Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extended duration autonomous craft
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Application No.: US16558143Application Date: 2019-09-01
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Publication No.: US11235631B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Scott Hartshorn , Keith Daniel Humfeld
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.
- Main IPC: B60F5/02
- IPC: B60F5/02 ; G05D1/04 ; B64B1/58 ; B64C39/02 ; B63B35/00 ; B63G8/00 ; B63G8/22 ; B63G8/08 ; C25B15/02 ; C25B1/04 ; H01M10/46 ; H02S40/38 ; H02S10/40 ; H02S30/20 ; H01M16/00 ; H02S20/30 ; C25B1/55
Abstract:
Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.
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