Combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle

a technology of combined submersibles and aerial vehicles, which is applied in the direction of underwater equipment, special purpose vessels, aircraft convertible vehicles, etc., can solve the problems of limited success in building true flying submarines

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-22
AURORA FLIGHT SCI CORP
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[0007]It is therefore a general feature of the present invention to provide a combined submersible vess

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In the past, efforts have been made to build tr

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[0031]The various features of the preferred embodiments will now be described with reference to the drawing figures, in which like parts are identified with the same reference characters. The following description of the presently contemplated best mode of practicing the invention is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is provided merely for the purpose of describing the general principles of the invention.

[0032]According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle (the “Pelican” or, “flying submarine”) 100 is capable of both air and underwater operations. The flying submarine 100 includes the features of underwater buoyancy, gliding, and / or conventional propeller driven propulsion; re-deployable wings for multimode operation; chord-wise wing fold which doubles as control surface; a hydro-spike for water entry; means of re-launching from the water (either water rocket or solid fuel); modular nose payload bay (...

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A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure coupled to the body structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure coupled to the body structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure coupled to the body structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.

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[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 061,989, filed Jun. 16, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to unmanned aerial vehicles, and unmanned submersible vehicles. More particularly, the invention relates to a combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle, and to methods for operating same.[0003]In today's security conscience environment, especially in view of the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, many countries, including the United States of America, are increasing their border surveillance resources. However, while security in terms of terrorism is omni-present, many other agencies are also interested in border surveillance, including the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (U.S. DEA), and the U.S. Border Patrol, as well as many other state and local government agencies...

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IPC IPC(8): B63G8/00B63G8/08
CPCB60F5/02B64C39/024B64C2201/021F42B15/20B64C2201/102B64C2201/127B64C2201/165B64C2201/042B64U30/12B64U10/25B64U50/19B64U2101/30B64U50/13B64U50/15B64U70/00B63G8/08B63G2008/005B63G8/001B64C37/00
Inventor PARKS, ROBERT
Owner AURORA FLIGHT SCI CORP
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