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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Keyport, WA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Seeley, Seebeck, WA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Keyport, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/04 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/14 (2006.01); B63G 8/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/14 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63G 8/04 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B63G 8/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A field configurable vehicle includes bladders located interior of the vehicle hull walls. One or more of the bladders can be filled with fluids of varying densities to manage the buoyancy, mass properties, and thermal heat dissipation of the vehicle.