Underwater vehicle and sensor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9404906
APP PUB NO 20150177212A1
SERIAL NO

14564260

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Described herein is an underwater vehicle having a vehicle body with a buoyancy controller adapted to vary the buoyancy of the vehicle in order to control motion of the vehicle through an underwater environment. The vehicle further includes a sampling system and a sensor arrangement. The sampling system is adapted to sequentially sample fluid from the underwater environment at specified sampling times resulting in a sample sequence, each sample associated with a sample time and a fluid flow rate. The sensor arrangement includes a plurality of molecule sensors adapted to sense organic molecules in each respective sample of the sample sequence.

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CHEVRON U S A INC6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD P O BOX 6006 SAN RAMON CA 94583-0806

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kalli, Christopher John Perth, AU 10 24
Stine, Eric Randal Vallejo, US 1 13
Thomas, David Glynn Perth, AU 14 74

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