Underwater body having a variable volume and method for operating such an underwater body
AssigneeAtlas Elektronik GmbH
InventorsDennis Meyer, Detlef Lambertus
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Abstract
An underwater body having a movable component which can be moved into a retracted position and, as a result, increases the volume of the underwater body. In addition, a method is disclosed for operating such an underwater body. An expansion means conducts a fluid into a hollow space. The hollow space is operatively connected to the movable component. When the fluid is conducted into the hollow space, the movable component is moved into the extended position relative to the shell of the underwater body. The fluid in the hollow space hardens. The hardened fluid in the hollow space holds the movable component in the extended position.
Claims17
An underwater body comprising:
- a shell,
- a movable component,
- an expansion means, and
- a hollow space,
- wherein the movable component is movable relative to the shell from a retracted position into an extended position and is operatively connected to the hollow space,
- wherein the underwater body with the movable component in the extended position has a greater volume compared to the underwater body with the movable component in the retracted position, and
- wherein the expansion means is configured to conduct a fluid into the hollow space and, as a result, of moving the movable component into the extended position,
- wherein the underwater body is configured such that when the fluid in the hollow space hardens the hardened fluid holds the movable component in the hollow space in the extended position,
- wherein the hollow space is connected to the movable component via a piston cylinder unit and the hollow space is formed in a chamber of the piston cylinder unit.
An underwater body comprising:
- a shell,
- a movable component,
- an expansion means, and
- a hollow space,
- wherein the movable component is movable relative to the shell from a retracted position into an extended position and is operatively connected to the hollow space,
- wherein the underwater body with the movable component in the extended position has a greater volume compared to the underwater body with the movable component in the retracted position, and
- wherein the expansion means is configured to conduct a fluid into the hollow space and, as a result, of moving the movable component into the extended position,
- wherein the underwater body is configured such that when the fluid in the hollow space hardens the hardened fluid holds the movable component in the hollow space in the extended position,
- wherein the underwater body includes a locking unit configured to lock the movable component in a locked state and configured to enable the movable component to move relative to the shell in a released state.
An underwater body comprising:
- a shell,
- a movable component,
- an expansion means, and
- a hollow space,
- wherein the movable component is movable relative to the shell from a retracted position into an extended position and is operatively connected to the hollow space,
- wherein the underwater body with the movable component in the extended position has a greater volume compared to the underwater body with the movable component in the retracted position, and
- wherein the expansion means is configured to conduct a fluid into the hollow space and, as a result, of moving the movable component into the extended position,
- wherein the underwater body is configured such that when the fluid in the hollow space hardens the hardened fluid holds the movable component in the hollow space in the extended position,
- wherein the underwater body includes a stop element, wherein the stop element delimits the movement of the movable component into the extended position,
- wherein the stop element is fixable in one of multiple possible positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.