Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Blaisdell

Kenneth L. Blaisdell 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).

  • Distributed lift system for a cable
    Patent number: 4252074
    Abstract: A system using two or more lifting or depressing bodies positioned at intals along a cable used for towing a device displaced above, below, or to one side of the tow point and for providing radio frequency services for a submerged submarine. Each of the lifting bodies is symmetrical about the cable and provides hydrodynamic lift, depression, or side force, depending on whether the system is designed to lift, depress, or offset the towed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1972
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Blaisdell