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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091461 | System for water-based launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle A system includes a support structure having a compressed air tank therein, a pneumatic launch assembly coupled to the support structure, and an inflatable bladder disposed around at least a portion of a region defined by the support structure and the pneumatic laun... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7451680 | Submarine steam generator missile ejection system A steam generator missile ejection system has a vessel that contains water that becomes the pressurized steam source for missile ejection. A heating system within the vessel heats the water to steam and to the desired launch pressure. The heater is controlled to seq... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7418914 | Pre-positioning deployment system A system is disclosed for pre-positioning a canister assembly at an undersea location. A transporter deploys to and releases the assembly proximate to the desired location. Once the assembly has fallen a safe distance after release, spring bands of the assembly are ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7340986 | Apparatus comprising a release system for canistered munitions The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is a munitions launch system. The launch system comprises a canister and a cold launch system. In the illustrative embodiment, the cold launch system comprises a sled and a release system. In the illustrative embo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337741 | Pre-positioning deployment system for small unmanned underwater vehicles A system is disclosed for pre-positioning a canister assembly at an undersea location. A transporter deploys to and releases the assembly proximate to the desired location. Once the assembly has fallen a safe distance after release, spring bands of the assembly are ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7299714 | Telescoping and locking lever arm A telescoping lever arm comprises a tube and a rod. The tube has an opening at one end thereof and has an inner circumferential dimension along the inside thereof. The opening is smaller than the inner circumferential dimension of the tube. The rod has an outer circ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7243609 | Telescoping buoyancy capsule The present invention relates to a capsule sized to contain a weapon for launching and to withstand depth pressures. A telescoping nose section of the capsule, normally unextended around the weapon, extends at launch along a longitudinal axis of the capsule to provi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237353 | Muzzle break with gas relief membrane for an underwater gun A muzzle break for a gun comprising a baffle, a series of slots in the housing of the muzzle break in which the slots exhaust gas of a pressure wave deflected by the baffle during firing of the gun. A membrane seals the slots for underwater use and is separable by t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232353 | Retrievable pneumatic buoy system for submarine use An inflatable buoy launch and retrieval system comprises an underwater platform, a launch/retrieval tube within the underwater platform, and a mechanism for ejecting and retrieving an inflatable buoy from the launch/retrieval tube. The ejection mechanism comprises a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207254 | Launching of missiles A missile launcher comprising a canister for housing a missile and piston based launcher, the piston being arrested in the tube after launch of the missile. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203069 | Computer card A PC card can reduces possibility of the lid being detached from the extended portion even when twisting stress, bending stress, etc. is applied against the PC card, and simplifies the metal mold for resin molding. In the PC card, by placing a lid so as to face an e... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182013 | Umbilical retraction assembly and method An umbilical cord retractor assembly and method is provided for retracting an umbilical cord from a torpedo or other vehicle prior to launching the vehicle. A guide arm is utilized to guide a slide member along a predetermined path within the guide arm. The slide is... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165917 | Apparatus for disposal of toxic and radioactive waste A new system for underwater waste disposal is disclosed, consisting of a high-speed, hardened penetrator, optional rocket motor (or other compact propulsion device) and alternative mechanisms for eliminating water drag by surrounding the projectile with a gas layer.... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159501 | Stackable in-line surface missile launch system for a modular payload bay An underwater missile launch system includes one or more missile loading modules for supporting a plurality of missiles in a stackable, in-line configuration within a pressure vessel. The missiles are arranged inside the modules, which may be stacked in groups insid... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140289 | Stackable in-line underwater missile launch system for a modular payload bay An underwater missile launch system includes one or more missile loading modules for supporting a plurality of missiles disposed within protective capsules in a stackable, in-line configuration within a pressure vessel. The missiles are arranged inside the modules, ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128013 | Launch tube system having inflatable bladder shock isolation A launch tube system has two concentric sleeves. An inner sleeve having holes formed therethrough defines a launch tube, and an outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve and is spaced apart therefrom. One or more flexible bladders are disposed between the inner outer ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097136 | Immersible unmanned air vehicle and system for launch, recovery, and re-launch at sea A sea-launched and recovered unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft is jet-powered and has features and systems to maintain watertight integrity such that it may be released from a submerged submarine or dropped into a body of water by a ship or an aircraft. T... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093552 | Electrically pressurized torpedo launch system A torpedo launch system for a marine vessel includes an impulse tank connected via a straight water inlet tube to an inlet orifice in an outer casing of the vessel. A launch tube extends through the impulse tank to the outer casing, and through a pressure hull of th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066320 | Detonator protector A detonator protector including a housing fitted with an end cap at one end thereof and a plug at another end thereof, and at least two chambers disposed in the housing, one chamber being of sufficient size to receive a detonator therein, that chamber being disposed... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040246 | Submarine countermeasure and launch assembly In a submarine countermeasure vehicle and launch assembly the vehicle includes a forward end portion, an aft end portion provided with a propeller and fins, a hull portion extending between the forward and aft portions, the hull portion being circular in cross-secti... