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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Inventors:
David Edgar, Leicestershire, GB;
Henri Winand, Leicestershire, GB;
Assignee:
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.02); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 50/50 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01); Y02T 90/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein a fuel cell system component provides a structural component of the vehicle. In some instances propulsion modules affixed to wings are oriented so as to provide airflow to plates of a fuel cell via air inlets for each fuel cell provided at the forward surface of each wing, a fuel cell system component forming a portion of the body and wherein the air inlets are unblocked during flight, each propulsion module is configured to provide air as an oxidant to a fuel cell via the air inlets.