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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Graham Hawkes, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Graham Hawkes, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hawkes Ocean Technologies, Point Richmond, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a fixed positively buoyant manned submersible that includes a plurality of vertical thrusters and a sealed enclosure(s) that can support one or more human passengers. The vertical thrusters can include vertically aligned propellers that are coupled to motors that control the rotational velocity of the propellers. The vertical thrusters to generate a negative vertical thrust to allow the submersible to dive within a body of water. Horizontal movement can be achieved through horizontal thrusters or directing the thrust vectoring of the vertical thrusters.