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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:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest Theodore Bick, Newhall, CA (US);
Merrill E. Fife, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Scott A. Hudson, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
L3 Communications Corporation, Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 ;
Abstract
A compact, modular sonar assembly for use on the bow of a ship having separate transmitting and receive arrays confined within a single acoustic housing. The narrow and compact design fits much better into the hydrodynamically desirable bulbous bow deign than the typical bow dome sonar design and achieves good performance at a low cost with reduced size and weight.