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| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 伸缩式潜水艇 | CN201020209349.3 | 2010-05-31 | CN201784804U | 2011-04-06 | 陈家山 |
| 一种可在水面和水下航行，水上排水量和水下排水量相等的伸缩式潜水艇，它为单层耐压壳体结构，由前艇身(1)，后艇身(2)和升降式塔台(3)组成，其沉浮原理是，与后艇身(2)相连的圆环形的活塞(14)处在与前艇身(1)相连的圆环形的液压缸(7)中，当活塞(14)向前移动时，潜艇的体积减小，比重增加，就渐渐沉入水中。潜艇欲上浮时，先依靠水平舵(20)接近水面，再用液压泵(11)向液压缸(7)内泵入液压油(32)，使活塞(14)向后移动，潜艇的体积增大，比重减小，就浮出水面了。伸缩式潜水艇的结构和操作较简单，舱容量较大，潜行时水阻力较小，可用于海底旅游观光，水下运输和两栖登陆作战等。 | ||||||
| 162 | Coherence Map Navigational System for Autonomous Vehicle | US15778586 | 2016-10-17 | US20180356234A1 | 2018-12-13 | Andrew Wilby; Steven Borchardt |
| A method and system for facilitating navigation of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) about an egress path that mirrors an ingress path. Complex return data during an ingress cycle are obtained and a corresponding complex image of the seabed along the ingress cycle is generated. Complex return data during an egress cycle are also obtained and a plurality of corresponding complex local images of the seabed along the egress cycle can be generated. The complex local images are compared to the complex ingress image to identify a normalized cross-correlation coefficient (NCCC). A maximum NCCC indicates that a position of the AUV in the along-track direction has been found. Successive local complex images from the egress cycle can be compared against the complex image from the ingress cycle as the AUV moves along the egress path to identify successive NCCCs, and monitored overtime to determine if the successive NCCCs are increasing or decreasing as the AUV moves along the egress path. The path of the AUV can be corrected to mirror the egress path to the ingress path based on the change of the NCCCs as compared to maximum NCCC. | ||||||
| 163 | Coordinated water environment mobile robots | US15684102 | 2017-08-23 | US10124494B2 | 2018-11-13 | Ali Outa; Fadl Abdellatif; Sahejad Patel |
| A two-part, selectively dockable robotic system having counterbalanced stabilization during performance of an operation on an underwater target structure is provided. The robotic system includes a first underwater robotic vehicle that is sized and shaped to at least partially surround the underwater target structure. A second underwater robotic vehicle is sized and shaped to at least partially surround the underwater target structure and selectively dock with the first underwater robotic vehicle. The first and second robotic vehicles include complimentary docking mechanisms that permit the vehicles to selectively couple to each other with the underwater target structure disposed at least partially therebetween. One robot includes a tool that can act upon the target structure and the other robot includes a stabilization module that can act upon the target structure in an opposite manner in order to counterbalance the force of the tool. | ||||||
| 164 | Autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles | US15272079 | 2016-09-21 | US10106233B2 | 2018-10-23 | Harry J. Lichter; Wayne A. Baker; Russell M. Sylvia |
| Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force. | ||||||
| 165 | Autonomous underwater vehicle for transport of payloads | US15345472 | 2016-11-07 | US10081416B2 | 2018-09-25 | Steven J. Elder |
| An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is disclosed for transporting and delivering a positively buoyant payload and/or a negatively buoyant payload to a destination. The AUV can be gravitationally propelled through the sea. The AUV can comprise a flexible vehicle body that receives a positively buoyant payload (e.g., incompressible fluid, like fuel) and can comprise a negative buoyancy component (e.g., elongated spine, electronics, cargo, etc.). A weight of the negative buoyancy component is correlated to a volume of the positively buoyant payload whereby the AUV is substantially neutrally buoyant at sea. The positively buoyant payload can be hydrostatically pressurized to hydrodynamically shape the body. The vehicle body can be collapsible for storage. The AUV can collect underwater intelligence data and transmit said data when surfacing. The AUV can loiter at sea for long periods of time. Associated system and methods are disclosed for transporting a positively buoyant payload with an AUV. | ||||||
| 166 | CALIBRATION OF STREAMER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT | US15835792 | 2017-12-08 | US20180172863A1 | 2018-06-21 | Matthew Eric Lyssy; Mattias Südow; Toralf Lund; Andre Stenzel |
