WINGED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (AUV)

• Main Authors: Misulia, Joseph M, Pikor, Emily J, Wilby, Andrew D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.04.2020
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; SUBMARINES; TRANSPORTING

An underwater vehicle includes a longitudinal body that defines a longitudinal axis and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis between a forward orientation and a sideways orientation, a wing attached to the longitudinal body that is moveable between a vertically extending wing orientation when th...