Patent ID: 6392606
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B63G,G01S,H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna extension system for extending an antenna from an underwater vehicle, the system comprising:a housing disposed wholly within the vehicle; a plurality of telescopically connected tiers extendible from a base tier disposed within the housing, an innermost of said tiers being adapted to support the antenna; a cable extending from a base portion of said housing and fixed at a distal end to the antenna; a plurality of telescopically connected fairings extendible from the housing and disposed around said tiers and said cable; a cap fixed to a distal end of a distalmost of said fairings for enclosing the antenna; and wherein extension of said telescopically connected tiers from said base tier moves the antenna from wholly inside said housing to a position extending outwardly from the vehicle, and extends said cable and fairings with said tiers.