US 12,455,055 B2
Reliable and self-sufficient lighting system and method therefor
Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Kingston (CA); Milad Zareie Khabjani, Calgary (CA); and Hamid Pahlevaninezhad, Lexington, MA (US)
Assigned to 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 18/879,648
Filed by 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/051239
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/000058, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 4, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,121, filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0224086 A1, Jul. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. F21S 9/02 (2006.01); F21S 9/03 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 23/02 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01)
CPC F21S 9/026 (2013.01) [F21S 9/037 (2013.01); F21V 23/002 (2013.01); F21V 23/02 (2013.01); F21V 23/0464 (2013.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a lighting component;
an energy storage unit;
a photovoltaic (PV) panel for at least one of powering the lighting component and charging the energy storage unit;
a wind turbine having a plurality of rotatable blades coupled to a generator for at least one of powering the lighting component and charging the energy storage unit; and
a housing receiving therein at least the lighting component, the energy storage unit, and the PV panel,
wherein the wind turbine is physically coupled to the housing; and
a reflector coupled to the housing for reflecting light towards the PV panel.