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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4372239 | Undersea weapon with hydropulse system and periodical seawater admission An undersea weapon comprising a warhead, a rocket motor, detection, homing and control systems and a hydropulse underwater propulsion system in an integral unit. The weapon is launched at a previously detected target, such as a submarine, on a ballistic t... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4323025 | Torpedo steering control system 1. In a homing torpedo, in combination: means for providing a target search hase of torpedo operation wherein said torpedo is controlled to change depth between predetermined search floor and search ceiling depths and simultaneously controlled to circle in... | 04/06/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4200920 | Artificial underwater target 1. In combination in a free, underwater craft, a hull, means for carrying llast, means for discharging said ballast, depth responsive means, a timer providing two time intervals, control means operated by said timer for actuating said discharging means af... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4185326 | Minehunting vehicle with a built-in search pattern 1. In a self-propelled elongated underwater vehicle having a rudder and dng fins adapted to execute a search pattern about an acoustic marker on the ocean floor and adapted to release an explosive charge carried thereby under the control of a mine sensin... | 01/22/1980 |
