ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,834, issued on March 31, was assigned to EXAIL (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France).

"Device for connecting two parts of a hull of a ship, and hull of a ship comprising such a device" was invented by Sebastien Grall (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for connecting two parts of a ship hull, including: a first frame intended to be integral with a first part of the hull; a second frame intended to be integral with a second part of the hull; a tenon integral with the first frame; a mortise arranged in the second frame and able to receive the tenon as a result of a relative translation of the ...