Charging mat for unmanned aircraft
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCarlos Guillermo Parodi, Benjamin Martin Schweitzer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems for landing and facilitating power flow or data transfer between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a charging mat using a boom are described. The system includes a mat with a conductive mesh on the top and a conductive surface on the other bottom of the mat. The conductive mesh and bottom conductive surface are separated (electrically isolated) by an isolation core. The outer portion of the boom contacts part of the conductive mesh of the mat to create an electrical pathway. An inner portion of the boom penetrates through the top layer conductive mesh, through the isolating core, and contacts the bottom conductive surface of the mat to create another electrical pathway.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a charging mat configured to charge a battery of a vehicle, the charging mat including:
- a top conductor having pliable interconnected conductors arranged as a mesh and configured to engage a first conductor of a boom;
- a bottom conductor oriented substantially parallel to the top conductor and configured to engage a second conductor of the boom that is inserted through the mesh;
- and
- an isolating core disposed between the top conductor and the bottom conductor and configured to be penetrable by the second conductor, the isolating core comprising a solid material;
- and
- the boom including:
- the first conductor disposed on an exterior of the boom and configured to engage with the mesh;
- the second conductor disposed interior to the first conductor and configured to engage with the bottom conductor;
- and
- an isolating layer disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor.
A system comprising:
- a charging mat having an isolating core disposed between a top conductor and a bottom conductor, the isolating core comprising a solid material;
- a first conductor disposed on an exterior of a boom of a vehicle and connected to a battery of the vehicle, the first conductor configured to engage the charging mat;
- and
- a second conductor disposed in an interior of the boom and connected to the battery, the second conductor configured to engage the charging mat, and wherein the second conductor is electrically isolated from the first conductor.
A charging mat comprising:
- a top conductor having pliable interconnected conductors arranged as a mesh and configured to engage a first conductor of a boom of a vehicle;
- a bottom conductor oriented substantially parallel to the top conductor and configured to engage a second conductor of the boom that is inserted through the mesh, wherein the top conductor and the bottom conductor are coupled to a power supply;
- and
- an isolating core disposed between the top conductor and the bottom conductor and configured to accept the second conductor of the boom, the isolating core comprising a solid material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.