公开(公告)号：US6142421A

公开(公告)日：2000-11-07

申请号：US231368

申请日：1999-01-13

Applicant: Miles R. Palmer

Inventor： Miles R. Palmer

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/06 ,  B64D37/12 ,  B64D39/00 ,  F42B15/00 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B64D37/02

CPC classification number: B64D37/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/06 ,  B64D39/00 ,  F42B15/00 ,  B64C2201/044 ,  B64C2201/084 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/105 ,  B64C2201/121 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/205

Abstract: A vehicle refueling system includes an aero vehicle and a fuel bladder system. The fuel bladder system includes a fuel bladder, a pickup loop of a predetermined loop size, a reel mechanism to retract at least one side of the pickup loop to reduce the loop size, a snag sensor to sense when the pickup loop has been hooked by the retractable hook, the snag sensor initiating the reel mechanism, a compass to sense the random orientation of the loop, a radio navigation receiver to sense a location of the loop, and a transmitter to transmit the random orientation and the location. The vehicle includes a fuselage, a retractable hook with a hook sensor to detect when a fuel bladder is hooked and the loop size has been reduced by the reel mechanism, a fuel bladder stowage chamber within the fuselage, a fuel intake tube capable of drawing fuel from the fuel bladder stowed in the stowage chamber, a retraction mechanism to retract the retractable hook, a fuel transfer mechanism to transfer fuel from the fuel bladder into an internal fuel tank, and a fuel bladder discard mechanism to discard the fuel bladder after the fuel has been drawn from the fuel bladder.

Abstract translation: 车辆加油系统包括航空车辆和燃料囊系统。 燃料囊系统包括燃料囊，预定环尺寸的拾取环，卷绕机构，用于缩回拾取环的至少一侧以减小环的尺寸;阻挡传感器，用于感测拾取环何时已被钩住 可伸缩钩，启动卷轴机构的阻塞传感器，用于感测环路的随机取向的罗盘，用于感测回路位置的无线电导航接收器，以及发送器，以发送随机取向和位置。 车辆包括机身，具有钩传感器的可伸缩钩，用于检测燃料囊何时被钩住，并且通过卷轴机构减小了环路尺寸，机身内部的燃料囊存放室，能够吸引燃料的燃料进入管 从装载在储存室中的燃料气囊，收回缩回钩的缩回机构，用于将燃料从燃料气囊输送到内部燃料箱中的燃料转移机构，以及在燃料之后废弃燃料气囊的燃料气体排出机构 已从燃油囊中抽出。