Grounding device for high speed water vehicles
AssigneesBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsJohn Harris, David George Klingensmith, Sr., Marvin Bradford Hardy, Jr.
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Abstract
A grounding device for water vehicles. The device includes an elongated electrical conductive section. The device also includes an elongated rope for increasing water resistance positioned in an adjacent relation to the elongated electrical conductive section. The device is of particular usefulness in grounding RF transmitters on high speed water vehicles having electrically insulative hulls.
Claims21
The device for grounding water vehicles for a water vehicle having an RF transmitter comprising:
- a rope;
- a wire positioned continuously adjacent the rope;
- a plurality of insulative sleeves circumferentially surrounding the rope and the wire to fix the rope to the wire;
- and
- a conductive means connecting the RF transmitter to the wire.
A device for grounding a water vehicle comprising:
- an elongated electrical conductive section;
- and
- an elongated rope for increasing water resistance positioned in adjacent relation to said elongated electrical conductive section.
A method for grounding an RF transmitter on a water vehicle comprising the steps of:
- connecting to the RF transmitter an elongated grounding device comprising an elongated electrically conductive section and an elongated rope for increasing water resistance;
- causing the water vehicle to move in a forward direction;
- and
- positioning the elongating grounding device to extend rearwardly from the water vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.