ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,445, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Miller-Leaman Inc. (Daytona Beach, Fla.).
"Sea strainer" was invented by Martin Joseph Shuster (Daytona Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sea strainer can include multiple strainers in a configuration for operation to supply strained sea water to a vessel's engines and to perform backflushing of one of the strainers while another of the strainers continues to provide strained sea water to the vessel's engines. A flush pump can be provided to pump water through the strainer to be backflushed as part of the flushing operation."
The patent was filed on April 7, 2024, under Application ...