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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jamie M Anderson, Watertown, MA (US);
Peter A Kerrebrock, Hingham, MA (US);
Peter W Sebelius, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114332 ; 440 15 ; 114337 ;
Abstract
A pelagic free swimming aquatic vehicle includes a rigid forebody having a predetermined volume; a watertight chamber in the forebody; and a flexible afterbody having a lesser volume than the forebody and including a maneuvering and propulsion propulsion structure and a drive system for driving the structure with a traveling sinusoidal wave motion.