Extended duration autonomous craft

Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial ve...

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Hauptverfasser:	Humfeld, Keith Daniel, Hartshorn, Scott
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES APPARATUS THEREFOR AVIATION BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMISTRY CONTROLLING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES COSMONAUTICS ELECTRICITY ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING GENERATION GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES HELICOPTERS LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT METALLURGY MINE-LAYING MINE-SWEEPING OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY REGULATING RELATED EQUIPMENT SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS SUBMARINES SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.