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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Robert Bruce Macleod, Newport, RI (US);
Inventor:
Robert Bruce MacLeod, Newport, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for providing thrust adjustment on an underwater vehicle with a propeller shroud is disclosed. A portion of the vehicles body is provided with a compliant surface such that expansion and contraction of the compliant surface affects the flow of water through a channel formed by the vehicle body and the propeller shroud, resulting in variable thrust on the vehicle.
MacLeod, Robert. (2011). Thrust adjustment apparatus for an underwater vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 7878873). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7878873
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