Patents by Inventor Roger H. Geer

Roger H. Geer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tri-joint coupling
    Patent number: 5673644
    Abstract: A tri-joint coupling for enabling the streaming and retrieving of a towed ray system having a single towcable and multiple towed array lines without disconnecting the lines from the towcable. The system is capable of being used on state-of-the-art inboard submarine handling systems. The tri-joint coupling is circular in cross-section at the single towcable end and elliptical in cross-section at the multiple towed array line end. The elliptical end of the coupling has three coupling inserts that are circular in cross-section and have electrical/optical connectors that connect individual electrical/optical conductors on the cable side to individual electrical/optical conductors on the multiple array side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert D. Vanasse, Roger P. Norris, Roger H. Geer