Autonomous Submersible Offshore Marine Platform

a technology of autonomous submerged marine platform and autonomous submerged platform, which is applied in the direction of underwater equipment, special-purpose vessels, vessel construction, etc., can solve the problems of loss of military or commercial mission capability and availability, large and expensive surface offshore marine platform, and large crew and capability requirements

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-05-16
SCHMIDT TERRENCE W +1
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[0018]When commanded (remote or autonomously) rapidly submerges and reposition

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Unfortunately, these platforms are designed to operate only on the water surface and cannot escape from the hazard by operating fully-submerged which makes them extremely vulnerable to military and environmental threats.
This vulnerability results in the need for the surface offshore marine platforms to be large and expensive and require significant crew and capabilities to minimize susceptibility to a hazardous area's damage

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[0053]Referring now to the drawings in detail, Page 1 FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an Autonomous fully-Submersible Offshore Marine Platform (referred to as the ASOMP) 100, constructed in accordance with the present invention that operates as both a surface platform and submersible, with the ability to hibernate for extended periods of time on the seafloor. The ASOMP 100 is comprised of 4 major portions:[0054]a. A Lower Hull 110 portion with at least two submerged pod shaped Lower Hulls 110 that provide a substantial portion of the ASOMP's buoyancy. Said Lower Hulls 110 are of pressure vessel form able to withstand submergence hydrostatic pressures. Tanks within said Lower Hulls provide a ballast capacity sufficient to submerge and surface the ASOMP.[0055]b. A Cross Structure portion 120 connecting said Lower Hulls. Said Cross Structure 120 is a primary structural member providing a structural arrangement that significantly reduces hydrodynamic load created stresses of convention...

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It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of constructing an Autonomous fully-Submersible Offshore Marine Platform (ASOMP) of considerable warfighting or commercial capability which is mobile and can autonomously transport to a hazardous operating area in a low-observable reduced vulnerability manner, fully submerge to avoid the military or environmental threat hazard, hibernate until needed, perform fully submerged mobility and mission operations, surface and provide Barge and SWATH surface ship mobility and mission operations, resubmerge if the hazardous threat appears and relocate to a new operating area. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fully autonomous and submersible low-cost “lily-pad” that surfaces when called and provides a main deck platform at appropriate freeboard and seakeeping motions to function as a refueling landing zone and pier to extend the range of aircraft and marine vehicles operating in a high-threat environment.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Provisional application No. 62 / 587,008 filed on 16 Nov. 2017 with Amendment 1 (30 Jan. 2018), Amendment 2 (8 Mar. 2018) and Amendment 3 (29 Mar. 2018).FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]NoneBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Traditional surface offshore marine platforms are uniquely capable of providing payload-capable, low-motion main decks for at-sea aviation flight operations, mission systems operations and logistic distribution to other surface vessels and ashore elements for low-level hazardous areas. Unfortunately, these platforms are designed to operate only on the water surface and cannot escape from the hazard by operating fully-submerged which makes them extremely vulnerable to military and environmental threats. This vulnerability results in the need for the surface offshore marine platforms to be large and expensive and require significant crew and capabilities to minimize susceptibility to a hazardous area's damage and casualty...

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IPC IPC(8): B63G8/00B63B35/44B63B1/10
CPCB63G8/001B63B35/44B63B1/107B63B21/50B63B2021/505B63G2008/004B63C11/42B63B2035/007B63B35/50
Inventor SCHMIDT, TERRENCE W.KLINE, JEFFREY E.
Owner SCHMIDT TERRENCE W
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