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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Sakaue, Kobe, JP;
Minehiko Mukaida, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Okaya, Kobe, JP;
Takashi Okada, Kobe, JP;
Fumitaka Tachinami, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63C 11/00 (2006.01); B63C 11/48 (2006.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); G01S 5/28 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63C 11/00 (2013.01); B63C 11/48 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2013.01); G01S 5/28 (2013.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.02); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B63G 2008/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An underwater docking system for an autonomous underwater vehicle, the underwater docking system including: an underwater station including a base mount fixed to a seabed and a circular frame member supported by the base mount and parallel to a horizontal plane; and an autonomous underwater vehicle configured to dock with the underwater station while sailing through an upper side of the frame member, wherein: the autonomous underwater vehicle includes an underwater vehicle main body.