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US 12,752,934 B2Granted
On-ground aircraft service system
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorDaniel Mackay
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Abstract
An on-ground aircraft service system includes an aircraft including a first sustainable energy module and a repository including a second sustainable energy module for replacing the first sustainable energy module when the first sustainable energy module is depleted. The aircraft includes a connector operable between an engaged mode operatively connecting the first sustainable energy module to a rest of the aircraft, and a disengaged mode operatively disconnecting the first sustainable energy module from the rest of the aircraft.
Claims20
An on-ground aircraft service system comprising:
- an aircraft including:
- a first sustainable energy module received inside a receptacle formed in a wing of the aircraft, the receptacle having a downward-facing opening permitting a removal of the first sustainable energy module from the receptacle by downward movement of the first sustainable energy module relative to the wing, the first sustainable energy module having a bottom surface shaped to complete an airfoil shape of the wing across the opening of the receptacle;
- and
- a connector operable between:
- an engaged mode operatively connecting the first sustainable energy module to a rest of the aircraft when the bottom surface of the first sustainable energy module is in register with the opening of the receptacle and completes the airfoil shape of the wing across the opening of the receptacle;
- and a disengaged mode operatively disconnecting the first sustainable energy module from the rest of the aircraft;
- and
- a repository including a second sustainable energy module for replacing the first sustainable energy module when the first sustainable energy module is depleted.
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