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US 9,290,269 B2Granted
Spooler for unmanned aerial vehicle system
AssigneeCyPhy Works, Inc.
InventorsJason S. Walker, John W. Ware, Samuel A. Johnson, Andrew M. Shein
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Abstract
In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
Claims9
A spooling apparatus comprising:
- a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle;
- a power source for providing power to the aerial vehicle over the filament;
- a spool onto which a first portion of the filament is wound, the spool including a plurality of perforations;
- a cooling apparatus for cooling the first portion of filament by forcing cooled air to flow through perforations in the spool and over the first portion of filament;
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- a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament.
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