ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,415, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Acbotics Research LLC (East Falmouth, Mass.).
"Dry-mate connector system for submersible electronics" was invented by Erin Fischell (East Falmouth, Mass.), Sam Fladung (East Falmouth, Mass.) and David R. Fischell (Fairhaven, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Dry-Mate Connector System (DMCS) is capable of a direct and convenient connection/disconnection of standardized Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS)-compatible data communication cables and connectors with submersible electronic equipment for transmission of data/signals/power therebetween, and is suitable for indefinite submersion, as well ...