Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for air vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 机动车辆的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13467602Application Date: 2012-05-09
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Publication No.: US09150311B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: Ohad Rix
- Applicant: Ohad Rix
- Applicant Address: IL Ben-Gurion International Airport
- Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Current Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Ben-Gurion International Airport
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: IL217364 20120104; IL217365 20120104
- Main IPC: B64D39/00
- IPC: B64D39/00 ; B64D39/04 ; B64D39/06

Abstract:
A refueling device for use in in-flight refueling operation between a tanker aircraft and a receiver aircraft includes a selectively steerable body and a controller. The selectively steerable body configured for being towed by a tanker aircraft via a fuel hose at least during in-flight refueling, and includes a boom member having a boom axis and configured to enable fuel to be transferred from the fuel hose to a receiver aircraft along the boom axis during the in-flight refueling operation. The controller is configured for selectively steering the body to an engagement enabling position spaced with respect to the receiver aircraft and for aligning the boom axis in an engagement enabling orientation at the spaced position, and for subsequently moving the boom member along the boom axis towards the receiver aircraft for enabling fuel communication therebetween.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130168497A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2013-07-04
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