US 12,122,514 B2
Airborne platform comprising an electrical charging system, related assemblies and methods
Bruno Pagliccia, Pau (FR); Pierre-Olivier Lys, Pau (FR); and Paul Barbier, Pau (FR)
Assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/909,021
Filed by TotalEnergies OneTech, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/000462
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/176248, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086129 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64B 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); G01V 3/16 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/30 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64B 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); G01V 3/16 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/30 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. An airborne platform comprising a main body configured for flying over a region of interest and an electrical charging system fixed to the main body and located outside of the main body, the electrical charging system comprising at least one induction coil intended to remotely charge at least one battery of at least one apparatus,
wherein the apparatus is an unmanned airborne vehicle, and
wherein the unmanned airborne vehicle comprises a supporting device for carrying at least one sensor intended to be dropped from the unmanned airborne vehicle, the unmanned airborne vehicle further comprising a replenishing system intended to replenish the supporting device of the unmanned airborne vehicle with at least one sensor.