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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:
Apr. 22, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Jones, Pasadena, MD (US);
George A Gilmour, Severna Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367135 ; 367 88 ;
Abstract
A side looking sonar system having a transducer made up of a plurality of active transducer element sections lying along a line and wherein the element sections are relatively phased to provide for all range focusing and multiple beam formation. The element sections are longer in the middle of the transducer and reduce in length toward the ends of the transducer. In one case the line is an arc lying in a plane, with the plane having a certain depression angle.