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AssigneeH2EYE (International) Limited
InventorsChris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
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An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
An ROV comprising a topside, a fish for underwater use and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together, wherein the fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard power supply, and wherein the umbilical cable has a control-signal carrying core and a buoyant outer skin that makes the umbilical cable buoyant.
An umbilical cable for an ROV for carrying signals between a topside and an underwater fish of the ROV, the umbilical cable comprising a control-signal carrying core and a buoyant skin that makes the umbilical cable buoyant, and wherein the core is formed of an optical fiber.
A battery for fitting in or onto and for powering an in- or an under-the-water, electrically operated device, wherein the battery is both fully water-sealed and, in use, fully electrically-insulated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.