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Advanced Remotely Operated Vehicle for Education and ResearchDisclosed are watercrafts with rotatable air propulsion steering units and retractable measurement instruments. The watercraft can include a substantially flat bottom, a top deck, a rotatable air propulsion steering unit configured to propel the watercraft and to rotate in order to steer the watercraft when the watercraft is submerged in a liquid body without requiring a submerged rudder steering system under the substantially flat bottom. The watercraft can also include a retractable measurement deck configured to alternatively raise measurement instruments above the liquid body and lower into the liquid body.
Document ID
20180005310
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Miles, Ted K.
Bland, Geoffrey L.
Date Acquired
September 15, 2018
Publication Date
August 28, 2018
Subject Category
Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: US-Patent-10,059,418
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-15/432,486
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-10,059,418
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-15/432,486
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