US 12,240,626 B2
Detachable power cable for unmanned aerial vehicle
Kacper Antoni Dolata, Warsaw (PL); Igor Jan Skawinski, Warsaw (PL); Bartlomiej Mateusz Zawada, Warsaw (PL); and Julian Daniel Zyromski, Warsaw (PL)
Assigned to FlyFocus Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw (PL)
Filed by FlyFocus Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw (PL)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,569.
Application 18/131,569 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,203, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,691,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,201, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312139 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 3/02 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/30 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 101/31 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 3/02 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/30 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 2101/31 (2023.01); B64U 2201/202 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A surveillance drone system comprising:
an unmanned aerial vehicle having a socket and a computer processing unit;
a base power station; and,
a tether extending from said base power station, said tether including a plug at one end configured to be coupled with said socket of said unmanned aerial vehicle so as to transmit electrical power to said unmanned aerial vehicle when airborne, wherein, said socket includes first retaining elements and said plug includes second retaining elements, said first retaining elements and said second elements being complementary so as to resist decoupling of said plug from said socket with said plug coupled to said socket, and, wherein, said computer processing unit is configured to cause said first retaining elements and said second elements to disengage when engaged with said plug coupled to said socket, thereby allowing decoupling of said socket from said plug.