US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on May 26 for "Watercraft system with modular hull" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,187, issued on May 26, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Watercraft system with modular hull" was invented by Lawrence Edward Clabburn (Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria, Great Britain), Simon Phillip Newby (Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria, Great Britain) and David Charles Alexander Ritchie (Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft system includes a hull having a longitudinal axis which extends between an aft end and a forward end. The hull includes at least a first hull module and a second hull module. The first hull module may define the aft end and a first interface element which defines a fir...