A launch cradle 100 for a submersible 200 comprises a rigid frame 102, releasable retaining means 106a and 106b for securing a submersible to the underside of the rigid frame, and directing means 110 for urging the submersible down, away from the rigid frame of the launch cradle after the retaining means have been released. The directing means may comprise a spring-loaded pivotal flap, biased to swing away from the launch cradle, an actuated pivotal flap and a motor which rotates the flap about the pivot away from the launch cradle, fluidic jets to urge the submersible away from the launch cradle or an electromagnet adapted to repel a corresponding magnet on the submersible away. A method of launching a submersible from the launch cradle is also disclosed.
Submersible launcher
2023-03-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
NTIS | 1979
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