Ships – Towing or pushing
Patent
1996-08-22
1997-10-07
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Towing or pushing
114244, 114249, 114253, B63B 2166
Patent
active
056736444
ABSTRACT:
A tri-joint coupling for enabling the streaming and retrieving of a towed ray system having a single towcable and multiple towed array lines without disconnecting the lines from the towcable. The system is capable of being used on state-of-the-art inboard submarine handling systems. The tri-joint coupling is circular in cross-section at the single towcable end and elliptical in cross-section at the multiple towed array line end. The elliptical end of the coupling has three coupling inserts that are circular in cross-section and have electrical/optical connectors that connect individual electrical/optical conductors on the cable side to individual electrical/optical conductors on the multiple array side.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2979015 (1961-04-01), Estes
patent: 5447453 (1995-09-01), Smith et al.
Geer Roger H.
Norris Roger P.
Vanasse Robert D.
Basinger Sherman
Kasischke James M.
Lall Prithvi C.
McGowan Michael J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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