Hybrid seawater battery for powering an unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a remote oceanic environment includes a float system, at least one electric motor, and a seawater battery. The float system allows the UAV to maintain buoyancy on a body of water. The electric motor or motors produce the required lift for the UAV to achieve and m...

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Hauptverfasser:	Freeman, Ray Austin, McMahan, Jordan Chase, Cavaroc, Peyton B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COSMONAUTICS ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS GENERATION HELICOPTERS MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a remote oceanic environment includes a float system, at least one electric motor, and a seawater battery. The float system allows the UAV to maintain buoyancy on a body of water. The electric motor or motors produce the required lift for the UAV to achieve and maintain flight. The flight includes the UAV landing on the body of water and takeoff from the body of water. The seawater battery directly or indirectly powers the electric motor or motors using seawater from the body of water while the UAV is floating on the body of water.