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US 11,142,447 B2Granted
Mobile autonomous hydrogen refueling station
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorJoseph Dean Rainville
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Abstract
A system and a method for mobilized autonomous hydrogen refueling of vertical lift aircraft using a framed landing pad with sensors, an onboard hydrogen storage tank, an onboard refueling arm configured to couple the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft and an onboard controller configured to control a flow of fuel from the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft.
Claims6
A method for mobilized autonomous refueling of an aircraft comprising:
- deploying a mobile landing pad having;
- a refueling arm;
- and
- a nozzle on the refueling arm;
- landing the aircraft on the nozzle;
- coupling the nozzle to the aircraft;
- flowing fuel to the aircraft through the refueling arm;
- decoupling the nozzle from the aircraft;
- and
- determining a height of the nozzle;
- wherein the determining the height of the nozzle is based upon a communication from the aircraft.
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