Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for use with unmanned aerial vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 用于无人驾驶飞行器的装置和方法
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Application No.: US14264636Application Date: 2014-04-29
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Publication No.: US09481458B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Enrique Juan Casado Magaña , David Esteban-Campillo , David Scarlatti Jiménez , Ivan Maza , Fernando Caballero
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Priority: EP13382159 20130429
- Main IPC: B64F1/00
- IPC: B64F1/00 ; B64C39/02 ; B64F1/04 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L3/12
Abstract:
An autonomous battery replacement station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The UAV includes a replaceable battery. The station includes (a) a landing platform configured to receive the UAV, (b) a storage location configured to store a replacement battery for the UAV, and (c) a means for swapping the replaceable battery on the UAV with a replacement battery from the storage location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140319272A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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