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US 2024/0390737 A1Published application
Underwater propulsion device
OwnerBrandon C. Robinsoninventor
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Abstract
An underwater propulsion system is disclosed comprising a foot board with one or more battery-powered propulsion units. A throttle control system may be enabled in the foot board such that a movement of the user's foot controls the throttle. Flattened Lithium batteries allow thin lightweight construction of the foot board. Use of trolling motors as propulsion units provides thrust advantages over pre-existing underwater scooters.
Claims7
An underwater propulsion device, comprising:
- a foot board;
- a battery sealed in a watertight compartment that is integrated with said foot board;
- a battery-powered underwater propulsion unit attached to said footboard and connected to said battery by a watertight connection;
- an attachment structure on said foot board for allowing mounting of a user's foot;
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- a throttle control system integrated with said foot board that allows the throttle of said propulsion unit to be controlled by a movement of said user's foot, wherein said foot attachment structure comprises a foot pedal mount that fixes one end of said user's foot to said foot board about a rotational axis that allows the opposite end of said user's foot to swivel from side to side;
- and wherein said throttle control system further comprises a spring return which tends to bring said user's foot to neutral position when said user does not exert any swivel force with their foot.
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