公开(公告)号：US10145356B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15669008

申请日：2017-08-04

Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC

Inventor： Charles Nordstrom ,  Robbie Philip Su ,  Elias Wolfgang Patten ,  Joel Fraser Atwater ,  Fort Felker

IPC: F03D1/02 ,  F03D1/06 ,  F03D5/00

Abstract: Airborne wind turbine systems with multiple aerial vehicles connected via multiple tethers to a single ground station are disclosed. A node is coupled to the tethers. The node includes a drive system. At a proximate end of the node, each of the tethers is adjacent to neighboring tethers. And at a distal end of the node, each of the tethers is separated from the neighboring tethers. The airborne wind turbine system includes a control system configured to operate the drive system to translate the node along the tethers.

公开(公告)号：US20190072067A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16178550

申请日：2018-11-01

Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC

Inventor： Charles Nordstrom ,  Robbie Philip Su ,  Elias Wolfgang Patten ,  Joel Fraser Atwater ,  Fort Felker

IPC: F03D1/02 ,  F03D1/06 ,  F03D5/00

Abstract: Airborne wind turbine systems with multiple aerial vehicles connected via multiple tethers to a single ground station are disclosed. A node is coupled to the tethers. The node includes a drive system. At a proximate end of the node, each of the tethers is adjacent to neighboring tethers. And at a distal end of the node, each of the tethers is separated from the neighboring tethers. The airborne wind turbine system includes a control system configured to operate the drive system to translate the node along the tethers.