公开(公告)号：US20170305516A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15648550

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress ,  Marci A. George ,  Paul L. Wynns ,  Kurt A. Matthews ,  John J. Fagan, JR. ,  Egan Greenstein

IPC: B63G8/14 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D17/00

CPC classification number: B63G8/14 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B63B22/003 ,  B63B22/18 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D17/00

Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US20170120997A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14929561

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress ,  Marci A. George ,  Paul L. Wynns ,  Kurt A. Matthews ,  John J. Fagan, JR. ,  Egan Greenstein

IPC: B63G8/14 ,  B64D17/00 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B64D1/02

CPC classification number: B63G8/14 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B63B22/003 ,  B63B22/18 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D17/00

Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.