Payload re-positioning system for a maritime vehicle
AssigneeSaronic Technologies
InventorJoseph Dvorak
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Abstract
A payload re-positioning system for a maritime vehicle that includes a hull having a first portion and a second portion. The maritime vehicle includes a payload disposed within the second portion. The first portion may include an impact zone and a compressible zone. The impact zone is arranged to engage a target external to the maritime vehicle. The compressible zone is arranged to reduce the initial length of the first portion to a compressed length in response to the impact zone engaging the target external, thereby reducing a distance between the payload and the impact zone.
Claims26
A maritime vehicle, comprising:
- a hull having a bow and a stern;
- a payload disposed within the hull at a first position in which the payload is disposed at a first distance from a front of the bow;
- and
- means for causing the payload to be disposed at a second position in which the payload is disposed at a second distance from the front of the bow when the hull directly contacts or is within a pre-determined distance of a target external to the maritime vehicle, the second distance being less than the first distance.
A maritime vehicle, comprising:
- a hull having a first portion and a second portion;
- and
- a payload disposed within the second portion;
- the first portion including an impact zone and a compressible zone, the impact zone configured to directly contact a target external to the maritime vehicle, and the compressible zone arranged to reduce an initial length of the first portion to a reduced length in response to the impact zone directly contacting the target, thereby reducing a distance between the payload and the impact zone of the hull.
A maritime vehicle, comprising:
- a hull having a first portion and a second portion;
- a payload disposed within the second portion;
- a securement mechanism having a first state and a second state, wherein the securement mechanism couples the first portion to the second portion when the securement mechanism is in the first state and releases the first portion from the second portion when the securement mechanism is in the second state;
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- a controller communicatively connected to the securement mechanism,
- wherein, when the hull directly contacts or is located within a pre-determined distance of a target external to the maritime vehicle, the controller causes the securement mechanism to transition from the first state to the second state.
A maritime vehicle, comprising:
- a hull having a first portion and a second portion;
- a payload movably disposed in the second portion;
- an actuator coupled to the payload;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the actuator,
- wherein the controller causes the actuator to move the payload from a first position, in which the payload is in the second portion and is spaced a first distance from the first portion, to a second position, in which the payload is at least partially disposed in the first portion or is spaced a second distance from the first portion that is less than the first distance, and wherein the controller further causes the payload to detonate when the payload is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.