公开(公告)号：US09254902B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-09

申请号：US14178243

申请日：2014-02-11

申请人： MRV SYSTEMS, LLC

发明人： James Edward Dufour ,  Brian Kenneth Newville

IPC分类号： B63G8/22

CPC分类号： B63G8/22 ,  B63B2021/222 ,  B63G2008/002 ,  G05D1/0206

摘要： An underwater vehicle may include a buoyancy control system configured to use a dual-internal-reservoir configuration to enhance efficiency of changing buoyancy of the underwater vehicle. The buoyancy control system may utilize an incompressible fluid (e.g., oil or water) that is transferred between a first internal reservoir and an external chamber to affect buoyancy of the underwater vehicle. In exemplary implementations, a compressible fluid (e.g., air) may be used to inflate or deflate a second internal reservoir. The second internal reservoir may be disposed within the buoyancy control system so that it can act on the first internal reservoir by applying a compressive force or a tensive force on the first internal reservoir, depending on the pressure differences between the two reservoirs.

摘要翻译： 水下航行器可以包括浮力控制系统，该浮力控制系统被配置为使用双内部储存器构造来提高改变水下航行器浮力的效率。 浮力控制系统可以利用在第一内部储存器和外部室之间传递的不可压缩流体（例如油或水）来影响水下航行器的浮力。 在示例性实施方案中，可压缩流体（例如，空气）可用于使第二内部储存器膨胀或放气。 第二内部储存器可以设置在浮力控制系统内，使得其可以根据两个储存器之间的压力差在第一内部储存器上施加压缩力或强力作用在第一内部储存器上。

公开(公告)号：US20150232161A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-20

申请号：US14624402

申请日：2015-02-17

申请人： Chang-Tsung Lin

发明人： Chang-Tsung Lin

IPC分类号： B63G8/28 ,  B63G8/42 ,  B63G8/20 ,  B63G8/18 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/38

CPC分类号： B63G8/28 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/42 ,  B63G13/00 ,  B63G2008/002 ,  B63G2008/005

摘要： A system and method for a large ship to immobilize malicious small watercraft comprises of an unmanned underwater vehicle. The vehicle can be launched immediately upon detection of the threat. When the watercraft comes close, preparing to start boarding attack, the vehicle either uses it's onboard propulsion or is towed with a cable to sneak up on the watercraft and deliver an immobilizing effect, such as a hard crash or a stalling entanglement, on the propulsion mechanism of the watercraft.

摘要翻译： 用于大型船只固定恶意小型船只的系统和方法包括无人驾驶的水下航行器。 检测到威胁后，车辆可以立即启动。 当船舶靠近，准备开始登机攻击时，车辆或者使用它的车上推进，或者用电缆拖曳在船上潜行，并在推进上发出固定效应，例如硬碰撞或失速纠缠 船舶的机制。

公开(公告)号：US20150210369A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-30

申请号：US14682732

申请日：2015-04-09

申请人： Saildrone, Inc.

发明人： Richard Elliot Jenkins ,  Dylan Owens

IPC分类号： B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/38 ,  H02S40/38 ,  B63H9/08 ,  B63H25/04 ,  B63H25/38 ,  B63B1/10 ,  B63G8/28 ,  B63H9/06

CPC分类号： B63H9/0607 ,  B63B1/10 ,  B63B1/12 ,  B63B1/125 ,  B63B9/02 ,  B63B43/00 ,  B63B43/02 ,  B63B2035/007 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/28 ,  B63G8/38 ,  B63G2008/004 ,  B63H9/08 ,  B63H25/04 ,  B63H25/38 ,  B63H2009/0635 ,  B63H2009/082 ,  B63H2025/045 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  G05D1/0875 ,  H02S40/38

摘要： An unmanned, autonomous, ocean-going vessel including a primary hull and a rigid wing rotationally coupled with the primary hull that freely rotates about a rotational axis. At least one of the primary hull and the rigid wing includes at least one selectively floodable compartment configured to selectively flood to submerge the primary hull and at least a portion of the rigid wing. The vessel further includes at least one controller configured to maintain a desired heading. The vessel further includes a control surface element configured to aerodynamically control a wing angle of the rigid wing based on a force exerted by wind on the control surface element. The vessel further includes a rudder. The at least one controller is further configured to determine a rudder position and generate a signal to position the rudder. The vessel further includes a keel coupled with the primary hull.

