Arrangement for fueling a water vessel
NSWCCD
A method and apparatus for securing and fueling a surface water vessel at a floating station, attached to and remote from a parent ship. The surface water vessel may be an unmanned surface vehicle, for example. According to the invention, the surface water vessel includes a probe and the floating station includes an opening for receiving the probe therein. The floating station includes a fuel-delivering arrangement for feeding fuel from the parent ship to the water vessel.
Inventors:
Gaston, Gregory V.; Phillips, John T.; Bagwell, Brandon R.; Moser, Ronald K.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Handling and Transportation
FIle Date:
2009-09-30
Grant Date:
2013-01-22
Grant time:
1,210 days
Grant time percentile rank:
22
Claim count percentile rank:
4
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
