A deployment module according to the present application enables both compact stowage of a sensor array and expansion of the sensor array into a three-dimensional volumetric array shape that enables improved directionality of the sensors during operation. The deployment module includes a support shell that is configured to retain a cable of the sensor array separately from sensors of the sensor array and an expandable deployment body formed of a superelastic shape memory alloy that uses superelasticity and stored energy for deployment of the sensor array. During deployment, the deployment body is removed from the support shell and the sensors are subsequently pulled out of the support shell. The deployment body then expands and holds the cable to retain the three-dimensional volumetric shape of the deployed array.
SONOBUOY VOLUMETRIC ARRAY DEPLOYMENT MODULE
VOLUMETRISCHES SONOBOJEN-ARRAY-EINSATZMODUL
MODULE DE DÉPLOIEMENT D'UN RÉSEAU VOLUMÉTRIQUE DE BOUÉES SONORES
2023-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G10K Tonerzeugungsvorrichtungen , SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / F03G Feder-, Gewichts-, Trägheits- oder ähnliche Kraftmaschinen , SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS |