MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202241057933 A) filed by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Oct. 10, 2022, for 'dead weight dump mechanism for light weight torpedo.'
Inventor(s) include B. Venubabu; and Appanna Chinnala.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a dead weight dump mechanism for light weight torpedo. The invention is designed to recover the torpedo (100) after the mission sequence is completed. The mechanism of the present invention creates positive buoyancy for a negative buoyant torpedo (100) for smooth recovery of the torpedo (100) thereby ensuring less recovery time to the user and the said mechanism comprises the Mechanical Anti Sinking Device (MASD) mechanism (107) to float and assist the torpedo (100) in open seas after firing practice. The Tungsten load/Lead load as a dead weight (103) supported by a bottom block (106) is incorporated in torpedo (100) which is dumped after the mission sequence is completed. Less changes have been made in the existing shell (101) of torpedo (100) and thus, the invention is simple in design, easy modification, cost-effective and also less recovery time."
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