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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
G Clifford Carter, Waterford, CT (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A vessel, such as a submarine, has onboard sensor processing, display, and omputer control capability for an array of sensors deployed from the vessel. The array includes a plurality of cables containing numerous sensors on each cable. The cables are suspended vertically from a housing on reels that provide a convenient means for deployment and recovery of the array. A submersible means at the lower end of the cables includes active transducers, propulsion devices and control surfaces for orienting and driving the structure so as to maintain a speed and direction for this structure corresponding to that of the vessel.