The field of the invention generally relates to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) also commonly referred to as 'drones' and which terms `I.JAV' and 'Drone' are used interchangeably throughout this application. The invention overcomes the extremely restrictive constraint of limited flight duration of all drones that use electrical storage batteries to provide power both for propulsion and operation of systems carried on board the UAV. In applications where UAVs carry equipment necessary for the mission, the weight of such equipment perforce reduces the batteries that can be carried by the UAV which reduces the flight time even further. The invention removes the constraint of limited flight time by providing power to the UAV from an external source through suitably designed wires and/or cable assemblies. The invention further eliminates the need to carry materials, either collected or dispensed, on board the UAV and instead transport them to and from an external source through specially designed conduits. The invention further removes the necessity of carrying control equipment on board the UAV and instead provide control signals to the UAV from an external source using wires, fiberoptic elements, cables or other conductors that permit transmission of such signals. This combined assembly of wires, cables and conduits constitutes a leash which effectively tethers the UAV to a structure located externally at a distance from the UAV, which structure may be fixed to the surface or mounted on mobile platforms which may travel on the surface of the earth or while submerged underwater or carried airborne and which platform provides all or part of the resources needed for the UAV to accomplish its mission through the tether.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    TETHERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM


    Additional title:

    SYSTEME DE VEHICULE AERIEN SANS PILOTE CAPTIF


    Contributors:
    KHAN SHAHID (author)

    Publication date :

    2022-01-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



    TETHERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM

    BENNER JOSUA | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    Tethered unmanned aerial vehicle system

    HUNDEMER HANK J | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    Tethered unmanned aerial vehicle system

    HUNDEMER HANK J | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access

    TETHERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM

    HUNDEMER HANK J | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access

    Tethered unmanned aerial vehicle system

    HUNDEMER HANK J | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access