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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:
Aug. 21, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W Ouellette, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 / ; 102 376 ;
Abstract
A launching tube accommodates sonobuoys of differing lengths for individually launching the sonobuoys. Compressed gas modules located between the sonobuoys are individually activated by electrical signals to expel respective sonobuoys from the launching tube. Electrical contacts on the modules engage electrically conducting guides on the inner surface of the launching tube whereby the electrical signals are communicated individually to respective ones of the modules.