Title:
HIGH CAPACITY LIGHTWEIGHT VARIABLE BUOYANCY SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/054297
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Techniques and architectures are disclosed for a system capable of creating large changes in buoyancy that can be incorporated into underwater vehicles, embodiments of the system utilizing edge-welded, metal bellows disposed within a pressure vessel to balance a pressure differential across the bellows while using the bellows to displace fluid and thereby alter the buoyancy of a vehicle on which the system is disposed.
Inventors:
KEMP MATHIEU P (US)
ROMANO CHRISTOPHER M (US)
ROMANO CHRISTOPHER M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/027582
Publication Date:
April 25, 2024
Filing Date:
July 13, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BAE SYS INF & ELECT SYS INTEG (US)
International Classes:
B63G8/22; F16J3/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ASMUS, Scott J. (US)
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