Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B35/00—Swimming framework with driving mechanisms operated by the swimmer or by a motor
  • A63B35/08—Swimming framework with driving mechanisms operated by the swimmer or by a motor with propeller propulsion
  • A63B35/12—Swimming framework with driving mechanisms operated by the swimmer or by a motor with propeller propulsion operated by a motor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
  • A63B21/40—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof
  • A63B21/4001—Arrangements for attaching the exercising apparatus to the user's body, e.g. belts, shoes or gloves specially adapted therefor
  • A63B21/4011—Arrangements for attaching the exercising apparatus to the user's body, e.g. belts, shoes or gloves specially adapted therefor to the lower limbs
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
  • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
  • B63C11/46—Divers' sleds or like craft, i.e. craft on which man in diving-suit rides

Definitions

• the present invention refers to an underwater device.
• the present invention refers to an underwater diving aid device.
• the Chinese Utility Model with publication number CN 201002713 discloses an underwater propeller comprising a user fixing device and a propulsion propeller disposed externally to said fixing device and at the same time connected to said fixing device. fixing by means of an axis.
• the fixing device is large and comprises a battery connected to the propeller propeller through said shaft and an oxygen bottle for the user. Given its large structure and the high weight involved, this underwater propeller can only be carried on the user's back, becoming heavy, uncomfortable and unmanageable.
• FIG. 2330782 Another example of a diving aid device is disclosed, for example, in the Russian Patent with publication number RU 2330782.
• Said patent discloses an underwater propulsion unit that has a cylindrical enclosure, a battery and a propeller motor.
• Said drive unit is also of large dimensions and is arranged on the user's back. Once again, a unit of such dimensions is heavy, unmanageable, making it impossible for the user to maneuver during diving.
• a propulsion device comprising one or more propellants comprising each of these sealed motor propellers.
• This propellant device is suitable for mounting on a user's leg by means of joining such as, for example, elastic bands.
• the batteries of said device are disposed outside the device such as, for example, above the user's oxygen bottles, and are connected to said propulsion device by external electrical cables. That provision of External electrical cables reduce the user's maneuverability when diving and in case of diving near rocks or reefs, they can tear these cables if they come into contact with them, thereby leaving the device without operation.
• a diving aid device that is compact, safe, comfortable, efficient, adaptable to each user and that allows to improve maneuverability during diving.
• a diving aid device comprising:
• main body comprising:
• said main body is a hollow body which comprises inside:
• the propulsion propeller is arranged inside the internal through tunnel
• the power battery for said driving means is arranged in one of said watertight compartments.
• the device object of the invention incorporates the motors, propellers and batteries therein in a compact and robust manner providing greater maneuverability and portability than the devices known in the state of the art.
• the arrangement of the batteries inside the device allows to obtain a greater security of the same and a lower environmental impact to be always protected by the hollow main body.
• the arrangement of the propellers within the internal through tunnel allows for greater security and a lower risk of rupture of said propellers.
• said device does not have any type of cable outside it and, therefore, it Obtain greater safety by eliminating the risk of tearing a power cable when diving near reefs and / or rocks.
• said driving means are protected by a sealed engine compartment.
• said watertight engine compartment is disposed within said internal through tunnel supported by a plurality of supports that are attached to the inner surface of said through internal tunnel.
• said watertight engine compartment comprises a counter-rotating double helix system.
• the double helix system generates great power and produces greater thrust, as well as better straight positioning, even in reverse, in addition to greater acceleration during diving.
• the two counter-rotating propellers eliminate the lateral forces existing in conventional single-propelled motors. This means that the energy and power of the motor are concentrated in directing the user forward and not towards the sides.
• said double helix system having the power distributed between the two propellers, allows to reduce the load on each of them and therefore allows to use propellers with smaller diameters while achieving a better propulsion than the conventional one, allowing Even diving without the need for fins.
• said counter-rotating double helix system comprises a control module independent of each propulsion propeller. In this way, it is possible to have autonomous control over each propulsion propeller and to vary the power applied in each independently.
• said driving means are arranged in one of said internal sealed compartments of said body.
• said driving means are connected to a counter-rotating double helix system arranged in the propulsion tunnel by means of a gear transmission system.
• said internal through tunnel comprises a hydrodynamic internal surface with circular cross-section of variable diameter so as to obtain a greater water flow intensity.
• said driving means are electric of the type comprising a ring-shaped rotor with blades, said rotor being contained in a fixed stator. More particularly, said rotor is composed of a winding and said stator is rolled steel. Preferably, at least one autonomous stator-rotor type electric motor is disposed at each end of the internal through tunnel.
• said device further comprises a system for regulating the speed of rotation of the driving means as a function of the movement of said device in at least one direction.
• Said system comprises at least one motion sensor adapted for measuring said movement of the device in at least one direction.
