Uprighting device for an underwater vehicle
AssigneeExail Robotics
InventorHervé Kermorgant
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Abstract
An autonomous underwater vehicle, which includes a hull extending along a longitudinal main axis, and at least one vehicle uprighting device configured to alter a trim angle of the vehicle between a nominal horizontal position of the vehicle and a vertical position of the vehicle, characterised in that the vehicle uprighting device includes one or more arms mounted on the hull by a proximal end and rotatably hinged to the hull, and including a float at a distal free end.
Claims14
An autonomous underwater vehicle comprising a hull extending along a longitudinal main axis, at least one device for uprighting the vehicle configured to modify a trim angle of the vehicle between a horizontal nominal position of the vehicle and a vertical position of the vehicle, characterised in that the device for uprighting the vehicle comprises one or more arms mounted by a proximal end onto the hull and rotatably hinged relative to the hull, and comprising a float at a distal free end such that the arm is configured to adopt:
- a retracted position when the vehicle is in the nominal position with a substantially zero trim angle, wherein the arm is substantially parallel with the longitudinal main axis of the vehicle and the float is in the immediate vicinity of the hull;
- a deployed position wherein the arm is inclined relative to the longitudinal main axis so as to bring and/or stabilise the vehicle in the so-called vertical position with a trim angle greater than 70 relative to its nominal position.
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