Invention Grant
US09216824B2 Systems and apparatus for tether termination mount for tethered aerial vehicles
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用于拴系航空器的系绳终端安装系统和装置
- Patent Title: Systems and apparatus for tether termination mount for tethered aerial vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 用于拴系航空器的系绳终端安装系统和装置
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Application No.: US14620194Application Date: 2015-02-12
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Publication No.: US09216824B2Publication Date: 2015-12-22
- Inventor: Brian Hachtmann , Corwin Hardham , Damon Vander Lind , Rob Nelson
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
- Main IPC: A63H27/08
- IPC: A63H27/08 ; B64C39/02 ; B64F3/02 ; H01R39/64 ; B64F3/00 ; F03D11/04 ; F03D5/00

Abstract:
Wind energy systems, such as an Airborne Wind Turbine (“AWT”), may be used to facilitate conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy. An AWT may include an aerial vehicle that flies in a path to convert kinetic wind energy to electrical energy. The aerial vehicle may be tethered to a ground station with a tether that terminates at a tether termination mount. In one aspect, the tether may be a conductive tether that can transmit electricity and/or electrical signals back and forth between the aerial vehicle and the ground station. The tether termination mount may include one or more gimbals that allow for the tether termination mount to rotate about one or more axis. In a further aspect, the tether termination mount may include a slip ring that allows for rotation of the tether without twisting the tether.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150158586A1 Systems and Apparatus for Tether Termination Mount for Tethered Aerial Vehicles Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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