• said sensor measures the movement of the device in the direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.
• said device comprises a mobile wireless control of the radiofrequency device adapted to operate during the diving maneuver with said device, in this way the user can control the device while diving without having to stop diving.
• this compact and robust device allows diving activities with or without fins.
• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a diving aid device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 2 shows another perspective view of a diving aid device according to the preferred embodiment of Figure 1.
• Figure 3 shows a side view of the diving aid device according to the preferred embodiment of Figures 1 and 2.
• Figure 4 shows a partially sectioned perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention of Figures 1 to 3 in which a first embodiment of its internal structure can be seen.
• Figure 5 shows a partially sectioned perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention of Figures 1 to 3 in which a second embodiment of its internal structure can be seen.
• Figure 6 shows a perspective view of a diving aid device according to a second preferred embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 7 shows another perspective view of a diving aid device according to the embodiment of Figure 6.
• Figure 8 shows a perspective view of a type of motor that can be used in a diving aid device according to the embodiment of Figures 6 and 7.
• Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a diver carrying a diving aid device according to any of the preferred embodiments of the invention.
• FIGS 1, 2 and 3 show different views of a diving aid device -1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• Said device -1 - comprises a hollow main body -16- and means -13- for joining said body -16- to a user.
• Said hollow main body 16 can take a large plurality of forms such as, for example, a cube, a parallelepiped, a cylinder, etc. Said hollow body 16 can also take other irregular forms based on the solids mentioned above, such as, for example, a hub, a parallelepiped or a cylinder truncated by an oblique plane.
• said hollow body -16- is of a cylindrical type truncated by an oblique plane by one of the faces or bases of said hollow body -16-, for example, face -120-. Said hollow body 16 is also truncated by a plane warped by the other face or base -1 10-, leaving said face -1 10- in a rounded shape. Likewise, said hollow body 16 is cut by a plane or warped surface perpendicular to said face or base -1 10.
• the joining means -13- of the body -16- to the user can be, for example, bands or tapes whose length can be adjusted to adapt to each user, allowing efficient joining of said body -16- to any area of the user's legs, or their fins, in case the user wears them.
• FIG 4 shows a partially sectioned perspective view showing the internal structure of the diving aid device -1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• the hollow body 16 comprises an internal tunnel -2 through, preferably cylindrical. Said tunnel -2-through can be arranged along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body -16-. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, said internal through tunnel -2- is arranged concentrically with respect to the center of gravity of said body -16- and along the longitudinal axis thereof. Additionally, and as can be seen in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, said tunnel -2- comprises two holes (-1 1 -, -12-) of water inlet and outlet respectively, which are protected by two respective protection grilles
• said body -16- comprises two internal compartments (-31- and -32-) defined internal seals on either side of said internals tunnel -2- through.
• said body -16- comprises a motor, which is preferably electric although it can be of any other type, which can be housed, both in the tunnel -2 - internal intern as in one of said compartments (-31- and -32-) internal watertight and only drives a propulsion propeller disposed within the internal intern -2 tunnel.
• said body -16- comprises a set -21- of motors that are preferably electric although they can be of any other type.
• Said motor assembly 21 is protected by a sealed engine compartment which, although it may be arranged in any part of said through-the-inner tunnel -2, said engine compartment is arranged in the central part of said tunnel -2- of propulsion according to this embodiment.
• said motor assembly -21 - is supported by a plurality of supports (-210-, -21 1 -, -212-) that are attached to the internal surface of said through-through tunnel -2.
• Said motor assembly -21 - drives a double-helix system (-22-, -23-) counter-rotating in which said propellers (-22-, -23-) are arranged at opposite ends of the same axis, and rotate one inverse to the other, that is, with the blades of one inverse to the blades of the other. Also, a first engine of said motor assembly -21 - drives a first propulsion propeller -22- towards one direction and a second motor of said motor assembly -21 - drives a second propulsion propeller -23- in the opposite direction.
• Said double helix system having the power distributed between the two propellers, allows to reduce the load on each of them and therefore allows to use propeller propellers with smaller diameters while achieving a better propulsion than the conventional one.
• said motor assembly -21- is powered by a set of batteries (-310-, -320-) arranged respectively in each compartment (-31- and -32-) sealed defined side on both sides of the propulsion tunnel -2-.
• Said batteries (-310-, -320-) although they can be of many types, are preferably lithium-ion or also called Li-lon batteries, because of their ease of being manufactured in different ways.
• FIG. 5 shows a partially sectioned perspective view showing the internal structure of the diving aid device -1 according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
• a set -4- of motors is arranged, which can also be of any type but preferably electric, in the compartment -31 - lateral seal of said body -16-.
