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公开(公告)号：US09884692B2
公开(公告)日：2018-02-06
申请号：US14586909
申请日：2014-12-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Elias Wolfgang Patten , Damon Vander Lind , Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Brian Hachtmann
CPC classification number: B64F3/02 , F03D7/02 , F05B2240/921 , Y02E10/723
Abstract: A system may include a tether, a slip ring, a tether gimbal assembly, a drive mechanism, a control system. The tether may include a distal tether end coupled to an aerial vehicle, a proximate tether end, and at least one insulated electrical conductor coupled to the aerial vehicle. The slip ring may include a fixed portion and a rotatable portion, where the rotatable portion is coupled to the tether. The tether gimbal assembly may be rotatable about at least one axis and is coupled to the fixed portion of the slip ring. The drive mechanism may be coupled to the slip ring and configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the slip ring. And the control system may be configured to operate the drive mechanism to control twist in the tether.
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公开(公告)号：US09650157B2
公开(公告)日：2017-05-16
申请号：US14586947
申请日：2014-12-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Brian Hachtmann , Elias Wolfgang Patten , Damon Vander Lind
CPC classification number: B64F3/02 , F03D7/02 , F05B2240/921 , Y02E10/723
Abstract: A system may include a tether, a tether gimbal assembly, a drive mechanism, and a control system. The tether may include a distal end, a proximate end, and at least one conductor. The tether gimbal assembly may be connected to the tether. The drive mechanism may be coupled to the tether gimbal assembly and may include a housing, a spindle, and a motor. The housing may be fixed to the tether gimbal assembly. The spindle may be rotatably coupled to the housing, and the tether may be coupled to the spindle and rotate in conjunction with the spindle. The motor may be coupled to the spindle and configured to rotate the spindle and the tether. And the control system may be configured to operate the drive mechanism to control twist in the tether.
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公开(公告)号：US20250066207A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-27
申请号：US18948550
申请日：2024-11-15
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号：US20180127113A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-10
申请号：US15863973
申请日：2018-01-07
Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Inventor： Elias Wolfgang Patten , Damon Vander Lind , Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Brian Hachtmann
CPC classification number: B64F3/02 , F03D7/02 , F05B2240/921 , Y02E10/723
Abstract: A system may include a tether, a slip ring, a tether gimbal assembly, a drive mechanism, a control system. The tether may include a distal tether end coupled to an aerial vehicle, a proximate tether end, and at least one insulated electrical conductor coupled to the aerial vehicle. The slip ring may include a fixed portion and a rotatable portion, where the rotatable portion is coupled to the tether. The tether gimbal assembly may be rotatable about at least one axis and is coupled to the fixed portion of the slip ring. The drive mechanism may be coupled to the slip ring and configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the slip ring. And the control system may be configured to operate the drive mechanism to control twist in the tether.
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公开(公告)号：US12145850B2
公开(公告)日：2024-11-19
申请号：US18316769
申请日：2023-05-12
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号：US20210300765A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17216902
申请日：2021-03-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号：US20180030960A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-01
申请号：US15714128
申请日：2017-09-25
Applicant: X Development LLC
CPC classification number: F03D13/20 , F03D1/02 , F03D9/255 , F03D80/70 , F05B2240/921 , Y02E10/725 , Y02E10/728
Abstract: 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 has a core and at least one electrical conductor. The tether core may be terminated at a first location in a tether termination mount along an axis of the termination mount, and the at least one electrical conductor may be terminated at a second location in the tether termination mount along the same axis that the core is terminated. This termination configuration may focus tensile stress on the tether to the tether core, and minimize such stress on the at least one electrical conductor during aerial vehicle flight.
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公开(公告)号：US20230278876A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-07
申请号：US18316769
申请日：2023-05-12
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
CPC classification number: C01B32/50 , B01D53/62 , F25J3/0266
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号：US11685658B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-27
申请号：US17216902
申请日：2021-03-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
CPC classification number: C01B32/50 , B01D53/62 , F25J3/0266
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号：US09771925B2
公开(公告)日：2017-09-26
申请号：US14513119
申请日：2014-10-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
CPC classification number: F03D13/20 , F03D1/02 , F03D9/255 , F03D80/70 , F05B2240/921 , Y02E10/728
Abstract: 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 has a core and at least one electrical conductor. The tether core may be terminated at a first location in a tether termination mount along an axis of the termination mount, and the at least one electrical conductor may be terminated at a second location in the tether termination mount along the same axis that the core is terminated. This termination configuration may focus tensile stress on the tether to the tether core, and minimize such stress on the at least one electrical conductor during aerial vehicle flight.
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