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：US08136470B1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-20

申请号：US12793321

申请日：2010-06-03

申请人： James Buescher ,  Peter Sullivan

发明人： James Buescher ,  Peter Sullivan

IPC分类号： B63G8/14

CPC分类号： B63G8/14 ,  B63G8/26 ,  B63G8/42 ,  B63G2008/007

摘要： Buoyancy is controlled in a tethered object by pumping fluids, either of a first or second specific gravity, from an external source into either a first or second containment chamber to change the respective volumetric capacities of the first and second containment chambers. The containment chambers are configured such that the second chamber is at least partially enclosed within the first chamber. The second chamber is configured to expand and retract within the first chamber, which has a fixed housing. Expansion or contraction of the second chamber results in a corresponding inverse change in a volumetric capacity of the first chamber. The fluid chambers may be separate or contained within the same housing, and may be located on a towing vessel. Sensor data from the tethered object's environment may be used to control the transfer of fluid to the first and second chambers.

摘要翻译： 通过将来自外部源的第一或第二比重的流体泵送到第一或第二容纳室中以改变第一和第二容纳室的相应容积来控制浮力在系留物体中。 容纳室被构造成使得第二室至少部分地封闭在第一室内。 第二腔室被构造成在具有固定壳体的第一腔室内扩张和缩回。 第二室的膨胀或收缩导致第一室的容积的相应的反向变化。 流体室可以分开或容纳在相同的壳体内，并且可以位于牵引容器上。 来自系留对象环境的传感器数据可用于控制流体到第一和第二腔室的传送。

公开(公告)号：US07984685B1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-26

申请号：US12469827

申请日：2009-05-21

申请人： James Buescher

发明人： James Buescher

IPC分类号： B63G8/14

CPC分类号： B63G8/14 ,  B63B22/20 ,  F42B19/04 ,  F42B19/38

摘要： The system provides a means by which the attitude or orientation of a submerged object can be changed using a fixed quantity of transferable ballast fluid which has a density greater than that of the surrounding fluid in which the object is submerged. In one embodiment, the process utilizes a static flotation shell 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 fluid into expandable reservoirs which are physically separated from the static flotation shell, 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： 该系统提供了一种使用固定量的可转移压载流体来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大于被淹没物体的周围流体的密度。 在一个实施例中，该方法利用静态浮选壳体来抵消可转移压载流体的净负浮力。 以这种方式，系统的整体浮力不会改变，但是通过将流体转移到与静态浮选壳物理分离的可扩展储层中，可以改变浮力中心与物体的质心之间的间隔 因此，如果不受限制地对象的姿态或姿态可以改变。