UAV Fire-fighting System

• US 20130134254A1
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jason Moore
• Original Assignee: Jason Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Jason
• Application Number:
  US13/306,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20130134254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/17.11
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 29/00 Fire-fighting vessels or like floating structures
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/022 Tethered aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 1/16 Dropping or releasing powdered, liquid, or gaseous matter, e.g. for fire-fighting jettisoning fuel B64D37/26
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/14 with four distinct rotor axes, e.g. quadcopters
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/60 Tethered aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/202 using tethers for connecting to ground station
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/14 ducted or shrouded
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to extinguish fires from the air while remaining tethered to the ground via a tether system fashioned to provide the UAV with power and extinguishant. The UAV is preferably electrically powered and is stabilized in the air via a system of gyroscopes fashioned to work in concert with a series of electric motors capable of moving to counteract the opposing recoil force exhibited as water escapes the nozzle of the tether. A command and control unit on the ground supplies the UAV with electricity and water via the tether. The UAV is preferably stored within and launched from the command and control unit. Controls and sensor readings are communicated to a controller—be it autonomous or human—on the ground, preferably within or proximal to the command and control unit.

Claims

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle designed to extinguish fires, comprising:

a body;

a motor;

a rotor;

a sensor array;

a command and control unit; and

a tether.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1, wherein said tether has an electrical supply.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1, wherein said tether has an water supply.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1, wherein said tether is configured to connect to a fire truck.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensory array in communication with said body.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1, further comprising:

a camera in communication with said body.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, further comprising:

a gyroscope in communication with said body.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, wherein said tether has an water supply.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, wherein said tether is configured to connect to a fire truck.

10. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, further comprising:

a sensory array in communication with said body.

11. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, further comprising:

a camera in communication with said body.

12. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, further comprising:

a gyroscope in communication with said body.

13. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 3, wherein said tether is configured to connect to a fire truck.

14. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 3, further comprising:

a sensory array in communication with said body.

15. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 3, further comprising:

a camera in communication with said body.

16. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 3, further comprising:

a gyroscope in communication with said body.

17. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4, further comprising:

a sensory array in communication with said body.

18. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4, further comprising:

a camera in communication with said body.

19. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4, further comprising:

a gyroscope in communication with said body.

20. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 5, further comprising:

a camera in communication with said body.