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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6463181 | Method for optimizing visual display of enhanced digital images The present invention provides a method utilizing a wavelet transform for improving and optimizing the visual display of image data at the time of viewing to provide enhanced information analysis capability for image analysis such as breast cancer screeni... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6105429 | Isolation system for a high pressure steam pipe in a flooded structure An acoustic test assembly for testing an underwater vehicle includes a high pressure source joined by a high pressure pipe which extends into a fluid filled testing structure. A vibration shielding flange is joined to the sting structure wall where the ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6059265 | Adjustable lifting and precision positioning device A device for precision lifting and positioning of test pieces is provided. he device has a rigid connector attachment which moves the application point of a vertical lifting force over the center of gravity of a test piece despite having a lifting attachme... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6053157 | Fluid propulsion device for use in a projectile launching system A fluid propulsion device is used to discharge a working fluid at a predemined variable discharge rate. The fluid propulsion device includes a fluid chamber that is expandable upon receiving the working fluid. The fluid chamber has a plurality of chamber... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5957668 | Brake actuation means for a rotary pump system A rotary pump system includes a rotary pump, a turbine for driving the pu and a coupling interconnecting a shaft of the turbine and a shaft of the pump. A speed monitoring system determines rotational speed of the pump shaft, is programmed with selected ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957077 | Guide tube bend fluid bearing Disclosed is an apparatus for deploying and retrieving a towed array from a ehicle. This apparatus includes a cable storage device positioned inside the vehicle hull. A winch is positioned adjacent this cable storage device for paying out the array and ret... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5948959 | Calibration of the normal pressure transfer function of a compliant fluid-filled cylinder A method is presented to calibrate the transfer function for a fluid-filled compliant cylinder as a function of wavenumber and frequency. An air-filled compliant cylinder has a first linear array of force sensors coupled to the cylinder's exterior surface... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5942712 | Method and apparatus for retaining wires in a cylindrical tube A submarine signal launcher is disclosed for preventing pinched control ws therein. The submarine signal launcher includes a gas generator, an acoustic device countermeasure, a launch tube for housing the gas generator and the countermeasure, and a ram p... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5934609 | Deformable propeller blade and shroud A propeller blade fabricated from composite material having a plurality of pper layers, each upper layer being flexible and having fibers oriented in a first direction. The material further includes a plurality of lower layers, each lower layer being flexi... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5930201 | Acoustic vector sensing sonar system A system for the detection of acoustic signals utilizing an array of acoustic sensors coupled to a beamformer which generates a steered acoustic beam using the output from one or more of the acoustic sensors within the array. The acoustic sensors include ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5927149 | High-torque quiet gear A high-torque quiet gear construction consists of an inner hub having a pality of circumferentially spaced arms extending radially outwardly therefrom, and an outer ring member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced teeth extending radially inwar... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921589 | Vibration isolating flange assembly A vibration isolating flange mount assembly for a pipe has a vibration abbing gasket and fastener recesses having a vibration dampening material disposed therein to provide a fluid seal between the pipe and a flooded structure and to isolate pipe vibrati... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5924109 | Method and apparatus for automatic generation of external interface specifications A method and apparatus for the automatic generation of interface specifications includes a communications network for enabling users of the apparatus to inter-communicate and to write files to pending, reference and interface data bases. The files written... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5911568 | Regulated gas source for underwater gun operation The present invention relates to an underwater weapon having a barrel with n opening through which a projectile is discharged. The weapon further has an apparatus for pressurizing the interior of the barrel to a pressure greater than the ambient pressure t... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908982 | Test apparatus for rotary drive A test apparatus for testing the performance of a rotary drive includes a aft which extends along a longitudinal axis, at least one support for supporting the shaft in an elevated position, and a flywheel of predetermined weight rotatably attached to the ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5905693 | Isolation mount for an acoustic device An isolation mount mounts a device, such as an acoustic projector or trancer, to a hull structure while mechanically and acoustically isolating the device from the hull structure. The isolation mount comprises an isolation collar made of an elastomeric m... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5878000 | Isolated sensing device having an isolation housing An isolation housing is used to isolate a sensor, such as a hydrophone, f pressure fluctuations or other adverse conditions caused by fluid flow in a fluid environment. The isolation housing includes a cap portion that receives the sensor and fluid from ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5781508 | Optimizing the compressional wave energy response of an elastic fluid-filled cylinder A method and system are provided to optimize filtering of compressional wave energy in the wavenumber domain for a given frequency range using a fluid-filled elastic cylinder. The fluid is selected based on its fluid density .rho.i and dilatati... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5746018 | Muzzle brake for an underwater gun A device for use as a muzzle brake for an underwater gun having a project conveying structure with concentric inner and outer cylinders. The inner cylinder has at least one longitudinal slot formed therein. A sealing means joins the projectile conveying ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5448941 | Underwater delivery system Apparatus for launching a device from a vessel includes a launcher having a air of launch bay doors retractable within a launch bay, and first and second connection mechanisms for holding first and second ends of the device. The connection mechanisms exten... