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US 5625605Tier 3 — General Defense

FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE TOWED ARRAY

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE

Filed

Sep 13, 1983

Granted

Apr 29, 1997

Location

PORTSMOUTH RI US

Abstract

A fiber optic bundle towed line array having a central strength member and plurality of longitudinal optical fibers spaced around the bundle near the array outer circumference. Each fiber has at least one in-line intensity modulated optical fiber hydrophone inserted at different preselected locations therealong. Patting material is molded around and embeds the optical fibers and the strength member so as to form a small diameter integral array unit.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jul 11, 1986

Rescinded

Aug 1, 1996

Duration

10 years

Inventor

  • 1EDMUND J. SULLIVAN

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