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Patent No.:

US 11787549 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2019

Solid oxide fuel cell modular hybrid powertrain for small unmanned aircraft system (uas)

Applicants:

Jeongmin Ahn, Manlius, NY (US);

Thomas Welles, Syracuse, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeongmin Ahn, Manlius, NY (US);

Thomas Welles, Syracuse, NY (US);

Assignee:

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

David L. Nocilly

Primary Examiner:

Michael C Zarroli

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2016.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/004 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); H02K 7/1815 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid power system for an unmanned aerial system (UAS) having a liquid fuel engine and a solid oxide fuel cell coupled to the exhaust of the engine for generating electricity that is used by the electric motors of the UAS to create lift and control flight. A conventional remote control (r/c) liquid fuel engine may be used generate exhaust gases including hydrogen and carbon monoxide that are used by a SOFC coupled to the exhaust of the r/c engine to generate electricity. The electric motors of the UAS may thus be powered by the electricity generated by the SOFC.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ahn, Jeongmin. (2023). Solid oxide fuel cell modular hybrid powertrain for small unmanned aircraft system (uas) (U.S. Patent No. 11787549). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11787549

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