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公开(公告)号:US10946944B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16384012
申请日:2019-04-15
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen
IPC分类号: B63G8/08 , F01K1/12 , F01K15/04 , F01K25/10 , B63G8/00 , F01D15/04 , F01D25/14 , F01K13/02 , F01K25/08
摘要: A carbon dioxide cycle power generation system includes a first carbon dioxide storage configured to store a first portion of carbon dioxide and a second carbon dioxide storage configured to store a second portion of the carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide cycle power generation system also includes a generator configured to generate electrical power based on a flow of at least part of the carbon dioxide between the first and second carbon dioxide storages. The carbon dioxide cycle power generation system is configured to cycle between different underwater depths in order to employ water pressure and/or water temperature in creating the flow of the at least part of the carbon dioxide through the generator. The second carbon dioxide storage includes an annular region surrounding a central region, where the annular region has a variable internal volume configured to receive at least part of the second portion of the carbon dioxide.
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公开(公告)号:US20190127060A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-02
申请号:US15794169
申请日:2017-10-26
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen , Charles Miller
摘要: Method and apparatus for a flight vehicle including a wing having a high aspect ratio and first and second rotors having a high aspect ratio, with a ratio of the rotor diameter to wing length ratio is equal to or greater than about 0.25. In embodiments, the flight vehicle can include a first and second motor, each less than about one thousand HP, to drive a respective rotor and a second motor. The flight vehicle can include a cruise mode and a VTOL mode.
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公开(公告)号:US11085425B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-10
申请号:US16451852
申请日:2019-06-25
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen
摘要: An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes a cylinder defining a space configured to receive the refrigerant from the first and second tanks. The apparatus further includes a piston passing into the cylinder and having a head, where the head divides the space within the cylinder into a first volume for the refrigerant from the first tank and a second volume for the refrigerant from the second tank. In addition, the apparatus includes a converter configured to translate linear movement of the piston into rotational motion and a generator configured to produce electrical power based on the rotational motion.
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公开(公告)号:US11001357B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16460774
申请日:2019-07-02
申请人: Raytheon Company
摘要: A system includes a first jacket that contains seawater and a first tank storing a first fluid under pressure. A second jacket contains seawater and a second tank storing a second fluid under pressure. An actuator cylinder defines a space that receives the fluids from the first and second tanks. The actuator cylinder includes an actuator piston that divides the space into a first volume for the first fluid and a second volume for the second fluid. A hydraulic cylinder includes a hydraulic piston configured to move and change an amount of hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic cylinder, wherein the hydraulic piston is fixedly coupled to the actuator piston. A buoyancy plug changes a position in connection with the amount of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic cylinder, wherein the position of the buoyancy plug affects a buoyancy of a vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20180209308A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15873422
申请日:2018-01-17
申请人: Raytheon Company
CPC分类号: F01K25/103 , B63G8/001 , B63G8/08 , B63G2008/002 , F01K13/00 , F01K13/02 , F01K15/04 , F01K27/005
摘要: An apparatus includes a generator configured to generate electrical power. The apparatus also includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus further includes a first piston assembly having a first piston that divides a volume within the first piston assembly into first and second spaces each configured to receive refrigerant from at least one of the tanks. In addition, the apparatus includes a second piston assembly having a second piston coupled to the first piston. The generator is configured to generate the electrical power based on movement of at least one of the first and second pistons. During use, flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and the spaces can be created based on a pressure differential, such as a pressure differential created by a temperature difference between the tanks.
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公开(公告)号:US20180118316A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15787948
申请日:2017-10-19
申请人: Raytheon Company
CPC分类号: B63G8/001 , B63B22/18 , B63B35/44 , B63B2035/4433 , B63B2211/02 , B63G2008/002 , F02C1/10 , F03B3/04 , H02K7/1823 , Y02E10/223
摘要: A system includes a vehicle having a body and a power generation system. The power generation system includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The power generation system also includes at least one generator configured to generate electrical power based on a flow of the refrigerant between the tanks. The first tank is configured to be cooled by one of ambient air and water to a lower temperature, and the second tank is configured to be warmed by another of the ambient air and the water to a higher temperature. The first tank or associated heat exchanger can be positioned such that the first tank is above the water's surface when a portion of the body breaches the surface. The second tank or associated heat exchanger can be positioned such that the second tank is below the water's surface when a portion of the body breaches the surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20170349252A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-07
申请号:US15173214
申请日:2016-06-03
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen
CPC分类号: B63G8/14 , B63G8/001 , B63G8/08 , B63G2008/002 , B63H19/00 , B63H25/38 , F01K1/12 , F01K15/04 , F01K25/10 , F01K25/103
摘要: An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one generator configured to receive flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and to generate electrical power based on the flows of the refrigerant. The apparatus further includes first and second hydraulic drives associated with the first and second tanks, respectively. Each hydraulic drive includes a first piston within the associated tank, a channel fluidly coupled to the associated tank and configured to contain hydraulic fluid, and a second piston within the channel and configured to move within the channel in order to vary an amount of the hydraulic fluid within the associated tank and vary a position of the first piston within the associated tank. The channel of each hydraulic drive has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the associated tank.
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公开(公告)号:US09622053B1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-11
申请号:US14948955
申请日:2015-11-23
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen
CPC分类号: H04W4/12 , G06F17/289 , G10L15/01 , G10L15/26 , G10L15/265 , G10L2015/221
摘要: Methods and apparatus for tactical radios for receiving speech from a user in a microphone and converting the speech to text with a voice-to-text module. The radio provides the text to the user for verification by the user and receives an indication from the user for verification that the text corresponds to the speech. The radio then transmits the text.
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公开(公告)号:US11052981B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US15725538
申请日:2017-10-05
申请人: Raytheon Company
发明人: Gregory W. Heinen , Jon S. Rawstron
摘要: An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one generator configured to generate electrical power based on a flow of the refrigerant between the tanks. The apparatus further includes a collector configured to transfer solar thermal energy to one of the tanks to heat the refrigerant in that tank and/or radiate thermal energy from one of the tanks into an ambient environment to cool the refrigerant in that tank. In addition, the apparatus could include first and second insulated water jackets each configured to receive and retain water, where the first tank is located within the first insulated water jacket and the second tank is located within the second insulated water jacket.
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公开(公告)号:US10928483B1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US16525294
申请日:2019-07-29
申请人: Raytheon Company
摘要: A method includes transmitting a first electromagnetic signal from a first node to a second node through free space. The method also includes transmitting a second electromagnetic signal from the first node to the second node through a communication link, where the communication link physically couples the first and second nodes. The method further includes identifying a distance between the first and second nodes based on a time-difference-of-arrival between reception of the first electromagnetic signal at the second node and reception of the second electromagnetic signal at the second node.
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