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US 12,234,730 B2Granted
Underwater robot for mine flooding rescue
AssigneeAnhui University of Science and Technology
InventorsHuawei Jin, Haitao Ji, Fangzheng Yan
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Abstract
Disclosed is an underwater robot for a mine flooding rescue, including a starting unit configured to control the implementation of a whole rescue action; a drive unit connected with the starting unit and configured to provide a robot with power to move; and an execution unit connected with the drive unit and configured to salvage underwater life sources.
Claims5
An underwater robot for a mine flooding rescue, comprising:
- a starting unit configured to control implementation of a whole rescue action;
- a drive unit connected with the starting unit and configured to provide the underwater robot with power to move;
- wherein the starting unit comprises two end covers with surfaces having uniform ridged protrusions, end disks connected with the end covers, and a housing that is a rectangular-shaped structure;
- and the housing is arranged between the two end disks, wherein the starting unit further comprises microcontroller units arranged inside the end covers and microcontroller unit chips;
- an execution unit connected with the drive unit and configured to salvage underwater life sources;
- wherein the execution unit comprises a guide rod, a hexagonal end cover connected with one end of the guide rod, a coupling connected with the end covers, a connecting bolt connected with the coupling, a moving piston sleeved on the guide rod and a manipulator mechanism connected with the other end of the guide rod;
- the manipulator mechanism comprises two contact clips, links connected with the contact clips, a single gear and double gears which are separately connected with the two contact clips, an end plate connected with the links, a spur gear arranged on the end plate and a torque motor for driving, and the single gear is in meshing connection with the double gears;
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- a life rescue box mounted on the end covers and arranged together with the execution unit on a same side of the underwater robot, to carry life sources rescued by the execution unit;
- wherein the life rescue box comprises a recovery box, a floating ladder connected with a lower end of the recovery box, a connecting beam connected with the lower end of the recovery box, and two suspended wheels arranged at a bottom of the recovery box.
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