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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Harald Freund, Kunreuth, DE;
Rüdiger Kutzner, Erlangen, DE;
Hauke-hein Schulz, Dresden, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating an underwater vehicle. According to the method, the pressure difference between a container which can be filled with water and/or gas, especially air, in order to alter the weight of the vehicle and the water pressure outside the vehicle, is regulated to a predeterminable set value. A suitable device for carrying out this method, includes a circuit for regulating pressure difference between the pressure inside the container an the water pressure outside the vehicle to a predeterminable set value.