Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20120318188A1
SERIAL NO

12890584

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Multi-stage buoyancy changing system for an autonomous underwater vehicle comprises: an internal reservoir configured to hold a fluid; an external bladder connected to the internal reservoir and configured to exchange fluid with the internal reservoir via one or more channels; a first device configured to move fluid through a channel from the internal reservoir to the external bladder at an optimized efficiency for an ambient pressure of a first segment of a dive profile to increase apparent displacement and buoyancy of the vehicle; and a second device configured to move fluid through a channel from the internal reservoir to the external bladder at an optimized efficiency for an ambient pressure of a second segment of the dive profile to increase an apparent displacement and a buoyancy of the vehicle. The first segment of the dive profile includes a different ambient pressure range than the second segment of the dive profile.

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IROBOT CORPORATION8 CROSBY DRIVE BEDFORD MA 01730

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gobat, Jason Isaac Burien, US 3 55
Hudson, Edison Thurman Chapel Hill, US 11 125
Hughes, Robert Eugene Chapel Hill, US 6 111
Osse, Timothy James La Spezia, IT 3 55
Stahr, Frederick Roland Seattle, US 3 55

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