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032530 | Submarine air bag launch assembly An air bag launch assembly is disclosed which allows for modular loading onto a submarine, the launch of weapons or vehicles external to the submarine pressure hull, while also achieving greater packing density. The air bag launch assembly includes a large, watertig... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030616 | Underwater cable locating device An apparatus for locating a buried utility conveyance, such as an undersea cable, beneath a body of water. The apparatus generally comprises a submersible housing that contains a variable ballast system for selectively controlling the buoyancy of the apparatus, oper... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026540 | Tailcone assembly for a submarine countermeasure A tailcone assembly for a submarine countermeasure includes a generally hemispherically shaped shell having a planar aft end and an annular open forward end. Fins are fixed to the shell equidistantly around the shell externally thereof, each of the fins having a pla... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013788 | Launch tube with adjustable plenum A launch tube assembly including an aft launch tube portion, a forward launch tube portion, and a transfer sleeve having a first end fixed to and adjacent the forward end of said aft launch tube portion and a second end adjustably receiving the forward launch tube p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6971300 | Reloadable concentric canister launcher A reloadable launcher for use with rocket-propelled projectiles. An inner and outer tube define a concentric tube arrangement with at least one gas flow channel being defined therebetween. A ring is fixedly coupled to a first end of the outer tube that is adjacent t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6932016 | Vortex-assisted pressure control at inlet of underwater launch system A vortex-assisted pressure control system is provided for controlling fluid flow into an inlet formed in a vehicle where such fluid flow into the inlet occurs during vehicle movement. Vortex generator(s) is (are) positioned forward of the inlet with respect to forwa... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6904859 | Inlet free torpedo launch system A launcher for torpedoes and underwater vehicles includes an inlet recess in fluid communication with a shutterway recess. A primary shutterway is provided both for ejection of the vehicle and for supplying fluid intake to the launcher. A pump circulates fluid from ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6851347 | Multi-lobed buoyant launch capsule A launch capsule assembly having a buoyant main body for a payload of a missile or other unmanned vehicle. The main body includes a plurality of lobes contributing to its interior. The lobes project perpendicular to and away from the longitudinal axis of the main bo... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6779460 | Support vessel for self-burying mines The disclosure relates to a supply vessel for transporting a plurality of payload carrying containers having powered self-burying mechanism to enable the containers to bury themselves in the seabed when released from the vessel. Each container is connected to the ve... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776079 | Asymetrically contoured elastomeric disk An elastomeric disk for use in an elastomeric ejection system in which a thickened curvature protrudes from both sides of a central plane of the disk. Integral to each curvature is an annulet which dovetails from the curvatures to a periphery of the disk. The thickn... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6701819 | Apparatus for launching an object in a fluid environment An apparatus for launching an object in a fluid environment having a tubular member with a forward muzzle end, an opposed rearward end. The object is positioned in the tubular member. Ends of the tubular member are closed by expellable members. Flood valv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6584924 | Apparatus for controlling pressure recovery An apparatus for controlling fluid pressure recovery includes an elongated housing having an opening at a first end thereof, an opening at a second end thereof, an inner peripheral surface, and a fluid flow passageway therethrough. The apparatus further i... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568309 | Single-impact, viscous fluid ram-plate The detachable shock-absorbing ram-plate is used in a projectile launching system to mitigate launching impact forces and to prevent ram-plate re-strike during launch. The detachable shock-absorbing ram-plate is detachably coupled to the projectile using ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6530305 | Telescoping pressure-balanced gas generator launchers for underwater use A launching apparatus including a launch tube having fore and aft ends, each end having an opening formed therein. A muzzle cap is fitted to the fore end and a breech mounting is formed at the aft end. A primary housing is seated in the aft end, the prima... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6487952 | Remote fire system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for remote surface fire support. The remote surface fire support system of the present invention is designed to operate close to shore. The system is adapted to be deployed by a variety of means and re... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484618 | Marine countermeasures launch assembly A marine countermeasures launch assembly includes a cylindrical body including first and second members having, respectively, first and second surfaces engageable with each other to form the body, the first surface having first and second recesses therein... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6427574 | Submarine horizontal launch tactom capsule A Submarine Horizontal Launch TACTOM Capsule (SHLTC) provides the capability for launching a Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) cruise missile from a horizontal torpedo tube on a submarine. The SHLTC completely encapsulates the TACTOM missile in the torpedo tube ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418870 | Torpedo launch mechanism and method A retrofitable breech is disclosed for use on existing tubes for launching vehicles, such as torpedoes. The breech utilizes gas generators such as commercial off the shelf automotive airbag inflators, for propelling the torpedo from the tube. A plurality,... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6401645 | Vehicle launch assembly for underwater platforms A vehicle launch assembly for underwater platforms includes a water tank mounted on the platform, and a plunger movably disposed in the tank and dividing the tank into first and second zones, the first zone being in communication with a. water environment... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6371003 | Enclosures for installation on the seabed The disclosure relates to an enclosure for installation in the seabed comprising an elongate container for holding a payload. The container has a plurality of passages extending lengthwise of the container and an impeller at the lower end of the container... | 04/16/2002 |
