(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property ---, i 1111111011111011101111111111101111111111111111111110111101111111111111110111101 11111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ...../ WO 2018/184095 Al 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, B64D 27/24 (2006.01) B64C 39/02 (2006.01) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (21) International Application Number: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, PCT/CA2018/050252 OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (22) International Filing Date: SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, 02 March 2018 (02.03.2018) TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (26) Publication Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (30) Priority Data: UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 62/483,180 07 April 2017 (07.04.2017) US TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, (72) Inventors; and MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SL SK, SM, (71) Applicants: HANNA, Mark Holbrook [CA/CA]; 37 9th TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, Street SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta TlA 1N1 (CA). HANNA, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Douglas Morgan [CA/CA]; 214 Vista Close SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta T1B 0C4 (CA). Published: (74) Agent: GOWLINGWLG (CANADA) LLP et al.; 421-7th ¨ with international search report (Art. 21(3)) Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K9 (CA). ¨ in black and white; the international application as filed .............. contained color or greyscale and is available for download (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for eve _ ryfrorn PATENTSCOPE ¨ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, = AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, ..... CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = - (54) Title: DISTRIBUTED-BATTERY AERIAL VEHICLE AND A POWERING METHOD THEREFOR = = 104 _ ¨ 1 00 ¨ \L, 1 04.\ ¨ 128 tdIV 130 = 1 - 1 02 \ii..."1--- -41.--/ / 04 = _ - - ----...a,_ 4,1 00 i ¨ ¨ ¨ Mk 11 - - -¨ ¨ 130 ----) *"--- 128 Fli___-= -d/128 = r r= i, Nit¨___130 ..":411 ...0õ,/ = ¨=--iilli ¨ Il 128 _ = 116 1 IPL-104 _ 130 ---)1 116 116/ ¨ 116 ¨ FIG. 1 ,-1 -.1 kr) cr, (57) Abstract: A battery-powered aerial vehicle has a central controller, one or more propelling modules, and one or more battery CZ assemblies for powering at least the one or more propelling modules. The battery assemblies are at a distance away from the central 71. controller for reducing electromagnetic interference to the central controller. In some embodiments, the aerial vehicle is an unmanned OC ,-1 aerial vehicle (UAV) having a center unit, a plurality of rotor units circumferentially uniformly distributed about and coupled to the .-0-6 center unit, and one or more battery assemblies. The central controller is in the center unit and the propelling modules are in respective 1-1 rotor units. Each battery assembly is in a rotor unit in proximity with the propelling module thereof. In some embodiments, the central CZ controller also has a battery-power balancing circuit for balancing the power consumption rates of the one or more battery assemblies. el c Date Recue/Date Received 2019-09-14
L'invention a trait à un véhicule aérien alimenté par batterie et comprenant un dispositif de commande central, un ou plusieurs modules de propulsion, et un ou plusieurs ensembles de batteries pour alimenter le ou les modules de propulsion. Les ensembles batteries sont à une certaine distance du dispositif de commande central afin de réduire les interférences électromagnétiques vers le dispositif de commande central. Dans certains modes de réalisation, le véhicule aérien est un véhicule aérien sans pilote (UAV) ayant une unité centrale, une pluralité d'unités de rotor réparties uniformément de façon circonférentielle autour de l'unité centrale et couplées à celle-ci, et un ou plusieurs ensembles de batteries. Le dispositif de commande central est dans l'unité centrale et les modules de propulsion sont dans les unités de rotor respectives. Chaque ensemble de batterie est dans une unité de rotor à proximité du module de propulsion de celle-ci. Dans certains modes de réalisation, le dispositif de commande central dispose également d'un circuit d'équilibrage de l'alimentation par batterie pour équilibrer les taux de consommation d'énergie d'un ou plusieurs ensembles de batteries.
DISTRIBUTED-BATTERY AERIAL VEHICLE AND A POWERING METHOD THEREFOR
VEHICULE AERIEN A BATTERIE DISTRIBUEE ET SON PROCEDE D'ALIMENTATION
2021-05-25
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