Unmanned sea surface vehicle having a personal watercraft hull form
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B63B-001/00
출원번호
US-0532196
(1995-09-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Shiffler Mark E.
Loy Luke W.
출원인 / 주소
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
대리인 / 주소
Kaiser
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초록▼
An unmanned marine surface vehicle (UMSV) featuring structural incorporation of the hull of a typical commercially distributed, recreationally enjoyed personal watercraft (PWC). The intrinsic qualities of the PWC hull, especially as pertains to superior seaworthiness and smaller size, avail the UMSV
An unmanned marine surface vehicle (UMSV) featuring structural incorporation of the hull of a typical commercially distributed, recreationally enjoyed personal watercraft (PWC). The intrinsic qualities of the PWC hull, especially as pertains to superior seaworthiness and smaller size, avail the UMSV and UMSV system according to this invention. A contoured upper casing which is coupled with the PWC hull serves not only to further the fluid-dynamic integrity of this invention's UMSV but also to house electrical or mechanical components which are designed for effectuating specific military or civilian missions. This invention's UMSV is small, compact, lightweight, durable, rugged, uncomplicatedly direct-driven and quite seaworthy, and hence offers possible advantages over vessels conventionally considered for autonomous or semi-autonomous operations, particularly in terms of cost-effectiveness, expendability, deployability, recoverability, maneuverability and versatility.
대표청구항▼
[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A marine surface vehicle which is adaptable to unmanned use, comprising:an upper section which includes an enclosure which is upside protuberant and downside hollow, said enclosure having a faired upside surface which is substantially curvilinear, substantially smooth add
[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A marine surface vehicle which is adaptable to unmanned use, comprising:an upper section which includes an enclosure which is upside protuberant and downside hollow, said enclosure having a faired upside surface which is substantially curvilinear, substantially smooth add substantially continuous and is fluid-dynamically contoured to reduce drag, said enclosure having a bottom peripheral edge; anda lower section which includes a hull having a top peripheral edge, said bottom peripheral edge and said top peripheral edge being approximately congruent;wherein said vehicle has a length which is less than sixteen feet and is between twice and four times its width as measured in the imaginary horizontal plane which separates said enclosure and said bull, said vehicle having a substantially curved bow and a substantially angular stern, aftward from said bow said width at first more steeply increasing and then more gradually increasing and then approaching constancy, said enclosure and said hull being substantially flushly coupled so that the junction of said bottom peripheral edge and said top peripheral edge is substantially fluid-tight, said junction approximately defining the perimeter of said vehicle, said perimeter approximately lying in said imaginary horizontal plane, said enclosure having a shape which convexly bulges approximately coextensively with said perimeter, said enclosure convexly bulging approximately coextensively with said length so that, in cross-section fore-and-aft, said enclosure is substantially curvilinear aftward from said bow and then becomes substantially rectilinear approximately parallel to said imaginary horizontal plane and then at said stern becomes substantially rectilinear at an acute angle with respect to said imaginary horizontal plane, said enclosure convexly bulging approximately coextensively with said width so that, in cross-section starboard-and-port, said enclosure substantially defines an approximate semiellipse.
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