TETHER ENERGY FEEDING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tether continuous energy feeding system for an unmanned aircraft. SOLUTION: The tether continuous energy feeding system has a ground station 14; a ground station energy system 16; a spool 18 connected to the ground station energy system at a rotation joint; and a t...

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Main Authors GOOSSEN EMRAY R, MARTINEZ STEVEN D, O'BRIEN PATRICK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.09.2010
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
HELICOPTERS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tether continuous energy feeding system for an unmanned aircraft. SOLUTION: The tether continuous energy feeding system has a ground station 14; a ground station energy system 16; a spool 18 connected to the ground station energy system at a rotation joint; and a tether 20 wound on the spool. In the system, a first end part 22 of the tether is connected to the rotation joint. The tether continuous energy feeding system further has a tension control motor 24 connected to both of the spool and the ground station energy system; the unmanned aircraft 12 connected to a second end part 23 of the tether; a UAV energy system 26; a fluid moved while passing through the tether continuous energy feeding system; a tension control system for receiving a signal from a plurality of sensors included in the tether continuous energy feeding system and transmitting it; and a dispersion type control system 30 for receiving the signal from the plurality of sensors included in the tether continuous energy feeding system and transmitting it. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20100033655