DOCKING PORT AND BATTERY CHARGING DEPOT FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR DOCKING AND CHARGING THE VEHICLE

摘要

A docking port (3) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (2) being a rotorcraft (21), said docking port (3) comprising at least one primary coil (34). The docking port (3) comprises a primary coil housing (33) formed with a funnel shaped indentation (35) adapted to receive a complementary frustoconical shaped external surface of a sec-ondary coil housing (53) positioned on a landing gear (5) of the rotorcraft (21), and the primary coil (34) is formed to follow closely a funnel shaped indentation surface (350). The rotorcraft (21) is charged wirelessly by the primary coil (34) in the primary coil housing (33) and a secondary coil (54) in the secondary coil housing (53). The invention further concerns the landing gear (5) and a system (1) comprising the dock-ing port (3) and the landing gear (5). A method for docking the unmanned aerial vehi-cle (2) on the docking port (3) by use of a magnetic homing field (7) is described.