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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7855934 | Vertical line hydrophone array A hydrophone deployment system including a hydrophone assembly, a container for enclosing the hydrophone assembly body in a coiled configuration, means for ejecting the hydrophone assembly from the container, a signal processing module for processing the electrical ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7390233 | Station keeping maneuverable articulating autonomous regenerative tactical (SMAART) buoy An articulating sonobuoy is provided. The articulating sonobuoy comprises a plurality of section, and a plurality of joints connecting each of the plurality of section to adjacent sections, wherein each of the plurality of sections self-aligns by rotating about one ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7360489 | Non-lethal cargo projectile A non-lethal cargo projectile comprises a projectile body; a fuze adapter attached to a front of the projectile body; a fuze attached to the fuze adapter; a boattail attached to a rear of the projectile body; a pressure tube extending from the fuze adapter to the bo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7283424 | High speed underwater projectile tracking system and method A system and a method are provided to accurately track the trajectory of high-speed underwater objects. A number of hoops with means for controlling the buoyancy thereof are aligned on a range in the anticipated path of the high speed projectile. The hoops are suffi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278293 | Submersible probe A probe for deployment in a fluid measures produces an output representative of a parameter associated with the fluid. The probe includes a density control system to control a density of the probe and a locating system to track a location of probe in the fluid. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262395 | Expendable sonobuoy flight kit with aerodynamically assisted sonobuoy separation A flight kit that can be retrofitted to existing navy sonobuoys. The preferred embodiment gives sonobuoys the capability of self-deployment, allowing them to be sent to a location remotely without the use of manned aircraft or recoverable unmanned air vehicles. This... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226328 | Extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system includes a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment, and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and su... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7184363 | Buoyant container with wave generated power production An apparatus designed to float on or in a liquid has at least two buoyant members. The apparatus utilizes relative motion between the buoyant members to generate power, and the buoyant members are coupled to the apparatus in such a manner that surface movement of a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7036773 | Compact external launcher for small space payloads The present invention allows a payload to be launched from the exterior of a conventional launch vehicle with little integration expense. In one example, the invention includes an aerodynamic fairing having an internal cavity to contain a payload, a mounting adapter... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6961657 | Submarine launched expendable radio navigation buoy system A submarine launched expendable radio navigation system (SSXRN) buoy method and apparatus. According to one embodiment, a method for determining a submarine geographic position using a SSXRN buoy system is disclosed. The method comprising launching a radio navigatio... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956299 | System for generating energy from the waves of the sea Includes at least one floating body (1), and is characterised in that includes a device (2) fitted inside said body (1) for transforming the movement of the floating body (1) into pneumatic or hydraulic energy and means for transmitting t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944574 | Integrated data acquisition system for product in transit A data acquisition system includes a product for shipment to an end user, a sensor system removably connected to the product for recording environmental conditions to which the product is exposed, and a computing device, which upon being connected to the product, is... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6930611 | Water activated release triggering mechanism A water activated release triggering mechanism is removably held to an exterior surface of a buckle housing and includes at least two probes and at least two batteries distributed between independent paths, for firing a squib. The distribution of batteries between i... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6775203 | Seismic seabed cable with sensor units A preferred seismic survey system includes a cable having a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes sensors for detecting acoustical energy (e.g., shear and/or pressure waves) and is disposed in a decoupling device that substantially acoustically uncouples the sensor ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6687186 | Sonobuoy deployment method A method of deploying sonobouys includes providing an airborne aircraft having a computer and a plurality of sonobouys; making a contact with a submarine; determining a position of the submarine, a position error of the submarine and a speed of the submar... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6667934 | Digital sonar transducer A sonar system, and a digital sonar transducer for use with the inventive system, in which transmitter and receiver circuitry are remote to the sonar display unit. In a preferred embodiment the digital sonar transducer includes: a housing; an acoustic tra... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6597631 | Compact expandable platform using material memory for sensor deployment An expandable platform for deploying sensors in a medium includes a housing and a structural member disposed inside the housing. A releasable restraint is connected to the structural member. Multiple arms are connected to the structural member. Each arm i... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6577556 | Free-floating altitude stabilized system A free-floating altitude stabilized system is provided. Independently energizable wire coils are linearly aligned with one another in a vertical direction on a buoyant body. An induced magnetic field is generated by any of the wire coils that are energize... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6498767 | Cruise missile deployed sonar buoy A sonar buoy adapted to be deployed by a cruise missile. This sonar buoy includes a flotation device for keeping a portion of the buoy afloat, a hydrophone, a transmitter for communicating contact and position information and releasable means for attachin... