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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412944 | Shark repelling field generating cord A cord having two electrodes for generating a shark-repelling electromagnetic field about a user. The cord is connected to a field generator supported by the user, and in use, maintains contact with surrounding water, even if the user is out of the water. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7245046 | Internal power re-routing by reverse powering to overcome fault scenarios in submarine cable systems System and method for re-routing internal power for reducing voltage requirements of a submarine transmission system. A power supply supplies power to a bridge rectifier circuit (10) the latter biasing a plurality of Zener diodes (11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16 | 07/17/2007 |
| 7125146 | Underwater LED light An underwater light, e.g., for a pool or spa, includes an ordinarily watertight housing, an outer compartment within the housing and floodable by water flowing therein in the event the housing is no longer watertight, a current shield within the outer compartment an... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102532 | Subsea communication Methods of subsea communication in which a cathodic protection anode is used as a transmitting antenna. The signals are received at a second location by two electrodes which are spaced apart by different distances from the transmitting antenna. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7058305 | Optical submarine communication system and surge suppressing apparatus of the optical submarine communication system An optical submarine communication system has a land cable connected to a terminal apparatus which is installed on land near the seashore for transmitting an optical signal and electric power. The land cable is connected to an optical submarine cable through a beach... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043195 | Communications system A communications system, including at least one base station (8) at the surface, at least one repeater station (6) below the surface, and at least one mobile station (4) below the surface, the stations (4, 6, 8) establishing a bidirection... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6999857 | Data communication and power transmission system for sensing devices A wireless power transmission and communication network that provides efficient interrogation and powering of sensors for use on undersea vehicles. The present invention employs a wave-guide that allows the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a dielectric m... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989755 | Signal transmission device and method A signal transmitting apparatus which makes exchanging information when pouring a liquid possible. A container body 201 of a transmitter side container 20 holds an electrically conductive liquid 402. A display 306 for confirming data rece... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6972690 | System and method for transmission of electrical signals in imperfectly-conducting media A system for transmitting a signal through an imperfectly-conducting medium includes a transmitter station and a receiver station. The transmitter station has a transmitter and at least one conductor. The receiving station has at least one conductor and a receiver. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6854375 | Open loop minesweeping system An open loop magnetic field minesweeping system, with a small and light weight body to be towed through seawater by a towing cable from a helicopter or other vehicle, a single sweep cable extending rearwardly a substantial distance from the body with a first electro... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6765487 | Underwater detection and deterrent system A method and apparatus for detecting and deterring underwater threats is provided that uses numerous anodes and sensors around a ship or other waterborne structure to monitor for intruders and issue electrical shocks to the intruders in increasing amounts to deter s... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6333685 | Apparatus for detecting submergence of vehicle A submergence detection portion 21 is provided in a circuit substrate, or the like, which carries electronic circuits of a power window control portion. The submergence detection portion 21 is configured to have an elliptical hole portion 25 provided in t... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6317055 | Monitor information transmitting/receiving apparatus in submarine cable system A monitor information transmitting/receiving apparatus transmits/receives monitor information data about each cable landing station in a submarine cable system in which a plurality of cable landing stations are arranged in the form of a ring. The apparatu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5460123 | Electroshock repulsion of waterfowl, aquatic animals, and small mammals The present invention comprises apparatus designed to repel, but not injure, warm-blooded aquatic life from a specific aquatic region in an energy-efficient manner. A potential gradient is turned on and maintained between sets of immersed electrodes in re... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5445111 | Electrified fish barriers A variety of electrified fish barriers are suitable for diverting fish from protected structures, e.g. pump intakes. Most take the form of linear curtain arrays (i.e. arrays of fixedly spaced-apart vertical elements). Many are characterized by the use of ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5206640 | Surveillance system A system for detecting and positioning objects, the electric conductivity of which differs from the surrounding medium thereof by measuring variations in an electric field generated into the medium. More precisely, the invention concerns a method and asse... