IL283440A - A drone with a charging platform - Google Patents

A drone with a charging platform

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Publication number
IL283440A
IL283440A IL283440A IL28344021A IL283440A IL 283440 A IL283440 A IL 283440A IL 283440 A IL283440 A IL 283440A IL 28344021 A IL28344021 A IL 28344021A IL 283440 A IL283440 A IL 283440A
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Prior art keywords
charging
drone
drones
spots
charged
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IL283440A
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Hebrew (he)
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Parpara David
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Hevendrones Ltd
Parpara David
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Priority to IL283440A priority Critical patent/IL283440A/en
Priority to PCT/IL2022/050548 priority patent/WO2022249176A2/en
Publication of IL283440A publication Critical patent/IL283440A/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U50/00—Propulsion; Power supply
    • B64U50/30—Supply or distribution of electrical power
    • B64U50/37—Charging when not in flight
    • B64U50/38—Charging when not in flight by wireless transmission
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/10—Rotorcrafts
    • B64U10/13—Flying platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U50/00—Propulsion; Power supply
    • B64U50/30—Supply or distribution of electrical power
    • B64U50/34—In-flight charging
    • B64U50/35—In-flight charging by wireless transmission, e.g. by induction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U60/00—Undercarriages
    • B64U60/50—Undercarriages with landing legs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U70/00—Launching, take-off or landing arrangements
    • B64U70/90—Launching from or landing on platforms
    • B64U70/95—Means for guiding the landing UAV towards the platform, e.g. lighting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U80/00—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs
    • B64U80/20—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs with arrangements for servicing the UAV
    • B64U80/25—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs with arrangements for servicing the UAV for recharging batteries; for refuelling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U80/00—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs
    • B64U80/40—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs for two or more UAVs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U80/00—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs
    • B64U80/80—Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs by vehicles
    • B64U80/82—Airborne vehicles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02T90/10—Technologies relating to charging of electric vehicles
    • Y02T90/12—Electric charging stations

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)

