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7623409 Array plate apparatus having tunable isolation characteristics  
An apparatus having an array plate and an isolation section joined to the perimetrical edge of the plate. The isolation section has a plurality of isolation layers and a plurality of intermediate...
7596054 Suppressed feature waveform for modulated sonar transmission  
A suppressed feature waveform sonar transmission is produced by modulating a carrier wave with a baseband waveform that is generated from a known pulse sequence. A waveform embodiment of the pulse...
7263028 Composite acoustic attenuation materials  
The present invention provides means of enhancing the acoustic attenuation and vibration damping of a material by (1) embedding a plurality of small particles of either a high characteristic...
7257048 Countermeasure system and method to emulate target with spatial extent  
An acoustic countermeasure system comprises a plurality of individual countermeasure devices which act in concert to emulate a target with spatial extent. The individual countermeasure devices may...
7219612 Naval ship decoy  
A method for defeating or reducing the effectiveness of efforts to detect, track or target a naval vessel by means of its characteristic underwater and electrical fields. In this method, a wave...
7218571 Magnetically driven underwater pulse generator  
An apparatus and method for magnetically generating an underwater high pressure pulse of sufficient strength to destroy underwater threats utilizes a pair of electrically conductive elements. The...
7020044 Apparatus for producing gaseous vapor baffle  
An apparatus that produces a gaseous vapor baffle that isolates an undersea sonar system from acoustic noise. The apparatus allows for craft carrying undersea sonar systems to travel at relatively...
6934217 Countermeasure threat emulator and method  
A system and method is disclosed for a countermeasure threat emulator (CME) provided in a tubular housing that may be launched from a submarine or ship. The CME electronics include a CPU board for...
6744694 Gaseous cavity for forward-looking sonar quieting  
A sonar quieting system for a forward-looking sonar array is provided. The sonar quieting system includes a cavitator for forming an envelope, a strut for supporting the cavitator to a marine...
6600694 Digital signal processor based torpedo counter-measure  
A system for producing a decoy to enable a target to avoid a homing torpedo that uses a sonar ping signal for homing in on the target comprises a transducer that operates in a receive mode in which...
6567341 Boom system and its use to attenuate underwater sound or shock wave transmission  
The present invention relates to methods of attenuating underwater transmission of sound or shock waves as well as boom systems designed for such use. The boom system is characterized by a material...
6547733 Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method using Golay codes with orthogonal property  
Ultrasound images are obtained using a set of Golay codes with orthogonal property as ultrasound receiving and transmitting signals. Ultrasound signals having a plurality of codes are transmitted...
6542109 Autonomous off-board defensive aids system  
There is provided an autonomous off-board defensive aids system ( 100 ) for use with a host craft ( 102 ), for example, with combat aircraft or submarines. More particularly, the host craft ( 102 )...
6496447 Target simulation system  
A target simulation system is used to simulate a target, such as a submarine, for testing of homing projectiles, such as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedoes. The target simulation system...
6473364 High frequency acoustic float for the versatile mine system  
The high frequency response of a versatile exercise mine system that emulates potentially threatening mines is extended by an acoustic float system. A watertight housing is buoyed upward from the...
6442104 Underwater background-acoustics synthesizer system and method  
A synthesizer and method for the generation of underwater background acoustic signals employs digital signal generation and processing in a multiplexed format. The synthesized digital signals...
6381196 Sintered viscoelastic particle vibration damping treatment  
A damping entity comprises a matrix of plural viscoelastic particles, typically between 0.05 in and 0.5 in in size, which slightly and fixedly contact one another. The particles generally bond with...
6341101 Launchable countermeasure device and method  
A launchable countermeasure device and method is disclosed that may be selectively operated to produce one or more of a plurality of countermeasure techniques. The device is compatible with...
6256263 Acoustic sensing countermeasure device and method of determining a threat direction  
An acoustic sensing countermeasure device is used to sense the direction of a threat projectile or vehicle in addition to countering the threat with noise or interference signals. Countermeasure...
6252822 Countermeasure device with air bag hover system and pressure compensated acoustic projectors  
A countermeasure device which is supplied with air in order to actively compensate for external water pressure at any depth, is disclosed. The countermeasure includes an air bag hover system and...
6222794 Underwater noise generator actuated by magneto-inductive/acoustic signals  
An underwater noise generator has a submerged housing containing a receiver section responsive to remotely originating acoustic signals or magneto-inductive signals in the ELF to VLF range. The...
6185156 Underwater acoustic impulse source  
An acoustic transmission in an underwater environment having a spectrum (amplitude/frequency signature) of interest is generated by cyclically releasing energy which forms impulses which...
6069840 Mechanically coupled helmholtz resonators for broadband acoustic attenuation  
A plurality of Helmholtz resonators with varying physical characteristics are mechanically coupled within a structure to drastically reduced acoustic transmission through the structure or along a...
6052332 Countermeasure flexible line array  
A countermeasure buoy for use in an underwater environment includes a main ody portion, a propulsion portion, a hull section, and an acoustical array. The main body portion includes a first end and...
5999491 Low frequency underwater sound source  
An acoustic generating system is described incorporating a bubble generator (1) for forming pressurised gas bubbles and directing the bubbles in a plume from an outlet (7), and a low frequency...