摘要翻译： 一种无人，自主的远洋船舶，其包括初级船体和与初级船体旋转耦合的刚性翼，其围绕旋转轴线自由旋转。 主船体和刚性翼板中的至少一个包括至少一个选择性地可洪水的舱室，其被构造成选择性地淹没主船体和刚体翼的至少一部分。 船舶还包括至少一个控制器，其配置成保持期望的航向。 容器还包括控制表面元件，其被配置为基于由风施加在控制表面元件上的力来空气动力地控制刚性翼的翼角。 该船还包括方向舵。 所述至少一个控制器还被配置成确定舵位置并产生用于定位舵的信号。 船舶还包括与初级船体连接的龙骨。

公开(公告)号：US09051036B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-09

申请号：US13997188

申请日：2011-12-21

申请人： Jaehoon Kim ,  Youngjun Park ,  Jongho Eun ,  Jongung Choi ,  Jaeyong Lee ,  Sungmoon Joo ,  Hieyong Jeong ,  Donghun Lee

发明人： Jaehoon Kim ,  Youngjun Park ,  Jongho Eun ,  Jongung Choi ,  Jaeyong Lee ,  Sungmoon Joo ,  Hieyong Jeong ,  Donghun Lee

IPC分类号： B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/14 ,  B63G8/16 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B62D57/032 ,  B63B1/04 ,  B63G8/26

CPC分类号： B63G8/08 ,  B62D57/032 ,  B63B1/04 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/14 ,  B63G8/16 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/26 ,  B63G2008/004 ,  B63G2008/007

摘要： Disclosed are an underwater moving apparatus and a moving method thereof. The underwater moving apparatus of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a body; a propelling device installed on a rear side of the body; a thruster unit including an up and down directional thruster and a left and right directional thruster installed at the body; and a plurality of leg units positioned at both side portions of the body and including a multi-joint module.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种水下移动装置及其移动方法。 本发明的示例性实施例的水下移动装置包括：主体; 安装在身体后侧的推进装置; 包括上下方向推进器和安装在车身上的左右方向推进器的推进器单元; 以及位于主体的两侧部分的多个腿单元，并且包括多关节模块。

公开(公告)号：US08766466B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US13454059

申请日：2012-04-23

申请人： James G. P. Dehlsen ,  James B. Dehlsen ,  Alexander Fleming

发明人： James G. P. Dehlsen ,  James B. Dehlsen ,  Alexander Fleming

IPC分类号： F03B13/10

CPC分类号： F03B3/04 ,  B63B21/26 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B63B22/02 ,  B63B35/44 ,  B63B2035/4466 ,  B63G8/22 ,  F03B13/105 ,  F03B17/061 ,  F05B2240/97 ,  F05B2260/406 ,  F05B2260/902 ,  F05B2270/18 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y02E10/38

摘要： An underwater apparatus for generating electric power from ocean currents and deep water tides. A submersible platform including two or more power pods, each having a rotor with fixed-pitch blades, with drivetrains housed in pressure vessels that are connected by a transverse structure providing buoyancy, which can be a wing depressor, hydrofoil, truss, or faired tube. The platform is connected to anchors on the seafloor by forward mooring lines and a vertical mooring line that restricts the depth of the device in the water column. The platform operates using passive, rather than active, depth control. The wing depressor, along with rotor drag loads, ensures the platform seeks the desired operational current velocity. The rotors are directly coupled to a hydraulic pump that drives at least one constant-speed hydraulic-motor generator set and enables hydraulic braking. A fluidic bearing decouples non-torque rotor loads to the main shaft driving the hydraulic pumps.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从洋流和深水潮汐发电的水下装置。 包括两个或更多个动力舱的潜水平台，每个动力舱具有具有固定桨距叶片的转子，其中传动装置容纳在通过提供浮力的横向结构连接的压力容器中，所述横向结构可以是翼片压降器，水翼，桁架或流动管 。 该平台通过前进的系泊线和垂直的系泊线与海底上的锚连接，从而限制了水柱中装置的深度。 该平台使用被动而不是主动的深度控制。 翼减压器以及转子牵引载荷确保平台寻求所需的工作电流速度。 转子直接连接到液压泵，驱动至少一个恒速液压马达发电机组，并实现液压制动。 甲流体轴承解耦非转矩转子载荷到主轴驱动液压泵。

公开(公告)号：US08601969B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US13456260

