US Patent Issued to EXAIL ROBOTICS on July 14 for "Uprighting device for an underwater vehicle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,520, issued on July 14, was assigned to EXAIL ROBOTICS (La Garde, France).

"Uprighting device for an underwater vehicle" was invented by Herve Kermorgant (La Valette du Var, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous underwater vehicle, which includes a hull extending along a longitudinal main axis, and at least one vehicle uprighting device configured to alter a trim angle of the vehicle between a nominal horizontal position of the vehicle and a vertical position of the vehicle, characterised in that the vehicle uprighting device includes one or more arms mounted on the hull by a proximal end and rotatably hinged to the hul...