Patent ID: 7496002
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: B63B,H04B

Abstract:
1. A submersible electronics device for use in a body of water and a substratum floor below the body of water, the submersible electronics device comprising: a submersible housing; an operational electronics system mounted in and/or on the housing, wherein the operational electronics system is adapted to communicate with another device and/or to sense at least one of a physical signal and an environmental parameter; and a mobility system selectively operable to fluidize the substratum, vibrate the housing, and/or adjust a buoyancy of the submersible electronics device to selectively move the housing into the substratum to at least partially bury the housing in the substratum and/or to selectively move the housing out of the substratum to at least partially unbury the housing from the substratum; wherein the mobility system includes: