US 12,403,987 B2
Split release benthic lander
Yolanda Meriah Arias-Thode, San Diego, CA (US); David B Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US); Kevin Hardy, San Diego, CA (US); Alexander Stevens-Bracy, Chula Vista, CA (US); Gregory Wayne Anderson, San Diego, CA (US); and Matthew Lanford Bond, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,799.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382500 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 22/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/16 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 22/24 (2013.01) [H01M 8/16 (2013.01); B63B 2022/006 (2013.01); H01M 2250/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A benthic landing system comprising:
at least one pressure vessel formed with an interior cavity comprising electronics disposed within the interior cavity;
a frame structure comprising: a first plurality of coupling structures each coupled to the at least one pressure vessel;
a weight structure disposed underneath the frame structure, wherein the weight structure is removably coupled to the frame structure, wherein the weight structure is configured to autonomously decouple from the frame structure a period of time after the benthic landing system reaches a benthic floor; and
wherein the frame structure is less dense than water and the frame structure and weight structure coupled together are more dense than water.