An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV (10), mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body (12) having a rotor system (14), a motivation system (16) attached to the body (12) to motivate the UAV (10) along the conductor, a battery (18) carried by the body (12) and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor system (14) and the motivation system (16), a monitoring tool (20) mounted with the body (12) and an inductive coil (44) carried by the body (12) and in electric connection with the battery (18), wherein the inductive coil (44) is configured to harvest electricity from the aerial power transmission line system and charge the battery (18).
POWER LINE INSPECTION VEHICLE
INSPEKTIONSFAHRZEUG FÜR STROMLEITUNGEN
VÉHICULE D'INSPECTION DE LIGNE ÉLECTRIQUE
2022-09-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen |