EP3180241B1 - Dispositif de lancement et véhicule sous-marin - Google Patents

Dispositif de lancement et véhicule sous-marin Download PDF

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EP3180241B1
EP3180241B1 EP15749972.4A EP15749972A EP3180241B1 EP 3180241 B1 EP3180241 B1 EP 3180241B1 EP 15749972 A EP15749972 A EP 15749972A EP 3180241 B1 EP3180241 B1 EP 3180241B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/19—Other loading or unloading equipment involving an intermittent action, not provided in groups B63B27/04 - B63B27/18
    • 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
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/07—Underwater launching-apparatus
    • 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
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G1/00—Arrangements of guns or missile launchers; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
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    • B63G2008/002—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned
    • B63G2008/004—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned autonomously operating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/001—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations
    • B63G2008/002—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned
    • B63G2008/005—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned remotely controlled
    • B63G2008/007—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned remotely controlled by means of a physical link to a base, e.g. wire, cable or umbilical
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/001—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations
    • B63G2008/002—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned
    • B63G2008/008—Docking stations for unmanned underwater vessels, or the like

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  • the invention relates to a starting device for an unmanned underwater vehicle, in particular for an autonomous underwater vehicle or for a remotely operated vehicle, with a starting tube, which has an inner wall and an outlet, and the unmanned underwater vehicle located in the starting tube, the unmanned underwater vehicle having a vehicle shell a vehicle shell inhomogeneity, so that an output of the unmanned underwater vehicle causes different contact loads between the vehicle shell and the inner wall, and a vehicle that has the starting device.
  • Unmanned underwater vehicles such as a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) or an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) are usually brought into the water with a crane and then started with the respective mission.
  • ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle
  • AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
  • the infrastructure for such a crane can sometimes be complex to implement.
  • such a crane structure is either hardly possible or requires high infrastructural and human resources.
  • UUVs can due to their inhomogeneous shape, which, for example, radially and / or axially from a cigar shape of a torpedo deviates, can not be simply put into the water using start pipes. Some of these devices are "thrown" into the water by people, which can easily damage the UUV. In addition, there is a certain risk of injury for the throwing person, as well as the risk that they themselves fall into the water when they are deployed.
  • DE 3940583 A1 which is considered to be the closest prior art, an underwater starting device is described which ejects a fast underwater running body 2 from a short starting tube 1.
  • a membrane four seals the start tube 1 gas-tight.
  • a cavity between the running body two and the membrane 4 is filled with a gas, the pressure of which is at least as great as the pressure of the surrounding water.
  • this cavity 8 is filled by a filler 12 made of a compressible material, for example foam, cf. Figure 5.
  • this material prevents the starting tube 1 from being filled with water.
  • this material will not form the movement of the barrel body 2 when it enters the water. The material can be easily stripped or compressed from the barrel body 2 or broken down into small fragments.
  • US 6502528 B1 describes a launcher (launcher 10) that shoots an underwater vehicle (vehicle 6), for example a torpedo or a rocket, using a piston (ram 14) under water.
  • a launching tube 7 is provided with a closure (muzzle cap 12) at the front.
  • a plurality of elongated reinforcing elements are arranged between the piston 14 and the closure 12 and are received in corresponding recesses (recesses 12b and 14b) in the closure 12 and in the piston 14.
  • These reinforcing elements 22 absorb forces which act on the one hand, for example due to different water depths, on the closure 12 from the outside and, on the other hand, act on the piston 14 from the inside.
  • US 3613618 shows a starting device (torpedo tube 11) which is able to complete a torpedo 10.
  • the torpedo 10 pulls a cable (control wire 14) behind it here, which is pulled off a spool (spool 13).
  • a rear part of the cable 14 is held by a flexible sheath (flexible sheath 15) which is stretched by the cable 14.
  • FR 2983288 A1 shows a starting device (moyens de tone 2) on board a submarine (vehicule saus-marin 1), which is able to eject a torpedo (torpille 3).
  • An electrical connection means (destress 6 de connexion shall) connects the submarine 3 to the torpedo 3 and comprises a line (cable 5) which ends in a vehicle-side connector (fiche de raccordement 7).
  • a tube (tube etanche 9) at the end of the torpedo 3 carries a plug (pinch 8 favourablee au vehicule) and carries the line 5.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the prior art.
