US Patent Issued to INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION, SHANDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES on Feb. 24 for "Wind-powered water-air interface vehicle suitable for concealed navigation" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,215, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION, SHANDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Qingdao, China).

"Wind-powered water-air interface vehicle suitable for concealed navigation" was invented by Zongrui Hao (Shandong, China), Kailin Li (Shandong, China), Wanlong Ren (Shandong, China), Yue Wang (Shandong, China), Zhili Hua (Shandong, China), Gang Liu (Shandong, China) and Juan Xu (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-air interface vehicle suitable for concealed navigation. A gybing box is arranged in a hull and includes a gybing motor, a gear train, a worm wheel and worm mechanism and a b...