HYDRAULIC DRIVES FOR USE IN CHARGING SYSTEMS, BALLAST SYSTEMS, OR OTHER SYSTEMS OF UNDERWATER VEHICLES

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15173214

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An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one generator configured to receive flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and to generate electrical power based on the flows of the refrigerant. The apparatus further includes first and second hydraulic drives associated with the first and second tanks, respectively. Each hydraulic drive includes a first piston within the associated tank, a channel fluidly coupled to the associated tank and configured to contain hydraulic fluid, and a second piston within the channel and configured to move within the channel in order to vary an amount of the hydraulic fluid within the associated tank and vary a position of the first piston within the associated tank. The channel of each hydraulic drive has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the associated tank.

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RAYTHEON COMPANY141 SPRING STREET LEXINGTON MA 02173

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Heinen, Gregory W Lowell, US 18 68

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