公开(公告)号：US07789723B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-07

申请号：US10565449

申请日：2004-07-30

Applicant: Robert A. Dane ,  Edward Payne Kilbourn

Inventor： Robert A. Dane ,  Edward Payne Kilbourn

IPC: B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63H9/00 ,  B63H19/00 ,  B63H21/17 ,  B63H23/00 ,  B63H23/24 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L11/00

CPC classification number: B63H9/0607 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B63B2035/006 ,  B63B2035/4453 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G2008/004 ,  B63H21/20 ,  B63H2021/171 ,  Y02T70/5236 ,  Y02T70/5245

Abstract: An unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicle (500) for marine use capable of operating on and below the surface of water, said vehicle (500) including an enclosed hull (501) having a payload bay (506), a hybrid propulsion system having energy collection means (504) in the form of a wing sail (503) covered with photovoltaic cells and energy storage means (511) for utilizing at least solar energy and wind energy, a plurality of sensors (508, 514) for detecting predetermined environmental parameters and a communications system (509, 515) for transmitting data from said sensors (508, 515) to and for receiving command signals from one or more remote stations and/or cooperating vehicles.

Abstract translation: 一种能够在水面以下运行的无人，自主的水上车辆（500），所述车辆（500）包括具有有效载荷舱（506）的封闭船体（501），具有能量的混合推进系统 覆盖有光伏电池的翼帆（503）形式的收集装置（504）和用于至少利用太阳能和风能的能量存储装置（511），用于检测预定环境参数的多个传感器（508,514） 以及用于将数据从所述传感器（508,515）发送到用于从一个或多个远程站和/或协作车辆接收命令信号的通信系统（509,515）。