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Method of deploying cable

  • US 6,691,636 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2001
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of deploying cable in a body of water comprising:

  • providing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of converting vertical motion into horizontal travel, wherein the vertical motion is provided by changing buoyancy of the AUV; and

    placing cable on a bottom of a body of water with the AUV during the conversion of the vertical motion into the horizontal travel;

    wherein substantially all the horizontal travel is achieved by converting the vertical motion.

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