Extensible torpedo
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsCarl Gotzmer, Steven Kim
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Abstract
An extensible torpedo has a body, a cavity within the body and a water reactive material in communication with the cavity. A mechanism selectively positions the cavity between a first volume and a second volume and also selectively positions the torpedo between a first length and a second length. The second volume and length are greater than the first volume and length. The mechanism introduces ambient water into the cavity in a volume that represents a stoichiometric balance with the amount of water reactive material.
Claims18
An extensible torpedo, comprising:
- a body;
- a cavity being disposed within the body;
- an amount of a water reactive material being in communication with the cavity,
- wherein the water reactive material reacts violently with water to produce gas and heat;
- and
- a mechanism being in communication with the cavity and configured for introducing a volume of water into the cavity,
- wherein the introduced volume of water and the amount of water reactive material are stoichiometrically balanced to extend a length of the body.
An extensible torpedo, comprising:
- a body comprising a first length, and a second length,
- wherein the second length is longer than the first length;
- a cavity being disposed within the body,
- wherein the cavity comprises a first volume when the body comprises the first length, and a second volume when the body comprises the second length;
- an amount of a water reactive material being in communication with the cavity,
- wherein the water reactive material reacts violently with water to produce gas and heat;
- and
- a mechanism being in communication with the cavity and configured to introduce a volume of water into the cavity equal to the second volume and to extend the body from the first length to the second length simultaneously,
- wherein the introduced volume of water and the amount of water reactive material are stoichiometrically balanced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.