A battery swapping station for one of more electric VTOL aircraft 105,106 comprises one or more landing pads 104 and an unloading and loading system for automatically replacing one or more battery packs of one or more electric VTOL aircraft with one or more at least partially charged or fully charged battery packs. Swapping stations may also be used for replacing the electrolyte from batteries within an aircraft with electrolyte that has been charged.
Battery swapping station for electric and hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles
2018-12-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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 / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |