Inventors:
David E. Parker - Pawcatuck CT
Markay Malootian - Quaker Hill CT
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
H04R 1500
Abstract:
A magnetostrictive flexible line hydrophone having a magnetostrictive elet which is an annealed nickel strip within a toroidal winding. Electrical wires are disposed inside the cylinder formed by the nickel strip and abut a pressure release material about which the strip has been wound. These wires form a toroidal winding by coupling to a second group of insulated wires disposed against the outer surface of the nickel strip.