This underwater docking system is provided with an underwater station having a circular frame body parallel with the horizontal plane and supported on a base platform, and an autonomous unmanned submarine which docks in the underwater station while driving so as to pass over the top of the frame. This autonomous unmanned submarine is provided with: a submarine main body; capture arms provided on the lower portion of the submarine main body, wherein one end of the capture arms are linked to the submarine main body so as to be capable of rotating forwards and backwards and an engagement hook is provided on the other end of the capture arms for engagement with the frame body; and a locking mechanism which, when the engagement hooks engage with the back portion of the frame body in the drive direction and the submarine main body approaches the frame body while the capture arms rotate backwards, locks with the front portion of the frame in the drive direction.
Underwater docking system for autonomous underwater vehicle
2019-09-26
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung |
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