Multiple environment unmanned vehicle
Abstract
A MEUV that is able to navigate aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments through the use of different mission mobility attachments is disclosed. The attachments allow the MEUV to be deployed from the air or through the water prior to any terrestrial navigation. The mobility attachments can be removed or detached by and from the vehicle during a mission.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1414415
- Patent Number(s):
- 9844990
- Application Number:
- 15/422,252
- Assignee:
- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60F - VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B63 - SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS B63G - OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017 Feb 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Hobart, Clinton G., Morse, William D., and Bickerstaff, Robert James. Multiple environment unmanned vehicle. United States: N. p., 2017.
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Hobart, Clinton G., Morse, William D., & Bickerstaff, Robert James. Multiple environment unmanned vehicle. United States.
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"Multiple environment unmanned vehicle". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1414415.
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