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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 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 8/40 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63C 11/48 (2006.01); B63B 22/06 (2006.01); B63B 22/18 (2006.01); B63B 27/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63B 22/06 (2013.01); B63B 22/18 (2013.01); B63C 11/48 (2013.01); B63B 2027/165 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous underwater vehicle including an underwater vehicle main body incorporating a power source, a buoy connected to the underwater vehicle main body through a rope, and an ejector configured to, with the underwater vehicle main body floating on a sea surface, eject the buoy from the underwater vehicle main body by compressed gas in an obliquely upward direction.