# US 2013/0239869 A1 · Underwater vehicle for uncovering submerged objects and underwater system with an underwater vehicle of this type > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0239869 A1 - Document ID: US20130239869A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/885,163 - Filed: 2011-11-07 - Published: 2013-09-19 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-15 - Assignees: Atlas Elektronik GmbH - Inventors: Sven-Christian Hesse; Joerg Kalwa; Ralf Richter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130239869A1 ## CPC - B63G 8/20: Steering equipment (B63G8/16, B63G8/18 take precedence; steering of vessels in general B63H25/00) - B63B 45/02: the devices being intended to illuminate the way ahead or other areas of environments - B63G 7/02: Mine-sweeping means, Means for destroying mines - B63G 8/001: {Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations (self-propelled or direction controlled diving chambers with mechanical link to a base B63C11/42)} - E02F 3/8866: {self propelled} - E02F 3/90: Component parts {, e.g. arrangement or adaptation of pumps} - E02F 3/907: {Measuring or control devices, e.g. control units, detection means or sensors (E02F3/902 takes precedence)} - E02F 3/9206: {Digging devices using blowing effect only, like jets or propellers (E02F5/107 takes precedence; passive suction heads with jets E02F3/925; active suction heads with jets E02F3/9262; drilling by jets E21B7/18; slitting by jets E21C25/60)} - E02F 3/9243: {Passive suction heads with no mechanical cutting means (E02F5/108 takes precedence)} - B63G 2008/007: {by means of a physical link to a base, e.g. wire, cable or umbilical} - B63G: OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (means of attack or defence in general, e.g. turrets F41H) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract An underwater vehicle configured to be remote-controllable and maneuverable includes a device which is configured to uncover a submerged object. The device comprises a working nozzle configured to conduct a water flow and a counter pressure nozzle configured to counteract the working nozzle. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 An underwater vehicle configured to be remote-controllable and maneuverable, the underwater vehicle comprising: a device configured to uncover a submerged object, the device comprising: a working nozzle configured to conduct a water flow; and a counter pressure nozzle configured to counteract the working nozzle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the device further comprises at least one tool configured to be rotationally drivable. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 17, wherein the at least one tool is a brush. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the underwater vehicle is configured to be trimmed neutral and further comprises maneuvering devices configured and arranged so that the underwater vehicle is steerable in a longitudinal axis, in a transverse axis, and in a vertical axis, and in a direction of a rotation about at least one of the longitudinal axis, the transverse axis, and the vertical axis. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 19, wherein the underwater vehicle further comprises a prow, and the maneuvering devices comprise a rear drive and at least one lateral propulsion drive arranged in an area of the prow. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 20, wherein the at least one lateral propulsion drive is arranged in pairs and have different operating directions. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the device further comprises a pump assembly configured to act on the working nozzle and to be adjustable with regard to a pump output, wherein a work direction of the water flow is configured to be switchable so as to operate in a suction mode or in a rinsing mode. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, further comprising an anchoring device configured to fix the underwater vehicle on or in an area of the submerged object, the anchoring device comprising at least one of: an anchor comprising a plurality of anchor flukes provided as a harrow, a nail gun, an electromagnet, a negative pressure apparatus, and a clamping device configured to clasp to at least one of the submerged object to be uncovered, to a part of the submerged object to be uncovered, to objects in a surrounding of the submerged object to be uncovered, and to the underwater vehicle. ### Claim 24 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the underwater vehicle further comprises a survey device configured to survey a surrounding. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 24, wherein the survey device is at least one of an acoustic device, a sonar, an optical device, and a camera. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the underwater vehicle further comprises a controllable manipulation device configured to carry the working nozzle. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the underwater vehicle further comprises an explosive charge. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the explosive charge is a hollow charge. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16, wherein the underwater vehicle further comprises at least two spotlights arranged in a spaced-apart relationship, the at least two spotlights being oriented toward a working area of the working nozzle. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The underwater vehicle as recited in claim 29, further comprising a suction pipe connected to the working nozzle, and an outlet of the water flow, the suction pipe being arranged so as to extend away from the underwater vehicle in a direction remote from the working area of the working nozzle, the suction pipe being configured to have a length to the outlet of the water flow so that no particle load discharged at the outlet flows back into the working area of the working nozzle. ### Claim 31 (depends on 16) An underwater system comprising: an underwater vehicle as recited in claim 16; a system platform connected to the underwater vehicle in a signal-transmitting manner; an intermediate vehicle connected to the system platform; a wireless communication device; and at least one connecting cable, wherein, the underwater vehicle is connected to the intermediate vehicle via at least one of the wireless communication device and the at least one connecting cable. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The underwater system as recited in claim 31 wherein the intermediate vehicle is connected to the system platform via a radio connection. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The underwater system as recited in claim 31, wherein the at least one connecting cable comprises a signal line. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The underwater system as recited in claim 33, wherein the signal line is a glass fiber line. ### Claim 35 (depends on 31) The underwater system as recited in claim 31, wherein the at least one connecting cable comprises a power line, and the intermediate vehicle comprises an energy source, the energy source being connected to the underwater vehicle via the power line.