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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Thayermahan, Inc., Mystic, CT (US);

Inventor:

Michael Joseph Connor, Mystic, CT (US);

Assignee:

THAYERMAHAN, INC., Mystic, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2006.01); B63B 21/62 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01); G01V 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63B 21/62 (2013.01); B63B 21/66 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/048 (2013.01); G05D 1/0875 (2013.01); B63B 2035/008 (2013.01); G01V 1/201 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); G01V 2001/207 (2013.01);
Abstract

The methods and devices described herein provide a sensor array positioning system that may allow a user to program a series of sensor array locations, depths and orientations into a control center, which therein commands two or more unmanned surface or submarine vehicles which positions one or more sensor arrays. The devices consist of at least two unmanned vehicles, two or more tow cables, a flexible sensor array comprising one or more sensors, and one or more buoyancy engines. The unmanned vehicles may consist of a master vehicle and one or more slave vehicles, wherein the master vehicle commands the one or more slave vehicles.


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