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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Paul Nissen, Alba, TX (US);
Troy Cyril Schank, Keller, TX (US);
Peter Charles Robichaux, Mary Ester, FL (US);
Jason Paul Hurst, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Todd Christopher Worden, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/50 (2006.01); B64F 1/28 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/50 (2013.01); B63B 35/003 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B64F 1/28 (2013.01); B63G 2008/005 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary autonomous seabased resupply system includes an unmanned blob positioned in a water body, the blob containing fuel, a pump on the blob configured to pump the fuel through a conduit to a craft, and a ballast system operable to change a vertical position of the blob in the water body.