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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Patrick J. Monahan, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
Patrick J. Monahan, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A combination transducer and water-blocking film for acoustic signaling through ambient water. The water-blocking film has an etched fluoropolymer film and adjacent bonding film interposed between the transducer and the water. Potting material extends adjacent to and is bonded to both sides of the water-blocking film. The film and potting material create an acoustic window. The etched fluoropolymer film is approximately one to two thousandths inch thick and the bonding film is approximately one thousandths inch thick, and the potting material is a polyurethane matrix.