EP 2285663 B1 20130123 - SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING AND RETRIEVING AN UNDERWATER DRONE
Title (en)
SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING AND RETRIEVING AN UNDERWATER DRONE
Title (de)
SYSTEM ZUM AUTOMATISCHEN STARTEN UND ZURÜCKRUFEN EINER UNTERWASSERDROHNE
Title (fr)
SYSTEME POUR LA MISE A L'EAU ET LA RECUPERATION AUTOMATIQUES D'UN DRONE SOUS-MARIN
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2009056821 W 20090603
- FR 0803058 A 20080603
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2009147176A1] The present invention relates to systems for launching and retrieving underwater craft from a ship. It consists mainly in a handling cradle (10) for launching and retrieving an underwater vehicle (20), comprising a frame (11) forming a dorsal ridge and providing an interface between lifting means, for example a crane, and the underwater vehicle. This frame comprises: means (12) for adjusting the overall buoyancy; means (13) for automatically aligning the vehicle with the dorsal ridge consisting of the frame; means (14) for getting hold of the vehicle from the surface once the frame has been aligned with the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the cradle comprises an on-board video camera allowing the operator on board the ship to ensure that the vehicle is being correctly attached and released. The invention advantageously allows the vehicle to be launched and recovered automatically when the vehicle is under the surface in a zone where it is not subject to the effects of the ocean swell.
IPC 8 full level
B63B 27/36 (2006.01); B63B 35/40 (2006.01); B63C 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B63B 27/16 (2013.01 - EP); B63B 27/36 (2013.01 - EP US); B63B 2027/165 (2013.01 - EP); B63G 2008/007 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2009147176 A1 20091210; EP 2285663 A1 20110223; EP 2285663 B1 20130123; FR 2931792 A1 20091204; FR 2931792 B1 20101112; US 2011192338 A1 20110811; US 8590476 B2 20131126
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2009056821 W 20090603; EP 09757557 A 20090603; FR 0803058 A 20080603; US 99598209 A 20090603