公开(公告)号：US20140034775A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-06

申请号：US13565654

申请日：2012-08-02

Applicant: DONALD B. HUTSON

Inventor： DONALD B. HUTSON

IPC: B64D9/00 ,  B64C27/54 ,  B64C25/36 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64D47/08 ,  B64C27/006 ,  B64C27/10 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2025/325 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/121 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64D9/00 ,  F16M11/123 ,  F16M11/18 ,  F16M13/00 ,  F16M13/02 ,  F16M2200/041

Abstract: In specific embodiments, a vehicle propellable through fluids comprises a main work section and a plurality of propulsion units. The main work section includes a payload support hub, a payload support structure rotatable in 360° about the payload support hub in at least one axis, and a core including at least one microprocessor, the core at least partially nested within the payload support hub. The at least one microprocessor is adapted to substantially maintain an orientation of the payload support structure relative to a horizon line as the vehicle is propelled. One or more payloads are mountable on the rotatable payload support structure.

Abstract translation: 在具体实施例中，通过流体推进的车辆包括主工作部分和多个推进单元。 主工作部分包括有效载荷支撑轮毂，在至少一个轴线上围绕有效载荷支撑轮毂360°旋转的有效载荷支撑结构，以及包括至少一个微处理器的核心，至少部分地嵌套在有效载荷支撑轮毂内。 所述至少一个微处理器适于在车辆被推进时基本上保持有效载荷支撑结构相对于水平线的取向。 一个或多个有效载荷可安装在可旋转的有效载荷支撑结构上。

公开(公告)号：US20230166615A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17893546

申请日：2022-08-23

Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Young Soo DOW

IPC: B60L53/36 ,  H02J50/12 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L53/37 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B60L53/36 ,  H02J50/12 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L53/37 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/127

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an in-place alignment method for wireless charging of an urban air mobility and a device and a system therefor. A wireless charging method in an urban air mobility includes acquiring location information of a supply device for supplying wireless power, moving to the supply device based on the location information, performing a horizontal alignment based on a distance to the supply device, performing a longitudinal alignment based on completion of the horizontal alignment, and performing the wireless charging after the urban air mobility stops based on completion of the longitudinal alignment. Therefore, the present disclosure has an advantage of maximizing a wireless charging efficiency and minimizing a power waste by quickly and accurately aligning wireless power transmitting/receiving pads of the urban air mobility and the supply device with each other in place.

公开(公告)号：US20230147814A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17519683

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Paul Carver ,  Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan ,  John Craig ,  Andrew Kell ,  James Pratt ,  David Plunkett, JR. ,  James Carlton Bedingfield, SR. ,  Michael Albrecht ,  Michael L. Hunter ,  Virginia S. Ng

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  B60L53/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04W12/63

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G01C21/20 ,  B60L53/30 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  G06F9/547 ,  H04W12/63 ,  B64C2201/066

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for route planning and power management, obtaining information regarding the UAV, a present location of the UAV, a destination location for the UAV, or a combination thereof, determining, based on the information, a need for the UAV to recharge a power source of the UAV as part of a journey of the UAV from the present location of the UAV to the destination location for the UAV, responsive to the determining the need, identifying a recharging station associated with a network for recharging the power source of the UAV, and calculating a flight path for the UAV in accordance with the identifying the recharging station. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20190245365A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16344590

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

Inventor： Fereydoun FARRAHI MOGHADDAM ,  Reza FARRAHI MOGHADDAM ,  Yves LEMIEUX ,  Denis MONETTE

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: H02J7/0044 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  H02J7/0018 ,  H02J7/0027 ,  H02J7/0042 ,  H02J7/0045

Abstract: A drone charging station configured to charge at least one drone, the charging station including at least one charging stack comprised of a plurality of base blocks, the at least one charging stack including a first conductor block having a first polarity for electrically engaging with a corresponding first electrode of the at least one drone, and a first drone guiding portion, a second conductor block having a second polarity different from the first polarity for electrically engaging with a corresponding second electrode of the at least one drone, the second conductor block having a second drone guiding portion, and an insulator block positioned between the first conductor block and the second conductor block and having a third drone guiding portion. The first drone guiding portion, the second drone guiding portion and the third drone guiding portion arranged to provide a drone guiding path along the charging stack.

公开(公告)号：US20190204856A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16214463

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Cheng-Ying Weng

Inventor： Cheng-Ying Weng ,  Hsiang-Tien Wu

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: G05D1/101 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64D1/02 ,  G06Q10/08355 ,  Y02P90/02

Abstract: A goods transporting system with aerial machines utilizes instantaneous collection of location information and future moving path planning information of multiple ground and/or surface vehicles to pair with the delivery path of the goods. The aerial machine can be parked on the selected ground and/or the surface vehicle in the path of taking and transporting the goods, thereby saving power consumption of the aerial machine and effectively extending the transport distance for the goods.

公开(公告)号：US20180244384A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15593535

申请日：2017-05-12

Applicant: Top Flight Technologies

Inventor： Long N. Phan ,  Samir Nayfeh ,  Eli M. Davis

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D27/24

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/026 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D2027/026

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes at least one rotor motor configured to drive at least one propeller to rotate; a passenger compartment sized to contain a human or animal passenger; and a hybrid generator system configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor and to generate lift sufficient to carry the human or animal passenger. The hybrid generator system includes a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor; an engine configured to generate mechanical power; and a generator motor coupled to the engine and configured to generate electrical power from the mechanical power generated by the engine.

公开(公告)号：US10035596B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15693789

申请日：2017-09-01

Applicant: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Long N. Phan ,  Sanjay Emani Sarma ,  Cody Miles Wojcik ,  Eli M. Davis ,  Benjamin Arthur Sena ,  Julian Lemus

IPC: B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/00 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D33/08 ,  B64F3/02 ,  G05D1/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C27/001 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/044 ,  B64C2201/063 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D33/08 ,  B64D2027/026 ,  B64D2221/00 ,  B64F3/02 ,  G05D1/101 ,  Y02T50/44 ,  Y02T50/64

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.

公开(公告)号：US20180194491A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15843487

申请日：2017-12-15

Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Eugene Fisher ,  Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee ,  William Arden Lott

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64F1/12

CPC classification number: B64F1/005 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64F1/12

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system including: a rearward facing tang extending from a rear fuselage portion of a VTOL UAV; one or more metallic contacts disposed on an exterior surface of the tang; a UAV pod including a landing surface; and an opening disposed in the landing surface to receive the tang.

公开(公告)号：US20180186570A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15906935

申请日：2018-02-27

Applicant: Joseph Porat

Inventor： Joseph Porat

IPC: B65G1/06 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B60L11/18 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G05D1/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B25J5/02 ,  B25J9/0087 ,  B25J9/041 ,  B25J9/1679 ,  B60L11/1861 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B65G1/0457 ,  B65G1/0464 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/1378 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G08G5/0069

Abstract: An automated warehousing system for use in a warehouse having a storage racks includes drawers partitioned into multiple compartments to contain different parcels, the drawers being at designated locations of individual cells in the storage racks and adapted to be opened and closed. The system also has a plurality of drones configured to identify a designated one of the drawers at a designated location and a designated one compartment of the designated one drawer. The drones have gripper heads translatable relative to opened drawers to retrieve parcels therefrom. The system further has a communication subsystem communicating with the drones to control their flying and also to control their gripper heads relative to opened drawers and communicating with individual cells for opening and closing drawers as drones approach and depart the selected individual cells.

公开(公告)号：US20180170538A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15708624

申请日：2017-09-19

Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Inventor： Alex G. Phipps ,  Everly Yeo ,  Victor Saucedo ,  Frank Alonge ,  Sam Chieh

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  H04B7/185

CPC classification number: B64C39/022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  H02J7/0052 ,  H04B7/18506

Abstract: A system comprising a tether having two conductors, wherein one end is electrically coupled to a ground system and the other end is electrically coupled to an aerial system; the ground system comprising a power signal and a data signal, wherein the power signal and data signal are interfaced through a bias-tee circuit, the ground system further comprising a transient attenuation circuit; the aerial system comprising a bias-tee circuit and a transient attenuation circuit; the ground system configured to send and the aerial system configured to receive the power signal via the tether, and the ground system and the aerial system configured to send and receive the data signal via the tether.