SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERWAY AUTONOMOUS REPLENISHMENT OF SHIPS

    公开(公告)号:US20220009596A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17447667

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.

    Buried sensor system
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10217920B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15203710

    申请日:2016-07-06

    Abstract: A sensing system including in-ground sensors not requiring battery power. A thermoelectric generator sensor rod includes an upper thermal contact and a lower thermal contact at or near its two ends. When the thermoelectric generator sensor rod is buried in the ground with one end buried more deeply than the other, a temperature gradient in the soil produces a temperature difference between the upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact. The upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact are thermally connected to a thermoelectric generator, e.g., by heat pipes or thermally conductive rods. Electrical power generated by the thermoelectric generator powers sensors for monitoring conditions in the ground, and circuitry for transmitting sensor data to a central data processing system.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSFER ACROSS A CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM
    3.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSFER ACROSS A CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM 有权
    通过导电介质进行电荷转移的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150130405A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-14

    申请号:US14535728

    申请日:2014-11-07

    Abstract: A method for supplying power to detected devices coupled to a conductive backplane includes: supplying a plurality of sensing signals at a plurality of transmit impedance values to the conductive backplane; analyzing a plurality of return signals received from the conductive backplane, the return signals corresponding to the sensing signals; detecting the presence of a sink device coupled to the conductive backplane based on the analyzed return signals; and supplying power from a power supply to the sink device via the conductive backplane after detecting the presence of the sink device.

    Abstract translation: 向耦合到导电背板的检测设备供电的方法包括:以多个发射阻抗值向导电背板提供多个感测信号; 分析从所述导电背板接收的多个返回信号,所述返回信号对应于所述感测信号; 基于所分析的返回信号来检测耦合到所述导电背板的信宿设备的存在; 并且在检测到宿设备的存在之后,经由导电背板从电源向宿设备供电。

    System and method for underway autonomous replenishment of ships

    公开(公告)号:US11511829B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17447667

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.

    BURIED SENSOR SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180013048A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15203710

    申请日:2016-07-06

    Abstract: A sensing system including in-ground sensors not requiring battery power. A thermoelectric generator sensor rod includes an upper thermal contact and a lower thermal contact at or near its two ends. When the thermoelectric generator sensor rod is buried in the ground with one end buried more deeply than the other, a temperature gradient in the soil produces a temperature difference between the upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact. The upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact are thermally connected to a thermoelectric generator, e.g., by heat pipes or thermally conductive rods. Electrical power generated by the thermoelectric generator powers sensors for monitoring conditions in the ground, and circuitry for transmitting sensor data to a central data processing system.

    System and method for underway autonomous replenishment of ships

    公开(公告)号:US11161572B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16889631

    申请日:2020-06-01

    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.

    System and method for electrical charge transfer across a conductive medium
    9.
    发明授权
    System and method for electrical charge transfer across a conductive medium 有权
    通过导电介质进行电荷转移的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09583954B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-28

    申请号:US14535728

    申请日:2014-11-07

    Abstract: A method for supplying power to detected devices coupled to a conductive backplane includes: supplying a plurality of sensing signals at a plurality of transmit impedance values to the conductive backplane; analyzing a plurality of return signals received from the conductive backplane, the return signals corresponding to the sensing signals; detecting the presence of a sink device coupled to the conductive backplane based on the analyzed return signals; and supplying power from a power supply to the sink device via the conductive backplane after detecting the presence of the sink device.

    Abstract translation: 向耦合到导电背板的检测设备供电的方法包括:以多个发射阻抗值向导电背板提供多个感测信号; 分析从所述导电背板接收的多个返回信号,所述返回信号对应于所述感测信号; 基于所分析的返回信号来检测耦合到所述导电背板的信宿设备的存在; 并且在检测到宿设备的存在之后,经由导电背板从电源向宿设备供电。

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