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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong W. Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Zhen Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Essam Elkhouly, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ulun Karacaoglu, San Diego, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to wirelessly power an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a first electrode assembly to capacitively couple to a first power cable. The example UAV includes a second electrode assembly to capacitively couple to a second power cable. The first and second electrode assemblies, when capacitively coupled to the respective first and second power cables, are to receive power from at least one of the first and second power cables. The example UAV includes a power storage circuit to store the received power.