MIKE R CONN
Nursing at 2101 W Hwy 390, Panama City, FL

License number

Florida 5185661

Issued Date

Dec 23, 2008

Effective Date

Aug 21, 2015

Expiration Date

Jul 31, 2015

Professional information

Underwater Investigation System Using Multiple Unmanned Vehicles

US Patent:

6854410, Feb 15, 2005

Filed:

Nov 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/719854

Inventors:

Russell King - Panama City FL, US
Brian Coppola - Lynn Haven FL, US
Don Tibbetts - Lynn Haven FL, US
Chris Richburg - Panama City FL, US
Chris Cook - Lynn Haven FL, US
Don Hobden - Lynn Haven FL, US
Mike Conn - Panama City FL, US
Spencer Harris - Panama City FL, US
Wells Parker - Panama City FL, US
Brooke Parker - Panama City FL, US
David Emery - Panama City FL, US
Sally Lankamer - Panama City FL, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

B63B021/66

US Classification:

114244, 114258

Abstract:

An unmanned system for investigating underwater regions utilizes an unmanned mothership and a plurality of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The mothership transports the UUVs to and from the vicinity of an underwater region, releases the UUVs into the water, and facilitates recovery of the UUVs from the water. Each UUV can traverse an underwater region, generate sonar and image data associated with the underwater region, and transmit the sonar and image data through the water for receipt and re-transmission by the mothership. A docking system mounted partially onboard the mothership and partially onboard each UUV couples each UUV to the mothership and selectively releases each UUV into the underwater region. A guidance system mounted partially onboard the mothership and partially onboard each UUV guides each UUV back to the docking system from positions in the water. The mothership and UUVs can also be equipped with a non-contact electrical energy transfer system so that each UUV can return to the mothership and re-charge onboard batteries while underwater.