US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Feb. 24 for "Navigation system for underwater vehicles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,706, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Navigation system for underwater vehicles" was invented by Gunnar Brink (Karlsruhe, Germany), Edwin Devassykutty (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Christian Langen (Karlsruhe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a navigation system which, on the one hand, is arranged on sides of the underwater vehicle/AUV and, on the other hand, includes a surface transmitter as a counterpart. The two units communicate with each other such that the surface transmitter emits its signal directed...