5949738 Sonar target simulation  
Sonar echoes of length s/c (cos θ i +cos θ r )+T are slated by transmitting properly timed replicas of an illuminating signal from a number of projectors spaced along a cable of target length s....
5822271 Submarine portable very low frequency acoustic augmentation system  
A very low frequency augmentation system consists of a mobile target very w frequency projector (VLFP) adapted for operation as an augmentation device and installed within a torpedo shell housing....
5787048 Ship wake signature suppression  
A method is presented to reduce the quantity of microbubbles having diameters of approximately 1000 microns or less in seawater as a means of ship wake signature suppression. Ultrasonic acoustic...
5777947 Apparatuses and methods for sound absorption using hollow beads loosely contained in an enclosure  
A sound absorption device in accordance with this invention includes an enclosure loosely containing hollow beads. Preferably, the hollow beads have openings, and differ with respect to the volume...
5754491 Multi-technology acoustic energy barrier and absorber  
A multi-technology acoustic energy barrier and absorber is disclosed that employs the teaching of U.S. Pat. No. 5,400,296 for a matrix material with at least two species of particles with differing...
5745434 Acoustic absorption or damping material with integral viscous damping  
Acoustic absorption or vibration damping materials are produced by mixing at least two species of particles into a restricted amount of matrix material in order to produce an acoustic absorption or...
5721711 Apparatus and method for producing inverse bubbles  
An apparatus and method for producing inverse bubbles is disclosed. One embodiment of such apparatus includes a first solution in a container and a second solution in a reservoir above the...
5712805 Noise diagnostic system  
A method for reconstructing the acoustic field on the surface of a vibrating object based on measurements of the radiated acoustic pressure includes solving the Helmholtz equation directly using...
5706249 Panel spacer with acoustic and vibration damping  
A panel spacer is disclosed that enhances the natural damping characteristics of the material used for construction. The spacer is shaped to redirect acoustic and vibrational energy into a...
5689474 Digital frequency synthesizer  
There is disclosed a digital frequency synthesizer which converts an ultrnic burst from an echo-ranging sonar system into a continuous signal having a frequency exactly equal to the frequency of...
5635662 Method and apparatus for avoiding detection by a threat projectile  
A method and apparatus for use by a personnel in combat unit to assess in bstantially real-time the threat to a combat unit posed by one or more threat projectiles. A command and control system...
5526324 Acoustic absorption and damping material with piezoelectric energy dissipation  
Acoustic absorption and vibration damping materials are produced by mixing electrically conductive particles or strands into a piezoelectric matrix material. The electrically conductive particles...
5513149 Sound damping arrangement  
Underwater sound from a marine vessel driven by one or more propellers is damped by introducing air and/or other gas into the vessel's propeller flow(s) so that the turbulence of the propeller...
5444668 Anechoic and decoupling coating  
An anechoic and decoupling coating for use on the surface of an underwater tructure for decoupling structural vibrations from the water and for absorbing waterborne acoustic waves directed toward...
5420825 Noise control composite  
A composite for use on submarines and surface craft for controlling self-erated noise when listening with sonar. The composite includes two layers of PVF 2 transducers separated by a layer of...
5408439 Monolithic construction of waveguide tubes  
A method and apparatus for acoustic energy cancellation in waveguide tube assemblies which enables monolithic construction thereof.
5400296 Acoustic attenuation and vibration damping materials  
A means of enhancing the acoustic attenuation and vibration damping of a material by embedding high characteristic acoustic impedance particles, low characteristic acoustic impedance particles, or...
5394376 Method and apparatus for acoustic attenuation  
An apparatus for reducing acoustic radiation from an enclosure containing a fluid includes one or more vibration sensors in communication with surfaces of the enclosure. The vibration sensors feed...
5381381 Far field acoustic radiation reduction  
A system and method are provided to reduce a structure's far field acoustic adiation signature. A plurality of acoustic sensors are positioned in the acoustic near field of the structure for...
5365490 Method and system for reducing drag on a body moving through a fluid medium  
A method of detecting the onset of turbulence in connection with a body mng through a fluid medium and of reducing body drag and as well reducing the amount of drag noise radiated from the body....
5359574 Electromagnetically activated compliant wavy-wall  
Electromagnets are disposed in an elastomeric coating affixed to a body esed to a fluid. Controllable magnetic forces created by the electromagnets produce a wavy-wall configuration in the surface...
5341343 Underwater explosive acoustic signature device  
An explosive actuated acoustic device emits sound to be used in torpedo countermeasures. Numbered devices are delivered over an extended area and sink through the water. The devices are actuated at...
5337288 Acoustic and vibration attenuation composite material  
The present invention relates to acoustic and vibration attenuation compoe material, particularly to damping tiles of the Type VI class 1, suitable for use in aircraft, ship and submarine...
5319608 Method and system for identifying the onset of a turbulent boundary layer induced by a body moving through a fluid medium  
A method of detect the onset of turbulence in connection with a body moving hrough a fluid medium. First, the body is supplied with sensors each for generating a signal suitable for measuring...
5301166 Remote control command system  
A remote control system protected against enemy take-over and particularly uited for the undersea control of acoustic decays and torpedoes. System includes dual electronics systems. Command signal...
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