Cory M Lloyd

US Patent:

7534152, May 19, 2009

Filed:

Mar 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/686730

Inventors:

Cory Lloyd - Hobe Sound FL, US
Shawn Kallivayalil - Fort Lauderdale FL, US

International Classification:

B63B 22/06

US Classification:

441 2, 441 21, 441 25

Abstract:

An underwater buoy release system having a moment arm release system. The moment arm release system has a magnetically attractive arm structure connected to a buoy. The buoy release system further includes an electromechanical device having magnetically attractive elements, wherein the electromechanical device moves the magnetically attractive elements toward, and away from, the magnetically attractive arm structure. The magnetic attraction in the moment arm release system and the electromechanical device is created by rare earth magnets. The buoy release system further includes a signal reception device, wherein the signal reception device includes a battery, a signal reception transducer, and a PC board. The PC board is formatted to decipher a predetermined signal transmitted from a remote signal transmission device.