Patents by Inventor Sally Lankamer

Sally Lankamer 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).

  • Underwater investigation system using multiple unmanned vehicles
    Patent number: 6854410
    Abstract: An unmanned system for investigating underwater regions utilizes an unmanned mothership and a plurality of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The mothership transports the UUVs to and from the vicinity of an underwater region, releases the UUVs into the water, and facilitates recovery of the UUVs from the water. Each UUV can traverse an underwater region, generate sonar and image data associated with the underwater region, and transmit the sonar and image data through the water for receipt and re-transmission by the mothership. A docking system mounted partially onboard the mothership and partially onboard each UUV couples each UUV to the mothership and selectively releases each UUV into the underwater region. A guidance system mounted partially onboard the mothership and partially onboard each UUV guides each UUV back to the docking system from positions in the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Russell King, Brian Coppola, Don Tibbetts, Chris Richburg, Chris Cook, Don Hobden, Mike Conn, Spencer Harris, Wells Parker, Brooke Parker, David Emery, Sally Lankamer