A sub-aquatic deployed buoy 214 comprising a submersible module 22 comprising a communications module (225, Fig 3), a surface module 224 comprising a deployable float 218 and an umbilical 226 connecting the surface module and communications module 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, Fig 3) which attaches the surface module and submersible module in the pre deployment configuration and a release actuator (229, Fig 3) which is operable to detach the surface module and submersible module at a submerged location.


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    Title :

    Surface deployment communication buoy


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    Publication date :

    2022-07-06


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS



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