Patents by Inventor Mark A. Maugle

Mark A. Maugle 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).

  • Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles
    Patent number: 7954442
    Abstract: A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters and a U-shaped tube mounted to the outside of the hull of the watercraft below the waterline. A towed array is fed from a winch aboard the surface craft, through one end of the tube, and the fluid is introduced through into the interior of the tube to force the towed array for deployment through the tube and out a second end of the tube near the stern of the watercraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secertary of the Navy
    Inventors: Thomas R. Stottlemyer, Richard C. Mewer, Mark A. Maugle
  • Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles
    Publication number: 20100275831
    Abstract: A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters and a U-shaped tube mounted to the outside of the hull of the watercraft below the waterline. A towed array is fed from a winch aboard the surface craft, through one end of the tube, and the fluid is introduced through into the interior of the tube to force the towed array for deployment through the tube and out a second end of the tube near the stern of the watercraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas R. Stottlemyer, Richard C. Mewer, Mark A. Maugle