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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7110891 | Degaussing vulnerability display program Magnetic signature measurements are taken at various points corresponding to an original water depth beneath a ship. A computer processor receives and processes (i) this group of measured magnetic signature values and (ii) the designed magnetic signature value the s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6220168 | Underwater intelligence gathering weapon system An underwater intelligence gathering weapon system accurately places a weapon underwater and then communicates therewith from other platform(s). The weapon is equipped to maneuver through the air to a destination at the water's surface. A first transceive... | 04/24/2001 |
| 4395951 | Water-armed/air-safed release apparatus An improved release apparatus, including an actuator device, a release dee and a firing device, releases the firing device in a water environment and not in an air environment when the actuator device is remotely actuated. When in a water environment, a ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4369709 | Underwater detonating device An underwater ignition device is provided comprising a rotor, a detonator disposed at the rotor, a locking pin secured in position by a safety pin, a release pin maintained in position by the locking pin, a first water pressure safety device normally enga... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4313381 | Mooring system A system for mooring a buoyant case such as a marine mine or other marine vice at a preselected depth below the surface of the water in which the case was launched. After the case has been launched, and made bottom contact, the mooring system utilizes a f... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4266500 | Hover control system for a submersible buoy A compressed fluid hover control system for a submersible buoy in which the water level in a buoyancy chamber is controlled in accordance with external water pressure and predetermined levels of water in the buoyancy chamber. More specifically, a submersi... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4055121 | Depth controlled naval mine A tethered naval mine adapted automatically to maintain a predetermined depth below the surface of a body of water despite changes in water level. Provision is made for safeguarding operating personnel prior to deployment of the mine and to cause self-des... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4044863 | Cable brake and lock A cable brake and lock device to control the release of a mooring cable crises a spring-biased piston abutting an elastic brake element, with the cable passing through both. An initial, preselected force is applied by the spring to the piston and the bra... | 08/30/1977 |
