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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Enrique Juan Casado Magaña, Madrid, ES;
David Esteban-Campillo, Madrid, ES;
David Scarlatti Jiménez, Madrid, ES;
Ivan Maza, Cadiz, ES;
Fernando Caballero, Sevilla, ES;
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 3/12 (2013.01); B60L 11/1805 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1822 (2013.01); B60L 11/1824 (2013.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B60L 2220/42 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/066 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/648 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/124 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous battery replacement station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The UAV includes a replaceable battery. The station includes (a) a landing platform configured to receive the UAV, (b) a storage location configured to store a replacement battery for the UAV, and (c) a means for swapping the replaceable battery on the UAV with a replacement battery from the storage location.