at least one photovoltaic solar panel and a motorized tracking system for automatically moving said at least one photovoltaic solar panel in response to movement of the sun, after delivery of the system to the location;
- an alternative power system disposed on said platform, said alternative power system comprising a back-up generator and a fuel storage container connected to said back-up generator providing continuous and uninterrupted back-up power after delivery of the system to the location;
- an energy storage system comprising batteries disposed on said platform providing continuous and uninterrupted back-up power after delivery of the system to the location;
- said platform removably disposed on a transporting vehicle for transportation and delivery of said platform and said renewable energy power system thereon to the location;
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- an electrical output cord providing power to the location after delivery of the system.
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A method for providing portable energy comprising:
- providing a renewable energy power system, the renewable energy power system comprising a solar energy power system having at least one photovoltaic solar panel and a motorized tracking system for moving the at least one photovoltaic solar panel and tracking the sun;
- providing an alternative energy power system comprising a back-up generator and a fuel storage container connected to the back-up generator;
- providing an energy power storage system comprising batteries;
- connecting the renewable energy system and the alternative back-up generator system with the storage batteries;
- disposing the energy power systems and the batteries on a transportable platform having a substantial weight for stability so that a wind does not blow the assembly over;
- removably disposing the transportable platform on a transporting vehicle for transporting the platform, the energy power systems and batteries disposed thereon;
- transporting the transportable platform with the energy power systems and batteries disposed thereon to a remote location or to a location comprising a home, business or other building structure;
- connecting an electrical output cord from the system to a fixed, external home, business or other building structure for providing power to the external building structure;
- filling the fluid storage container with fuel;
- generating the energy from the solar energy power system;
- automatically tracking the sun with the photovoltaic solar panel as the sun moves and increasing the energy generation;
- generating the energy from the back-up generator using the fuel from the fuel storage container as an alternative to the solar energy power system;
- storing at least a portion of the energy generated in the batteries;
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- providing the generated or stored energy power to the external building structure through the electric cord in a continuous uninterrupted output, after delivery of the system to the location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.