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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814856 | Deep water operations system with submersible vessel A deep water operations system includes a submersible vessel including a propulsion system for operating the vessel on and beneath the surface of a body of water. The vessel will operate on the water surface to travel to a designated site and then submerge beneath t... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7559288 | Recoverable optical fiber tethered buoy assembly The invention as disclosed is a recoverable tethered optical fiber buoy and winch assembly that is mounted to the back of the sail or the back of an aft non-moving surface of an underwater vehicle and housed in a configuration to provide very little additional drag ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7549386 | Electrically actuated apparatus for moving supports carrying sensors and the like in submarines Apparatus for moving supports carrying sensors displaceable inside fixed guides integral with the towers of submarines, and the like, upon operation of an actuator, the actuator consisting of an electric motor coupled to one end of a screw actuator on which a screw ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7365650 | Underwater RF propagation path An underwater RF signal propagation path is created by utilizing a plurality of individual RF transceivers such as MEMS RF transceivers. Each MEMS RF transceiver has a predetermined buoyancy. A stream of the RF transceivers are released to form a line of RF transcei... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7258836 | Freeze resistant buoy system A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7213496 | Illuminated aircraft countermeasures A countermeasure device for negating a guidance seeking system is provided. The countermeasure device includes a membrane defining an internal chamber, a gas disposed in the chamber, and an illuminating device. The illuminating device includes a light source produci... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7165504 | Antenna linear extension and retraction apparatus for a submersible device, and method of use An antenna linear extension and retraction apparatus and method of use for a submersible device is provided. The apparatus includes a body having a cavity formed at an external surface. A bladder containing a core material is arranged within the cavity. The core mat... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6907839 | Mast device for a submarine The mast device for a submarine comprises a guiding means, a vertically traversable mast guided therein and information means which are provided at the mast upper end and which are in electrical interaction with the inside of the submarine for emitting and receiving... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6857486 | High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehicles The method of providing in excess of 60 kilowatts of electrical power to the electrical motor of a subterranean electric drilling machine through a substantially neutrally buoyant composite umbilical containing electrical conductors to reduce the frictional drag on ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6058874 | Radio frequency communications for underwater vehicle An antenna arrangement for a submerged submarine includes an independently unctioning underwater vehicle free of any tethered connection to said submarine, a buoy member having a hydrodynamic shape, an antenna mounted on the buoy member, the antenna enabli... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5748102 | Apparatus for interconnecting an underwater vehicle and a free floating communications pod Apparatus for interconnecting an unmanned underwater vehicle and a free-fting communications pod includes a communications cable depending from the pod and extending to a buoy of less buoyancy than the pod, such that the cable carries communication signa... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5493993 | Decoy A decoy capable of assuming the shape of a water craft comprises a maneuvble vessel, having a tubular body portion which defines an enclosed interior region. The vessel further has an opening formed in the body portion and a hatch door which covers the o... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5379034 | Apparatus and method of radio communication from a submerged underwater vehicle A device and method for communicating from an underwater vehicle by surfag an antenna in a towed buoy without surfacing the underwater vehicle. The underwater vehicle has control circuitry and sensors allowing the control circuitry to receive data from s... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377165 | Communication system for submarines Submarines are provided with underwater self-propelled vehicles that are nched from the submarines and guided by trailing fiber optic cables. Each underwater vehicle has a hull that is separable, and that defines a socket for mating with one end of the s... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5291194 | Apparatus for interconnecting an underwater vehicle and a free-floating pod Apparatus is provided for interconnecting an unmanned underwater vehicle V) and a free-floating pod, the apparatus comprising a communications cable extending between the pod and a less buoyant buoy, the buoy being in communication with a distal station,... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5235932 | Submersible dock and dump mechanism Mechanically cooperating assemblies on an undersea vehicle and an instrumation target assure the making of a rigid coupling for passing electrical, optical or fluid information between the vehicle and the instrumentation and reduce the complexity of such... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5066256 | Buoy and releasing system for ships in distress An improved water flotation release device for locating the submerged position of ships that have sunk. The device comprises an improved release buoy that is self contained and communicating and a releasing system that leads to non-violent and reliable re... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4742792 | Communication arrangement between a sub-sea structure and floating vessel A communication arrangement between a sub-sea structure and a surface vessel is by a flexible control umbilical deployed from the vessel in such a way as to accommodate relative movement between the structure and vessel. Unpredictably excessive movements ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 3961589 | Buoyant cable antenna reeling system The reeling system is contained within a buoy towed by a submerged submarine. The reeling system includes a pressure sealed housing, a cable reel disposed for rotation within the housing and a buoyant cable antenna disposed in an ejecting and retracting r... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3933109 | Buoy releasable from a submarine A distress buoy releasable from a submarine comprising two hemispherical portions sealably joined to form a hollow spherical body mounting a radio transmitter with deployable antenna, a radar responder with antenna, a beacon light, a tape recorder contain... | 01/20/1976 |
