公开(公告)号：US20180134357A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15572041

申请日：2016-05-09

Applicant: SRI INTERNATIONAL

Inventor： MICHAEL VESTEL ,  STAN PLESKUNAS ,  JOHN WATERSTON

IPC: B63H9/06 ,  B63G8/18 ,  B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/42 ,  B64C31/06

CPC classification number: B63H9/0685 ,  B63B1/28 ,  B63B2035/007 ,  B63B2035/009 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/18 ,  B63G8/42 ,  B63G2008/004 ,  B64B2201/00 ,  B64C31/06 ,  B64C2031/065

Abstract: A wind-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) system can include a kite subsystem configured to be powered by wind energy, a control pod coupled with the kite sub-system and configured to control the kite sub-system, a payload platform configured to provide a mechanical structure on which at least one module may be mounted, a submersible UUV, and a coupling device configured to physically couple between the kite sub-system and the submersible UUV.