Underwater charging
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsLawrence Edward Clabburn, Simon Phillip Newby, David Charles Alexander Ritchie
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Abstract
Disclosed is an underwater charging arrangement comprising a first connector coupled to a daughter craft and a second connector coupled to a mother craft, wherein the first and second connectors are arranged to couple underwater to facilitate the transfer of energy from the mother craft to the daughter craft.
Claims20
An underwater charging arrangement comprising a first connector and a second connector, the first connector coupled to a daughter craft and the second connector coupled to a mother craft, wherein the first and second connectors are arranged to couple underwater to facilitate the transfer of energy from the mother craft to the daughter craft.
A method of charging an internal power source of a daughter craft from a mother craft, the method comprising:
- deploying a line from the mother craft;
- manoeuvring the daughter craft, such that a probe extending from the daughter craft couples with a drogue at a free end of the line;
- and
- supplying power from the mother craft to the daughter craft via the line.
An underwater charging system comprising:
- a mother craft;
- a daughter craft;
- a probe coupled to the daughter craft;
- and
- a line coupled to a mother craft at one end and having a drogue at the other end;
- wherein the probe and drogue are arranged to couple underwater to facilitate the transfer of energy from the mother craft to the daughter craft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.