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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventor:

Samvruta Tumuluru, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 35/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/22 (2006.01); B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 35/008 (2013.01); B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B63G 8/22 (2013.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63G 2008/005 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

A submergible aerial vehicle with one or more rotors, a body operatively connected to the one or more rotors, and a platform operatively connected to the body. The vehicle is configured to operate with one or more additional vehicles such that the platform of each vehicle connects together and forms a segment of an enlarged floating platform. The enlarged platform is configured to support an object above the water. The body includes a cavity that is able to be at least partially filled with fluid. The cavity causes the submergible aerial vehicle to be at least partially submerged in a body of water.


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