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5120904 | Electrode Electrode used for one pole in underwater transmission of high-voltage direct current, an insulated cable being used for the other pole, such electrodes being adapted to be stationary on the bottom of the sea to serve as the anode and the cathode, respect... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4890334 | Buoy structure for detecting fishing grounds A buoy for detecting fishing grounds, mainly comprised of an upper body, a lower body, a water-proof ring, a FM antenna, a PC Board, a pad, a rechargeable battery, an insulator, an ultrasonic wave transmitting transducer, an ultrasonic wave receiving tran... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4591293 | Method and device for placing in a determined relative position two elements submerged in a conducting liquid medium A device for permitting the relatively precise positioning of two geometrical axes respectively of two elements at least one of the elements being associated with means capable of assuring its displacement characterized in that it comprises in combination... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4468155 | Method and device for placing in a determined relative position two elements submerged in a conducting liquid medium Method for placing two submerged elements in a relative determined position, particularly in view of their mutual connection, comprising a first step of controlling the relative displacement of said elements on the basis of the measurement of electric val... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4437097 | Buoyant electrode A towable, flexible electrode for high density electrical current transfer to sea water is characterized structural improvements including use of hard drawn aluminum wire and a rotatable and slideable aft slip ring to avoid "bird caging", and towing and e... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4399695 | Underwater sensing mechanism and method A water speed sensing transmitter unit suspended from a fishing boat at the depth fishing gear is being trolled actuates transmission of a pulse signal through the water for detection by a receiver unit mounted on the boat. The frequency of the pulse sign... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4207568 | Underwater communications system An improved method and apparatus for underwater communication, the apparatus comprising two dipoles disposed in a common body of water, both dipoles including a pair of separated electrodes, a transmitter connected to one dipole, a receiver connected to t... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4187489 | Method and apparatus for propagating electrical signals through a conducting dielectric fluid Apparatus for propagating electrical signals through a conducting dielectric fluid such as salt water includes a pair of electrodes, one of which is a point electrode composed of a nipple or finger-like member, and the other of which is a plane electrode ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4185264 | Wire guide and method for preconditioning bouyant electrodes Preconditioning of towable, flexible electrodes having a conductive layer nsisting wires helically laid on a bouyant core, to preclude later birdnesting, is accomplished using a flange device having cylindrical mounting portions fixed to the aft end of th... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4140991 | Underwater displacement probe This device is used in an underwater environment to determine the exact ltion of an object or the displacement of an object from an equilibrium position within a relatively small confined area. An alternating electric current is transmitted through the w... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4117447 | Bouyant electrode with anti-birdnesting device A towable cable type electrode has a bouyant core covered by a layer of hcally laid wire strands and is characterized by a slide member near the aft end of the electrode to which the aft ends of the wire strands are secured. The slide member is constrain... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4096466 | Underwater switching Underwater switching of electrical apparatus is accomplished by providing two terminals at the exterior surface of a unit to be immersed in water so that a conductive bridge is formed between the terminals through the water. Those terminals are included i... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4078510 | Relating to the cathodic protection of structures A method of surveying a cathodically protected metallic structure at least partly immersed in a liquid, such as an undersea pipeline which has sacrificial anodes attached at regular intervals along its length. The anodes provide a known electrolytic poten... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4004540 | Galvanic detector for detecting the cutting of a command wire An apparatus and method for detecting the presence of, and severing command ables submerged in an aqueous medium, utilizing a galvanic current pulse generated by a galvanic cell with one electrode thereof serving as a cable cutter.... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3946354 | Underwater electrical potential detection system 1. A system of recording the passage of a vessel through a harbor entrance omprising a first plurality of equally spaced devices arranged transversely of the harbor entrance, said devices being adapted to respond to the potential field of a vessel as the v... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3940732 | Buoyant electrode and system for high speed towing An electrode structure is disclosed which is particularly adapted for high ensity electrical current transfer to sea water. The electrode of the invention is adapted to be towed within sea water by an aircraft at high rates of speed. The electrode comprise... | 02/24/1976 |
