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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Undersea mining base, mining base monitoring device, and chimney avoidance method for seabed deposit
Applicant:
Furukawa Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Fumio Yuasa, Tsukuba, JP;
Yoshiyasu Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Furukawa Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/124 (2006.01); E21B 15/02 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21C 50/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/076 (2006.01); E21B 43/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/035 (2013.01); E21B 15/02 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); E21C 50/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/12 (2013.01); E21B 33/076 (2013.01); E21B 43/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an undersea mining base capable of corresponding with slopes and undulations of seabed ore deposits. The undersea mining base includes a seabed mineral mining device configured to form a pit in a seabed ore deposit and a platform equipped with the seabed mineral mining device and capable of self-traveling in at least one of an X direction and a Y direction.