Snap Load Suppression System.

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Abstract:

This patent application discloses a relatively short cable connected to a surface vessel with an underwater vehicle such that the cable does not assume a linear or straight path, but is instead provided with an arcuate shape to avoid snap loads in the cable. Floatation devices are secured to spaced locations on the cable to provide this non-linear cable configuration. The devices are balloons that exert restoring forces on the cable as required to avoid snap loads as the surface vessel heaves up and down due to wave action or the like

Author(s):
Ruffa, Anthony A.
Author Organization(s):
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Patent Application, Filed 1 Oct 93,
Pagination:
0011

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
PAT-APPL-130405
Monitor Series:
ONR
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6_Net Centric
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*CABLES, *UNDERWATER VEHICLES, *PATENT APPLICATIONS, *CONNECTORS, *BOATS, BALLOONS, CONFIGURATIONS, PATHS, SHAPE, SURFACES, UNDERWATER, VEHICLES, SHIPS, OCEAN SURFACE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Information Science, Machinery and Tools, Marine Engineering, Physical and Dynamic Oceanography, Submarine Engineering
Keyword(s):
Snap load suppression system, Flotation devices, Surface vessel, Arcuate shapes, Snap loads, Non linear cable configuration
Report Date:
1993 Oct 01