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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Howard R. Kornstein, Lexington, MA (US);
James H Rooney, III, Harvard, MA (US);
Jeremy C. Hermann, Hudson, MA (US);
Jonathan T. Longley, Andover, MA (US);
Joel N. Harris, Westborough, MA (US);
Wen-te Wu, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/265 (2006.01); B63B 59/08 (2006.01); H01F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/265 (2013.01); B63B 59/08 (2013.01); H01F 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hull robot includes a robot body, at least one drive module for maneuvering the robot about the hull, an on-board power source, and a motive subsystem for the drive module powered by the on-board power source. A plurality of permanent magnet elements are associated with the drive module and each are switchable between a non-shunted state when adjacent the hull and a shunted state when not adjacent the hull.