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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:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A O'Connell, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340850 ; 114328 ;
Abstract
A device and method for communicating from an underwater vehicle by surfag an antenna in a towed buoy without surfacing the underwater vehicle. The underwater vehicle has control circuitry and sensors allowing the control circuitry to receive data from sensors measuring velocity, acceleration, distance to bottom, depth of vehicle, and ambient acoustic noise. The buoy is towed behind the vehicle on a tether having insulated wires therethrough which link the antenna to the vehicle. The buoy is positively buoyant.