Class 114/21.3 - With homing means

Subclass of Class 114 - Ships
Definition: Subject matter wherein means are provided with some type
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 06/12/2007

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7228739	Precision flexure plate A precision flexure plate includes a flat disk positioned between two capacitor plates and supported by S-shaped beams. Deflection of the disk due to gravitational loads and resulting capacitance change is used to measure the accelerations in the direction perpendic...	06/12/2007
7124634	Single plate capacitive acceleration derivative detector A capacitance accelerometer includes a housing, and a plate fixed within the housing. A moveable plate is disposed in substantially parallel relation to the fixed plate and is coupled to the housing along at least an edge. The moveable plate and the fixed plate defi...	10/24/2006
7013808	Method and system for determining a bounding region A method for determining a bounding region for a launched weapon. The method processes the course and speed of ocean currents, and the bearing and range to an aim point to determine the resultant speed of the launched weapon. The method then processes the resultant ...	03/21/2006
6934217	Countermeasure threat emulator and method A system and method is disclosed for a countermeasure threat emulator (CME) provided in a tubular housing that may be launched from a submarine or ship. The CME electronics include a CPU board for running software, communicating with a computer external to the housi...	08/23/2005
6910658	Underwater detection system An anti-torpedo torpedo having laser homing head, the torpedo being launched from a parent vessel or platform which itself houses the expensive to replace, the bulky, or the high power consuming parts of the laser, said parts being optically connected to an optical ...	06/28/2005
6674691	Rigid sting extension for ocean turbulence measurement from an unmanned underwater vehicle The present invention relates to a system for collecting ocean turbulence data without interference from the hydrodynamic effects of the vehicle. The ocean turbulence data collection system comprises an underwater vehicle, such as an unmanned underwater v...	01/06/2004
6651004	Guidance system A method and apparatus for directing a pursuing vehicle, such as a torpedo, on an intercept trajectory from a launching vehicle to a target vehicle with evasion capabilities. The guidance system bases a solution on vectors on a first Cartesian coordinate ...	11/18/2003
6622647	Active noise cancellation for a torpedo seeker head A noise cancellation system and method for use with a seeker head of a marine vessel are provided according to the invention. The seeker head employs one or more hydrophones that generate one or more output signals. The noise cancellation system includes ...	09/23/2003
6108270	Torpedo seeker head having directional detection independent of frequency A torpedo seeker head for providing guidance information in three orthogonal axes is provided according to the invention. The torpedo seeker head includes three directional hydrophones, with each directional hydrophone capable of receiving an acoustic sig...	08/22/2000
5824946	Underwater search angle selection system and method of special utility with surface contacts A search angle selection system generates a search angle for a torpedo in sponse to a number of inputs. Initially, the system bounds the region to be insonified. The system determines the search angle which best insonifies the region from the surface down...	10/20/1998
5819676	Underwater acoustic search angle selection system and method of special utility with submerged contacts A search angle selection system determines acoustic homing beam offset ans to be used by a torpedo from a group of target depth conditions in response to given environmental, tactical, target and weapon information. The system optimally bounds the region...	10/13/1998
5734121	Long-range sensor system, particularly for heavy torpedoes A long-range sensor system, particularly for heavy torpedoes, comprising a group of high and medium frequency sensors (2) disposed on the forward part of the torpedo (1) and an additional group of low frequency sensors (3) distributed along the sides of t...	03/31/1998
5602801	Underwater vehicle sonar system with extendible array An underwater vehicle sonar system has sonar sensors provided in arms to plement a nose mounted array. The arms are capable of use in an extended position to provide a large diameter sonar array offering improved image resolution in the forward direction...	02/11/1997
5444669	Magnetic relative position measuring system A torpedo relative position measuring system, including an active sonar system and a passive magnetic system, is coupled to computing apparatus which operates in response to a set of stored computer programs, all located in the torpedo for homing in on a ...	08/22/1995
5442358	Imaging lidar transmitter downlink for command guidance of underwater vehicle An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor...	08/15/1995
