Described is a sub-aquatic deployed buoy, comprising: a submersible module comprising a communications module; a surface module comprising a deployable float; an umbilical connecting the surface module and communications module, wherein the buoy has a pre-deployment configuration in which the submersible module and surface module are directly attached, and a deployed configuration in which the submersible module and surface module are detached such that the submersible module can be suspended below the surface module via the umbilical; the buoy further comprising an attachment which attaches the surface module and submersible module in the pre-deployment configuration; and, a release actuator which is operable to detach the surface module and submersible module at a submerged location. [Fig. 1] 18346564_1 (GHMatters) P117997.AU t7 t6 G5 18 20 26t4 2412 03 to t2 Fig.1 t6' t5' 228 t4 t2' Fig. 2
SURFACE DEPLOYED COMMUNICATION BUOY
2023-11-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |