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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:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1971
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhard Leisterer, Bremen, DE;
Dietrich Muller, Achim, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 340 / ; 340 / ;
Abstract
An improved sonar system of the type wherein a plurality of acoustical beams are transmitted with directional characteristics which are simultaneously swept over adjacent sectors of the observation area. The transmitting directional characteristics of each pair of adjacent sectors are swept or pivoted over their respectively associated sectors in a continuous manner and in opposite directions so that they leave and reach the common borderline between the sectors at the same instant of time.