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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:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David R Porter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
SCI Industries, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-312 ; 114 212 ; 102504 ; 242171 ; 242172 ;
Abstract
Fiber-optic cable is wound on a cylindrical bobbin without adhesive and is situated in the vehicle so that the cable, attached to a relatively stationary control computer station, is pulled freely off of the bobbin as the vehicle, such as a missile or torpedo, travels rapidly away from the station. In one embodiment, a propulsion engine is located within the hollow interior of the bobbin and the cable flows outwardly in a helix around the plume of the engine.