Unmanned surface vehicle and method of using the same

US10363996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dalian University of Technology · CN

Inventors

• Guan Guan · Sunnyvale, US
• Yanyun Yu · Dalian, CN
• Ming-Yen Chen · Dalian, CN
• Yunlong Wang · Dalian, CN
• Chaoguang Jin · Dalian, CN
• Kai Li · Fujian, CN
• Yan Lin · Dalian, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2019
• Expiry date: May 22, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B2035/006
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An unmanned surface vehicle (USV) including a main body; a slideway; and an automatic recovery unit. The slideway includes pulleys, slide rails, sleepers, end plates disposed at two sides of the sleepers, and baffle plates. The automatic recovery unit includes a buoy, a connection rod, a downhaul, an electromagnetic fixer, a winch, an upper cable, a storage box, and a recovery net. The slideway is fixed on the afterdeck of the main body and the tail end of the slideway sticks out the side boundary of the afterdeck. The baffle plates are disposed on the upper end of the end plates. The vertical height of the end plates is larger than the maximum vertical height of the pulleys and the slide rails. The baffle plates on the upper end of the end plates limit the displacement of the buoy in the vertical direction.