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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Michael T. Ansay, Johnston, RI (US);
Harry Zervas, Lincoln, RI (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Ansay, Johnston, RI (US);
Harry Zervas, Lincoln, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/28 (2006.01); B63G 8/30 (2006.01); F41F 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a capsule sized to contain a weapon for launching and to withstand depth pressures. A telescoping nose section of the capsule, normally unextended around the weapon, extends at launch along a longitudinal axis of the capsule to provide the buoyancy used to lift the capsule out of a stored state and to ascent the capsule towards the surface. Once the surface is reached, a nose cone of the capsule is jettisoned to allow the weapon to exit the capsule.