公开(公告)号：US08047154B1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-01

申请号：US12506313

申请日：2009-07-21

申请人： James Buescher ,  V. Keyko McDonald ,  Peter Sullivan ,  Brian J. Granger ,  David A. Bultman ,  Peter Smith ,  Aaron Bratten

发明人： James Buescher ,  V. Keyko McDonald ,  Peter Sullivan ,  Brian J. Granger ,  David A. Bultman ,  Peter Smith ,  Aaron Bratten

IPC分类号： B63G8/14

CPC分类号： B63G8/14 ,  B63G8/42

摘要： The attitude of a submerged array of sensing elements can be changed using a fixed quantity of transferable ballast fluid having density different than water. In one embodiment, a non-rigid array of sensor elements is equipped with two expandable reservoirs connected between a flexible conduit which allows the ballast fluid to be transferred back and forth. Pumping fluid between the two reservoirs causes one reservoir to expand while the other contracts. Due to the density difference between the pumped fluid and water, the difference in volume between the two expandable reservoirs causes a shift in the center of buoyancy of the array system. The center of buoyancy in this way becomes offset from the center of gravity of the array system, causing a shift in the attitude of the array. The array can be trimmed, using positively or negatively buoyant static elements, to achieve a specific orientation for given volume ratios between the two expandable reservoirs, and so by controlling the volume ratio, multiple orientations can be selected.

摘要翻译： 可以使用固定量的具有不同于水的密度的可转移压载流体来改变浸没的感测元件阵列的姿态。 在一个实施例中，传感器元件的非刚性阵列装备有连接在柔性导管之间的两个可扩展的储存器，其允许压载流体来回传递。 两个水库之间的泵送液体导致一个水库膨胀，而另一个储层膨胀。 由于泵送流体和水之间的密度差异，两个可膨胀储层之间的体积差异导致阵列系统浮力中心的偏移。 以这种方式浮力的中心偏离阵列系统的重心，导致阵列姿态的变化。 可以使用正或负浮力静态元件来修整阵列，以实现两个可扩展储存器之间的给定体积比的特定取向，因此通过控制体积比，可以选择多个取向。

公开(公告)号：US07987805B1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-02

申请号：US12473485

申请日：2009-05-28

申请人： James Buescher ,  Peter Sullivan ,  Aaron Bratten

发明人： James Buescher ,  Peter Sullivan ,  Aaron Bratten

IPC分类号： B63G8/14

CPC分类号： B63G8/14

摘要： The invention provides a means by which the attitude or orientation of a submerged object can be changed or altered using a fixed quantity of transferable ballast fluid which has a density less than that of the surrounding fluid in which the object is submerged. In one embodiment, the process utilizes a static negatively buoyant material (which could be a lead weight) to offset the net negative buoyancy of the transferable ballast fluid. In this way, the total overall buoyancy of the system does not change, but by transferring ballast fluid into expandable reservoirs which are physically separated from the static negatively buoyant material, the separation between the center of buoyancy and the center of mass of the object can be changed, and thus the attitude or orientation of the object, if it is unrestrained, may be changed.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种使用固定量的可转移压载流体来改变或改变浸没物体的姿态或取向的方法，该固定量的可转移压载流体的密度小于被淹没物体的周围流体的密度。 在一个实施例中，该方法利用静态负浮力材料（其可以是铅重量）来抵消可转移压载流体的净负浮力。 以这种方式，系统的整体浮力没有改变，但是通过将压载流体转移到与静态负浮力材料物理分离的可扩展储层中，浮力中心与物体质心之间的间隔可以 改变，因此对象的态度或方向（如果不受限制）可能会改变。

公开(公告)号：US07913944B1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-29

申请号：US12132091

申请日：2008-06-03

申请人： Tammy Lombardi ,  Jeff GilChrist ,  Aaron Bratten ,  Lynn Collins ,  Steve Whiteside ,  Frank Gonzales ,  Kristin Smith

发明人： Tammy Lombardi ,  Jeff GilChrist ,  Aaron Bratten ,  Lynn Collins ,  Steve Whiteside ,  Frank Gonzales ,  Kristin Smith

IPC分类号： B65H59/14

CPC分类号： B63B35/04 ,  B65H51/12

摘要： A cable brake system for deployments of cable comprising: a frame configured to be mounted on a ship; a repeater supporting track mounted longitudinally to the frame, the supporting track being configured for slidingly supporting a plurality of repeaters; a spool positioned exterior to the frame, the spool having the cable wrapped therearound and being capable of supplying the cable to an interior of the frame; at least one planar surface on an interior of the frame, the planar surface being positioned approximately parallel to the repeater supporting track; and a plurality of brake sub-assemblies being supported by the planar surface in a manner so as to establish a serpentine path for the cable and to impart variable frictional resistance to the cable.

摘要翻译： 一种用于电缆部署的电缆制动系统，包括：构造成安装在船上的框架; 一个纵向安装在框架上的中继器支撑轨道，该支撑轨道被配置用于滑动地支撑多个转发器; 位于所述框架外部的线轴，所述线轴具有绕在其周围的电缆，并且能够将电缆供应到所述框架的内部; 在所述框架的内部上的至少一个平坦表面，所述平面表面大致平行于所述中继器支撑轨道定位; 以及多个制动子组件，其以这样的方式由平面支撑，以便建立用于电缆的蛇形路径并赋予电缆可变的摩擦阻力。