Ships – Torpedoes – With external control
Patent
1996-08-22
1997-07-08
Carone, Michael J.
Ships
Torpedoes
With external control
89 111, 340850, F41F 310, F41F 500, F42B 1946
Patent
active
056463669
ABSTRACT:
A communications system of an underwater defense system is decoupled from unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) when the UUV is deployed under the surface of the water. A housing attached to the UUV has a communications wire spooled therein with a first end of the wire coupled to the UUV. Once underwater, the housing separates from the UUV causing the communications wire to be paid out from the housing. As a result, a pulling force is applied to the housing via the communications wire. Communications electronics are coupled to a second end of the communications wire. The communications electronics includes an RF antenna switchably coupled to an RF receiver operating at a first frequency and to an RF transmitter operating at a second frequency. A buoy is coupled to the communications electronics to float same to the surface of the water such that the RF antenna breaks the surface of the water. A drag drogue depends from the housing to supply a drag force hat offsets the pulling force to maintain the buoy at the surface of the water and the RF antenna above the surface of the water.
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Carone Michael J.
Kasischke James M.
Lall Prithvi C.
Lattig Matthew J.
McGowan Michael J.
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