Fire resistant aerial vehicle for suppressing widespread fires
AssigneeAdaptive Global Solutions, LLC
InventorMichael S. THOMAS
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Abstract
A concentric, double hull, damage tolerant airframe vehicle double clad with a lightweight, impact resistant ceramic matrix composite for heat shielding and flame resistance, and fitted with insulation, to provide thermal protection from 35° C. to 1,650° C. of the internal fuselage areas for an extended period of time within an extreme heat environment, that will serve as a semi or fully autonomous vehicle, manned or unmanned, preferably an unmanned aerial vehicle designed as the delivery means to suppress or extinguish flames by repeatedly discharging pressure waves against flames without having to exit the fire environment.
Claims16
An aerial vehicle for extinguishing widespread fires, comprising:
- a. a first vessel having an external and interior surface defining a first chamber, the first vessel being made of a first thermal insulating material having a melting point of greater than about 800 degrees Celsius;
- b. a second vessel having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a second chamber and disposed concentrically and coaxially inside the first chamber of the first vessel, the second vessel being made of a second thermal insulating material having a melting point of greater than about 800 degrees Celsius, the interior surface of the second vessel having an inlet configured to receive and retain compress air in the second chamber, and to selectively discharge the compressed air through an outlet configured to produce a pressure wave to extinguish fires, the first and second thermal insulating materials being configured to resist flame and to provide thermal insulation to maintain an internal temperature of 35° C. or lower in an environment where temperatures range from about 35 degrees Celsius to about 1,650 degrees Celsius;
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- c. means for compressing air in the second chamber of the second vessel;
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- d. a propulsion system including a thrust vectoring system for propelling the aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.