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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6871610 | Assembly for launching bodies from an underwater platform An assembly for launching bodies from an underwater platform having a pressure hull, and an outer hull subject to free flooding. The assembly includes a module having a proximal end outboard of the pressure hull portion of the platform, a distal end disposed proxima... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6577990 | Method for determining launch system velocity, acceleration and displacement certification parameters A method is provided to process system test data to determine certification parameters of the system based on the test data. For a torpedo launch system, the velocity data is generated by a Pressure/Velocity/Displacement housing interfaced with a computer... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6536365 | Shock-mitigating nose for underwater vehicles A flexible nose assembly for an underwater vehicle provides increased energy-absorbing capabilities and facilitates recovery and handling of the vehicle. The flexible nose assembly includes a flexible nose cap, at least one retrieval device, and at least ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532887 | Small device launch system A system for providing pressurized fluid for a small device launch system is shown. The system includes a piston housing an air source aperture, a launcher bore, and a shaft aperture. A piston and piston shaft slide in the chamber with the piston shaft ex... | 03/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6382123 | Multicaliber torpedo tube The invention relates in particular, to a torpedo tube having supporting devices able to support the torpedo and limit its friction when launched, such as slides. These supporting devices may be variable-geometry devices able to assume at least two positi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367401 | Submarine countermeasure launcher with gas capture A countermeasure launcher system, for use by a submarine, reducing any detectable signature by preventing the escape of pressurized gas into seawater at the forward end of the system's launch tube upon launching a countermeasure. The pressurized gas that ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5964175 | Conformal detachable platform array The invention provides a system for attaching one or more unmanned, hydroamically shaped, autonomous, undersea platforms to the bow of a submarine. An array of depressions, each matching the shape of the platforms, is provided in the bow of the submarine... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5786545 | Unmanned undersea vehicle with keel-mounted payload deployment system An unmanned undersea vehicle system comprises a remote-controlled, unmanned ndersea vehicle and a mother vehicle interconnected by a communication link. The unmanned undersea vehicle includes a weapon compartment and a control element. Within the weapon co... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5690041 | Unmanned undersea vehicle system for weapon deployment An unmanned undersea vehicle system comprises a remote-controlled, unmanned ndersea vehicle and a mother vehicle interconnected by a communication link. The unmanned undersea vehicle includes a weapon compartment, an erectable observation mast and a contro... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5675116 | Unmanned undersea vehicle including keel-mounted payload deployment arrangement with payload compartment flooding arrangement to maintain axi-symmetrical mass distribution An unmanned undersea vehicle system comprises an axi-symmetrical cylindrily-shaped self-propelled undersea deployment vehicle of predetermined diameter, the undersea deployment vehicle having an amidships undersea weapon compartment. The weapon compartme... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5675117 | Unmanned undersea weapon deployment structure with cylindrical payload configuration An unmanned undersea vehicle system includes an axi-symmetrical cylindricy-shaped self-propelled undersea deployment vehicle of predetermined diameter having an amidships undersea weapon bay. The amidships undersea weapon bay includes a number of weapon ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5666897 | Submarine weapon-handling and discharge system A weapons-handling and discharge system for a submarine which comprises a rotatable rack for attachment around the exterior of the pressure hull of a submarine, canisters to contain weapons, an exterior casing provided around the pressure hull, forward or... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5363791 | Weapons launch system A system for launching a weapon from a submarine comprises a tube for receiving the weapon, a ram assembly for launching the weapon, an actuator for actuating the ram assembly, and a volume within which water is received, the weight of the water received ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5174235 | Apparatus for pressurizing a submarine launch tube An apparatus for pressurizing a submarine launch tube in order to launch a evice therefrom includes a weighted first piston received in a vertically disposed first cylinder member, a second piston received in a second cylinder member, a connecting rod mech... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5174236 | Submarine torpedo tube motion weapon restrainer A positioning assembly for a torpedo having a projection thereon including support mounted on the torpedo tube adjacent the projection, and a control member movable on the support transversely of the torpedo tube. The control member has a control surface ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5044253 | Submarine weapon launch system using an external impulse tank A submarine weapon launch system utilizing an external impulse tank. A surine has at least one cylindrical torpedo tube that has a breechward section residing within the pressure hull of the submarine and a muzzleward section residing outside the pressur... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4700653 | Submarine weapon handling system A submarine weapon handling system and method includes a storage tray, ramming tray, and transfer tray. Each tray has a plurality of rotatable bands received in grooves in the trays and are movable between an open weapon receiving position and a closed we... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4185345 | Neg'ator spring powered underwater launching device A launching mechanism is provided for ejecting a small buoy from a high sd deep depth submersible. The buoy is held in place and constrained by a pair of latch levers that lock into a groove in the buoy tail piece. The latch levers are held in place by l... | 01/29/1980 |