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6400645 | Sonobuoy apparatus Sonobuoy apparatus which fits into an A sized canister for use in the water environment. The apparatus includes an array of telescopic arms connected by hinges to a housing which contains receiver transducer electronics. An acoustic projector bears agains... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6380889 | Reconnaissance sonde A reconnaissance sonde to be dropped and erected in an area for wirelessly transmitting data to a data processing apparatus. The sonde includes a housing having top and bottom portions; a parachute disposed at the top housing portion; a plurality of suppo... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6134183 | Under-ice surveillance buoy An air-launched sonobuoy, particularly useful for under-ice surveillance, rries a descent-retardation parachute whose lanyards activate a surface float during descent. Upon impact into an ice region, a slip-rod is jarred loose from the cannister top thus ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6097668 | Component deployment means for ice penetrating acoustics communication relay system In an air-delivered, ice-penetrating, acoustic communications package, me are provided to ensure that subsurface electronic components are safely deployed under the ice layer. The package comprises a shaped penetrator probe and a separable, interconnecte... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6026056 | Method and apparatus for reducing the effect of rough sea surface conditions on marine seismic sources A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a multiple-element marine seismic pulse generating source in rough sea surface conditions. The method first determines the shape of the path along which the elements are traveling at the point in tim... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5973994 | Surface launched sonobuoy A sonobuoy device for tracking and targeting submarines. The sonobuoy dev comprises a sonobuoy having aft and forward sections interconnected with each other, fin means mounted on the aft section for flight stabilization of the device during travel above... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5963506 | Low flow noise sonobuoy suspension system A low flow noise sonobuoy suspension system having a surface float, a sussion cable having a compliant portion, a bridle, a hydrophone, a mechanical cable, a terminal weight, and a drogue. The hydrophone is located within the bridle and is attached to th... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5951346 | Air-delivered position marking device and method An air-deliverable global positioning system (GPS) position marking device nd method involves the operations of providing an air-deliverable GPS position marking device, launching the device into flight through the air to a desired location, arming the dev... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5577942 | Station keeping buoy system The present invention relates to a buoy system capable of maintaining a b in a fixed position on the ocean or another body of water without the use of an anchoring device. The buoy system includes a navigation control system for determining the position ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5555518 | Depth sensing expendable oceanographic probes An expendable oceanographic probe includes a body having a weighted nose section and an after body having a tail for stabilization. A spool of wire is paid out through the tail of the after body for coupling to a data acquisition system. The expendable oc... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5432750 | Vertical array deployment device A deployment system is disclosed for deploying a vertical, sub-surface bud, underwater acoustic sensor array in the ocean which includes a mechanical load transfer and cable separation mechanism which is embodied as a rigid triangular member. The vertica... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5418757 | Long life battery operated acoustic underwater buoy release system A battery operated system 20 responds to coded acoustic signals 15 for releasing a buoyed housing from an underwater anchor 21 to carry a retrieval line attached to a retrievable underwater object to the water surface. A novel tethering mechanism 26 is pr... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5398214 | Pressure responsive clasp An underwater acoustic surveillance system for obtaining data related to nd sources of interest in a large geographic area over long periods. A number of acoustic sensors are dropped from an aircraft for placement on the bottom of the sea at known locati... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5319376 | Arctic submarine buoy and application methods An improved ice penetrating arctic buoy for release from a submarine submerged under a layer of ice includes a Global Positioning System navigational processor receiver and/or a Emergency Position Information Radio Beacon and/or surveillance apparatus, an... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5283767 | Autonomous oceanographic profiler There is disclosed a portable free drifting oceanographic instrument package for cyclically collecting oceanic and/or fresh water environmental data over a range of depths. The instrument includes, in combination, a submersible housing having mounted ther... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5224074 | Sonobuoy for forming virtual vertical sensing arrays A sonobuoy for forming a plurality of virtual vertical arrays, the sonobuoy aving means for receiving and expelling water to cause said sonobuoy automatically to descend and rise in a water environment, whereby to form sequentially a plurality of virtual v... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5197036 | Sonar array mounting for sonobuoy A sonobuoy comprises a sonar array mounted on arms 2 that are pivotally connected to a central support 3 and housed by an outer housing 1. Upon entry of the sonobuoy into water a float 8 is deployed which since it is connected to the central support 3 by ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5184328 | Underwater release mechanism An underwater acoustic release system includes a buoyed member with an attached line that is released from a preselected underwater location using an acoustic signal that activates a heating element to melt a volume of wax or like meltable substance. The ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5097451 | Radial damper disk A motion dampening device is described that is efficiently and conveniently ackaged with sonobuoy components to reduce the effects of vertical motion caused by surface waves or internal buoyant forces. A plurality of spring steel spokes connected by sectio... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5088067 | Water-activated sonobuoy system A water-activated sonobuoy system is provided to release a plurality of sle, water-activated sound sources into a water environment. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of water-impenetrable tubes are attached and sealed at one end to a float and ar... | 02/11/1992 |
