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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Craig V. Bruengger, Norwell, MA (US);
Todd E. Southard, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Craig V. Bruengger, Norwell, MA (US);
Todd E. Southard, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Inc., Braintree, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A winged body has a wing structure with at least two wings coupled to a body structure, each wing having a wing tip. The wings wrap around the body structure when in a stowed configuration within a launch tube, and the wings spring outward from the body structure to a deployed configuration when the winged body is removed from the launch tube. The wings can take deformed-deployed configurations when the winged body is towed at a relatively high speed through the water.