申请日：2012-04-26

申请人： Kazuhiro Watanabe ,  Nobuyuki Shikama ,  Keisuke Mizuno

发明人： Kazuhiro Watanabe ,  Nobuyuki Shikama ,  Keisuke Mizuno

IPC分类号： B63G8/00

CPC分类号： B63G8/22 ,  B63B22/20 ,  B63B2211/02 ,  B63G8/24

摘要： A float device includes a drive motor provided inside a float hull, a plunger reciprocating along with rotation of the drive motor, an internal oil reservoir for housing an hydraulic oil therein, an externally-opened cylinder attached to the float hull, a buoyant force adjustment piston reciprocating in the cylinder along with exit/entry of the hydraulic oil, and a three-way valve having a first connection port connected to the plunger, a second connection port connected to the internal oil reservoir, and a third connection per connected to the cylinder, for switching the flow between the first connection port and the second connection ports and the flow between the first connection port and the third connection port.

摘要翻译： 浮子装置包括设置在浮子船体内的驱动马达，与驱动马达的旋转一起往复运动的柱塞，用于容纳液压油的内部储油器，附接到浮子船体的外部敞开的气缸，浮力调节 活塞与液压油的出口/进入一起在气缸中往复运动;三通阀，具有连接到柱塞的第一连接口，连接到内部储油器的第二连接口和连接到内部油箱的第三连接口 用于切换第一连接端口和第二连接端口之间的流量以及第一连接端口和第三连接端口之间的流量。

公开(公告)号：US08418642B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-16

申请号：US12437181

申请日：2009-05-07

申请人： Frederick Vosburgh

发明人： Frederick Vosburgh

IPC分类号： B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/14 ,  B63G8/18 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/38 ,  B63G8/39 ,  H01Q1/04 ,  H01Q1/34

CPC分类号： B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63G2008/002 ,  F42B12/365 ,  F42B19/005 ,  F42B19/38

摘要： An unmanned submersible vehicle for use in a body of liquid having a top surface and in air overlying the top surface includes a hull, an integral antenna, and an antenna positioning system. The hull has first and second opposed ends. The hull includes a first hull portion adjacent the first end and a second hull portion adjacent the second end. The antenna is disposed within the first hull portion and/or is mounted on the first hull portion. The antenna positioning system is configured to reorient the hull from a transit position to a signal position. When the hull is in the signal position: the first hull portion and the antenna are disposed above the second hull portion a greater vertical distance than when the hull is in the transit position; the first hull portion and the antenna are disposed above the top surface and in the air while at least the second hull portion remains submerged in the body of liquid; and the antenna is operative to emit signals through the air above the top surface and/or to receive signals through the air above the top surface.

摘要翻译： 用于具有顶表面和覆盖顶表面的空气的液体体内的无人潜水车辆包括船体，整体天线和天线定位系统。 船体具有第一和第二相对端。 船体包括邻近第一端的第一船体部分和与第二端部相邻的第二船体部分。 天线设置在第一船体部分内和/或安装在第一船体部分上。 天线定位系统被配置为将船体从转接位置重新定向到信号位置。 当船体处于信号位置时：第一船体部分和天线设置在第二船体部分上方比垂直距离大于船体处于运输位置时的垂直距离; 第一船体部分和天线设置在上表面和空气中，而至少第二船体部分保持浸没在液体中; 并且天线可操作以通过上表面上方的空气发射信号和/或通过顶表面上方的空气接收信号。

公开(公告)号：US20120318188A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-20

申请号：US12890584

申请日：2010-09-24

申请人： Edison Thurman Hudson ,  Robert Eugene Hughes ,  Timothy James Osse ,  Frederick Roland Stahr ,  Jason Isaac Gobat

发明人： Edison Thurman Hudson ,  Robert Eugene Hughes ,  Timothy James Osse ,  Frederick Roland Stahr ,  Jason Isaac Gobat

IPC分类号： B63G8/22

CPC分类号： B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/18 ,  B63G8/24 ,  B63G2008/002 ,  B63G2008/004

摘要： Multi-stage buoyancy changing system for an autonomous underwater vehicle comprises: an internal reservoir configured to hold a fluid; an external bladder connected to the internal reservoir and configured to exchange fluid with the internal reservoir via one or more channels; a first device configured to move fluid through a channel from the internal reservoir to the external bladder at an optimized efficiency for an ambient pressure of a first segment of a dive profile to increase apparent displacement and buoyancy of the vehicle; and a second device configured to move fluid through a channel from the internal reservoir to the external bladder at an optimized efficiency for an ambient pressure of a second segment of the dive profile to increase an apparent displacement and a buoyancy of the vehicle. The first segment of the dive profile includes a different ambient pressure range than the second segment of the dive profile.

