US 12,132,330 B2
Aircraft with wireless provision of power
Christian Daniel, Taufkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/912,338
Filed by Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/051852
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/185506, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 107 527.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141562 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/50 (2016.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2024.01); H02J 50/27 (2016.01); H04B 5/79 (2024.01)
CPC H02J 50/502 (2020.01) [B64D 47/00 (2013.01); B64F 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/27 (2016.02); H04B 5/79 (2024.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
a first antenna arrangement configured to wirelessly receive electromagnetic signals;
a payload;
a processing unit coupled to the first antenna arrangement and to the payload;
wherein the processing unit is configured to modulate an electromagnetic signal received by the first antenna arrangement and thereby to generate a first modulated signal and to forward the first modulated signal to the payload;
wherein the payload is configured to use the first modulated signal as working signal,
wherein the electromagnetic signal is configured to transmit power for the payload wirelessly from a remote station to the aircraft;
wherein the processing unit is configured to convert the electromagnetic signal into an AC signal without any conversion into a DC signal and without buffer storage of an energy of the electromagnetic signal in an energy storage unit; and
wherein the processing unit is configured to use the electromagnetic signal to directly make available a required radio frequency power for the payload and, following the modulation of the electromagnetic signal, to route the first modulated signal to the payload and use the first modulated signal as the working signal.