  • a starting device for an unmanned underwater vehicle UUV
  • UUV unmanned underwater vehicle
  • AUV autonomous underwater vehicle
  • ROV remotely operated vehicle
  • a starting tube which has an inner wall and an outlet
  • the unmanned underwater vehicle has a vehicle shell with a vehicle shell inhomogeneity, so that an expulsion of the unmanned underwater vehicle causes different contact loads between the vehicle shell and the inner wall
  • the unmanned underwater vehicle having a releasable form of compensation, which is designed such that the vehicle shell is homogeneous a combination of the unmanned underwater vehicle and the releasable form of compensation when ejecting the combination leads to a substantially uniform contact load between the combination and the inner wall t.
  • the inhomogeneous vehicle casing shape can be compensated in such a way that the unmanned underwater vehicle can be brought into the water through an existing starting pipe.
  • the main idea of the present invention lies in the fact that unmanned underwater vehicles, which due to their shape are not safe and undamaged can be brought into the operational waters via start pipes, are adapted to the start pipe by adding a supplementary form, so that the underwater vehicles together with the respective form of compensation into the application medium can be spent.
  • a “starting device” is, in particular, a system that is used to ship underwater vehicles. This can be done directly in the medium of water or via air in the water.
  • Unmanned underwater vehicle is, in particular, a vehicle that essentially moves under water and in particular has its own drive.
  • Unmanned underwater vehicles include Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). All of these watercraft are essentially summarized with the term Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV).
  • ROV's Remotely Operated Vehicles
  • UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
  • the “launch tube” is a tubular structure, via which the underwater vehicle is brought into the water in the present case.
  • the starting tube has in particular a circular basic shape, which can also be a rectangular, polygonal or square basic shape.
  • the column character is essential.
  • An “inner wall” is arranged in the interior of the start tube, which essentially serves as a guide surface so that the underwater vehicle / the combination can be brought in a defined manner.
  • the start pipe has an "outlet".
  • This outlet can be designed to be controllable and openable or can also be simply formed by a simple opening.
  • the "vehicle shell" of the unmanned underwater vehicle essentially corresponds to that which envelops the watercraft.
  • the envelope is included, which "extends radially outwards” would come into contact with the inner wall of the start tube.
  • Vehicle inhomogeneity is understood to mean all components and bulges which deviate radially and / or axially from a uniform shape, for example a cigar shape.
  • an unmanned underwater vehicle has camera lamps, tool holders, sonars or GPS, which are arranged at different positions on the underwater vehicle and which do not make it possible or make it difficult for the underwater vehicle to have a cross section which is uniform over its length.
  • vehicle inhomogeneities lead, for example, to the fact that when the underwater vehicle has been placed in the launch tube, the underwater vehicle tilts and thus lies on two points, for example, or that a defined placement is not possible.
  • the "releasable form of compensation” supplements the underwater vehicle in such a way that the detachable form of compensation unites the underwater vehicle Forms contact with the inner wall of the starting tube.
  • the releasable compensation form has such a large outer surface that comes into contact with the inner wall of the start tube that a method of "combination" of unmanned underwater vehicles and the compensation form leads to a defined displacement when the combination is ejected.
  • the releasable compensation form can extend over the entire length of the unmanned underwater vehicle and beyond.
  • Several different detachable forms of compensation can also be provided, each of which comprises the unmanned underwater vehicle lengthways at certain intervals.
  • a substantially uniform "contact load” is given in particular when the inner wall is contacted via an outer surface of the releasable compensation form.
  • the area which comes into contact with the inner wall is then larger than the contact area which would arise if the unmanned underwater vehicle contacted the inner wall of the starting tube without a detachable compensation form.
  • “Detachable” is to be understood in particular to mean that there is only slight contact between the unmanned underwater vehicle and the compensating form, which is particularly solved when the combination is placed in the transport medium (air or water).
  • the releasability can relate in particular to the fact that there is only mechanical contact, which is released by leaving the starting tube.
  • a Adhesive can be used. In a simple embodiment, this can be a painter's adhesive tape which, with little effort, dissolves the combination without the holding effect of the inner wall of the starting tube, so that after the removal the detachable compensation form is separated from the unmanned underwater vehicle. This separation can take place, for example, on the basis of the pressure differences, a spring action or on account of the fact that the water is a chemical solvent.
  • the starting device has a relay device which is connected to the underwater vehicle and / or the compensation form by means of a data exchange line, in particular by means of an optical waveguide, the relay device being arranged in the interior of the starting tube and being brought into an exit medium after the combination has been ejected.
  • Such relay devices communicate with the unmanned underwater vehicle.
