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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
David A. Kitchin, Laurel, MD (US);
Charles W. Kerechanin, Ii, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Charles B. Cooperman, Highland, MD (US);
Juan I. Arvelo, Jr., Dayton, MD (US);
Ronald W. Mitnick, Baltimore, MD (US);
David A. Kitchin, Laurel, MD (US);
Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Charles B. Cooperman, Highland, MD (US);
Juan I. Arvelo, Jr., Dayton, MD (US);
Ronald W. Mitnick, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A hydrophone assembly includes at least four hydrophone units for converting an acoustic signal to an electrical signal, the hydrophone units being in a parallel, cylindrically symmetric spaced spatial relationship with each other, and at least one spacer element to maintain the hydrophone units fixed in the spatial relationship to each other, wherein the hydrophone units and spacer element are embedded in an encapsulant to form an elongated, flexible body.