US 12,103,650 B2
Underwater cutting device
Brian Fredrick Hamburg, Diamondhead, MS (US)
Assigned to SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & INTEGRATION, INC., Orange, CA (US)
Filed by SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & INTEGRATION, INC., Orange, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,654.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/191,677, filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371708 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B63C 11/52 (2006.01); B23D 35/00 (2006.01); H02G 1/10 (2006.01); H02G 1/00 (2006.01); H02G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 11/52 (2013.01) [B23D 35/001 (2013.01); H02G 1/005 (2013.01); H02G 1/10 (2013.01); H02G 1/16 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to sever a cable, the device comprising:
a housing having a peripheral wall and a hole that is configured to receive the cable therethrough;
a cutting tool disposed in the housing, the cutting tool comprising a shaft and a head having a cutting edge configured to sever the cable;
one or more springs disposed around the shaft,
a bolt configured to extend through the peripheral wall of the housing and into the shaft of the cutting tool to arm the device, wherein the bolt is configured to be rotated to pull the cutting tool to compress the one or more springs between the peripheral wall and the head of the cutting tool;
a lever configured to be moved between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the lever configured to block movement of the cutting tool toward the hole in the locked configuration and configured to permit movement of the cutting tool toward the hole in the unlocked configuration; and
a link configured to couple the lever to the housing to secure the lever in the locked configuration, wherein the link is configured to be compromised to allow the lever to be moved to the unlocked configuration to permit the cutting tool to move toward the hole.