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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:
L3 Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Harvie Porter, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas Bradford Milnes, Beverly, MA (US);
Ian Salmon McKay, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Michael Smith, Pembroke, MA (US);
Assignee:
L3Harris Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/22 (2006.01); H01M 50/60 (2021.01); B63G 8/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/0606 (2016.01); H01M 12/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/22 (2013.01); B63G 8/24 (2013.01); H01M 8/0606 (2013.01); H01M 12/04 (2013.01); H01M 50/60 (2021.01);
Abstract
Underwater apparatuses and methods of operating underwater apparatuses. The apparatus includes a power source such as an aluminum-water cell. Waste product from the power source may be channeled into various portions of the apparatus to adjust the buoyancy of the apparatus, the center of buoyancy of the apparatus, and/or the trim of the apparatus.