  • a relay device can have an optical waveguide which is guided in a cross winding and which is connected to the underwater vehicle, in particular the underwater vehicle likewise having a winding which is designed in a cross winding.
  • the connecting optical waveguide can, for example, be made thinner than an optical waveguide cable which is connected to the delivery system (for example ship).
  • the relay device is, for example, a lowering device which forms a certain distance from the found mine due to its vertically directed weight force and thus its stability in place.
  • the fact that the relay device is located inside the start tube means that it can be brought into the target medium at the same time as the unmanned underwater vehicle.
  • the relay device has a relay sleeve with a relay sleeve inhomogeneity, so that the ejection of the relay device causes different contact loads between the relay sleeve and the inner wall, the relay device having a relay sleeve compensation form, which is designed such that the relay sleeve non-homogeneity is balanced out, so that a combination is equalized Relay device and the relay cover compensation form when ejecting the relay combination leads to a substantially uniform contact load between the relay combination and the inner wall.
  • the idea according to the invention is also based again on the relay device being correspondingly adapted to the starting tube.
  • the definitions correspond to the definitions made previously, the definitions in the present case relating to the relay device instead of to the underwater vehicle.
  • a Relay sleeve inhomogeneity in particular already exists when the inner wall of the starting tube comprises the relay device in contact.
  • the relay device can be ejected to the underwater vehicle with a delay, so that it is ensured that the relay device is not destroyed by the deployed underwater vehicle.
  • This can be achieved, for example, in that the relay combination exerts a higher resistance on the inner wall of the start tube than the combination.
  • the releasable compensation form and / or the relay cover compensation form has or has two, three, four, five or more individual forms, which together form the compensation form and / or the relay cover compensation form.
  • This quasi “puzzled” compensation form or relay cover compensation form makes it much easier to separate the combination or the relay combination.
  • the individual shapes can in particular be provided radially or lengthwise. Particularly in the case when the length of the individual forms form the relay casing compensation form or the compensation form, inclined separating areas are advantageous, since these facilitate the sliding off of the individual individual forms and thus the overall separation of the combination or the relay combination.
  • the combination and / or the relay combination can have a spring element and / or a tensioning element which, after leaving the starting tube, separates or separates the combination and / or the relay combination, so that the underwater vehicle and / or the relay device is or are ready for use.
  • Such a spring element can be provided in that, for example, tensioned spring elements are arranged in the unmanned underwater vehicle, which press the compensation form or the relay cover compensation form against the inner wall of the starting tube. As soon as the combination or the relay combination has left the start tube, the counterpressure through the inner wall of the start tube is eliminated, so that the compensation form or the relay cover compensation form is removed by the spring elements.
  • An inverse solution or a combination with the first solution can also be implemented, in which, in addition or as an alternative, the compensation form and / or relay cover compensation form have the spring elements (e.g. coil spring) which impart their spring force to the cover of the underwater vehicle or the relay device.
  • the compensation form and / or relay cover compensation form have the spring elements (e.g. coil spring) which impart their spring force to the cover of the underwater vehicle or the relay device.
  • a tensioned (metal) band can also be provided, for example, which is about the compensation shape and / or the Relay sleeve compensation form is laid.
  • this band is arranged such that the inner wall of the starting tube counteracts the resilient force of the band or the metal band.
  • the releasable compensation form and / or the relay cover compensation form realizes the spring element.
  • This can be done, for example, by selecting the material for the compensation form or the relay cover compensation form.
  • plastics can be used which are partially reversibly compressible.
  • the relay sleeve compensation form and / or the compensation form can be designed conically, so that the combination or the relay combination can be easily inserted into the starting tube and, as it advances in the tube of the compensation form, a pressure is applied through the inner wall of the starting tube, which pressure is used to compress it the compensation form or the relay cover compensation form. As soon as the combination or the relay combination leaves the start tube, this pressure drops and the compensation form or the relay casing compensation form separates again.
  • the releasable compensation form and / or the relay casing compensation form can have a resistance surface and / or a predetermined breaking point, which is exerted on the exit medium by a force exiting the combination and / or the relay combination, so that the force Combination and / or the Relay combination is separated.
  • the resistance surface can be formed by the edge of the relay cover compensation form or the compensation form. It is essential here that when ejected onto the compensating form and / or the relay casing compensating form, pressure results in separation.
  • the starter tube can have an openable outlet closure, which is particularly controllable.
  • the exit closure is only opened in real use. This can be done electronically, for example, or through the actual ejection process of the combination and / or the relay combination.
