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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benoit G Gauthier, Little Compton, RI (US);
Dawn M Vaillancourt, Tiverton, RI (US);
Stephen J Plunkett, North Hampton, NH (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114312 ; 114 / ; 114357 ;
Abstract
A submarine hull has integrally defined fuel tankage tubes surrounding an ner skin, and a structural foam core in the interstitial annular space not occupied by the tubing. An outer skin completes the structure, both inner and outer skins are of composite construction.