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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2022
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Sullivan, Encinitas, CA (US);
W Wayne Husband, III, San Diego, CA (US);
Kelly Moorleghem, Poway, CA (US);
Frank Chang, La Mesa, CA (US);
Brian Granger, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A towed array ballasting unit includes a canister, an internal bladder, an external bladder, a motor valve, fluid, a shroud, and printed circuit boards. The canister includes a head endcap and an aft endcap with the internal bladder located within and attached to an internal end of a fluid channel. An external bladder is located outside the canister and attached to an external end of the fluid channel. The motor valve is attached to the aft endcap of the canister and the internal end of fluid channel. The fluid moves between the internal bladder and external bladder via the fluid channel. The shroud forms a shell around the canister, external bladder, and a connector that connects the towed array ballasting system to an array tail. The printed circuit boards execute instructions provided by a computer.