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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:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Sullivan, Oakdale, CT (US);
Douglas G Dussault, Oakdale, CT (US);
Daniel Dinsmore, Jr, East Lyme, CT (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114244 ; 114124 ;
Abstract
A stabilizing device for an underwater towed body includes a keel attached o the bottom surface of the towed body to provide for any major correction for its rolling motion. Any finer correction of the rolling motion of the towed body is accomplished by moving horizontally a trim weight housed inside the towed body. The horizontal movement of the trim weight is controlled by the power applied to the electric motor which is determined by the rolling motion sensor.