Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power line inspection vehicle
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Application No.: US17902483Application Date: 2022-09-02
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Publication No.: US11643206B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson , William Benjamin Johns
- Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02 ; B64F3/02 ; G01R31/08 ; H02G1/02 ; H04N7/18 ; B64U30/20 ; B64U50/34 ; B64U101/30

Abstract:
An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body having a rotor system, a motivation system attached to the body to motivate the UAV along the conductor, a battery carried by the body and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor system and the motivation system, a monitoring tool mounted with the body and an inductive coil carried by the body and in electric connection with the battery, wherein the inductive coil is configured to harvest electricity from the aerial power transmission line system and charge the battery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230002047A1 POWER LINE INSPECTION VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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