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Air-deliverable, ice-penetrating sonobuoy
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Inventors: Feltz, Louis V.; Reece, Eric W.; Young, Clarence W.;
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
Primary Examiner: Pihulic; Daniel T.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGowan; Michael J., Lall; Prithvi C.
An air-deliverable, ice-penetrating sonobuoy vehicle has three-parts--a ptrator, instrument compartment, and antenna sphere. The parts are connected by frangible couplings which allow separation of the parts upon impact with the surface. The penetrator has a biconic nose-tip which forms a cavity in the ice, having a diameter only slightly larger than the diameter of the penetrator. When the larger diameter instrument compartment contacts the surface, frontal loadings will sever a frangible joint and thereby separate the penetrator from the instrument compartment. The antenna sphere, which has an even larger diameter, will separate from the instrument compartment in a like manner, except for an electrical connection. The antenna shpere has an eccentric ballast and will remain on the surface, transmitting signals from a hydrophone which is automatically released from the instrument compartment. The sonobuoy can also be used in open water. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
An air-deliverable sonobuoy comprising; a penetrator; an instrument housing having a maximum width greater than the maximum width of the penetrator; an antenna housing having a maximum width greater than the maximum width of the instrument housing; means for normally connecting said penetrator to said instrument housing and said instrument housing to said antenna housing, and responsive to impact forces on said instrument housing and antenna housing to allow separation of said penetrator, instrument housing and antenna housing; and means originally mounted within the sonobuoy for receiving and transmitting signals.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 1 wherein said penetrator includes a biconic, pentrating nose-tip located at one end of said penetrator.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 2 wherein the antenna housing comprises two hemispherical shells joined together to form a spherical housing, one of said shells being heavier than the other.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 3 wherein one hemispherical shell is made of polyurethane foam and the other of aluminum.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 4 wherein the outer shape of the instrument housing is frusto-conical, and the remainder of the penetrator connected to the nose-tip is cylindrical.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 1 wherein the antenna housing comprises two hemispherical shells joined together to form a spherical housing, one of said shells being heavier than the other.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 6 wherein one hemispherical shell is made of polyurethane foam and the other of aluminum.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 7 wherein the outer shape of the instrument housing is frusto-conical and the part of the penetrator beyond the nose-tip is cylindrical.
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The air-deliverable sonobuoy of claim 1 further including a nose-tip connected to one end of said penetrator, said nose-tip having a conical leading portion and a frusto-conical rear portion, the base angle of the conical portion being smaller than the base angle of the frusto-conical rear portion
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