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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Adam Nadel, Vienna, VA (US);
Gilbert Lewis Crouse, Jr., Manassas, VA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing buoyancy for a vehicle on a body of water includes a support structure having an upper support end, a lower support end, and an interlocated portion between the upper and lower support ends, a first shell attached directly or indirectly to the support structure and having an upper first shell end and a lower first shell end, and a mechanism configured to move the first shell between a retracted state and a deployed state. In the retracted state, the upper first shell end is disposed proximate the interlocated portion and the lower first shell end is disposed proximate the lower support end, and in the deployed state, the first shell is disposed in one of a first arrangement, a second arrangement, a third arrangement and a fourth arrangement.
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