摘要翻译： 一种用于自主水下航行器的多级浮力变化系统包括：构造成保持流体的内部储存器; 连接到所述内部储存器并被配置为经由一个或多个通道与所述内部储存器更换流体的外部气囊; 第一装置，其构造成以对于潜水剖面的第一段的环境压力的优化效率将流体从内部储存器移动到通道内，以增加车辆的表观位移和浮力; 以及第二装置，其被配置为以对于潜水轮廓的第二段的环境压力的优化效率将流体从所述内部储存器移动到所述外部气囊，以增加所述车辆的表观位移和浮力。 潜水剖面的第一段包括与潜水剖面的第二段不同的环境压力范围。

公开(公告)号：US08267033B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US12557143

申请日：2009-09-10

申请人： Matthew Herbek ,  Matthew B. Ascari ,  John W. Rapp ,  Robert J. Howard

发明人： Matthew Herbek ,  Matthew B. Ascari ,  John W. Rapp ,  Robert J. Howard

IPC分类号： B63G8/22

CPC分类号： B63G8/22 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63J3/04 ,  B63J2003/046 ,  F01K27/00 ,  Y02T70/70

摘要： An apparatus includes a housing and a ballast disposed within the housing. The ballast is adapted to receive, store and expel a fluid. A bladder is operatively coupled to the ballast wherein an increase in the volume of the bladder causes a decrease in the free volume of the ballast available for the storage of the fluid therewithin and a decrease in the volume of the bladder causes an increase in the free volume of the ballast available for the storage of the fluid therewithin. A heat exchanger has a heat exchange duct thermally coupled to the bladder and is adapted to receive a fluid from outside the housing. The bladder is configured to receive a clathrate.

摘要翻译： 一种装置包括壳体和设置在壳体内的镇流器。 镇流器适于接收，储存和排出流体。 膀胱可操作地耦合到镇流器，其中膀胱体积的增加导致可用于在其中存储流体的镇流器的自由体积的减小，并且膀胱体积的减小导致游离体积的增加 可用于在其中储存流体的镇流器的体积。 热交换器具有热耦合到气囊并且适于从壳体外部接收流体的热交换管道。 膀胱被配置为接收包合物。

公开(公告)号：US08132525B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US12544375

申请日：2009-08-20

申请人： Matthew Herbek ,  Robert Dietzen ,  Braden Powell ,  Sean Day ,  Kenneth Blanchette ,  Matthew Gries ,  Matthew B. Ascari ,  John W. Rapp ,  Robert J. Howard

发明人： Matthew Herbek ,  Robert Dietzen ,  Braden Powell ,  Sean Day ,  Kenneth Blanchette ,  Matthew Gries ,  Matthew B. Ascari ,  John W. Rapp ,  Robert J. Howard

IPC分类号： B63G8/14

CPC分类号： B63J3/04 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/22 ,  B63J2003/046 ,  F01K15/04 ,  F01K25/04 ,  F01K27/00 ,  Y02T70/70

摘要： A water navigable vessel or glider can transport cargo across oceans and other bodies of water without the use of fossil or nuclear fuels. The vessel includes a housing, a cargo or payload area within the housing, one or more control fins attached to the housing, a ballast within the housing, an expandable and contractible container configured to receive a clathrate and maintain a minimum amount of pressure on the clathrate within the housing in proximity to the ballast, and an intake valve coupled to the ballast. The clathrate changes state, thereby changing the buoyancy of the glider, and causing the glider to move through the body of water.

摘要翻译： 水上航行船只或滑翔机可以在不使用化石或核燃料的情况下将货物运送到海洋和其他水体。 船舶包括壳体内的货物或有效负载区域，附接到壳体的一个或多个控制翅片，壳体内的镇流器，可膨胀和收缩的容器，其构造成接收包合物并且保持最小量的压力 在靠近镇流器的壳体内包围，以及连接到镇流器的进气阀。 包裹体改变状态，从而改变滑翔机的浮力，并使滑翔机移动通过水体。