  • the starting device has an acceleration means which, when the combination and / or the relay combination is activated, applies a force in the direction of the outlet, so that when the outlet is open, the combination and / or the relay combination is brought into the outlet medium.
  • the ejection can also take place by tilting the starting tube, for example, over 40 ° with respect to a horizontal and by virtue of the gravitational effect, the combination being brought into the outlet medium, but overpressure can also occur inside, for example due to an explosion or compressed air are generated, which realizes a "blowing out" of the combination and / or the relay combination.
  • the exit medium can be both water and air.
  • the object is achieved by a vehicle, in particular a ship, boat, submarine, helicopter or aircraft or transport device, the vehicle or the transport device having a starting device described above.
  • a helicopter can have a starting tube which is arranged vertically. By opening the controllable outlet flap, the gravitation acts on the combination in such a way that the combination is moved out of the start tube.
  • air resistance in particular means that the compensation form is flung away and the underwater vehicle can dive into the water.
  • the relay device can be a buoy, which is connected to the UUV by means of glass fiber and which communicates by radio with the helicopter or an operations center.
  • a port monitoring can be implemented very quickly, for example, by the transport device.
  • the transport device can be a container or the like, for example, in which the starting device is arranged. Then become divers or other suspects in a port area, for example Actions detected, for example, the autonomous underwater vehicle can serve for reconnaissance. Therefore, in the present case, only a previously described starting device has to be provided, which can be adapted to the different application scenarios and means of transport. In particular, this represents a very quick and infrastructure-independent method of transportation for unmanned underwater vehicles.
  • a starting device 101 has an ROV 103 and a starting pipe 105.
  • the starting tube 105 has a starting tube inner wall 107 and an opening flap 271 which can be opened via an opening hinge 273 and an insertion flap 281 which can be opened via an insertion hinge 283 and which can be opened by means of a handle 285.
  • the ROV 103 has an ROV body 132, at the tip of which a tool head 131 and at the rear of which fins 135 are arranged.
  • the ROV 103 also has a GPS receiver 137 on the top and an active sonar 145 on its underside.
  • Battery containers 133 are arranged on the side for energy supply.
  • a camera 139 is arranged in the front area in one of the battery containers 133.
  • a lamp 141 is arranged in another battery container 133 in the front area.
  • An ROV contour 166 forms on the outside of the ROV 103.
  • the Indian Figure 1b distance shown between the actual components and the contour with the reference numeral 166 is used only for illustration. In the real case, the compensation shape 160 sits directly at the individual points and the transition between the compensation shape 160 and the ROV 103 forms the actual contour 166.
  • the compensation shape 160 is formed by four radial compensation shape quarters 161, 162, 163, 164. These quarters have a printing area (in Figure 1b shown hatched). As soon as the combination 201 of compensation form 160 and ROV 103 is placed in the water, the contact area (hatched area in Figure 1b ) imprinted a print.
  • the compensating mold 160 has longitudinally arranged contact bevels 168, over which parts of the compensating mold 160 slide after being ejected.
  • the Compensation mold 160 consists of an elastic plastic.
  • the circumference of the combination 201 is approximately 1 mm larger than the caliber of the starting tube 105.
  • the combination 201 is brought into the starting tube 105 by being pushed in in the direction of insertion 151 and being pressed lightly into the starting tube 105.
  • a pressure is applied to the combination 201 between the compensating mold 160 and the inner wall 107 of the starting tube 105, which closes the combination 201 and the starting tube 105.
  • a lowering device 291 is provided in the rear area of the starting tube 105, which serves as a relay station after the installation.
  • the lowering 291 and in the rear of the ROV's 103 there are in each case coils with glass fibers wound in cross-winding, which unwind when the ROV's 103 is removed due to the removal speed and the force applied thereby.
  • the sink 291 has an additional fiber optic line, with which the ROV can communicate with, for example, a ship.
  • a lowering compensation form 293 is arranged around the lowering device 291, which adjusts the lowering device 291 to the caliber of the starting tube 105.
  • a compressed air bottle 297 In the rear area of the start pipe 105 there is an access for a compressed air bottle 297, which can be filled with compressed air via a valve 299.
  • the opening flap 271 is closed.
  • the combination 201 is first placed in the start pipe 105. Subsequently, the lowering device 291 with the lowering device 293 is also brought into the starting pipe 105.
  • the previously opened tailgate 181 is then closed manually by means of the handle 285 via the insertion hinge 283.
  • the opening flap 271 is now fully opened electronically via the opening hinge 273.
