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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Geospectrum Technologies Inc., Dartmouth, CA;

Inventors:

Janis Nams, Dartmouth, CA;

Dan Cunningham, Dartmouth, CA;

Paul Yeatman, Dartmouth, CA;

Bruce A. Armstrong, Dartmouth, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/42 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01); G01S 7/521 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/42 (2013.01); B63B 21/663 (2013.01); G01S 7/521 (2013.01); G01V 1/3826 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stable towable submersible device includes a rigid body that is towed at a positive pitch angle relative to the device's direction of motion. An acoustic projector housing extends vertically from the rigid body. When the rigid body rolls about its roll axis, which is tilted at the positive pitch angle, the acoustic projector rolls about the roll axis changing the acoustic projector's angle of attack relative to the direction of motion and generates a restoring force causing the acoustic projector to rotate back to a generally vertical orientation.


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