US Patent Issued to Deepwater Exploration on June 3 for "Submersible camera for underwater vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,085, issued on June 3, was assigned to Deepwater Exploration Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Submersible camera for underwater vehicles" was invented by Jiajer Ho (La Jolla, Calif.), Brandon Stevens (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.), Warren Chang (San Diego) and Benjamin Stirling (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conventional submersible camera utilizes an O-ring to waterproof the interior of the camera housing. Larger components are required to accommodate this O-ring, which increases the cost and size of the submersible camera. Disclosed embodiments utilize a sealing ring between a circumferential edge of a lens dome and the ho...