Described is a sub-aquatic deployed buoy (214), comprising: a submersible module (222) comprising a communications module (225); a surface module (224) comprising a deployable float (218); an umbilical (226) connecting the surface module and communications module, wherein the buoy has a pre-deployment configuration in which the submersible module and surface module are directly attached, and a deployed configuration in which the submersible module and surface module are detached such that the submersible module can be suspended below the surface module via the umbilical; the buoy further comprising an attachment (227) which attaches the surface module and submersible module in the pre-deployment configuration; and, a release actuator (229) which is operable to detach the surface module and submersible module at a submerged location.
SURFACE DEPLOYED COMMUNICATION BUOY
OBERFLÄCHENENTFALTETE KOMMUNIKATIONSBOJE
BOUÉE DE COMMUNICATION DÉPLOYÉE À LA SURFACE
2022-07-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |