Title:
UNDERWATER VEHICLE HAVING DIRECTIONAL EFFECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/162998
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An underwater vehicle includes a plurality of releasable panel members that are initially in a storage state in which the releasable panel members form a closed housing and the underwater vehicle is neutrally buoyant, and an actuatable effector that is retained in the closed housing. The effector has an anchor and a positively buoyant upper unit opposite the anchor. When the plurality of releasable panel members are released to open the closed housing, the effector is separable from the releasable panel members and maintained in a vertically downward direction by the anchor and the positively buoyant upper unit.
Inventors:
WILBY ANDREW D (US)
MISULIA JOESPH M (US)
MISULIA JOESPH M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/060899
Publication Date:
November 19, 2020
Filing Date:
November 12, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RAYTHEON CO (US)
International Classes:
B63B21/29; B63G6/00
Foreign References:
| US3811379A | 1974-05-21 | |||
| US5076170A | 1991-12-31 | |||
| US20020088365A1 | 2002-07-11 | |||
| US20100000463A1 | 2010-01-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PLATT, Jonathan A. (US)
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