Telescoping Buoyancy Capsule

Abstract

This patent application discloses a capsule sized to contain a weapon for launching and to withstand depth pressures. A telescoping nose section of the capsule, normally unextended around the weapon, extends at launch along a longitudinal axis of the capsule to provide the buoyancy used to lift the capsule out of a stored state and to ascent the capsule towards the surface. Once the surface is reached, a nose cone of the capsule is jettisoned to allow the weapon to exit the capsule.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 08, 2005
Accession Number
ADD020240

Entities

People

  • Michael T. Ansay

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Pressure
  • Annular Flow
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Buoyancy
  • Cylindrical Bodies
  • High Pressure
  • Inventions
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launching
  • Nose Cones
  • Noses
  • Packing Density
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Pressurization
  • Undersea Warfare

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster