US Patent Issued to Johnson Outdoors on July 14 for "Wireless submersible gauge having underwater communication interface for smart devices" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,518, issued on July 14, was assigned to Johnson Outdoors Inc. (Racine, Wis.).

"Wireless submersible gauge having underwater communication interface for smart devices" was invented by Reima K. Holopainen (Zufikon, Switzerland) and Niklas Stoss (Waal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small watertight electronic module is provided that wirelessly connects to a smart device, e.g., a wearable device such as a smartwatch, a Smartphone, etc., and that wirelessly connects to underwater diving equipment and/or accessories, e.g. a SCUBA tank pressure transmitter, skin temperature sensor, heart rate monitor, pressure sensor, navigation ...