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Patent No.:

US 8954206 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2013

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Alfredo Criado, Madrid, ES;

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

John R Olszewski

Assistant Examiner:

Mohsen Ghajargar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2006.01); B64C 31/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 31/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/105 (2013.01); G05D 1/0005 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); Y02T 50/53 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 31/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 31/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) able to harvest energy from updrafts and a method of enhancing operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle with a gliding capability comprises a generator arranged to be driven by a rotor, and a battery, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle can operate in an energy harvesting mode in which the motion of the unmanned aerial vehicle drives the rotor to rotate, the rotor drives the generator, and the generator charges the battery. In the energy harvesting mode regenerative braking of the generator reduces the forward speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle to generate electricity and prevent the unmanned aerial vehicle from flying above a predetermined altitude.

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Criado, Alfredo. (2015). Unmanned aerial vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 8954206). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8954206

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