Title:
MOTOR-DRIVEN SAILBOAT WITH SOLAR BATTERY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH04331694
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To provide a motor-driven sailboat with a solar battery that sails in use of wind force energy by dint of a motor-driven sail and solar energy by means of the solar battery separately or simultaneously.
CONSTITUTION: As a motor-driven sailboat, sticking a lot of solar batteries 3 to the surface of a motor-driven sail, and being equipped with a wind information detecting means 4, a sunlight detecting means 5, a control part 6 and a sail driving means 7, an energy supply by operation of each solar battery 3 is added to ship propulsion aids by dint of wind force for navigation, and in the case where either of this wind force or sunlight is securable, the energy is effectively used.
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Inventors:
ANPO NORIAKI
Application Number:
JP12839991A
Publication Date:
November 19, 1992
Filing Date:
May 01, 1991
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ISHIKAWAJIMA HARIMA HEAVY IND
International Classes:
B63H9/06; B63H21/17; B63H21/20; (IPC1-7): B63H9/06; B63H21/17; B63H21/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga (2 outside)