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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Steven Gagne, Avon, IN (US);
Rigoberto J. Rodriguez, Avon, IN (US);
William L. Siegel, Woodbridge, VA (US);
John R. Arvin, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Steven Gagne, Avon, IN (US);
Rigoberto J. Rodriguez, Avon, IN (US);
William L. Siegel, Woodbridge, VA (US);
John R. Arvin, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed one form of which is an aircraft that includes a pod capable of housing a work providing device. The pod can also include a thermal conditioning system and a power generation device that can be powered from the work providing device. The pod can provide thermal conditioning services and power services to a payload aboard the aircraft. In one non-limiting form the payload is a directed energy member that can be cooled using the thermal conditioning system and powered using the power generation device.