BERTHING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING / RELEASING, STORING, TRANSPORTING AND HOLDING AN AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE ON THE HIGH SEAS Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B63G8/00 

FIELD: marine technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention is intended to ensure the reception/release, storage, transportation, reception and release of an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle on the high seas. The mooring device for receiving/release, storing, transporting and holding an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle in the open sea contains a body of a mooring device, an element of a supporting structure, a hydroacoustic beacon, a strong container with equipment, a mooring cone, an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle, a non-contact information exchange device, a non-contact battery charger and latch drive. The body of the mooring device is made in the form of a permeable frame structure with a supporting structure element, with the possibility of its dismantling. The body of the mooring device is equipped with eyebolts, guide tracks and a mooring cone, which is equipped with light elements of the drive system. Also, the hull of the mooring device is equipped with pulling devices, consisting of durable hulls with electric motors, shafts, rollers and spring-loaded brackets. Additionally, the body of the mooring device is equipped with a locking device, consisting of an electric servo drive and a locking lever. Sensors for determining the position of the AUV and the locking lever, as well as video visualization devices, are installed on the body of the berthing device.

EFFECT: ensuring the functioning of the mooring device both on the seabed and in the water column, increasing the accuracy of bringing the AUV to the mooring device, controlling the positioning of the AUV in the mooring device, implementing active assistance for receiving / releasing the AUV, as well as reducing the time for receiving the AUV to the mooring device and to bring the AUV to the mooring device.

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