Electrical system for unmanned aerial vehicles
US10340820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02P6/16
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An example unmanned aerial vehicle includes a power source, a processor module having one or more processors, and a plurality of boom arms, each boom arm being couplable to a printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of propellers. In the example UAV, a PCB of each boom arm includes a power hub electrically couplable to the power source and to corresponding propellers of the boom arm, and a signal hub electrically couplable to at least one processor of the processor module and to the corresponding propellers. Further, in the example UAV, the power hub of each PCB is configured to transfer power from the power source to the corresponding propellers, and wherein the signal hub of each PCB is configured to transfer signals from the processor module to the corresponding propellers such that the processor module controls the plurality of propellers.
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