Patent ID: 11945601
Assignee: BRULIC LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for a supply aircraft for in-flight recharging, comprising:
an electrical cable comprising a first end for engagement with a drogue of a line and drogue of a receiver aircraft and a second end for connection to the supply aircraft;
a communication unit configured to transmit command signals to a communication unit of the receiver aircraft;
an electrical power cable drum unit; and
a control unit of the supply aircraft, for controlling the electrical power cable drum unit of the supply aircraft and a cable drum unit of the receiver aircraft such that the line and drogue are returned and the electrical cable is deployed by simultaneous actions of the electrical power cable drum unit and the cable drum unit,
wherein the command signals comprise:
a deploy command signal, for causing the receiver aircraft to deploy the line and drogue rearwardly to the supply aircraft behind the receiver aircraft to enable the drogue to be engaged with the first end of the electrical cable; and
a return command signal, for causing the line and drogue to return to the receiver aircraft with the first end of the electrical cable, the returning of the line and drogue to the receiver aircraft causing the electrical cable to be deployed from the supply aircraft.