Underwater vehicle and a combination directional control and cable interconnect means
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsJeffrey L. Cipolla, Ronald E. Waclawik, Charles L. Elste
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Abstract
There is presented an assembly comprising an underwater vehicle and a comation directional control and cable interconnect means therefor. The underwater vehicle remains underwater during travel of the vehicle through water. The directional control and cable interconnect means comprise arms extendible from sides of the underwater vehicle. Each of the arms includes a multiplicity of fins in a compact array for contact with the water through which the vehicle moves, each of the fins having an uncambered, neutral lift cross-section matching hydrodynamic streamline flow thereabout at predetermined vehicle speed below the cavitation threshold.
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An assembly comprising an underwater vehicle and a combination directional control and cable interconnection means therefor, said assembly comprising:
- an underwater vehicle which remains underwater during travel of said vehicle through water and;
- a combination directional control and cable interconnect means comprising arms extendible from sides of said vehicle, each of said arms including a multiplicity of fins in a compact array for contact with said water through which said vehicle moves in said travel;
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- each of said fins having a neutral lift, uncambered, shape of cross section chosen to substantially match the hydrodynamic streamline flow about the fin at a predetermined vehicle speed below cavitation threshold speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.