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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:
Jun. 06, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W Ouellette, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 340-9 ; 343710 ; 343880 ; 343915 ;
Abstract
An array of sonar transducers enclosed within a flexible webbing and having spring members located between the transducers for urging the transducers against the webbing to provide a rigid structure which secures the transducers in their positions in the array. The webbing is stowed in spaces between the transducers with the array being in a compressed attitude and secured within an outer canister to permit air dropping of the array into the ocean.