Tether energy supply system

A tether continuous energy supply system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (12) comprises a ground station (14), a ground station energy system (16), a spool (18) coupled to the ground station energy system at a rotating joint, a tether that is wound (20) about the spool, wherein a first end (22) of th...

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Main Authors O'BRIEN, PATRICK, MARTINEZ, STEVEN D, GOOSSEN, EMRAY R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.09.2010
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A tether continuous energy supply system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (12) comprises a ground station (14), a ground station energy system (16), a spool (18) coupled to the ground station energy system at a rotating joint, a tether that is wound (20) about the spool, wherein a first end (22) of the tether is coupled to the rotating joint, a tension control motor (24) coupled to both the spool and the ground station energy system, an unmanned aerial vehicle coupled to a second end of the tether, a UAV energy system (26), a fluid that moves throughout the tether continuous energy supply system, a tension control system (28) that receives and transmits signals from a plurality of sensors contained within the tether continuous energy supply system, and a distributed controls system that receives and transmits signals from the plurality of sensors contained within the tether continuous energy supply system.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20100153548