公开(公告)号：US11338892B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16683521

申请日：2019-11-14

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Nissen ,  Troy Cyril Schank ,  Peter Charles Robichaux ,  Jason Paul Hurst ,  Todd Christopher Worden

IPC: B63G8/00 ,  B63B35/50 ,  B64F1/28 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B64C29/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210139161A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17095634

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Nissen ,  Troy Cyril Schank ,  Brent Chadwick Ross ,  Steven Ray Ivans

IPC: B64D39/04 ,  B64D39/02 ,  B64D7/00

Abstract: An aerial resupply system (ARS) including a supply aircraft. The supply aircraft includes at least one of supply fuel, an ordinance, and data. The supply aircraft also includes a retractable boom system (RBS) configured for selective stowage within a fuselage of the supply aircraft and configured to supply at least one of supply fuel, the ordinance, and data to a location external to the fuselage.

公开(公告)号：US11691753B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17095634

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Nissen ,  Troy Cyril Schank ,  Brent Chadwick Ross ,  Steven Ray Ivans

IPC: B64D39/04 ,  B64D7/00 ,  B64D39/02

CPC classification number: B64D39/04 ,  B64D7/00 ,  B64D39/02

Abstract: An aerial resupply system (ARS) including a supply aircraft. The supply aircraft includes at least one of supply fuel, an ordinance, and data. The supply aircraft also includes a retractable boom system (RBS) configured for selective stowage within a fuselage of the supply aircraft and configured to supply at least one of supply fuel, the ordinance, and data to a location external to the fuselage.