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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
James H. Rooney, Iii, Harvard, MA (US);
Jonathan T. Longley, Andover, MA (US);
Joel N. Harris, Westborough, MA (US);
Fraser Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James H. Rooney, III, Harvard, MA (US);
Jonathan T. Longley, Andover, MA (US);
Joel N. Harris, Westborough, MA (US);
Fraser Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A hull cleaning robot includes at least one cleaning apparatus for cleaning the hull of a vessel, at least one drive track holding the robot on the hull as the robot maneuvers about the hull, and at least one turbine actuatable by water flowing past the hull for operating the at least one drive track and, optionally, the cleaning apparatus.