Autonomous submersible offshore marine platform

    公开(公告)号:US10899422B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US16732715

    申请日:2020-01-02

    摘要: It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of constructing an Autonomous fully-Submersible Offshore Marine Platform (ASOMP) of considerable warfighting or commercial capability which is mobile and can autonomously transport to a hazardous operating area in a low-observable reduced vulnerability manner, fully submerge to avoid the military or environmental threat hazard, hibernate until needed, perform fully submerged mobility and mission operations, surface and provide Barge and SWATH surface ship mobility and mission operations, resubmerge if the hazardous threat appears and relocate to a new operating area. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fully autonomous and submersible low-cost “lily-pad” that surfaces when called and provides a main deck platform at appropriate freeboard and seakeeping motions to function as a refueling landing zone and pier to extend the range of aircraft and marine vehicles operating in a high-threat environment.

    High-Froude hull ship
    2.
    发明授权
    High-Froude hull ship 有权
    高弗劳德船体

    公开(公告)号:US07055446B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-06

    申请号:US10712986

    申请日:2003-11-12

    IPC分类号: B63B1/00

    摘要: A large-waterplane-area ship operable to efficiently operate at a high-Froude velocity. In one embodiment of the invention, a large-waterplane-area ship includes a hull structure having a plurality of exclusive hull portions protruding from a main body of the hull structure. Each hull portion has a length shorter than the length of the main body and each hull portion has a buoyancy wherein the combined buoyancy of each hull portion is sufficient to support the main body above a waterline. As such, each hull portion acts independently and exclusively of other hull portions with respect to the effects of wave drag. Therefore, the ship overcomes wave drag at lower velocities.

    摘要翻译: 大型水上飞机区域的船只可以以高弗劳德的速度有效地运行。 在本发明的一个实施例中,大型水面区域船舶包括具有从船体结构的主体突出的多个独特船体部分的船体结构。 每个船体部分的长度短于主体的长度,并且每个船体部分具有浮力,其中每个船体部分的组合浮力足以将主体支撑在水线上方。 因此,相对于波浪阻力的影响,每个船体部分独立地和独自地作用于其他船体部分。 因此,船以较低的速度克服了波浪阻力。

    Mission module ship design
    6.
    发明授权
    Mission module ship design 有权
    任务模块船设计

    公开(公告)号:US07685957B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-30

    申请号:US10712777

    申请日:2003-11-12

    摘要: A ship has interchangeable mission modules. For example, a ship has a frame with a mission-module bay disposed therein. The bay is operable to receive a mission module having a mission-module system and an interface that facilitates the coupling between the mission-module system and the ship. As such, a plurality of different types of mission modules can be interchanged quickly and easily to provide the ship with different mission capabilities. Each mission-module is generally self-contained such that all the equipment necessary to perform the specific mission is contained within the single mission-module. Each mission-module is either a single unit or multiple units combined together to form an integrated unit. Thus, the ship is capable of transitioning from one mission to another simply by ejecting one mission module and replacing with another mission module.

    摘要翻译: 一艘船具有可互换的任务模块。 例如,船舶具有布置在其中的任务模块隔间的框架。 海湾可操作地接收具有任务模块系统的任务模块和有助于任务模块系统与船舶之间的耦合的接口。 因此,可以快速且容易地互换多个不同类型的任务模块,以为船提供不同的任务能力。 每个任务模块通常是独立的,使得执行特定任务所需的所有设备都包含在单个任务模块内。 每个任务模块是单个单元或多个单元组合在一起形成一个集成单元。 因此,船只能够通过弹出一个任务模块并替换另一个任务模块,从一个任务转换到另一个任务。

    Multi-hull watercraft with amidships-mounted propellers

    公开(公告)号:US07070468B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-04

    申请号:US10883058

    申请日:2004-07-01

    IPC分类号: B63H5/07

    摘要: An efficient double-ended watercraft is disclosed that comprises four low-Froude number hulls: two forward, two aft, two on the port side, and two on the starboard. Each hull comprises an independent engine that drives a propeller shaft and propeller that is located amidships. The propeller shafts on the starboard are collinear, as are the propeller shafts on the port. The propellers on the starboard are near each other and counter rotate, as do the propellers on the port. The propellers are variable-pitch propellers. When the ferry is changes from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward, the propellers on the starboard exchange pitch. This enables the ferry to move as efficiently in reverse as it does when forward. The propellers on the port also exchange pitch when changing from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward.

    BUOYANT TRACK AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORTER
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20110045716A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-24

    申请号:US12446327

    申请日:2007-10-18

    IPC分类号: B60F3/00

    摘要: An amphibious vehicle for transiting deep or shallow waters and/or the full range of wetland and dry soil environments, consists of a box-like structure with buoyant tracks that are powered to move around the structure. The buoyant tracks encircle the vehicle's length and extend laterally for a substantial portion of the vehicle's width or beam. When operating in water the buoyant tracks provide a majority of the buoyancy keeping the box-like structure above water surface or its tracks can be flooded to submerge the vessel. The amphibious vehicle can transport heavy equipment and personnel from ships located offshore, across undeveloped beaches, to positions ashore.

    摘要翻译: 用于过渡深水或浅水和/或全系列湿地和干燥土壤环境的水陆两用车辆由具有浮力轨道的盒状结构组成,该轨道可用于围绕结构移动。 漂浮的轨道包围车辆的长度,并横向延伸车辆宽度或梁的大部分。 当在水中操作时,浮力轨道提供大部分浮力,保持水面上的箱状结构,或者其轨道可以被淹没以淹没船只。 水陆两用车辆可以将重型设备和人员从位于离岸的船舶,不发达的海滩运送到岸上的位置。