  • a transition to the outlet medium (water) is provided through the outlet that then results.
  • the valve 299 is opened abruptly, so that the compressed air in the compressed air bottle 297 spreads out in the rear area of the start pipe 105 and first the combination 201 and then the sink 291 with the sinker compensation form 293 are conveyed out of the start pipe .
  • the compensation form 160 is separated from the ROV and the sinker 291 and sinker compensation form 293 are separated. Due to the weight, the sinker 291 becomes shortly after the outlet by the weight pulled vertically down. The then activated ROV, which is exempt from compensation form 160, can then carry out its mission.

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  1. Dispositif de lancement (101) pour un véhicule sous-marin (103) sans équipage, notamment pour un vaisseau sous-marin autonome ou pour un vaisseau guidé de façon télécommandée, avec un tube de lancement (105) comportant une paroi intérieure (107) et une sortie (271) et avec un véhicule sous-marin sans équipage se trouvant dans le tube de lancement, le véhicule sous-marin sans équipage comportant une enveloppe de véhicule avec une inhomogénéité d'enveloppe de véhicule (133, 135, 137, 143, 145), de sorte qu'une éjection du véhicule sous-marin sans équipage provoque différentes sollicitations de contact entre l'enveloppe de véhicule et la paroi intérieure, le véhicule sous-marin sans équipage comportant une forme d'équilibrage (160) amovible configurée de façon à équilibrer l'inhomogénéité d'enveloppe de véhicule de façon à introduire une combinaison (201) du véhicule sous-marin sans équipage et de la forme d'équilibrage amovible lors de l'éjection de la combinaison en une sollicitation de contact pour l'essentiel uniforme entre la combinaison et la paroi intérieure ; caractérisé par la présence d'un dispositif de relais (291) relié au véhicule sous-marin et/ou à la forme d'équilibrage à l'aide d'un câble d'échange de données (295), notamment à l'aide d'un conducteur d'ondes lumineuses, le dispositif de relais étant disposé à l'intérieur du tube de lancement et étant transféré en un support de sortie après l'éjection de la combinaison ;
    le dispositif de relais comportant une enveloppe de relais avec une inhomogénéité d'enveloppe de relais, de sorte que l'éjection du dispositif de relais provoque différentes sollicitations de contact entre l'enveloppe de relais et la paroi intérieure, le dispositif de relais comportant une forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais (293) configurée de telle sorte que l'inhomogénéité d'enveloppe de relais soit équilibrée de façon à ce qu'une combinaison de relais composée du dispositif de relais et de la forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais entraîne une sollicitation de contact pour l'essentiel uniforme entre la combinaison de relais et la paroi intérieure lors de l'éjection de la combinaison de relais.
  2. Dispositif de lancement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la forme d'équilibrage amovible et/ou la forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais comporte ou comportent deux, trois, quatre, cinq formes individuelles (161, 162, 163, 164) ou davantage formant notamment ensemble la forme d'équilibrage et/ou la forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais.
  3. Dispositif de lancement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la combinaison et/ou la combinaison de relais comporte ou comportent un élément de ressort et/ou un élément de mise sous tension séparant, une fois le tube de lancement parti, la combinaison et/ou la combinaison de relais de sorte que le véhicule sous-marin et/ou le dispositif de relais puisse ou puissent être prêt ou prêts à l'insertion.
  4. Dispositif de lancement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la forme d'équilibrage amovible et/ou la forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais réalise ou réalisent l'élément de ressort.
  5. Dispositif de lancement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la forme d'équilibrage amovible et/ou la forme d'équilibrage d'enveloppe de relais comporte ou comportent une surface de résistance et/ou un point de rupture théorique (168) marquant une force dans le support de sortie sur la base d'une vitesse de sortie de la combinaison et/ou de la combinaison de relais, de sorte que la combinaison et/ou la combinaison de relais soit séparée.
  6. Dispositif de lancement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le tube de lancement comporte une fermeture de sortie (271) ouvrable pouvant notamment être commandée.
  7. Dispositif de lancement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par la présence d'un moyen d'accélération (297) marquant une force dans un état activé de la combinaison et/ou de la combinaison de relais en direction de la sortie, de sorte qu'en cas de sortie ouverte, la combinaison et/ou la combinaison de relais soit amenée dans le support de sortie.
  8. Véhicule, notamment bateau, navire, sous-marin, hélicoptère ou avion, ou dispositif de transport, le véhicule ou le dispositif de transport comportant un dispositif de lancement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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