Assignee
Filed
Jul 20, 1970
Granted
Mar 29, 1994
Location
LYNN HAVEN FL US
Abstract
A torpedo countermeasure decoy which produces and broadcasts signals that e usually more attractive to a homing torpedo than those emanating from its intended target. Timely reset staircase generators combined with timely opened and closed gates generate stairstep signals which are added by a summing amplifier to produce a programmed composite signal thereof. A bank of voltage-controlled oscillators are driven by said composite signal in such a manner as to produce a predetermined plurality of discrete frequency signals within a predetermined plurality of consecutive but separated frequency bands within a given frequency spectrum, all of which are then effectively broadcast within the aqueous medium in the ambient environment of the torpedo's intended target--that is, the vessel to be protected.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Jul 22, 1982
Rescinded
Sep 1, 1993
Duration
11 years, 1 month
Inventor
- 1PHILIP K. WHITE
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5299171
- Application
- 05062782
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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