Accession Number:

AD1182462

Title:

Twistless Cable Deployment Device

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Patent Application]

Corporate Author:

NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIV NEWPORT RI

Personal Author(s):

• Ruffa, Anthony A
• ,

Report Date:

2022-09-29

Pagination or Media Count:

18

Abstract:

The present invention is a method and apparatus for joining a cable between a fixed component e.g., an equipment rack and a rotating component e.g., a winch. Accordingly, it is a primary object and general purpose of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method that can accommodate winch rotation while remaining connected to a fixed location, such as an equipment rack, without using a slipring or fiber optic rotary joint.

Descriptors:

• deployment
• optical fibers
• slip rings
• fibers
• rotation
• inventions
• arrays
• attorneys
• fiber optics
• rings
• synthetic fibers
• telemetry
• towed arrays
• undersea warfare
• diameters
• materials
• patent applications

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Defense Systems

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]