Patents by Inventor Robert P. Lock

Robert P. Lock 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).

  • Acoustic sensing arrangements
    Patent number: 5022012
    Abstract: An underwater sensing arrangement in which hydrophones are embodied in horizontally disposed arms of a hydrophone support structure adaptive to be suspended below the surface of the water and in which the support arms are elliptical and orientated so that they present the lowest resistance to horizontal flow of water past the structure and present the highest resistance or drag against movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Plessey Overseas Limited
    Inventors: Leslie K. Godfrey, Robert P. Lock