公开(公告)号：US09272756B1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-01

申请号：US14133752

申请日：2013-12-19

申请人： Bret R. Thomson ,  Steve Whiteside ,  Brandon J. Wiedemeier ,  Steven J. Horstman ,  Ronald Allen Skala ,  George T. Stevens, IV ,  Robert M. Lee ,  Jeffrey M. Lloyd

发明人： Bret R. Thomson ,  Steve Whiteside ,  Brandon J. Wiedemeier ,  Steven J. Horstman ,  Ronald Allen Skala ,  George T. Stevens, IV ,  Robert M. Lee ,  Jeffrey M. Lloyd

IPC分类号： B63B22/18

CPC分类号： B63B22/18

摘要： A variable buoyancy buoy and method for deployment therefor can include a fixed buoyancy portion formed with a cavity and an enclosure. A pressure hull containing instrumentation can be place in the cavity, and a variable buoyancy portion that can be inserted into the enclosure. The fixed buoyancy portion can have a spar buoy configuration or a marker buoy configuration, and can further be formed with at least one opening to establish a path of fluid communication between the exterior of the buoy and the enclosure. The variable buoyancy portion can be a compressible bladder, or compressible foam, which can change form a maximum volume at the water surface to a minimum volume as the buoy descends towards stowage depth. The decrease in buoyancy facilitates retrieval of the buoy by an apparatus on the ocean floor.

摘要翻译： 一种可变浮力浮标及其部署方法可包括形成有空腔和外壳的固定浮力部分。 可以在空腔中放置压力容器装置，以及可插入外壳的可变浮力部分。 固定的浮力部分可以具有翼梁浮标构型或标记浮标构型，并且还可以形成有至少一个开口，以建立浮标的外部与外壳之间的流体连通路径。 可变浮力部分可以是可压缩的气囊或可压缩的泡沫，当浮标向着储存深度下降时，其可以在水面上形成最大体积至最小体积。 浮力的减少有助于通过海底设备检索浮标。