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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Roger E. Race, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Jacob C. Piskura, Fall River, MA (US);
David S. Sanford, Marion, MA (US);
Inventors:
Roger E. Race, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Jacob C. Piskura, Fall River, MA (US);
David S. Sanford, Marion, MA (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Marine North America, Inc., Walpole, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A towable antenna system is deployable and retrievable from and tetherable to an underwater vehicle while the underwater vehicle is submerged under water. An underwater vehicle having a towable antenna system is capable of communicating with one or more remote communication systems, the towable antenna system acting as an intermediary for communications between a submerged underwater vehicle and the one or more remote communication systems.