Gerald M Santos

US Patent:

50958410, Mar 17, 1992

Filed:

Oct 30, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/607348

Inventors:

Gerald M. Santos - Little Compton RI
Robert A. Connerney - Newport RI

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

B63B 2152

US Classification:

114230

Abstract:

An underwater mooring system using an underwater traction winch for adjusg an underwater sensor array is provided. A main mooring buoy, moored to the sea bed by a plurality of mooring cables, serves as the mounting point for an underwater traction winch as well as the mooring point for a sensor array maintained afloat above the main mooring buoy. In one embodiment, depth adjustment is achieved by using the traction winch to alter the length of the mooring cable connecting the sensor array to the main mooring buoy. In another embodiment, depth adjustment is achieved by using the traction winch to alter the length of one of the mooring cables fixed to the sea bed.