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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Matthew Naiman, Middleborough, MA (US);
William M Hertel, Iii, Annapolis, MD (US);
The United States of Ameria, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of maintaining an outer surface of a hull, including providing a power source and an end effector vehicle for performing maintenance operations on the hull, the method of maintaining including providing an in-series tether management system having one or more nodes, and umbilical line sections extending through the one or more nodes to the end effector vehicle, transmitting power from the power supply to the end effector vehicle, and including selecting a work area, and positioning the one or more nodes and end effector to perform maintenance in the defined work area.
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