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5447115 | Underwater vehicle recovery system An unmanned underwater vehicle recovery device being joinable with the brh of an existing torpedo tube. The recovery device comprises a plurality of concentric tubes which telescope through the torpedo tube to the exterior of the hull of a submarine to p... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5443027 | Lateral force device for underwater towed array A lateral force device for displacing a towed underwater acoustic cable piding displacement in the horizontal and vertical directions having a spool and a rotationally mounted winged fuselage. The hollow spool is mounted on a cable with cable elements pa... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5438945 | Slide valve assembly There is presented a slide valve assembly comprising an impulse tank adap to receive and retain fluid, under pressure and a fluid launch tube extending through the impulse tank, the fluid launch tube having openings therein adapted to be in communication... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5419800 | Split gasket attachment strip The present invention relates to a method and hardware for bonding together nds of a sealing strip. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of cutting a slot in both a first end and a second end of a sealing strip, inserting an attachment s... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419232 | Elastomeric shutter mechanism An elastomeric shutter mechanism for opening and closing a passageway in wall of a vessel, such as a submarine hull. A single, unitary, retractable shutter member made of an elastomeric material is partially attached to the wall around a portion of a pa... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5413694 | Method for improving electromagnetic shielding performance of composite materials by electroplating A method of improving the electromagnetic (EM) shielding performance of a mposite material is provided. The composite material has conductive and semi-conductive filler particles suspended in a non-conductive resin. The filler particles can be up to 40 we... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410978 | Flow-through elastomeric launch system for submarines An apparatus for providing a pressurized liquid to a launch tube for launng projectiles into a liquid medium. The device comprises an elastomeric bladder disposed inside a cylindrical bypass tube. The bypass tube is hollow with a sealing ring disposed on... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5402317 | Method and means for isolating equipment from shock loads The current invention is a method and apparatus for shock mounting an obj in a container. A container is provided having side walls to accommodate movement of the object. The container is filled with a fluid having substantially the same density as the o... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5402393 | Non-invasive acoustic velocimetric apparatus and method A first projector that generates a beam of acoustic energy having a first equency, and a second acoustic projector that generates a beam of acoustic energy having a second frequency are provided. Interaction between the intersecting beams and particles pr... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5396855 | Underwater vehicle tailcone assembly There is presented an underwater vehicle tailcone assembly including a ford flange, a first tubular sheath extending rearwardly from the forward flange, and elastomer material bonded to inner and outer surfaces of the first sheath to form a forward chamb... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5398239 | Crosspoint analog data selector A crosspoint analog data selector for coupling data received on a predetened number of input channel lines onto a predetermined lesser number of output channel lines. The crosspoint analog data selector includes a selector section and a control section. ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5389746 | Submarine hull structures providing acoustically isolated hull openings An acoustic isolation structure providing an acoustically isolated opening nd comprising coaxial inner and outer annular structural members defining an irregular annulus between them. Acoustical isolation material is provided within this annulus to acousti... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388926 | Composite coupling for towed arrays A coupling for joining sections of an underwater towed acoustical array iudes male and female couplers. The male coupler has an annular end portion with an axial bore that receives a first towed array section and a first connector and an annular body int... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5384751 | Attachment device for tethered transducer A submerged cable is fitted with one or more tethered transducers that are otatably supported on the cable between clamped collars spaced apart to receive a standoff device. The device has pivotably connected flat portions which define semi-circular lower ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5379034 | Apparatus and method of radio communication from a submerged underwater vehicle A device and method for communicating from an underwater vehicle by surfag an antenna in a towed buoy without surfacing the underwater vehicle. The underwater vehicle has control circuitry and sensors allowing the control circuitry to receive data from s... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5374085 | Locking device for fluid coupling A mechanical locking device for use with conventional quick disconnect fl coupling having a release collar on the female component spaced from a flange or nut also on the female component. Upper and lower half shells of the locking device fit between the... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5366254 | Smart material joint band The present invention relates to an improved connector for joining two tuar members together. The connector is formed by a plurality of longitudinally extending fingers extending from an end of one of the tubular members and at least one locking groove i... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5363650 | Hydraulic cylinder assembly for use in variable external pressure environments A hydraulic cylinder assembly for use in a variable external pressure envnment is provided. A hydraulic cylinder exposed to the variable external pressure environment has two chambers separated from one another by a piston. Hydraulic fluid fills each of ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5339762 | Undersea launcher for a tethered device An apparatus for ejecting a tethered underwater device, such as a communiions instrument package, from a naval vessel such a submarine is taught. The system incorporates a relatively long hydraulically operated launch tube thereby permitting slow acceler... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5339288 | Underwater sound source with remote controlled actuator An underwater sound source with a remote controlled actuator comprising a oy having a buoyant portion, a plurality of launch tubes storing acoustic charges, a radio transceiver, control circuitry, hinged doors at the bottom of the tubes, and a safety rele... | 08/16/1994 |
