US 12,424,876 B2
Infinite wireless charging of a UAS (unmanned aerial system) with power infrastructure
Nathan Seongheon Jeong, Tuscaloosa, AL (US); Edward Hackett, Jr., Tuscaloosa, AL (US); Edward Hackett, Tuscaloosa, AL (US); and Bobby C. Johnson, II, Tuscaloosa, AL (US)
Assigned to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (US)
Filed by The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,249.
Application 18/466,249 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,720, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/982,924, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415887 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64U 50/35 (2023.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/10 (2016.02) [B64U 50/35 (2023.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 2207/50 (2020.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wirelessly charging an unmanned aerial system (UAS), the method comprising:
during flight and in response to an energy level of an energy storage device falling below a threshold, detecting a power infrastructure using a receiving coil, by the UAS;
navigating to the power infrastructure, by the UAS; and
autonomously charging the energy storage device of the UAS using the power infrastructure, by the UAS.