Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mobile tunnels for operational testing
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Application No.: US14656531Application Date: 2015-03-12
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Publication No.: US09778135B1Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Brian C. Beckman , Gershon Parent
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Arthorus, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01M9/04
- IPC: G01M9/04 ; G01M9/02

Abstract:
Mobile tunnels may be provided on trailers or in association with one or more other vehicles. A mobile tunnel may be towed or otherwise accelerated to a sufficient velocity, thereby causing a fluid such as air or seawater to travel above, below and around the tunnel. The fluid may be diverted into the tunnel and caused to pass over a test object such as an unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned undersea vehicle within the tunnel, thereby enabling aerodynamic testing or hydrodynamic testing of the test object to be performed. Additionally, one or more materials may be injected into the fluid, thereby enabling destructive testing of the test object to be performed.
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