公开(公告)号：US20220234758A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17511509

申请日：2021-10-26

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Max Edward Klein ,  David Porter ,  Walter Thomas Castleberry

IPC: B64F1/36 ,  G02B6/44 ,  G02B6/42 ,  H04B10/25 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related unmanned aerial vehicles tethered to ground stations with an expendable airborne fiber-optic link. The tethers may be fiber-optic cables that can be used as a communications conduit between a ground station and a UAV for providing vehicle positioning/control information to the UAV as well as transmitting a large amount of information/data to the UAV. As the information being transmitted between to the UAV the ground station is critical, fiber-optic cables provide the bandwidth and transmission capabilities required with the added benefit of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio-frequency interference (RFI) immunity, making this an ideal solution for these applications.

公开(公告)号：US11851211B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17511509

申请日：2021-10-26

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Max Edward Klein ,  David Porter ,  Walter Thomas Castleberry

IPC: B64F1/36 ,  G02B6/44 ,  G02B6/42 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04B10/25 ,  H04B10/80 ,  B64U50/34 ,  B64U30/20

CPC classification number: B64F1/362 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64U50/34 ,  G02B6/4292 ,  G02B6/4477 ,  H04B10/25 ,  H04B10/807 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  B64U2201/202 ,  G02B6/4457

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related unmanned aerial vehicles tethered to ground stations with an expendable airborne fiber-optic link. The tethers may be fiber-optic cables that can be used as a communications conduit between a ground station and a UAV for providing vehicle positioning/control information to the UAV as well as transmitting a large amount of information/data to the UAV. As the information being transmitted between to the UAV the ground station is critical, fiber-optic cables provide the bandwidth and transmission capabilities required with the added benefit of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio-frequency interference (RFI) immunity, making this an ideal solution for these applications.