US Patent Issued to Howe & Howe on Nov. 3 for "Dispensing and retracting a cable for a submersible vehicle" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,597, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Howe & Howe Inc. (Waterboro, Maine).

"Dispensing and retracting a cable for a submersible vehicle" was invented by Forrest Joel Tripp (East Waterboro, Maine) and Anthony Victor Castro (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for managing a cable for an antenna involves applying (or providing) a cable retracting force to a carrier which is movable relative to a cable guide. The cable extends from a connector through the carrier and through the cable guide to an antenna platform for the antenna. The cable retracting force biases the carrier away from the cable guide. The te...