US 12,233,988 B2
Systems and methods for cargo transport
Gregory Scheiferstein, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 18/726,173
Filed by Archimedes Freight, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 10, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/010980
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/151694, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/619,311, filed on Jan. 9, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/440,381, filed on Jan. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,240, filed on Jan. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,030, filed on Jan. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0425143 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 1/38 (2006.01); B63B 1/32 (2006.01); B63B 39/03 (2006.01); B63H 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 1/38 (2013.01) [B63B 1/322 (2013.01); B63B 39/03 (2013.01); B63H 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 2001/382 (2013.01); B63B 2001/387 (2013.01); B63H 2021/207 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vessel, comprising:
a hull comprising a cavitator and a main body, the main body coupled to the cavitator, the main body extending aft from the cavitator, the main body comprising an external surface;
a ballast tank disposed in the hull;
an air-breathing engine coupled to the hull;
a fluid supply system comprising a fluid outlet disposed in the hull, the fluid outlet configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid source during operation of the vessel in a supercavitation mode, the fluid supply system configured to form a supercavitation flow pattern in response to operating in the supercavitation mode, wherein the air-breathing engine is configured to receive a portion of a fluid from the fluid source of the fluid supply system during operation of the vessel in the supercavitation mode;
a fluid conduit routed from an inlet of the air-breathing engine to the external surface of the main body of the hull and a valve coupled to the fluid conduit;
one or more sensors and a controller, the controller in electronic communication with the valve and the one or more sensors, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive sensor data from the one or more sensors;
determine, based on the sensor data, the supercavitation flow pattern is formed over the external surface of the main body of the hull;
at least partially open the valve in response to the supercavitation flow pattern being formed; and
in response to the valve being at least partially opened, at least the portion of the fluid from the supercavitation flow pattern is routed to the inlet of the air-breathing engine.