Submarine Countermeasure and Launch Assembly

Abstract

This patent application discloses a submarine countermeasure vehicle and launch assembly. The vehicle includes a forward end portion, an aft end portion provided with a propeller and fins, a hull portion extending between the forward and aft portions, the hull portion being circular in cross-section, and a thrust ring mounted on the fins and around the propeller, the thrust ring forming a convex configuration. The launch assembly includes a launch tube for retaining and launching the vehicle, a ram plate moveable in the launch tube to push the vehicle out an end of the launch tube, the ram plate having an engagement surface for contact with the thrust ring, the engagement surface being at least in part of a concave configuration. In a launch operation, the concave surface of the ram plate engages the convex configuration of the thrust ring.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 2005
Accession Number
ADD020237

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Doleski

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Bending Moments
  • Control Systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Curvature
  • Inventions
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launchers
  • Launching
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Submarine Hulls
  • Submarines
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Vehicles

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.