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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Louis E Sansone, 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 ...
H04R / ; B65C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367149 ; 356358 ; 29594 ; 428 3691 ; 156156 ; 156173 ; 156293 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a removable air mandrel for use in manufuring towed sonar arrays. The removable air mandrel is used to position hydrophone mandrels and has an inflatable tubular structure which includes expansion limiters. The expansion limiters are preferably fibers incorporated into the tubular structure. A process for using the removable air mandrel to assemble a towed sonar array is also disclosed.