High-capacity lightweight variable buoyancy system
US12162578B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63G8/24
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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.
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