COMPONENT DEPLOYMENT MEANS FOR ICE PENETRATING ACOUSTICS COMMUNICATION RELAY SYSTEM
Assignee
Filed
Jul 2, 1976
Granted
Aug 1, 2000
Location
MD US
Abstract
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, interconnected sonobuoy system having a buoyant, signal transmitting section, a buoyant, signal converting section and subsurface signal detecting components. The subsurface components are housed within a canister extractable from the aft end of the probe and connected to the afterbody by a heavy-duty shock cord coupled with a lighter connecting cord. After ice penetration, the antenna section, afterbody and probe separate, with the antenna section and after-body remaining above the ice/water interface. The probe descends, paying out the shock cord to extract the component canister. The canister separates and the components are deployed full depth via the connecting cable.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Dec 18, 1981
Rescinded
Apr 11, 2000
Duration
18 years, 3 months
Inventor
- 1WAYNE J. HOPKINS
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 6097668
- Application
- 05703047
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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