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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Teledyne Instruments, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Douglas C. Webb, Falmouth, MA (US);
Mark Belcher, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Lawrence Bovie, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Robert Correllus, Attleboro, MA (US);
Andrew Elskamp, Cataumet, MA (US);
Hugh E. Fargher, Forestdale, MA (US);
Thomas Patterson, Bourne, MA (US);
Ernest Petzrick, Mashpee, MA (US);
David Pingal, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Daniel Ryan, Carver, MA (US);
Andrew Sealey, Plymouth, MA (US);
Clyde Streeter, West Barnstable, MA (US);
James Truman, East Falmouth, MA (US);
William Wallace, Duxbury, MA (US);
Steven Arruda, Westport, MA (US);
Robert G. Melvin, II, Sandwich, MA (US);
Thomas W. Altshuler, North Falmouth, MA (US);
Teledyne Instruments, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments a variable buoyancy profiling float is disclosed. The variable buoyancy profiling float may comprise a spherical glass housing comprising a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere. The first and second hemispheres may be coupled by a partial vacuum within the spherical glass housing. A buoyancy system may be located at least partially within the spherical glass housing. The buoyancy system may be configured to provide variable buoyancy control to the variable buoyancy profiling float. A sensor bundle may be mounted to the spherical glass housing and may be configured to measure at least one environmental parameter.