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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Michael Jeffrey Greenfield, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Randall L. Mosten, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/14 (2021.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/02 (2021.01); B63B 22/06 (2006.01); G01K 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/146 (2013.01); B63B 22/003 (2013.01); B63B 22/06 (2013.01); G01K 1/026 (2013.01); G01K 1/26 (2013.01); G01K 2213/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bathythermograph buoy and an associated method of operation are provided to measure temperature and/or optionally other parameter(s) within an ocean or another body of water. A bathythermograph buoy includes a housing and one or more sensors carried by the housing and configured to repeatedly measure one or more respective parameters as the bathythermograph buoy descends. The bathythermograph buoy of one example also includes a memory carried by the housing and configured to store representations of the one or more respective parameters measured by the one or more sensors. The bathythermograph buoy further includes a buoyancy modification device configured to increase buoyancy of the bathythermograph buoy to permit the bathythermograph buoy to ascend.


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