Apparatus and method of radio communication from a submerged underwater vehicle
US5379034A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B13/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device and method for communicating from an underwater vehicle by surfag an antenna in a towed buoy without surfacing the underwater vehicle. The underwater vehicle has control circuitry and sensors allowing the control circuitry to receive data from sensors measuring velocity, acceleration, distance to bottom, depth of vehicle, and ambient acoustic noise. The buoy is towed behind the vehicle on a tether having insulated wires therethrough which link the antenna to the vehicle. The buoy is positively buoyant.
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