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US 2006/0215494 A1Published application
Autolocating underwater beacon and method for deployment thereof
OwnerHubert Thomasinventor
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Abstract
An underwater acoustic beacon includes a subsystem for determining geographical position, and a transmitter for transmitting coordinates of the position at the point of impact when the beacon is deployed.
Claims16
An underwater acoustic beacon characterized in that it includes at least:
- a device for determining geographical co-ordinates 17,
- a transmission device for transmitting said co-ordinates 24,
- a waterproof enclosure 22 supporting an acoustic transducer 18,
- associated electronics circuitry 19, and,
- a floatation 23, and an anchoring device 20 of said enclosure.
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