Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for remote transfer of energy to a moving object by acoustic waves
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Application No.: US15033960Application Date: 2014-10-30
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Publication No.: US10020690B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Nicolas Colin , Didier Simonet
- Applicant: Airbus SAS
- Applicant Address: FR
- Assignee: AIRBUS SAS
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Priority: FR1360761 20131104
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/073363 WO 20141030
- International Announcement: WO2015/063223 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: H01F27/42
- IPC: H01F27/42 ; H02J50/15 ; H02J50/80 ; B64C39/02 ; H02J17/00 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/10 ; G01S19/13

Abstract:
The invention consists of a system allowing remote wireless transfer of energy from a base station to a moving object, in particular a drone, moving in a given zone around the base station. The system includes means for tracking the moving object so as to determine the position of the moving object relative to the base station at any time, means for transmitting a synthetic acoustic wave focused in the direction of the moving object, these two means being located at the base station and powered by the base station, and acoustic reception means, located on the moving object, for receiving the acoustic wave transmitted by the base station and converting the received acoustic wave into an electrical signal and then into a power supply voltage for a battery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160276863A1 DEVICE FOR REMOTE TRANSFER OF ENERGY TO A MOVING OBJECT BY ACOUSTIC WAVES Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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