Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned underwater vehicle sea floor separation device
- Patent Title (中): 无人机水下航行器海底分离装置
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Application No.: US14987502Application Date: 2016-01-04
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Publication No.: US09586661B1Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: Daniel Joseph Braun , Wayne Po-wen Liu , Peter Thomas Sullivan
- Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
- Agent Kyle Eppele; Susanna J. Torke
- Main IPC: B63G8/14
- IPC: B63G8/14 ; B63G8/00 ; F04B43/12 ; F04B43/00

Abstract:
A device comprising a first plate disposed on top of a second plate where the first and second plates are parallel and separated by a fixed distance with a spacer, and wherein the spacer fits around the perimeter of the first and second plates creating a void space, and wherein the second plate has a plurality of pin-sized holes, and wherein a pump sits in the void space and is operably coupled to the plates, wherein the plates are operably coupled to the bottom, exterior hull of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV), and wherein the pump is configured to pump liquid into the void space between the parallel plates.
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