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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:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S Manthy, East Windsor, CT (US);
R Norris Keeler, McLean, VA (US);
Kirk Daniels, West Suffield, CT (US);
Patrick L Renehan, Laurel, MD (US);
Anthony R Wells, The Plains, VA (US);
Assignee:
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ; G01S / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342 54 ; 358103 ; 367 88 ; 114 212 ; 114 213 ; 89-154 ; 342 25 ; 342 62 ; 342 13 ; 342 68 ;
Abstract
An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platform which carries an imaging lidar system for detection and is operated and navigationally controlled in conjunction with an imaging lidar system.