| An apparatus can include a base assembly and a pivot assembly coupled to the base assembly. The apparatus can include a carriage coupled to the pivot assembly. The carriage can be shaped to receive a compass streamer telemetry unit (CSTU). The carriage can be configured to secure the CSTU. The pivot assembly can be rotatably coupled to the base assembly to adjust a pitch of the carriage. The carriage can be rotatably coupled to the pivot assembly to adjust roll of the carriage. | ||||||
| 167 | An Underwater Buoy Installation System and Kit, a Method for Assembling It, Use Thereof, and a Method for Installing a Buoy | US15576084 | 2016-05-20 | US20180148147A1 | 2018-05-31 | Lars Wigant |
| A system with an underwater vehicle for installation and de-installation of buoys (9) under sea level (6). The vehicle (10) comprises a buoyancy adjustment system (19) for continuously adjusting the buoyancy of the vehicle (10) during underwater operation. A gripper (24) is connected to the vehicle frame (10′) by an orientation adjustment mechanism (29, 30, 31) for adjusting the gripper (24) orientation when installing a buoy (9) onto a flexible underwater line or for deinstalling the buoy (9) therefrom. The vehicle (10) further comprises a controller for manoeuvring and operation. | ||||||
| 168 | UNDERWATER PIPELINE INSPECTION CRAWLER | US15677575 | 2017-08-15 | US20180080905A1 | 2018-03-22 | Ammar Al Nahwi; Fadl Abdellatif; Ali Outa; Ihsan Al-Taie |
| An inspection crawler, and systems and methods for inspecting underwater pipelines are provided. The system includes the inspection crawler having a housing with a first side, an opposing second side, a power source, and a controller. The crawler includes an inspection tool, at least two pairs of latching arms, each latching arm including a rolling element, and at least two pairs of driving wheels. The system also includes at least one communication unit configured to communicate with the inspection crawler and to communicate aerially with one or more remote devices and, and at one sea surface unit. The inspection crawler can further include a connecting structure connecting the front and back portions of the crawler, and configured to elongate and shorten the inspection crawler. | ||||||
| 169 | Coordinated Water Environment Mobile Robots | US15684102 | 2017-08-23 | US20180080307A1 | 2018-03-22 | Ali Outa; Fadl Abdellatif; Sahejad Patel |
| A two-part, selectively dockable robotic system having counterbalanced stabilization during performance of an operation on an underwater target structure is provided. The robotic system includes a first underwater robotic vehicle that is sized and shaped to at least partially surround the underwater target structure. A second underwater robotic vehicle is sized and shaped to at least partially surround the underwater target structure and selectively dock with the first underwater robotic vehicle. The first and second robotic vehicles include complimentary docking mechanisms that permit the vehicles to selectively couple to each other with the underwater target structure disposed at least partially therebetween. One robot includes a tool that can act upon the target structure and the other robot includes a stabilization module that can act upon the target structure in an opposite manner in order to counterbalance the force of the tool. | ||||||
| 170 | Hydraulic drives for use in charging systems, ballast systems, or other systems of underwater vehicles | US15173214 | 2016-06-03 | US09834288B1 | 2017-12-05 | Gregory W. Heinen |
| An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one generator configured to receive flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and to generate electrical power based on the flows of the refrigerant. The apparatus further includes first and second hydraulic drives associated with the first and second tanks, respectively. Each hydraulic drive includes a first piston within the associated tank, a channel fluidly coupled to the associated tank and configured to contain hydraulic fluid, and a second piston within the channel and configured to move within the channel in order to vary an amount of the hydraulic fluid within the associated tank and vary a position of the first piston within the associated tank. The channel of each hydraulic drive has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the associated tank. | ||||||
| 171 | Waterborne Payload Deployment Vessel and Method | US15648550 | 2017-07-13 | US20170305516A1 | 2017-10-26 | Jamie J. Childress; Marci A. George; Paul L. Wynns; Kurt A. Matthews; John J. Fagan, JR.; Egan Greenstein |
| A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom. | ||||||
| 172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARINE SURVEY PAYLOAD DELIVERY | US15476567 | 2017-03-31 | US20170297666A1 | 2017-10-19 | Pascal Le Blanc |
