Invention Application
- Patent Title: SOLAR HYBRID BATTERY FOR POWERING NETWORK DEVICES OVER EXTENDED TIME INTERVALS
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Application No.: US17695677Application Date: 2022-03-15
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Publication No.: US20220209570A1Publication Date: 2022-06-30
- Inventor: Bruce EDWARDS
- Applicant: ITRON, INC.
- Applicant Address: US WA Liberty Lake
- Assignee: ITRON, INC.
- Current Assignee: ITRON, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Liberty Lake
- Main IPC: H02J7/35
- IPC: H02J7/35 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/34
Abstract:
A network device for installation at a geographic location includes a rechargeable power cell configured to store a first amount of energy sufficient to power the network device during a longest night of a year at the geographic location without the rechargeable power cell being fully depleted and a solar panel configured to generate a second amount of energy sufficient to, during any given cloudy day at the geographic location, power the network device and fully recharge the rechargeable power cell.
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