Multiblock robot system

• US 6,438,453 B1
• Filed: 05/01/2000
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Uwe Kochanneck
• Original Assignee: Uwe Kochanneck
• Inventors: Kochanneck, Uwe
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel, Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US09/562,673
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 700/245, 700/251, 701/22, 701/29, 701/36, 701/207, 701/300, 318/558, 318/568.11, 318/568.12, 744/900.3, 744/900.5, 901/1, 901/15, 901/23, 901/28, 180/65.1
• US Class Current: 700/245
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/08 characterised by modular constructions
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2035/4426 Stationary floating buildings for human use, e.g. floating dwellings or floating restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 3/08 with detachably-connected sub-units
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 35/00 Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 35/28 Barges or lighters underwater-towed barges B63G8/42; for transporting logs B63B35/62
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 35/44 Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices construction methods for floating offshore platforms B63B75/00
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 35/70 for pushing
• CPC Class Codes: B63G 2008/004 autonomously operating
• CPC Class Codes: B63G 8/001 Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations self-propelled or direction controlled diving chambers with mechanical link to a base B63C11/42
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/12 manned
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/646 Docking or rendezvous systems refueling in space B64G1/4024
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 7/124 with underwater tool drive prime mover, e.g. portable drilling rigs for use on underwater floors
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40304 Modular structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/00 Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20317 including electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20329 Joint between elements

Abstract

A multiblock robot system with to each other compatible-and plug connectable, stationary and mobile earth, sea, aviation, planetary and space flight capable multiblock robot system standard cells, multiblock robot flange plug booster units and multiblock robots. Reconstructable with minimal expenditure of development and construction and by optional combinations between each other and with the total spectrum of all multiblock robot standard parts, objective-directed used for stationary and mobile multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes for mainland, sea, aviation, planetary and space flight fields, always exchangeable to each other, removeable, disintegrateable and re-plug connectable to the most different multiblock robot system solutions.

Claims

1. A multiblock robot system comprising:

to each other compatible and plug connectable stationary and mobile earth, sea, aviation and space flight capable multiblock robot system standard cells, multiblock robot flange plug booster units and multiblock robots, composed with minimal expenditure of development and construction, in any desired combination to each other and to the total spectrum of all multiblock robot standard parts;

said multiblock robot system with said stationary and mobile earth, sea, aviation and space flight capable multiblock robot system standard cells, multiblock robot flange plug booster units and multiblock robots, provided with rotation and non rotational flange plug connections and with approximation sensors for plug combination and at any time interchangeable composition to multiblock robot individual systems and total, mainland, sea, aviation, space and planetary complexes.

2. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said multiblock robot system standard cells are provided with vertical and horizontal access and supply channels,

said vertical and horizontal access and supply channels comprising tackle line and hydraulic lift flange plug booster units,

said vertical access and supply channels being enclosed of staircase installations and of fluid channels,

said vertical access and supply channels leading current, communication and fluid supply lines,

said vertical access and supply channels as a whole composing functional and operational said multiblock robot rotation flange plug connections and non rotational flange plug connections,

said rotation flange plug connections having in end positions at the outer contour turning attachments with internal driving motors,

said vertical and horizontal access, supply, control and fluid channels, of said rotation and non rotational flange plug connections, forming part of said multiblock robot system standard cells, being flanged together with a multitude of others of said multiblock robot standard cells, said flange plug booster units, and said vertical and horizontal access, supply, control and fluid channels, adjacent to each other, by means of engaging plugs and plug sleeves, but said flange plug booster units, and said vertical and horizontal access, supply, control and fluid channels, as also all plug connected multiblock robot system standard cells, being always freely rotatable around 360°

relative to the center axis, whereas for all rotational positions, the access and transition to said vertical and horizontal access, supply, control and fluid channels is always preserved.

3. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said standardized multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes are provided with concentric removeable rings for the accomodation of material and devices, enclosing vertical and horizontal access, staircase installation, and supply channels, having access and passage openings,

said multiblock robot system standard cells are provided with internal intermediate walls, sliding doors and intermediate floors,

said multiblock robot system standard cells having inside an entrance flange plug booster unit with sliding doors to the outside and inside direction and access to the horizontal access channels,

said multiblock robot system standard cells provided with a retractable platform booster unit, installed above said inside entrance flange plug booster unit and being covered to the outside by a balustrade,

said multiblock robot system standard cells, are provided on the outer contour with rotatable segment solar flange plug booster units and with window openings,

said multiblock robot system standard cells for the mobile operations, are provided with outside peripheral sensor ring flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot system standard cells are composed of plug connected component segments, which are provided with said plug and plug sleeve units and with sealing material along the segment sides for plug connection to each other and for plug connection with said central rotation flange plug connections,

said component segments are provided with supply lines and said supply lines being vertically arranged above and below in peripheral position, for the connection with said horizontal supply lines which enclose said horizontal access channels.

4. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said standardized multiblock individual systems and total complexes are provided with separate entrance and roof flange plug booster units which have horizontal access channels, staircase installations and supply channels which are provided for said standardized multiblock system cells,

said separate entrance and roof flange plug booster units are provided with additional storage volume for multiblock robot battery flange plug booster units and other materials,

said standardized multiblock system cells are provided with separate intermediate and landing platform flange plug booster units, with and without a balustrade, said standardized multiblock system cells are provided with separate vertical access channel flange plug booster units comprising tackle line and hydraulic lift flange plug booster units, in addition to central internal access channels of said standardized multiblock system cells, for the throughout vertical conveyance of multiblock cool box and oxygen flange plug booster units,

said standardized multiblock system cells and said flange plug booster units being provided with rotation flexible flange plug connections for the rotation, thrust and vibration flexible plug connection between all of said standardized multiblock system cells, said flange plug booster units, said multiblock robot standard parts and said standardized multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes, which are optionally adjacently arranged, one beneath the other, below and above to each other,

said standardized multiblock cells and flange plug booster units are provided with multiblock robot articulated arms, being a multi-axis flexible vertical and horizontal support, absorbing shocks, pressure, shifts and vibrations, lifting free and keeping in balanced horizontal and vertical position, all of said stationary and mobile multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes, in regions with unsecure floor ground circumstances, in earthquake, hurricane and flood water endangered regions.

5. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said stationary and mobile multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes are provided with separate solar and wind rotor flange plug booster units, vertical wind rotor flange plug booster units and, combined vertical solar-wind rotor flange plug booster units with solar flange plug booster units, being attached to the concentrical rotational rotors conical outer segments of said vertical solar-wind rotor flange plug booster units,

said stationary and mobile multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes are provided with separate vertical access channels, identical to the design of the internal central vertical access channels of said multiblock robot system standard cells and of all flange plug booster units, having takle line and hydraulic lift plug booster units, as also staircase installations, enclosed by fluid channels and supply channels for current, communication and fluids lines,

said separate vertical access channels, composing a vertical support for said multiblock robot system standard cells and said flange plug booster units, plug connected one above the other,

said separate vertical access channels provided with lateral access openings, said rotation flange and non rotational flange plug connections,

said takle line and hydraulic lift plug booster units, said staircase installations, said fluid channels and said supply channels for current, communication and fluid lines, leading through all of said multiblock robot system standard cells, flange plug booster units and separate vertical access channels, plug connected one above the other,

said separate vertical access channels and said separate solar and wind rotor, vertical wind rotor and combined vertical solar-wind rotor flange plug booster units, being provided with vertical and horizontal access channels, staircase installations and supply channels and having at the end positions rotation flexible plug connections for the rotation flexible connection with all of said multiblock robot system standard cells, separate flange plug booster units, said multiblock robot standard parts and said multiblock robot systems and total complexes, which are optionally adjacently arranged, one beneath the other, below and above to each other.

6. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said mobile robot individual systems are composed by said multiblock robots system standard cells, being vertically lifted, lowered and plug connected to multiblock robot e-pool individual vehicles, transporters and buses,

said multiblock robot system standard cells of said multiblock robot e-pool individual vehicles being provided with centrally plug connected, entrance flange plug booster units which are freely rotatable around 360°

,

said entrance flange plug booster units being provided with lateral openings and two identical, mirror imaged arranged inside partial segment flange plug booster units which have likewise said lateral openings, being congruent to said lateral openings of said inside rotation compartment flange plug booster units,

said mirror imaged arranged inside partial segment flange plug booster units composing a load cabin for loads and materials, and a passenger cabin for operational devices and for the installation of vehicle seats, being each independently freely lowered, lifted and separately vertically plug connected to said non rotational plug connections, provided inside of said entrance flange plug booster units,

said load and passenger cabins being freely accessible by a rotation around 90°

of said entrance flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot e-pool transporters and buses, provided inside of said standardized multiblock robot system cells with a multitude of said vehicle seats, said passenger and load cabins and with multiblock robot cool box flange plug booster units, arranged on behind the other and side by side to each other, individually vertically lowered and lifted from and to the inside of said multiblock robot system standard cells,

said mobile robot individual systems comprising multiblock robot planetary vehicles, composed of centrally collapsible multiblock robot wheel and belt drive chassis flange plug booster units, provided with said entrance flange plug booster units, being centrally plug connected multiblock robot wheel and belt drive flange plug booster units,

said entrance flange plug booster units for said multiblock robot planetary vehicles being provided with said load and passenger cabins, having inside oxygen and space pilot operational flange plug booster units and multiblock space robot entry flange plug booster units, plug connected to said non rotational flange plug connections of said entrance flange plug booster units,

said oxygen flange plug booster units with said space pilot operational flange plug booster units, being likewise applicable for under water tasks, as an air sluice for divers.

7. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said total stationary multiblock robot sea complexes are centrally plug connected to separate vertical access channels,

said separate vertical access channels of said total stationary sea complexes being the ground support and plug connected to foundation plug booster units on the sea ground and, above the sea level, being the intermediate vertical support, plug connected between said individual multiblock robot system standard cells arranged one above the other, and said foundation flange plug booster units,

said separate vertical access channels, are design identical with the internal horizontal access channels of said multiblock robot system standard cells, being likewise enclosed of the corresponding supply channels,

said separate vertical access channels, being plug connected to design identical separate horizontal access channels, composing the most different multiblock robot application fields as for solar and wind current generation, fishing, sea water desalting, for farming, production, recovering of ship averages by multiblock robot flight and under water robots, processing of all kinds for the self sufficient operation of said total stationary and mobile multiblock robot sea complexes and for the supply of external regions,

said separate horizontal access channels, integrated with said supply and fluid channels, laid down along the sea ground for the transportation of fluids and current, for the supply of a multitude of said total stationary and mobile multiblock robot sea complexes and to the mainland,

said separate horizontal access channels, integrated with said supply and fluid channels being provided above the sea level for the docking of multiblock robot ship units, the goods exchange above said integrated fluid and supply lines and the ship transport of said multiblock robot application field productions,

said total stationary multiblock robot sea complexes having in top position, landing platform plug booster units, for the goods exchange by vertical landing multiblock robot aviation systems and of multiblock flight robots,

said total mobile multiblock robot sea complexes are composed of said multiblock robot system standard cells, designed as mobile over water and under water individual multiblock robot sea systems, being provided with driving screw flange plug booster units, and rudder flange plug booster units,

said mobile over water individual multiblock robot sea systems, driving individually and with a multitude one behind the other in a convoy, connected to each other by said rotation flange plug connections, driven and navigated by only one of said driving screw and rudder flange plug booster units, provided for the last in the queue of said over water individual multiblock robot sea systems,

said mobile over water individual multiblock robot sea systems being composed of said multiblock robot system standard cells and of ship carrier flange plug booster units and, said multiblock robot system standard cells individually and also in a multitude arranged one behind the other and in corresponding distances to each other being plug connected on said rotation flange plug connections, provided on said ship carrier flange plug booster units and these being provided with said driving screw and rudder flange plug booster units,

said total and individual mobile over water and under water multiblock robot sea systems are provided with plug connected under bottom telescope access channels,

said under bottom telescope access channels are freely rotatable around 360° and

being retracted and rotated to the horizontal position below the multiblock robot system standard cells during the drive onwards and to the working sea position,

