Tethered UAV providing broad area lighting
AssigneeSportsbeams Lighting, Inc.
InventorKevin C. Baxter
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Abstract
A tethered UAV providing broad area lighting including a weatherproof drone; an electrically conductive tether; a high voltage power supply; an LED light engine which consumes at least 800 watts of power; an uninterruptible power source; and a voltage isolation stage. The weatherproof drone may or may not include a battery. The weatherproof drone, minus a battery, electrically conductive tether, and LED light engine weigh less than 4.4 pounds. The LED light engine produces 5 footcandles or more over an area greater than 50 feet in diameter.
Claims24
A tethered UAV providing broad area lighting, consisting of:
- a weather resistant drone;
- an electrically conductive tether;
- a high voltage power supply;
- an LED light engine;
- wherein said LED light engine consumes at least 800 watts of power;
- wherein said weatherproof drone, minus a battery, said electrically conductive tether, and LED light engine together weigh less than 4.4 pounds;
- an uninterruptible power source;
- a voltage isolation stage;
- wherein said LED light engine produces 5 footcandles or more over an area greater than 50 feet in diameter.
A tethered UAV providing broad area lighting, consisting of:
- a weatherproof drone;
- an electrically conductive tether;
- a high voltage power source;
- at least one LED light engine;
- wherein said at least one light engine consumes at least 800 watts of power;
- an uninterruptible power supply;
- a voltage isolation stage;
- wherein said at least one LED light engine produces 5 footcandles or more over an area greater than 150 feet in diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.