Bellmouth Exit Angle Adapter

Abstract

The present invention comprises a bellmouth adapter assembly for deploying and retrieving a towed array from a vessel that includes a bellmouth having a rearwardly extending tubular member with an axial centerline, and a distal first flange member extending outwardly from the tubular member, the first flange member having a first inner curved surface. The adapter has a second flange member which is concentrically superimposed over and fixed to the first flange member and has a * second inner curved surface. This second curved surface is selected so that its bend radius is larger than the bend radius of the first inner curved surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 1998
Accession Number
ADD019269

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Assembly
  • Cables
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Connectors
  • Inventions
  • Military Research
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Sonar Arrays
  • Submarines
  • Towed Arrays
  • Towed Sonar
  • Transverse
  • United States

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  • Electrical Engineering