An anchor installation vehicle that includes a vehicle frame having a top end and bottom end, one or more arms extending outward from the vehicle frame, one or more rotational thrusters disposed at distal ends of the one or more arms, and an anchor system configured to hold an anchor extending from the bottom end of the vehicle frame with the anchor aligned with a central axis Y. The anchor installation vehicle is configured to drive the anchor downward into an underwater substrate at an anchor installation location based on reaction torque generated by the one or more rotational thrusters and without reaction torque generated by contact between the anchor installation vehicle and the underwater substrate.


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    Title :

    VEHICLE FOR INSTALLING ANCHORS IN AN UNDERWATER SUBSTRATE


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    Publication date :

    2025-01-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / E02D FOUNDATIONS , Gründungen



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