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US 10,486,776 B2Granted
Amphibious deployment system and method
OwnerWendell B. Leimbach, Grant C. Pecoraroinventors
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Abstract
A method includes: loading a vehicle onto a connector boat; loading the loaded connector boat onto the semi-submersible ship; transporting the semi-submersible ship having the loaded connector boat stored thereon to a location; taking water ballast onto the semi-submersible ship at the location; floating the loaded connector boat off of the semi-submersible ship; transporting the loaded connector boat to a second location; unloading the vehicle into water; and transporting the vehicle to a third location.
Claims5
A method comprising:
- loading an amphibious vehicle onto a connector boat;
- loading the loaded connector boat onto a semi-submersible ship;
- transporting the semi-submersible ship having the loaded connector boat stored thereon to a location;
- taking water ballast onto the semi-submersible ship at the location;
- floating the loaded connector boat off of the semi-submersible ship;
- transporting the loaded connector boat to a second location;
- unloading the vehicle into water at the second location;
- transporting the vehicle to a third location;
- connecting a detachable power conduit from the connector boat to the amphibious vehicle;
- generating electrical power via the connector boat;
- and
- providing, via the power conduit the electrical power generated by the connector boat to the amphibious vehicle.
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A method comprising:
- loading a landing craft onto a connector boat;
- loading the loaded connector boat onto a semi-submersible ship;
- transporting the semi-submersible ship having the loaded connector boat stored thereon to a location;
- taking water ballast onto the semi-submersible ship at the location;
- floating the loaded connector boat off of the semi-submersible ship;
- transporting the loaded connector boat to a second location;
- unloading the landing craft into water at the second location;
- and
- transporting the landing craft to a third location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.