Patents by Inventor Robert P. VAN Eepoel

Robert P. VAN Eepoel 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).

  • Catacoustic navigating system
    Patent number: 4005383
    Abstract: 1. A channel defining system for aiding the navigation through a body of er of a vessel equipped with a high resolution pulsed catacoustic system adapted to scan the bottom in range abeam of the vessel comprisingAn elongated buoyant ridge-like strip of acoustic reflecting material extending lengthwise of the channel on the channel bottom and laterally spaced from the center line of the channel by a substantially constant known distance, andAnchoring weights secured to said strip at spaced positions along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1960
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Phillip R. Anderson, Robert P. VAN Eepoel