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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:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
May. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harvey C Woodsum, Bedford, NH (US);
Joseph J Stapleton, Norton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sonetech Corporation, Bedford, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 92 ;
Abstract
A sonar system has at least two separated bottom-mounted acoustic modules, each module including a projector for generating horizontal sound beam, a vertical line receive array for monostatic and bistatic detection, and a high frequency, upward-directed transducer for providing a steerable vertical beam to ensure full water column coverage by the use of surface reflections to minimize shadowing caused by high relief bottom topography.