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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:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
G Clifford Carter, Waterford, CT (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367173 ; 367153 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a sonar system comprising a platform, axially extendable supts projecting from the platform, a flexible cable array deployed from the platform means through said support means, and an acoustic detector connected to the flexible cable. By increasing the physical aperture of the sonar system, performance is enhanced.