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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10023281 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2016

Moveable cutters and net penetrating systems and methods

Applicant:

Adaptive Methods, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);

Inventors:

James Wiggins, Thurmont, MD (US);

Christopher Norkoski, Mountain View, CA (US);

Christopher Lin, Vienna, VA (US);

Assignee:

Adaptive Methods, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);

Attorney:

Blank Rome LLP

Primary Examiner:

J Woodrow Eldred

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B23D 57/00 (2006.01); B26D 1/20 (2006.01); F42B 12/02 (2006.01); F42B 19/00 (2006.01); B23D 45/00 (2006.01); B23D 47/02 (2006.01); B23D 51/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B23D 45/003 (2013.01); B23D 47/02 (2013.01); B23D 51/02 (2013.01); B23D 57/0084 (2013.01); B26D 1/20 (2013.01); F42B 12/02 (2013.01); F42B 19/005 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); Y10T 83/04 (2015.04); Y10T 83/0481 (2015.04); Y10T 83/7863 (2015.04); Y10T 83/869 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9321 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9324 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9399 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9401 (2015.04); Y10T 408/03 (2015.01); Y10T 408/348 (2015.01); Y10T 408/895 (2015.01); Y10T 408/953 (2015.01);
Abstract

The problem of penetrating through nets and other objects is solved by cutting the object using various cutter systems, which include, for example a track and a moving carriage containing a cutter, a stationary carriage with a fixed or rotating arm, and/or abrasive cutters. The object is cut by a severing, slicing, or wearing action caused by a moveable blade or abrasive surface. An underwater vehicle incorporating an embodiment of the cutter system can cut a sufficiently large opening in the object to allow the vehicle to pass through.

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