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Vehicle comprising a bifunctional structural part

  • US 10,046,666 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2016
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle comprising a power source and a structural part, wherein the power source includes a plurality of components, and at least one of the plurality of components serves as at least a portion of the structural part,wherein the power source comprises a metal-air battery including a metal anode or an alloy anode, wherein said anode serves as said at least a portion of the structural part, and wherein the structural part is non-essential for the vehicle'"'"'s mobility and is replaceable between trips of the vehicle,wherein said anode is oxidized or consumed during a trip of the vehicle,wherein said vehicle is selected from an aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a spacecraft, a watercraft including sub-surface watercraft, and a land vehicle e.g. an electrical car or truck, andwherein the non-essential part is selected from aircraft fuselage, aircraft skin, watercraft hull, car floor, car roof, car fender, car bumper, car decklid, car rocker, car door, vehicle window frame, vehicle door frame, main hatch, under the hatch before, quadrotor frame, camera mounting frame, landing bar, and landing gear.

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