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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Quanta Associates, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
David Karl Wabnegger, Burnaby, CA;
Daniel Neil O'Connell, Burnaby, CA;
Quanta Associates, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A remotely controlled unmanned aerial device for use in proximity or in contact with high voltage powerlines, includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and an electrically conductive shield forming part of or operatively coupled to so as to encapsulate the unmanned aerial vehicle. When in the presence of a high voltage powerline, the unmanned aerial vehicle either when bonded-on or within the corresponding magnetic fields of the powerline, so as to transfer the powerline potential in whole or in part to the unmanned aerial vehicle, electrically energizes the conductive shield around the unmanned aerial vehicle while leaving components of the unmanned aerial vehicle within the shield substantially electrically unaffected by the voltage potential.