EP2530423B1 - Système de lancement d'un engin sous-marin - Google Patents

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EP2530423B1
EP2530423B1 EP12169312.1A EP12169312A EP2530423B1 EP 2530423 B1 EP2530423 B1 EP 2530423B1 EP 12169312 A EP12169312 A EP 12169312A EP 2530423 B1 EP2530423 B1 EP 2530423B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/08—Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes
    • F41F3/10—Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes from below the surface of the water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B6/00—Electromagnetic launchers ; Plasma-actuated launchers
    • F41B6/003—Electromagnetic launchers ; Plasma-actuated launchers using at least one driving coil for accelerating the projectile, e.g. an annular coil

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  • the present invention relates to a launching system of an underwater vehicle.
  • the invention may for example be used to launch an underwater vehicle such as a torpedo, a missile, a mine, a countermeasure device or a drone or any other device of this nature, from a launching system of this type fitted to an underwater vehicle such as a submarine itself.
  • an underwater vehicle such as a torpedo, a missile, a mine, a countermeasure device or a drone or any other device of this nature
  • launch systems are also commonly referred to as “torpedo tubes” although they may be used to launch missiles other than torpedoes.
  • a submarine is equipped with several torpedo tubes of this type.
  • Another important feature of this type of system is to be able to ensure a launch of the craft in any discretion to avoid for example a tracking of the launcher vehicle.
  • the Applicant has also proposed to make a double tube system, an inner tube is attached to an outer tube and using an annular piston performing a flow of water from the front to the rear thereof.
  • launch systems can be found in the documents DE 3939037 A1 , DE 10340602 , EP 2107331 , EP 0151980 , EP 0526831 , FR 2724248 , FR 2776059 , KR 20100086295 , US 4971949 , US 5284106 , US 6401645 , US 6871610 and finally US 7093552 .
  • the object of the invention is therefore to solve the problems mentioned above concerning the launch of any type of machine through a system having acceptable dimensions and allowing a discrete launch.
  • the invention relates to a launching system of an underwater vehicle, such that the machine is housed in an inner tube, movable to slide in an outer tube between a retracted position and a position deployed from this outer tube, and in that it comprises means for anti-return water inlet to the rear of the outer tube, means for fluid communication of the portion of the inner tube to the rear of the machine with the corresponding portion of the outer tube, sealing means carried by the inner tube and adapted to slide against the inner wall of the outer tube during the movements of the inner tube in the outer tube and moving means of the inner tube in the outer tube, in a first stroke of slow movement from its retracted position to its deployed position and in a second stroke of rapid displacement from its deployed position to its retracted position to cause a backflow of pressurized water from the tube external in the inner tube at the rear of the craft through the means of fluid communication, to push the underwater vehicle and cause its ejection.
  • the invention relates to a launching system of an underwater vehicle.
  • the system is designated by the general reference 1 and the underwater vehicle is designated by the general reference 2 and is constituted for example by a weapon such as a torpedo or any other underwater vehicle such as a missile, a mine, a countermeasure device or a drone or other.
  • a weapon such as a torpedo or any other underwater vehicle such as a missile, a mine, a countermeasure device or a drone or other.
  • This machine 2 is then housed in an inner tube designated by the general reference 3, which, as illustrated, is slidably movable in an outer tube designated by the general reference 4, between a retracted position illustrated on the Figure 1 and a deployed position from this outer tube, as illustrated on the Figure 2 after opening a corresponding door of the outer tube.
  • the system according to the invention also comprises water inlet anti-return means at the rear of the outer tube, designated by the general reference 5 in these figures.
  • these non-return means may for example comprise a solenoid valve or a non-return valve, allowing water to be admitted to the rear of the outer tube when the inner tube is deployed to avoid the 'syringe effect' mentioned above.
  • means for fluid communication of the portion of the inner tube at the rear of the launching apparatus with the corresponding part of the outer tube these means being designated by the reference 6 in these figures and comprising for example orifices or gills for the passage of water, formed in the wall of the inner tube at the rear thereof and more particularly at the rear of the casting machine.
  • the system according to the invention also comprises sealing means designated by the general reference 7, carried for example by the inner tube 3 and adapted to slide against the inner wall of the outer tube 4 during the movements of the inner tube in this outer tube .
  • sealing means comprise for example means in the form of bib for example rigid, for sealing between the upstream and downstream of these means.
  • these displacement means are interposed between the outer tube and the inner tube and more particularly between the rear of these tubes.
  • These displacement means then comprise means in the form of an actuator with telescopic jack whose power is controlled by control means of conventional structure, to cause the displacement of the inner tube in the outer tube.
  • these displacement means are adapted to move the inner tube in a first slow displacement stroke from its retracted position to its deployed position and in a second stroke of rapid displacement from its deployed position to its retracted position.
  • the first slow moving stroke is thus illustrated on the Figure 2 , where it is found that the extension of the jack has moved the inner tube and thus the underwater vehicle housed in the inner tube, from its retracted position inside the outer tube to its deployed position from of it.
  • the flap carried by the inner tube then causes, during the displacement thereof to its retracted position in the outer tube, a reflux of pressurized water from the outer tube into the inner tube at the rear of the machine, to through the means of implementation fluidic communication 6, which pushes the underwater vehicle and causes it to be ejected from the inner tube, as illustrated in FIG. Figure 4 .
  • means for guiding the movements of the inner tube in the outer tube are interposed therebetween. These means may have any suitable structure and will therefore not be described in more detail later.
  • the displacement means comprise a telescopic jack interposed between the rear parts facing the inner and outer tubes, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. Figure 5 these displacement means designated by the general reference 10, are formed by a telescopic actuator type actuator, interposed between the front portion of the outer tube and the rear portion of the inner tube.
  • the displacement means comprise electromagnetic means, an external winding for example designated by the general reference 11, being arranged around the outer tube 12, and the inner tube 13 being made of ferromagnetic material allowing also protect the underwater vehicle housed in it.
  • the displacement means may for example be based on the strength of LAPLACE or others.
  • the system according to the invention has a certain number of advantages also in terms of maintenance compared to the systems of the state of the art, insofar as it can at least partly be easily disassembled and removed from the launcher vehicle to facilitate these operations.
  • means of fluid communication other than those described can be envisaged, these may for example be formed by a partial or total opening of the rear end of the inner tube.
  • a self-starting launch of the machine is also possible thanks to the structure of the system according to the invention.

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