US 11,702,221 B2
Smart fire hose
Marinus Bernard Bosma, Tipp City, OH (US)
Assigned to Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed by Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/93,218.
Application 17/093,218 is a division of application No. 16/877,458, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,505,330.
Application 16/877,458 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/030273, filed on May 1, 2019.
Application PCT/US2019/030273 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/681,336, filed on Aug. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,654,584, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,905, filed on May 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/377,555, filed on Aug. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0163150 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 39/06 (2006.01); B67D 7/04 (2010.01); B67D 7/40 (2010.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/06 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 1/16 (2006.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 39/06 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/06 (2013.01); B64D 1/16 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B67D 7/04 (2013.01); B67D 7/40 (2013.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for fighting fires, comprising:
a tank of fire-retardant material in a fixed wing aircraft;
a deployable delivery hose connected to the tank of fire-retardant material, having a delivery nozzle at an end away from the tank of fire retardant material;
an end effector connected to and carrying the delivery hose proximate the delivery nozzle, the end effector having thrusters controllable in thrust and direction;
an imaging device on the end effector imaging environment proximate the end effector; and
control circuitry including a display monitor, the control circuitry configured to provide command inputs controlling actuators varying thrust and direction of the thrusters on the end effector, and a valve in the delivery nozzle;
wherein the system is configured to deliver the fire retardant material with the delivery hose deployed, images from the end effector transmitted to the control circuitry and displayed on the display monitor, and an operator viewing the images on the display monitor, using the command inputs to maneuver the end effector, carrying the nozzle at the end of the delivery hose to a position proximate the fire, and opening the valve on the nozzle.