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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Thales, Courbevoie, FR;

Inventors:

Vito Suppa, Sophia Antipolis, FR;

Michel Ricard, Sophia Antipolis, FR;

Assignee:

THALES, Courbevoie, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/06 (2006.01); B63B 21/16 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); G01V 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/66 (2013.01); B63B 21/16 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); G01V 1/201 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); B63B 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sonar device including a tow cable and a towed body elongate along a longitudinal axis from a first longitudinal end to a second longitudinal end. The towed body includes a plurality of electroacoustic transducers aligned along the longitudinal axis and is connected to the tow cable, so it is able, when it is towed and fully submerged, to be oriented along a vertical axis. At least one towed body is connected to the tow cable by a first hanger and a second hanger. First ends of the first and second hangers are connected to the tow cable and a second end of the first hanger is attached to the towed body at a first fixing point near the first longitudinal end and a second end of the second hanger is attached to the towed body at a second fixing point near the second longitudinal end.


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