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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Fnv Ip B.v., Leidschendam, NL;
Chad Pastor, Lafayette, LA (US);
FNV IP B.V., Leidschendam, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a towed sensing apparatus for underwater profiling. The apparatus includes a sensor array including one or more sound velocity sensors for determining vertical water column profile information. A sensor housing portion can include a receptacle for receiving the sensor array, the receptacle including one or more apertures for providing water flow to the sensor array during subsurface deployment of the apparatus. A coupling mechanism can be provided to removably couple the sensor array within the receptacle by coupling the sensor array to an inner surface of the receptacle. The weighted nose portion can be coupled to the sensor housing portion and can have a greater mass than a second end of the towed sensing apparatus opposite from the first end. One or more hydrodynamic surfaces can extend radially from the towed sensing apparatus and can be arranged to exert a respective force when the apparatus is deployed.