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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:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
May. 04, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S Ferris, Annapolis, MD (US);
Rosario Gulino, Severna Park, MD (US);
Robert F Mons, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114 / ; 114 / ;
Abstract
A torpedo having a nose section wherein the entire nose section is of a porous material. The volume behind the nose is divided into a plurality of annular chambers and a fluid delivery system provides filtered sea water to the chambers for expulsion through the porous nose. The filtered water passing over the nose and torpedo body is at a rate to alter the trajectory of any particulate matter that would tend to destabilize laminar boundary layer operation.