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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
John Carcone, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Domenic F. Napolitano, Barrington, RI (US);
John Carcone, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Domenic F. Napolitano, Barrington, RI (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) shipboard launcher system, which comprises a deployment device and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) launcher. The UUV launcher includes a frame, a canister coupler to facilitate coupling of a communication line canister of a UUV to the launcher, and a UUV coupling device supported about the frame to releasably secure the UUV to the launcher. The UUV launcher also includes an arming pin engagement feature supported about the frame, and operable to engage an arming pin of the UUV upon being secured to the launcher, as well as a separation device supported about the frame and adapted to force the UUV away from the UUV launcher upon release of the UUV by the UUV coupling device, which separation may function to remove the arming pin and arm the UUV.