Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hull robot
- Patent Title (中): 船体机器人
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Application No.: US12313643Application Date: 2008-11-21
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Publication No.: US09440717B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: James H. Rooney, III , Jonathan T. Longley , Joel N. Harris , Fraser Smith , Stephen C. Jacobsen
- Applicant: James H. Rooney, III , Jonathan T. Longley , Joel N. Harris , Fraser Smith , Stephen C. Jacobsen
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Main IPC: B63B59/10
- IPC: B63B59/10 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A hull cleaning robot includes at least one cleaning apparatus for cleaning the hull of a vessel, at least one drive track holding the robot on the hull as the robot maneuvers about the hull, and at least one turbine actuatable by water flowing past the hull for operating the at least one drive track and, optionally, the cleaning apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100126403A1 Hull Robot Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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