公开(公告)号：US09732731B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14658224

申请日：2015-03-15

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Brian Hachtmann ,  Damon Vander Lind ,  Maaike Louis Evers ,  Michael Simonian

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/36 ,  E01F3/00 ,  F03D7/02 ,  B64C31/06 ,  F03D13/20

CPC classification number: F03D7/0268 ,  B64C31/06 ,  F03D13/20 ,  F05B2240/917 ,  F05B2240/921 ,  Y02E10/723 ,  Y02E10/728

Abstract: An airborne wind turbine system is provided including an aerial vehicle having a fuselage, an electrically conductive tether having a first end secured to the aerial vehicle and a second end secured to a rotatable drum positioned on a tower onto which the tether is wrapped when the aerial vehicle is reeled in, a perch extending from the tower, one or more perch booms attached to the perch panel and pivotably mounted to the tower, wherein when the aerial vehicle is secured to the perch, the aerial vehicle is positionable in a lowered parked position, and wherein the aerial vehicle is movable to a raised parked position caused by rotation of the one or more perch booms with respect to the tower.