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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Keyport, WA (US);
Eric Seeley, Seabeck, WA (US);
Nathan Schulyer, Silverdale, WA (US);
Jacob Yates, Poulsbo, WA (US);
Destany Burke, Bremerton, WA (US);
Colin Gillespie, Orem, UT (US);
Shawn Stainsby, Keyport, WA (US);
Stephen J Leahu, Bremerton, WA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Keyport, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for using an additively manufactured vehicle, such as an UUV, with additively manufactured modules. The vehicle may be configurable such that additively manufactured modules or components may be detachably connected to the vehicle by hand, without the use of tools. Such modules may include connectors adapted to securely attach additional modules that may be detached by hand, without the use of tools. The additively manufactured modules may include ball bearings for rotating modules such as propellers and thrusters, and clips or tabs for detachable connection. The modules may include optical components for communications between a swarm of unmanned vehicles. Such optical modules for underwater vehicles may utilize nephelometry and/or turbidimetry to improve communications parameters based on scattered light measurements.