Delivery systems for pressure protecting and delivering a submerged payload and methods for using the same
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1. A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the payload delivery system comprising a containment system including:
- a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and
a dehiscing system including a controller operative to automatically dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to detection of a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition.
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Abstract
A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium includes a containment system. The containment system includes a container and a dehiscing system. The container includes a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber. The dehiscing system is operative to dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition.
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24 Claims
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1. A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the payload delivery system comprising a containment system including:
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a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and a dehiscing system including a controller operative to automatically dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to detection of a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the method comprising:
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providing a containment system including; a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and a dehiscing system including a controller; mounting the payload in the containment chamber; submerging the container with the payload mounted in the containment chamber;
thereafterdetecting a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition; and responsive to detecting the prescribed event and/or the prescribed environmental condition, using the controller, automatically dehiscing the shell using the dehiscing system to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium.
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21. A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the payload delivery system comprising a containment system including:
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a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and a dehiscing system operative to dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition; wherein the shell includes a flexible envelope defining the sealed containment chamber. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the payload delivery system comprising a containment system including:
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a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and a dehiscing system operative to automatically dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition; wherein the prescribed environmental condition includes an external pressure on the shell becoming less than a prescribed threshold pressure.
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24. A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium, the payload delivery system comprising a containment system including:
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a container including a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber; and a dehiscing system operative to dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition; wherein the containment system and the payload form a dispensable unit having a buoyancy enabling the dispensable unit to passively ascend in the submersion medium.
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