US 12,434,801 B1
Reconfigurable underwater vehicle capable of far-distance cruising and underwater interactive operation
Jinming Wu, Jiangsu (CN); Xijie Ni, Jiangsu (CN); and Zhonghua Ni, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed by SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/241,308.
Application 19/241,308 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2024/136287, filed on Dec. 3, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 202410240510.X (CN), filed on Mar. 4, 2024.
Int. Cl. B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/04 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC B63G 8/001 (2013.01) [B63G 8/04 (2013.01); B63G 8/08 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable underwater vehicle capable of far-distance cruising and underwater interactive operation, comprising: an operation compartment, two buoyancy compartments connected with the operation compartment through connection rods and a folding mechanism located within the buoyancy compartments and the connection rods to drive rotation of the connection rods to switch underwater vehicle working modes, wherein the underwater vehicle working modes comprise an unfolded mode and a folded mode; in the unfolded mode, the two buoyancy compartments are unfolded along a axial direction of the operation compartment to both sides of the operation compartment, and the two buoyancy compartments and the operation compartment are in series-connected state; in the folded state, the two buoyancy compartments are folded above the operation compartment at an included angle, and the two buoyancy compartments are in parallel connected state.