SOLAR-POWERED FLOATATION DEVICE FOR ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES (AIR, LAND AND SEA)

摘要

The device that we have invented is designed with the following components: 1) an array of solar cell panels to provide power 2) a computerized control panel, 3) a series of pre-arranged balloons or air bags 4) pump or compressor, storage tank, batteries and a pillow shaped design body. The way the device works is that with power supplied by the solar cells the series of pumps shall pump helium gas from the tanks into a predetermined number of balloons distributed all throughout the vehicle. The number of balloons that shall be filled with helium are controlled by the onboard computer system. Once most of the balloons are filled, the buoyancy of the helium-filled balloons will reduce the weight of the vehicle corresponding to the number of balloons being inflated; the more balloons that are inflated, the lighter the vehicle becomes. To return to its normal weight, all the vehicle operator has to do is to reverse the pump to deflate the balloon and causing the return of the helium gas back to the tank. Batteries shall provide power for nighttime operation.