A trailer 10 adapted to be coupled with a tractor 12, the trailer having a solar generator 14, an energy converter 16 connected with the solar generator and a first electrical connector 18 electrically connected with the energy converter and adapted to be coupled with a respective second electrical connector 20 of the tractor, wherein the first and second electrical connectors allow energy transfer from the trailer to the tractor when in a connected status, wherein the energy converter is adapted to convert electrical energy supplied from the solar generator and to make the converted electric energy available at the first electrical connector by providing a voltage at the first electrical connector and wherein the energy converter is adapted to detect the connected status and to provide the voltage in the connected status only.
Trailer having a solar generator
2015-09-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02H EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS , Schutzschaltungsanordnungen / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
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