MOBILE ACOUSTIC REFLECTOR Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC B63G8/00 B63C11/49 G01S15/06 

FIELD: marine technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of marine technology and is intended for navigation equipment of marine areas and ensuring the safety of navigation and determining the coordinates of surface ships, vessels, underwater objects at sea. The mobile acoustic reflector is an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle. It contains an on-board control system and a navigation system, a sonar, a current source, a power plant with an energy source and an engine, a propulsor, steering machine drives and an external tail with rudders, an antenna and a receiver of a GLONASS-type satellite navigation system connected to the on-board control system, a computing device and hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressure sensors. The underwater vehicle has a compartment that houses an acoustic reflector and devices for bringing it into working position, including an inflatable buoy, a gas generator, a coil with aт electromechanical cable and a drive, as well as a ballast compartment with a pyrotechnic valve.

EFFECT: navigation safety increases.

1 cl, 5 dwg