Patents by Inventor Robert J. Urick

Robert J. Urick 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).

  • Free-falling sonobuoy
    Patent number: 4093934
    Abstract: 1. The method of detecting underwater vessels comprising the steps of:Submerging a hydrophone array characterized by its ability to receive sound manating from vessels in the annular zone defined by a conical pencil of rays upwardly divergent from the array and a hydrophone array characterized by its ability to receive sound emanating from vessels in the annular zone defined by a conical pencil of rays downwardly divergent from the array,Lowering said hydrophone arrays to extreme water depths,And continuously transmitting signals of any sound waves thereby received to the surface during the lowering of said arrays,Whereby a complete acoustic scan of the entire volume of the sea out to substantial ranges is thus acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1965
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert J. Urick, Robert L. Parris
  • Deep hydrophone string
    Patent number: 3982222
    Abstract: A string of hydrophone units, each unit being positioned at a different pelected depth and having sensors arranged so as to receive sound waves emanating from vessels positioned within an annular zone defined by a conical pencil of rays upwardly-divergent or downwardly-divergent from each unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1965
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Robert J. Urick