A system comprising a clamp assembly configured to capture an unmanned underwater vehicle, wherein the clamp assembly comprises a first arm, a second arm, and an extending rod assembly, wherein the first arm and second arm have a first end and a second end and are configured to form a hollow chamber when connected on both ends, wherein first arm and second arm are connected at the first end with the extending rod assembly, wherein the extending rod assembly comprises an extending rod that is configured to project downward when first arm and second arm are in an open position and is configured to retreat inside the extending rod assembly when the first arm and second arm are in a closed position, wherein a spring-loaded latch and a pin on the second end of the first arm and second arm are configured to automatically catch and lock upon closure.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    System and method for closing and locking an unmanned underwater vehicle and torpedo clamp


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-09-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / B66C Krane , CRANES / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS



    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSING AND LOCKING AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE AND TORPEDO CLAMP

    HOOPER RALPH D / GILCHRIST JEFFREY T / CHAMBERS WILLIAM A | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    MIXED SYSTEM OF TORPEDO AND UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE USING MODULAR CONFIGURATION

    KIM SEONG MOK | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    Modular underwater torpedo tracker

    Eskenazi, L. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    Modeling of Torpedo-Shaped Micro Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    Wahed, Muhammad Azri / Arshad, Mohd Rizal | Springer Verlag | 2019


    Modeling of Torpedo-Shaped Micro Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    Wahed, Muhammad Azri / Arshad, Mohd Rizal | TIBKAT | 2019