Description

42149/IL/21 - - 1 - A DRONE WITH A CHARGING PLATFORM Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). More particularly, the invention relates to a drone with an electric charging platform, which allows smaller drones to charge their battries in the field. Background of the Invention Nowadays, drones are used for different tasks like shooting, taking photos/videos, etc. The battery of the conventional drone has a short lifetime and needs to be changed often. In order to charge drones' batteries in the conventional methods, the drone is returned to its original base when the battery is closed to be empty, and being charged there. Returning the drone for its base for charging prolongs the flight-time, wastes battery power (waste of energy) and wastes a lot of time. Therefore, in order to save energy and time, there is a need for charging drones in the field without returning them to their base. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a drone with a charging platform, for enabling charging drones in the field and by that, prolongs the battery life-time of the drone and saves energy. It is another object of the present invention to provide a drone with a charging platform, which enables charging in the field for saving time, by saving the need to return the drone to the origin base for charging. Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.
Summary of the Invention A drone with a charging platform, comprising: 42149/IL/21 - - 2 - a) a body, which connected to propellers for enabling the drone to fly; b) arms for holding said propellers; c) folding landing legs for enabling the drone landing on the ground; d) charging platform with charging spots, where on each charging spot there is a charging surface that is adapted to the size of a drone to be charged; e) a fuel located inside said charging drone's body, for providing energy to said charging drone; f) an electric feed which connected to said charging spots, for charging drones which land on said charging spots; g) a camera and landing system which enable by performing image processing to land drones precisely on in the center of said charging spots and closing an electrical circuit for charging; h) an isolating layer connected to the bottom of said charged drones' landing legs and wires being wound on said landing legs, for charging said drones without causing a short circuit; and i) control lights for showing if a drone was landed properly on said charging spot and is being charged or not.
The charging surface may have the shape of "H". The fuel inside the charging drone's body may be Hydrogen Fuel, which is very energy efficient. Brief Description of the Drawings The above and other characteristics and advantages of the invention will be better understood through the following illustrative and non-limitative detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, with reference to the appended drawings, wherein: - Fig. 1 shows a perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone with the charging platform and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention; 42149/IL/21 - - 3 - - Fig. 2 shows a top-view (schematic illustration) of the drone with the charging platform and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention; - Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the drone and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention; - Fig. 4 shows a close-up schematic illustration of the charging mechanism where the drone legs are placed on the charging spot; - Fig. 5 shows a top perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone with the charging platform and its parts in a charging situation, where the charging surface is open (unfolded); and - Fig. 6 shows a perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone with the charging platform and its parts in flight situation, where the charging surface is folded.
Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention provides a drone with a charging platform, which enables to charge the battery of other drones in the field, without returning it to its origin charging base for saving energy (battery power) and time. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone 1 with the charging platform and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention. The body 2 of the charging drone 1 is connected to four propellers 3 by four arms 3a and to two landing legs 4. On the top part of the charging drone 1 there is charging platform 5 with four charging spots 6, where on each charging spot there is charging surface 7 with a shape of "H", that is adapted to the size of the drone which is going to be charged by the charging drone 1. Inside the charging drone's body 2 there is Hydrogen Fuel (Hydrogen fuel is a zero-carbon fuel burned with oxygen. It can be used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. Hydrogen is considered an alternative fuel under the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The interest in hydrogen as an alternative transportation fuel stems from its ability to power fuel 42149/IL/21 - - 4 - cells in zero-emission FCEVs, its potential for domestic production, its fast filling time, and the fuel cell's high efficiency. A fuel cell coupled with an electric motor is two to three times more efficient than an internal combustion engine running on gasoline. Hydrogen can also serve as fuel for internal combustion engines) for providing energy to the charging drone 1. Hydrogen Fuel is very energy-efficient, saves a lot of energy and enables to charge the drone's 9 batteries many times. In the middle of the charging platform 5 there is an electric feed 8 which is connected to the four charging spots 6, for charging the drones 9 which land on these charging spots 6. In the bottom of the charging drone's body 2 there is a camera and landing system 10 which enable (by performing image processing) to land the drones precisely on the "H" shape in the center of the charging spots 6 and closing an electrical circuit for charging. If the drone is not land precisely on the "H" shape, the electric circuit will remain open and the drones 9 will not be charged. Fig. 2 shows a top view (schematic illustration) of the drone with the charging platform and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electric feed 8 is connected to the four charging spots 6, for charging the batteries of the drones 9, which landed on these charging spots 6. Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the drone and its parts, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 shows a close-up (schematic illustration) of the charging mechanism where the drone's 9 legs are placed on the charging spot. There is an isolating layer 11a connected to the bottom of the drones' 9 landing legs, a conductor layer 11b under the isolating layer 11a, and wires 12 that are coiled on the drones' 9 landing legs, for charging the drones 9 without causing a short circuit. Fig. 5 shows a top perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone 1 with the charging platform 5 and its parts during charging of one drone 9a, where the charging surface is open (unfolded), and other drones 9 fly near the charging drone 1 42149/IL/21 - - 5 - in order to land and to be charged on the charging platform 5. On the body of the charging drone 1 there is a system of control lights 13 which show if the drones 9 are landed properly on the charging spot 6 and being charged or not. If not, the drones need to be landed again precisely on the "H" shape, to close the electric circuit, in order to be charged. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view (schematic illustration) of the drone 1 with the charging platform 5 and its parts during flight, where the charging platform 5 is folded.

Claims (3)

1./IL/21- - 6 - Claims1. A drone with a charging platform, comprising: a) a body, which connected to propellers for enabling the drone to fly;b) arms for holding said propellers;c) folding landing legs for enabling the drone landing on the ground;d) charging platform with charging spots, where on each charging spot there is a charging surface that is adapted to the size of a drone to be charged;e) a fuel located inside said charging drone's body, for providing energy to said charging drone;f) an electric feed which connected to said charging spots, for charging drones which land on said charging spots;g) a camera and landing system which enable by performing image processing to land drones precisely on in the center of said charging spots and closing an electrical circuit for charging;h) an isolating layer connected to the bottom of said charged drones' landing legs and wires being wound on said landing legs, for charging said drones without causing a short circuit; andi) control lights for showing if a drone was landed properly on said charging spot and is being charged or not.
2. A drone according to claim 1, wherein the charging surface has the shape of "H".
3. A drone according to claim 1, wherein the fuel inside the charging drone's body is Hydrogen Fuel, which is very energy efficient.
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