Abstract:
In the case of a deployment apparatus for deploying a small unmanned underwater vehicle into the water from a platform which is floating on the water surface and has at least one pivoting arm (21) which is fixed at the platform end and can be pivoted out over the platform edge, and has a suspension apparatus (22), which is held on the at least one pivoting arm (21), for the small underwater vehicle (17), the at least one pivoting arm (21) is connected such that it can pivot at one end to the suspension apparatus (22) and at the other end to an attachment apparatus (25), for adaptation of the deployment apparatus (20) to the physical requirements of an inflatable boat (10), and the attachment apparatus (25) is designed both to be supported on an edge bead (11) of the inflatable boat (10) and to be fixed on an inside floor, which is in the form of a platform, in the inflatable boat (10).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device and a method for tracking an underwater vessel (11). According to the invention, a platform (13) comprising a tracking device (15) for determining momentary positions of the underwater vehicle (11) is submerged in the water and spatially stabilised in the submerged position thereof. To this end, the platform (13) is provided with horizontally and vertically acting manoeuvre drives (18, 19) arranged in control loops.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a launching device (101) for an unmanned submarine vehicle, in particular for an autonomous submarine vehicle or for a vehicle that is operated in a remote-controlled manner, having a launching tube (105) which has an inner wall (107) and an outlet (271), and the unmanned submarine vehicle located in the launching tube, wherein the unmanned submarine vehicle has a vehicle shell with vehicle-shell inhomogeneity (133, 135, 137, 143, 145), such that ejection of the unmanned submarine vehicle causes different contact loads between the vehicle shell and the inner wall, wherein the unmanned submarine vehicle has a detachable compensating form (160) which is configured such that the vehicle-shell inhomogeneity is compensated and so a combination (201) of the unmanned submarine vehicle and the detachable compensating form results in a substantially regular contact load between the combination and the inner wall when the combination is ejected.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fiber optic cable for transmitting optical signals, comprising an optically transparent core, in particular a glass core, a traction-resistant protective screen and a first plug in which the transparent core is guided in a defined manner such that the optical signals can be coupled to plug counter piece. The first plug comprises a container cast with a casting product. Said casting product is mechanically coupled to the protective screen such that a traction force exerted on to the fiber optic cable can be mechanically transmitted to the first plug.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an appliance for lowering and tracking an underwater vessel (10), said appliance comprising a carrier (12) arranged on the end of a holding cable (17), a holding device (13) which is arranged on the carrier (12) and is used to receive the underwater vessel (10) with a controllable holding element (13) which is also used to release the underwater vessel (10), and a tracking device (25) arranged on the carrier (12) and used for the acoustic position determination of the underwater vessel (10) lowered into the water. The aim of the invention is to produce a light, compact lowering appliance which is suitable for handling vessels on small platforms and ensures an acoustically undisturbed operation of the tracking device (25). To this end, the tracking device (25) is arranged on one end of the long carrier (12), and the carrier is mounted in such a way that it can be pivoted on the holding cable (17) in an articulated manner in the central longitudinal region thereof. Following the release of the underwater vessel (10) from the holding element (13), a pivoting device pivots the carrier (12) comprising the tracking device (25) out of a lowering position into a tracking position.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mock-up (207) with an optical transmission path (104, 204) which optically connects the optical input to the optical output, wherein an optical damping element (206) is arranged in the optical transmission path, wherein an optical condition of the transmission path is set by means of the optical damping element in such a way that an optical transmission behavior of a coiled optical wave guide is simulated. The invention further relates to a mock-up system, underwater vehicle and/or lowering device, a reeling device, a vehicle, and a training method comprising a mock-up which is used in an underwater vehicle and/or in a lowering device.