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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4227479 | Submarine communications system 4. A towable sea-going vehicle for carrying communications equipment for in conjunctive cooperation with communications equipment of another vessel comprising: an essentially hollow body having openings in its walls for free flooding and self-bailing of... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4227677 | Anti-sway device for hoists and cranes This anti-sway device uses roller chains to greatly restrict the lateral movement of the lifting lines suspended from hoists or cranes. The roller chain is suspended parallel to the lifting lines or lifting chains. One end is attached to the free end of t... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4215645 | Shock crush sub-foundation 1. A shock crush sub-foundation comprising a base, a frame member reinforcing said base, an equipment support member, and deformation absorbing means between said frame member and said equipment support member for absorbing plastic deformation of said bas... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215571 | Expendable bathythermograph for use under ice A temperature probe for use by submersibles when under ice, whereby impinent of the Bathythermograph against the under surface of the ice causes the probe to be released and fall to the bottom. The probe may also be released by the bathythermograph reach... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4207626 | Acoustic decoy and jammer 1. In an expendable acoustic apparatus adapted to operate underwater as a coy and having an electrically driven noisemaker operative to generate sound waves of large amplitude over a broad band of frequencies, said noisemaker comprising a driving electric... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4204816 | Discharge and pressure relief ports for mechanisms with involute shaped vanes In a pump having scroll vane impellers, rapid-opening additional discharge orts are formed by slats in the scroll vanes overlapping slats in the opposing end plates, thereby allowing fluids to be pumped without over-pressurization.... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4202047 | Acoustic jammer and torpedo decoy 1. An acoustic decoy adapted to operate underwater, said decoy comprising a otor means, a circular spindle means connected to said motor means and adapted to be rotated thereby, said spindle means having a pair of axially aligned spaced parallel discs, a p... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4197787 | Pump piston with flexible member The invention is a new linkage for connecting the piston and the piston actuator in a high pressure pump. All of the compression forces transmitted from the piston actuator to the piston by this linkage will be axial forces parallel to the axis of the pis... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4198362 | Method and apparatus for molding and replicating minute surface characteristics A method and apparatus for reproducing in minute detail a surface underwater. The apparatus consists of a layer of wax supported in a frame for movement into and out of contact with the surface to be reproduced, there being provided means for heating wax ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4196686 | Surface effect ship internal sidewall drag reduction device A sidewall drag reduction system for captured air bubble type surface eff ships having rigid surface-piercing sidewalls. Pressurized air is discharged vertically down into the surface effect ship air cushion chamber from platform ports, and horizontally ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4196629 | Fiber optic machinery performance monitor This system monitors the operation of ball bearings in rotating machinery by continuously measuring the radial deflections of the outer race of these bearings using a fiber optic proximity probe. A second sensor is used to measure the rate of rotation of ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4197200 | Shipboard blackwater physical/chemical treatment system An automatic dual-mode shipboard wastewater treatment system employing ozone for disinfection of the primary effluent. Solids are removed and pumped, for example, to the ship's boiler or other equipment for incineration, while the liquid waste is pumped t... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4194246 | Noisemaker beacon 1. An acoustic jammer assembly constructed for ejection from a signal tube n a submarine, said assembly comprising a cylindrical casing for containing various elements of the jammer; a high frequency acoustic noisemaker attached to one end of said casing a... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4190012 | Faired tow cable with stubs for strum reduction A cable fairing to reduce the "strumming" of a tow cable comprising a pluity of tabs or stubs, having a height radially of the cable, less than the cable diameter, extruded onto the armor sheath of the cable. The stubs are integrally formed in a thermal-... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4188822 | Method and apparatus of testing a model 1. A method for determining the sound generated by a submarine propeller by esting a model submarine in a wind tunnel comprising the steps of: placing said model submarine containing a propeller in an air stream; rotating the propeller of said submarine model, measu... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4188906 | Supercavitating propeller with air ventilation 1. A method of decreasing the deleterious effects of cavitation on a ship propeller comprising providing a propeller having supercavitating blade sections, rotating said propeller to drive said ship, and ejecting air from the suction side of each said bla... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4186663 | Transformer movable along power cable 6. A torpedo detecting and explosive charge carrying mechanism comprising an electrically conductive cable, a shielding means adapted for slide on said cable for minimizing the effect of electrically induced eddy currents, and means for transferring power... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4185578 | Pressure plate mine sweep 13. A minesweeping system comprising a pair of floats, means for towing the loats of said pair in laterally spaced relationship, a hydrofoil shaped pressure plate, and suspension means for suspending said pressure plate from said pair of floats, said suspe... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4184209 | Towed noisemaker 1. A towed decoy system adapted to be towed from a towing vessel, an electrically powered noisemaker, an electrical tow cable attached to said noisemaker, a depressor vane, a depresser cable connected to said depressor vane and to the towing vessel, and m... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183008 | Noise making device 4. An underwater noise generator comprising a thick-walled hollow cylindrl housing, said housing having continuous inner and outer cylindrical surfaces and at least one hollow portion between said inner and outer surfaces; a spindle rotatably mounted wit... