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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Duane M Horton, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114245 ; 114331 ;
Abstract
A vehicle towed by a submerged vehicle is surfaced with improved speed, rability and efficiency by displacing water from within the towed vehicle with gases evolved by electrolysis within the towed vehicle. Positive buoyancy is thus derived and the attitude of the towed vehicle is controllably altered so that hydrodynamic lift is also produced to rapidly surface the towed vehicle.