DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER LAUNCH AND RECEPTION OF AN AUTONOMOUS UNINHABITED UNDERWATER VEHICLE FROM THE CARRIER SHIP Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC F41F3/07 

FIELD: shipbuilding.

SUBSTANCE: device for underwater launch and reception of an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle (hereinafter – AUUV) from the carrier ship contains a compartment for servicing the AUUV, including a technological pool, a post for preparing the AUUV for launch, as well as monitoring and control devices, and a lock chamber. The chamber is made in the form of a pipe with a slide valve mounted on it. One end of the chamber is made in the form of a mooring cone, the second one is connected to the pool in its lower part and is equipped with a slide valve. The slide valves are equipped with electromechanical drives with remote control and position sensors. The chamber is equipped with a motion sensor and a device for bringing the AUUV to the mooring cone in the form of an underwater radio communication system, the antenna of which is installed on the bottom of the carrier ship in its diametrical plane in the immediate vicinity of the inlet to the chamber. The slide valves drives, position and motion sensors, and the device for bringing the AUUV to the mooring cone are functionally connected to the monitoring and control device. The device is hermetically integrated into the ship hull structures. The AUUV service compartment is located under the upper deck of the carrier ship in its interior. The post for preparing the AUUV for launch is equipped with a working deck. The pool is made in the form of a rectangular chamber and is installed vertically in the interior of the AUUV service compartment. The upper part of the pool is installed above the waterline of the ship, and the lower part, together with the chamber, are installed in parallel to the diametrical plane of the carrier ship under its bottom and enclosed in a fairing. The end of the chamber, which goes out into the water, is directed to the stern of the carrier ship and is equipped with a duplicate slide valve.

EFFECT: provision of the covert launch, reception and execution of the AUUV mission is achieved, regardless of weather conditions.

4 cl, 3 dwg