said under bottom telescope access channels being provided with multiblock robot articulated arms, grippers and other multiblock robot flange plug booster units for under water sea ground works, as like as with under water multiblock robot camera and vision flange plug booster units, with excavator and drilling head flange plug booster units for sea ground drilling works and conveyance of fluids gaseous and solid materials and substances,

said under bottom telescope access channels, being provided with access openings and sliding doors for the access of divers and multiblock robots in sea ground position, and said rotation flange plug connections of said access openings having approximation sensors for a precise positioning and congruent adjustment and plug connection with said rotation flange plug connections, provided also on the bow of others of said mobile under water multiblock robot sea systems, operating under water and docking for a vertical guidance and a continuous access to said under bottom telescope access channels during under water operations with own driving power,

said under bottom telescope access channels, being conceptionally designed like said separate vertical access channels and having additional conveyor equipment for the continuous conveyance of fluid, gaseous and solid minerals and substances from the sea ground to the sea surface and to said stationary and mobile individual and total multiblock robot sea systems and sea complexes,

said under bottom telescope access channels, and the whole equipment of said mobile over water operating multiblock robot system standard cells, being also provided for said mobile under water multiblock robot system standard cells for the direct support and guidance during under water operations and, for the operation of divers, oxygen flange plug booster units being vertically lifted and lowered from and to said access channels which are arranged vertically in lateral position,

said mobile and stationary individual and total multiblock robot sea systems and complexes being identically and to each other combined plug connected and provided on the mainland, in space and on other planets.

8. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said multiblock robot individual aviation systems comprise multiblock robot helicopters and vertical takeoff capable airplanes, composed of said multiblock robot system standard cells, being provided with propulsion flange plug booster units, plug connected laterally to said rotation flange plug connections, having horizontal supply channels,

said multiblock robot system standard cells being provided with vertical rotor flange plug booster units, plug connected to said rotation flange plug connections, centrally provided and leading vertically said access channels with sheathing vertical supply channels through said vertical rotor flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot system standard cells being combined with said propulsion flange plug booster units and said vertical rotor flange plug booster units, and being separately provided only with said propulsion flange plug booster unit, or only with sait vertical rotor flange plug booster unit,

said multiblock robot system standard cells being provided with tail and cockpit flange plug booster units, plug connected to said rotation flange plug connections provided at the front and rear sides,

said tail and cockpit flange plug booster units are provided with said multiblock robot standard parts, adjustment floor ground drive units, said approximation sensors, articulated arms for adjusting, folding, closing and plug connecting said tail and cockpit flange plug booster units to said rear and front rotation flange plug connections of said multiblock robot system standard cells, and having additionally landing operative drive flange plug booster units,

said tail flange plug booster units being additionally provided with said propulsion flange plug booster units and with side rudder flange plug booster units, plug connected to said rotation flange plug connections in rear position,

said cockpit flange plug booster units being provided with multiblock robot control and board computer flange plug booster units, with cockpit seat units and further units, necessary for flight operations,

said multiblock robot system standard cells having in accordance with the needed flight requirements, wing flange plug booster units, plug connected by means of said lateral rotation flange plug connections and being freely rotatable around 360°

, for height control and vertical takeoff operations, reducing the air resistance during the vertical takeoff,

said wing flange plug booster units having above, below and in end position on said wing rotation flange plug connections, said propulsion flange plug booster units, and being also freely rotatable around 360°

, for vertical takeoff propulsion and additional height control operations,

said tail, cockpit, wing, propulsion, vertical rotor, rudder, drive flange plug booster units combined to each other and to said multiblock robot system standard cells, all with said internal access and supply channels and said current, communication and fluid lines, being imeadiatly interconnected to each other by the plug connection operations of said horizontal and vertical rotations flange plug connections.

9. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said multiblock robot total aviation complexes are comprising multiblock robot total takeoff and landing complexes, composed of said multiblock robot system standard cells, plug connected in ground position on foundation flange plug booster units, having above a retractable platform flange plug booster unit and a multiblock roof flange plug booster unit with internal equipments of a control tower for the air and landing traffic control of multiblock robot aviation units, these being provided with said guiding approximation sensors on said rotation flange plug connections in head and bottom positions of said multiblock robot system standard cells,

said multiblock robot system standard cells with said roof flange plug booster units, provided with centrally plug connected separate vertical access channels, leading freely from said foundation flange plug booster units, through said rotation flange plug connections, centrally provided one above the other, on said multiblock robot system standard cells and on said roof flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot aviation units, multiblock robot helicopters and vertical takeoff capable airplanes, being self operated guided and precisely positioned by the signal exchange between said approximation sensors, provided in head and bottom position on said multiblock system standard cells and in head position of said separate vertical access channels and, by means of its own propulsion flange plug booster units, said multiblock aviation units being lowered and landed on said rotation flange plug connections in head position of said multiblock aviation units below, already landed, or being directly landed on said rotation flange plug connections in head position of said roof flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot aviation units being rotated with its wing and vertical rotor flange plug booster units, by means of said rotation flange plug connections in head and in bottom positions of all said multiblock robots system standard cells and of all multiblock robot flange plug booster units, so that during the landing and takeoff operations, the propulsion radiation hits not said wing and vertical rotor flange plug booster units of said multiblock robot aviation units already landed below,

said multiblock robot aviation units, multiblock robot helicopters and vertical takeoff capable airplanes, in the air being self operating positioned and docked to each other by means of said approximation sensors on said rotation flange plug connections, for refuel operations and the exchange of persons, multiblock robots and materials.

10. A multiblock robot system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said multiblock robot total space complexes are composed of said multiblock robot system standard cell units having laterally on said rotation flange plug connections, heavy weight liftoff rocket flange plug booster units and optionally above and below plug connected light weight liftoff-space rocket flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot system standard cell units are provided with nose and tail heat, particle and radiation protection flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot total space complexes are lifting off by short first firing of the said liftoff and space rocket flange plug booster units, so that said multiblock robot total space complexes are lifted free from the ground, and after that, by firing said liftoff-space rocket flange plug booster units, whereas the liftoff rockets are switched off, and after reaching the orbit, the liftoff rockets optionally being disconnected and pushed off from said rotation flang plug connections and the space flight being continued by means of the liftoff-space rocket flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot total space complexes are provided with two of said multiblock robot system standard cells, being plug connected one above the other, each laterally plug connected with two of said liftoff rocket flange plug booster units and between each of said liftoff rocket flange plug booster units, having one of said liftoff-space rocket flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot total space complexes are lifted off from separate vertical access channels with sheathing supply channels, being also applicated as takeoff and landing complex for multiblock robot aviation and helicopter units, whereas said multiblock robot system standard cells are vertically and horizontally arranged for the takeoff operations and are centrally guided by said internal access channels, and along of said separate vertical access channels having said sheathing supply channels,

said multiblock robot total space complexes are provided with own vertical rotor flange plug booster units, being plug connected centrally on said rotation flange plug connections and, said multiblock robot total space complexes are vertically lifted off to great air heights and there, said vertical rotor flange plug booster units being disconnected from said rotation flange plug connections and are lowered to the earth by parachute flange plug booster chambers, being covered within said central rotation flange plug connection, whereas are simultaneuosly fired said liftoff-space rocket flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot system standard cells of said multiblock robot space complexes exchanging through said access channels, being provided laterally, horizontally and vertically, pilots, satellites, multiblock robot planetary vehicles, multiblock space robots,

said multiblock robot space robots being plug connected with rocket propulsion flange plug booster units,

said multiblock robot total space complexes lifted off entirely, as complete units and placed in space and on other planets,

said multiblock robot total space complexes placed one above and below the other, behind and beneath to each other, selfoperating positioned to each other by means of said approximation sensors, temporary and in the long run plug connected and docked for refuel operations, the exchange of persons, of said multiblock space robots and of materials,

said multiblock robot total space complexes, equally as all of said multiblock robot individual systems and total complexes, being plug connection, access, and supply compatible to each other and to all of said multiblock robot standard parts, to all of said flange plug booster units, as also to said multiblock robot system standard cells of the whole multiblock robot catalog, and having the ability to be optionally plug connected, combined, disconnected and exchanged to each other, by means of said rotation flange plug connections and said non rotational flange plug connections.