5428582	Decoupling ring A decoupling ring provided on the front annular face of the nose shell of a craft, surrounding the sonar array. This ring decouples the vibration in the nose shell from the fluid path. The decoupling ring is constructed of one or more mass elements on one...	06/27/1995
5426619	Matched array plate An array plate for use in an underwater craft. The craft having an array of sonar elements which has a selected range of operating frequencies. The array plate having at least one layer of material in which the layer(s) of material are designed to have se...	06/20/1995
5425001	Navigation system for an underwater vehicle A method and apparatus for navigating underwater a killer vehicle towards a mine emitting a magnetic field by using measurements of the mine's magnetic field, by two magnetic sensors affixed to the killer vehicle, in calculating the relative position of t...	06/13/1995
5363343	Folded hydrophone array for narrow marine vehicles An extendible linear sonar array for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) comprises a linear hydrophone array fixed in the nose of the AUV and two hydrophone array segments mounted at the leading edge of stabilization fins extendible from and retractabl...	11/08/1994
5309855	Submarine weapon In a submarine weapon, particularly for combating submarines, a rocket engine with continuous rocket thrust is utilized as the submarine drive unit. An actively locating, acoustic target seeking device is provided for target detection and target pursuance...	05/10/1994
5247895	Method and apparatus for guiding a torpedo Method and apparatus for guiding an acoustic torpedo toward a ship selected as target which, as a defence against torpedoes drags noise generating decoys (so-called disturbance generators) wherein the torpedo is acoustically guided toward the noise source...	09/28/1993
5248978	Underwater guide vehicle for removal of submerged and floating navigational hazards An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor...	09/28/1993
5241314	Image lidar transmitter downlink for command guidance of underwater vehicle An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor...	08/31/1993
5235924	Anticountermeasure system for torpedoes A system which overcomes the effects of acoustical torpedo counter-measures y using an attack on a countermeasure as a logical step toward the attack on a "real" target. A slight bearing error is introduced into a torpedo homing system to cause the torpedo...	08/17/1993
5229541	Torpedo safety system A safety system for deterring a homing missile from attacking its launching ehicle whereby the launching vessel is enabled to alter the course and neutralize the detonator of the weapon....	07/20/1993
5012717	Air-to-subsurface missile system The invention is an air-to-subsurface missile system which has an acoustic oming torpedo and a directional sonobuoy held in the missile behind the torpedo by a cowling means which includes fins for aerodynamic stability. When the missile reaches the desire...	05/07/1991
4989530	Low drag homing torpedo nose assembly having side mounted planar arrays A low drag nose assembly for use with an acoustic homing torpedo in an aqus environment has at least one planar array mounted in the slanting side of a substantially conical support member and provides a plurality of preformed sonar beams which display a...	02/05/1991
4731763	Sonar antenna for use as the head of an underwater device, and method for manufacturing the same A sonar antenna is provided which can serve as the head of an underwater device, e.g., a torpedo, and a method for manufacturing the same. The sonar antenna is formed of a block of syntactic foam rigid enough to withstand submersion hydrostatic pressures....	03/15/1988
4531468	Temperature/pressure compensation structure A bladder shaped to conform to the form of the sonar transducer housing of a torpedo in which it is located compensates for volume changes because of temperature changes of the oil which fills the transducer housing. The bladder also compensates for the c...	07/30/1985
4429652	Ultrasonic excitation of underwater torpedoes for enhancing maneuverability, speed and targeting accuracy For enhancing the maneuverability, speed, survivalbility, and targeting accuracy of a torpedo moving below the surface of a body of water, ultrasonic vibrations are set-up at the exterior of the torpedo hull, using controlled piezoelectric crystals to gen...	02/07/1984
4274353	Acoustic imaging system for wire guided torpedo An acoustic imaging system for a wire guided torpedo having an array of tsducers arranged in the nose of a torpedo to receive acoustic signals. A spherical acoustic lens focuses the signals on the array of transducers. The outputs of the transducers are ...	06/23/1981
4239012	Homing torpedo control apparatus 2. In an echo-ranging torpedo wherein spurious and true-target echo signals ay be received in the listening periods between repetitive search-pulse transmission instants, in combination: a receiver operative to convert received echo signals to steering com...	12/16/1980

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