US 11,772,791 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle tether system
Chris Broberg, Tampa, FL (US); Manuel Lago, Tampa, FL (US); Ted Kempgens, Riverview, FL (US); and Paul Corry, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to Unmanned Systems and Solutions, LLC, Hinsdale, IL (US)
Filed by Unmanned Systems and Solutions, LLC, Hinsdale, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/353,720.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/643,720, filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0283869 A1, Sep. 19, 2019
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H02G 11/02 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B66D 1/60 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); B66D 1/56 (2006.01); B66D 1/36 (2006.01); B64F 3/02 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC B64C 39/022 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 3/02 (2013.01); B66D 1/36 (2013.01); B66D 1/56 (2013.01); B66D 1/60 (2013.01); H02G 11/02 (2013.01); H02J 9/061 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01); H05K 7/209 (2013.01); B64U 2201/202 (2023.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A UAV tether system power supply comprising:
a first converter unit comprising
a first main printed circuit board,
a first power module printed circuit board comprising a plurality of conductor layers,
first support pin and a second support pin each having a first end coupled to the first main printed circuit board a second end coupled to the first power module printed circuit board and a first converter unit support pin length between the first end and the second end, wherein the first converter unit support pin length defines a first space between the first main printed circuit board and the first power module printed circuit board;
a first converter module mechanically and electrically coupled to the first power module printed circuit board; and
a second converter unit comprising
a second main printed circuit board,
a second power module printed circuit board comprising a plurality of conductor layers,
third support pin and a fourth support pin each having a third end coupled to the second main printed circuit board, a fourth end coupled to the second power module printed circuit board, and a second converter unit support pin length between the third end and the fourth end, wherein the second converter unit support pin length defines a second space between the second main printed circuit board and the second power module printed circuit board, and
a second converter module mechanically and electrically coupled to the second power module printed circuit board; and
a housing configured to accommodate the first converter unit and the second converter unit, wherein
the first converter unit and the second converter unit are at least partially enclosed within the housing unit and separated by third space, and
the first converter unit and the second converter unit are arranged such that the second converter unit is a mirror image of the first converter unit about the third space.