| An apparatus. The apparatus includes a body and a plurality of control surfaces attached to the body. A first control surface is configured to control an ascent and descent of the apparatus, responsive to ascent/descent control information. A second control surface is configured to control a roll of the apparatus responsive to roll control information, and a third control surface is configured to control a yaw of the apparatus responsive to yaw control information. The apparatus further includes a releasable first docking fixture attached to the body, the first docking fixture configured to engage a second docking fixture on a payload. | ||||||
| 173 | Unmanned Underwater Vehicle with Variable-Geometry Hull | US15242399 | 2016-08-19 | US20170088242A1 | 2017-03-30 | Sebastian Dawid Oledzki |
| Unmanned underwater vehicle with variable-geometry internally pressurized hull that enables the underwater vehicle to submerge/emerge and change submersion depth by varying hull's buoyancy and not the vehicle weight. | ||||||
| 174 | AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES | US15272072 | 2016-09-21 | US20170081005A1 | 2017-03-23 | Harry J. LICHTER; Wayne A. BAKER; Stephen W. RODRIGUES |
| Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force. | ||||||
| 175 | AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES | US15272048 | 2016-09-21 | US20170081004A1 | 2017-03-23 | Harry J. LICHTER; Wayne A. BAKER; Russell M. SYLVIA |
| Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force. | ||||||
| 176 | AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES | US15272079 | 2016-09-21 | US20170081002A1 | 2017-03-23 | Harry J. LICHTER; Wayne A. BAKER; Russell M. SYLVIA |
| Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force. | ||||||
| 177 | High speed surface craft and submersible vehicle | US14231887 | 2014-04-01 | US09592894B2 | 2017-03-14 | Gregory E. Sancoff |
| A submersible vessel comprising: an elongated hull; at least one propeller mounted on a forward end of said hull and adapted to move said hull through water; said at least one propeller being of a size and configuration such that when it is rotated at an appropriate speed, it generates supercavitated water flowing from said at least one propeller and thence along an outer surface of said hull so as to diminish friction on the outer surface of said hull and facilitate high underwater speeds. | ||||||
| 178 | DRIVING ASSEMBLY | US15121749 | 2015-02-24 | US20170067451A1 | 2017-03-09 | THOMAS LEBERER |
| The invention relates to a drive arrangement containing a rotational mass which is supported so as to be rotatable about a first axis, a bearing element supported so as to be rotatable about a second axis extending perpendicular to the first axis having a bearing for supporting the rotational mass, an oscillating body supported so as to be rotatable about a third axis perpendicular to the second axis having a bearing for supporting the bearing element, a drive provided on the oscillating body for generating a rotary movement of the bearing element about the second axis, a housing having a bearing for supporting the oscillating body, and a brake fixed to the housing for braking the rotary movement of the oscillating body in such a way that with each braking operation a driving force is transmitted to the housing. | ||||||
| 179 | Ocean exploration apparatus and ocean exploration method | US14745801 | 2015-06-22 | US09540085B2 | 2017-01-10 | Hideki Mizunaga; Satoru Yamaguchi |
| An ocean exploration apparatus including: a probe body; a buoyancy adjusting section that adjusts buoyancy generated in the probe body; a posture adjusting section that adjusts a posture of the probe body; a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of the probe body; a wing section that moves the probe body using a lifting force applied from seawater; a sensor section that is provided in the probe body and measures an electromagnetic field; and a control section that controls operations of the buoyancy adjusting section, the posture adjusting section, the position information acquiring section, and the sensor section according to predetermined conditions. | ||||||
| 180 | METHOD AND AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A PLANNED ARRANGEMENT | US15117858 | 2015-02-05 | US20160355247A1 | 2016-12-08 | Mohamed Saad IBN SEDDIK |
| Methods and devices are configured to maintain a planned arrangement of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). An AUV performs a corrective motion to adjust its current position relative to other AUVs emitting signals, so that the AUV's corrected position matches a planned position of the AUV in the planned arrangement better than its current position. The corrective motion is determined based on the location of the AUVs whose emitted signals are detected by the AUV. | ||||||
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