Texas Research International, Inc.

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Joseph S Thornton

Christopher Pearson Thornton

Shawn Lawrence Arnett

Edward Dale Golla

The use of a pressure compensation system and composite polymer materials results in a new type of outboard sensor assembly, of the type used to monitor the status and location of towed array systems from boats. The inventive system is lower in cost, easier to manufacture in quantity, lighter weight, less likely to leak, and with a lower failure rate than conventional systems. The pressure compensation system makes use of a two (or more) phase slurry system to provide temperature compensation.

Expansion coefficient balancing in pressure compensation systems

The use of a pressure compensation system and composite polymer materials results in a new type of outboard sensor assembly, of the type used to monitor the status and location of towed array systems from boats. The inventive system is lower in cost, easier to manufacture in quantity, lighter weight, less likely to leak, and with a lower failure rate than conventional systems.

Pressure compensated composite polymer outboard sensor assembly

A light weight apparatus for sampling a gas mixture, especially a gas under pressure, in order to ascertain the extent of contamination in said mixture, including gaseous, liquid and solid contaminants. The apparatus includes in combination a filter means to capture a sample of the solid particulates and the vapor and a means to capture a representative sample of pressurized gas. A novel fitting in which two hypodermic needles are embedded is operatively connected to the pressurized gas at one of its ends and to a sampling tube at the other of its ends. A modified fitting is used to obtain a sample of the ambient atmosphere if this is desired.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Joseph S Thornton