UNDERWATER LAUNCHED CARRIER
Assignee
SIPPICAN OCEAN SYSTEMS, INC.
Filed
Jan 24, 1975
Granted
Sep 10, 1991
Location
MA US
Abstract
An assembly capable of being launched from a submarine to carry into seawater an element responsive to a property of the water to be measured, comprising a carrier member coupled to the element, a lifting body shaped to provide hydrodynamic lift, a tether for mechanically connecting the lifting body to the submarine, the lifting body and the tether being constructed and arranged so that the lifting body, when connected to a moving submarine, will move through the water at a distance above the submarine, a supply of electrically conductive cable connected to the element and stored at least in part by the lifting body for payout to accommodate movement of the submarine relative to the member, and releasable coupling means for holding the member and the lifting body together during their launch from the submarine and thereafter releasing the lifting body from the member.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Aug 25, 1982
Rescinded
May 6, 1991
Duration
8 years, 8 months
Inventor
- 1JOHN L. LAYPORT
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5046359
- Application
- 05543691
- Aerospace match
- No
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records