Invention Grant
US08047154B1 System for changing the attitude of linear underwater sensor arrays via neutrally buoyant fluid transfer
有权
通过中性浮力流体传递改变线性水下传感器阵列的姿态的系统
- Patent Title: System for changing the attitude of linear underwater sensor arrays via neutrally buoyant fluid transfer
- Patent Title (中): 通过中性浮力流体传递改变线性水下传感器阵列的姿态的系统
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Application No.: US12506313Application Date: 2009-07-21
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Publication No.: US08047154B1Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: James Buescher , V. Keyko McDonald , Peter Sullivan , Brian J. Granger , David A. Bultman , Peter Smith , Aaron Bratten
- Applicant: James Buescher , V. Keyko McDonald , Peter Sullivan , Brian J. Granger , David A. Bultman , Peter Smith , Aaron Bratten
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Kyle Eppele; Stephen E. Baldwin
- Main IPC: B63G8/14
- IPC: B63G8/14

Abstract:
The attitude of a submerged array of sensing elements can be changed using a fixed quantity of transferable ballast fluid having density different than water. In one embodiment, a non-rigid array of sensor elements is equipped with two expandable reservoirs connected between a flexible conduit which allows the ballast fluid to be transferred back and forth. Pumping fluid between the two reservoirs causes one reservoir to expand while the other contracts. Due to the density difference between the pumped fluid and water, the difference in volume between the two expandable reservoirs causes a shift in the center of buoyancy of the array system. The center of buoyancy in this way becomes offset from the center of gravity of the array system, causing a shift in the attitude of the array. The array can be trimmed, using positively or negatively buoyant static elements, to achieve a specific orientation for given volume ratios between the two expandable reservoirs, and so by controlling the volume ratio, multiple orientations can be selected.
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