Autonomous data relay buoy

US7837525B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Domenic F. Napolitano · Barrington, US
• Craig W. Bradford · Boston, US
• William E. Komm · Portsmouth, US
• Marc A. Brown · Tubac, US
• Frank H. Hitzke · Spooner, US
• David Sharp · San Jose, US
• Michael W. Little · Austin, US
• Douglas L. Veilleux, II · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: May 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B22/24
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An easily deployable data relay buoy, in some embodiments, has a diesel powered alternator and storage battery, providing long service life. The data relay buoy has mechanical characteristics that allow it to maintain antenna stability in the presence of seas states from at least zero through four and to survive in sea states up to sea state six.