Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solar panel and timepiece including solar panel
- Patent Title (中): 太阳能电池板和钟表包括太阳能电池板
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Application No.: US14912860Application Date: 2014-09-02
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Publication No.: US09530915B2Publication Date: 2016-12-27
- Inventor: Yuta Saito
- Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2013-182755 20130904; JP2014-050244 20140313
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/073598 WO 20140902
- International Announcement: WO2015/034077 WO 20150312
- Main IPC: G04C10/02
- IPC: G04C10/02 ; H01L31/042 ; H01L31/0465

Abstract:
A solar panel of the present invention, above which pointers mounted on a pointer shaft inserted into a through hole provided at the center of the solar panel move, includes a center cell circularly formed around the through hole and a plurality of outer-circumferential cells formed around the outer periphery of the center cell in a manner to have substantially same light-receiving areas. The center cell is formed to have a light-receiving area larger than the light-receiving area of each outer-circumferential cell, taking into consideration a light-shielding area where the pointers overlap with the center cell. Therefore, even though the pointers always overlap with the center cell and part of the pointers overlaps with one of the plurality of outer-circumferential cells, the fluctuation of each light-receiving area of the center cell and the plurality of outer-circumferential cells due to this overlap can be minimized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160204292A1 SOLAR PANEL AND TIMEPIECE INCLUDING SOLAR PANEL Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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