US 11,728,663 B2
Drone recharging station
Paul Schelhaas, Kent (GB)
Assigned to Sunstone IP Systems Limited, Kent (GB)
Appl. No. 17/276,576
Filed by Sunstone IP Systems Limited, Kent (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/021258, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1812065 (GB), filed on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052538 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/00 (2023.01)
CPC H02J 7/0044 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/00 (2023.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 2310/22 (2020.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drone recharging station comprising:
a housing carried by a base;
one or more photovoltaic panels carried by the housing;
an electrical energy storage assembly located within the housing, the electrical energy storage assembly having an electrical input and an electrical output, wherein the or each photovoltaic panel is electrically connected to the electrical input of the electrical energy storage assembly;
a drone receiving platform carried by the housing which is configured to receive thereon a drone;
one or more sensors carried by the drone receiving platform and configured to sense a presence of the drone on the drone receiving platform; and
a power coupling electrically connected to the electrical output of the electrical energy storage assembly, wherein the power coupling forms one part of an inductive charging arrangement and includes an induction coil configured to generate an alternating electromagnetic field, and wherein the power coupling is configured to transfer electrical energy from the electrical storage assembly to the drone in response to the presence of the drone being sensed on the drone receiving platform.