Autonomous seabased resupply system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Paul Nissen, Troy Cyril Schank, Peter Charles Robichaux, Jason Paul Hurst, Todd Christopher Worden
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Abstract
A seabased resupply system includes a fuel containment structure containing fuel and extending fore and aft along a longitudinal axis, a pump on the fuel containment structure operable to pump the fuel, containers located on an exterior of opposite lateral sides of the fuel containment structure, and an operating system located inside one or more of the containers, the operating system comprising at least one selected from a power supply, a communication system, and a control processor.
Claims9
A seabased resupply system, the seabased resupply system comprising:
- a fuel containment structure containing fuel and extending fore and aft along a longitudinal axis;
- a pump on the fuel containment structure operable to pump the fuel;
- containers located on an exterior of opposite lateral sides of the fuel containment structure;
- an operating system located inside one or more of the containers, the operating system comprising at least one selected from a power supply, a communication system, and a control processor;
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- a keel on a bottom surface of the fuel containment structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.