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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Don Myrton Duel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Helmut Carl Maiershofer, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9 8 / ; 340-2 ;
Abstract
A system for suspending underwater equipment at a predetermined depth below the surface; the system providing storage means for the equipment prior to deployment, protection for the equipment during deployment and stabilization of the equipment at a predetermined depth below the water surface after deployment. A subsystem of virtual masses and a vertically oriented 'window shade' drogue is deployed to provide stabilization of the equipment in both vertical and horizontal directions after deployment. Portions of the deployment package are subsequently utilized as part of the stabilization subsystem.