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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1992
Laurent C Bissonnette, Narragansett, RI (US);
Scott D Boyd, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Jeffrey R Milburn, Providence, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An elastomeric impulse energy storage and transfer system comprising an amulator body of elastomeric material, the body having an opening at a base portion thereof, the body having in elevation a frusto-ellipsoidal configuration, and the body taken along a sectional plane parallel with the base portion having an ellipsoidal configuration, the body being adapted to receive and discharge fluid through the opening, the body being expandable and contractible in response to receiving and discharging, respectively, the fluid, the body being adapted to retain the frusto-ellipsoidal and ellipsoidal configurations when in an expanded condition, and a submarine projectile launch system having the accumulator body as a component thereof.