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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Florian Prevel, Brest, FR;
Romain Careric, Brest, FR;
Assignee:
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/22 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/22 (2013.01); B63B 22/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buoy includes a surface unit comprising a sealed tank comprising an inflatable bag, a tubular wall of axis z and a bottom, the tubular wall and the bottom delimiting a volume referred to as the inner volume, the surface unit comprising at least one cartridge enclosing a compressed gas that can be released in such a way as to inflate the inflatable bag such that it functions as a float in an operational configuration of the buoy, and the sealed tank comprises a projecting container protruding from the bottom and extending out from the inner volume, from the bottom.