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US 8,893,637 B2Granted
Underwater floating device
AssigneeSercel
InventorsThierry Roger, Jean-Jacques Vignaux, Christophe Augor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an underwater floating device (1) characterized in that it comprises: an insert (4) comprising a thermoplastic material and a hollow tube (7), a foam (5) of a thermoplastic material, at least partly covering the insert (4), an outer skin (6) comprising a thermoplastic material formed by injection molding over the foam and configured for being in contact with water during use.
Claims13
An underwater floating device comprises:
- an insert comprising a thermoplastic material and a hollow tube,
- a foam of a thermoplastic material, at least partly covering the insert,
- an outer skin comprising a thermoplastic material formed by injection molding over the foam and configured for being in contact with water during use;
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- said device being chosen in the group consisting of:
- a wing of a navigation control device,
- a wing of an autonomous underwater vehicle, and
- a wing of a glider.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.