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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Scott Hartshorn, Snohomish, WA (US);
Keith Daniel Humfeld, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 5/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); B64B 1/58 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/22 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01); C25B 15/02 (2021.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); C25B 1/55 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63G 8/22 (2013.01); B64B 1/58 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01); C25B 1/55 (2021.01); C25B 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 30/20 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); B63B 2035/007 (2013.01); B63G 8/08 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B64C 2201/022 (2013.01); B64C 2201/101 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
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.