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4178143 | Relative orbiting motion by synchronoously rotating scroll impellers A positive displacement pumping action is obtained from two meshed scroll ne impellers by mounting the two impellers on parallel but offset drive shafts and rotating them synchronously in the same direction.... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4170244 | Pressure tight valve seat for valves consisting of two opposing tubes In fluid jet transfer valves comprising two opposing jet tube openings with high pressure fluid flowing out of one opening towards the other, the end surfaces of the jet tubes are provided with a novel shape which allows the tube ends to seal tightly toge... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4163135 | High current switches using multi-louvered contact strips The invention is a switch for use with very high currents and relatively voltages. The contacts of the switch comprise several stationary rectangular bus bars positioned parallel to each other and one or more movable bus bars which slide along the surfa... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4156155 | Combined rotary electrical contact and shaft seal system A combined rotary electrical contact and seal system for rotating machines, sing a liquid metal for electrical continuity and convertible labyrinth and rotating rubbing face seals to effect a nearly perfect seal system for the liquid metal, both while the ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4154788 | Process for making a plastic antenna reflector This invention is a method for forming an antenna reflector and housing f a plastic material, rather than from metal or a glass/cloth laminate. The method comprises the steps of scribing a grid structure on a plastic sheet; vacuum or gavity forming the p... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4152392 | Chemical canister 1. A chemical canister for generating gas in a noisemaker beacon comprising canister case for holding a chemical for generating a buoyant gas, a canister cover adapted to be mounted on said case, a watertight seal between said cover and said case, means f... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4140991 | Underwater displacement probe This device is used in an underwater environment to determine the exact ltion of an object or the displacement of an object from an equilibrium position within a relatively small confined area. An alternating electric current is transmitted through the w... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4132500 | Controllable and programmable fluid flow modulation system This fluid valve is mounted in the hub of a circulation control helicopter otor to modulate the flow of air through the hub to the blowing slots on the leading and trailing edges of the blades. The valve independently controls the air pressure to the leadi... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4130466 | Antifouling coating for aluminum structures Aluminum objects which are designed to be submersed, submerged, or buried e rendered antifouling by anodizing the surface of the aluminum and impregnating therein, for example, an organometallic compound containing tin. Long term antifouling is achieved d... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4129087 | Combination pursuit and compensatory display system This invention is a display system to assist a human operator in manually ntrolling a ship. This system may be operated in a conventional autopilot mode, where the system controls the ship completely; in a conventional hand electric mode, where the helsma... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4097701 | Coaxial polarity reversing switch with rotary actuation A coaxial, polarity switch, for insertion in and electrical connection to a oaxial power transmission line, designed to carry high currents. Coaxial transmission lines are used to contain stray magnetic fields and this coaxial switch maintains the coaxial ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4074099 | Coaxial, polarity-reversing switch A coaxial, polarity-reversing switch for insertion and electrical connect into a coaxial power transmission line with both switch and line designed for carrying high direct current, but useable with alternating current systems. Since stray or external ma... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4047592 | Self-driven underwater noisemaking device An underwater noisemaking device that is self-driven for use in towed undater acoustic minesweeping or as a decoy countermeasure device. It comprises a cambered and slotted disc mounted in a frame so as to be free to rotate about a horizontal, transverse... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4046094 | Antifouling system for active ships at rest A system for discouraging and inhibiting growth of the entire marine fouling community onto a ship hull while it is at rest in brackish or seawater. A pipe or pipes having nozzles distributed therealong, run the length of the keel. Fresh water is supplied... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046217 | Roll, pitch, and heave stabilization device for air-cushion-borne vehicles An automatic roll, pitch, and heave stability device for air-cushion-borne vehicles equipped with semi-rigid planing bow and stern seals, the latter which may be divided into separate port and starboard seals, and with rigid side-walls. Each seal at its t... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4044598 | Performance evaluation facility for seal skirt-fingers of surface effect ships A testing system and method for testing and evaluating the performance and ervice life of finger seals and skirts used on surface effects ships (SES). The system simulates actual conditions that SES seals would encounter and tests full scale portions of se... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4007805 | Cavity producing underwater sound source 1. An acoustical source for minesweeping operations comprising a stator ing outer and inner surfaces which are surfaces of revolution and an open port connecting said outer and inner surfaces, an external rotor adapted to be rotated around said outer sur... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4001820 | Multiple hyperplane recognizer The hyperplane recognizer identifies a target by recognizing its radar siture and separating this signature from background clutter and the signatures of other identifiable targets. The signal is passed through a tapped delay line, with each tap being we... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3990258 | Launching means for surface effect ships A launching and recovering means for surface effect ships comprising an eated ramp which extends into the water, and which is designed to be straddled by the surface effect ship. The width of the ramp matches the inside width of the contained pressure se... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3985094 | Series waterjet propulsion pumps for marine vehicles A waterjet propulsion system having at least two pumps in series so that low from a hull or other intake is directed through a first waterjet propulsion pump; and then via a two-position diverter valve, either out to a thrust nozzle, or to and through a ... | 10/12/1976 |
