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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:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
George A Gilmour, Severna Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356361 ; 73655 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic sonar system wherein first and second optical fibers are wound on a common mandrel and provided with a light energy beam. An acoustic signal differentially varies the index of refraction of the optical fibers to result in an interference pattern dependent upon the frequency of the received acoustic signal or signals. The apparatus is operable to form one or more hollow conical receiver beams.