US 11,745,894 B2
Vehicle refueling and recharging
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 Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,472.
Application 17/093,197 is a division of application No. 16/877,458, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,505,330, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Application 18/175,472 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/093,197, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,591,106.
Application 16/877,458 is a continuation in part 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 2023/0202670 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refueling system, comprising:
a first vehicle having a fuel tank connected through a pumping apparatus to a deployable fuel hose;
an end effector having a plurality of thrusters providing thrust in a plurality of directions and control elements providing controlled flight, the fuel hose connected at an end away from the first vehicle, through the end effector to a fuel connector under the end effector;
a second vehicle having a fuel tank coupled through a pumping apparatus to a fueling port on an acquisition apparatus adapted to acquire the end effector and connect the fueling port and the fuel connector of the end effector; and
control circuitry in one of the vehicles and in the end effector enabling controlled flight of the end effector;
wherein the end effector is controlled to be acquired by the acquisition apparatus to couple the fuel connector with the fueling port and fuel is provided from the fuel tank of one of the vehicles to the fuel tank of the other of the vehicles through the pumping apparatus.