• said set of motors -4- is connected respectively to a double-helix system (-421 -, -422-) counter-rotating arranged in the propulsion tunnel -2- by means of a system of transmission by gears and perpendicular axes represented by the modules (module -41 - in the compartment -31 - and module -42- in the internal tunnel -2- through).
• a battery -321 - for supplying the motor assembly -4- which, although it can be of many types, preferably, is lithium ion (Li-lon), for its ease of being manufactured in different ways.
• said propulsion tunnel -2- comprises an internal hydrodynamic structure such as a circular cross-section of varying diameter along said tunnel -2-. Said hydrodynamic design facilitates greater propulsion due to existing pressure differences.
• Figures 6 and 7 show different perspective views of a diving aid device -1 according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
• the device -1 - also comprises a hollow main body -7- and means -71 - for joining said body -7- to a user.
• Said body -7- main hollow can also be of many shapes such as, for example, a cube, a parallelepiped, a cylinder, etc.
• Said hollow body 7 can also take other irregular forms based on the solids mentioned above, such as, for example, a hub, a parallelepiped or a cylinder truncated by an oblique plane.
• said hollow body -7- is of a cylindrical type truncated by an oblique plane in a -502- of its faces or bases of said hollow body -7-. Said hollow body 7 may also be truncated by a plane warped on the other side 501, leaving said face 501 rounded. Likewise, said hollow body 16 is cut by a plane or warped surface perpendicular to said face or base 501.
• said hollow body 7 comprises an internal through tunnel (not shown), preferably cylindrical. Said internal through tunnel may be arranged along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body. According to this preferred embodiment of the invention, said internal through tunnel is arranged concentrically with respect to the center of gravity of said body -7- and along the longitudinal axis thereof. Additionally, as can be seen in Figures 6 and 7, said internal through tunnel comprises two water inlet and outlet holes respectively. In this case, in each hole of said internal through tunnel, two electric motors (-51 -, -52-) are arranged as seen in Figures 6 and 7, protected by two respective protection grilles.
• said electric motors are of the type comprising a rotor -521 - in the form of a ring with blades -522-, said rotor -521 content - in a stator -520-fixed.
• This configuration allows to improve the performance of the engine, leaving the internal tunnel through obstacles that stop the intensity of water flow through it.
• the basic principle of this type of electric motors is based on the application of a direct current electric energy on the stator -520-, which is preferably formed by a winding, the latter causing a magnetic field that rotates the rotor-propeller assembly (-521 -, -522-), which preferably consists of magnets.
• DC motors that can be used in this embodiment and are classified according to the way of connection of the inductor and induced coils.
• independent excitation motors series motors, shunt motors, "Shunt” motors or “Compound” motors can be used. It would even be possible to use an electric motor of the "Stepper” type or stepper motor.
• said electric motors (-51 -, -52-) have their own autonomy and can be controlled independently.
• said body -7- also comprises two internal watertight compartments (not illustrated) defined on either side of said internal through tunnel, as in Figures 4 and 5, in which the batteries (-53-, -54-) motor supply (-51 -, -52-). These batteries (-53-, -54-) are removable and can even be recharged using an external charger that connects to the -55- connection. It also includes the possibility of a design, not illustrated, in which the batteries are removed for attachment to an external charger connected to an ordinary outlet.
• said body -7- comprises a control screen -57- through which any motor (-51 -, -52-) of device -1 can be started and even display both the level of load of the batteries (-53-, -54-) as the level of power applied to each motor (-51 -, -52-).
• the device -1 - may also comprise a mobile wireless remote control of the device -1 -.
• said mobile wireless control -56- operates by radiofrequency, such as, for example, by Bluetooth technology, although this invention is not limited to said technology. In this way the user can control the device -1 - while diving without having to stop diving.
• a device -1 - can additionally comprise a motor speed regulating system depending on the movement of the device -1 - in at least one direction.
• Said system (not shown) comprises at least one motion sensor adapted for measuring the movement of the device -1 - in at least one direction.
• said sensor measures the movement of the device -1 - in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof.
• Figure 9 shows a perspective view of an example of using a device -1 for diving aid according to any of the preferred embodiments of the invention applied to the leg of a diver -6-.
• Said figure 9 shows an arrangement of the device -1 - on the twin part of a diver's leg -6-.
• Said device -1 - is installed by means of connection means -13- such as, for example, bands or tapes. The latter are adjustable and adaptable to each user, allowing them to be adjusted to any part of the legs.
• connection means -13- such as, for example, bands or tapes.
• the latter are adjustable and adaptable to each user, allowing them to be adjusted to any part of the legs.
• the device -1 - can be used each time in different areas of the diver's leg -6-, such as the front, outer or back side or where it is best for the user, even when attached to the user's fin.
• more than one device -1 - can be used at the same time connected to each other by means of connection means (not

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