ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,645, issued on June 2, was assigned to Nanfoon Applied Technologies Ltd. (Beijing).

"Underwater sonar device and underwater detecting system" was invented by Li Fang (Beijing), Zhaofu Zhang (Beijing), Jing Li (Beijing), Qiang Zhang (Beijing), Ming Xu (Beijing), Jinqing Al (Beijing) and Zaidi Hong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater sonar device and an underwater detecting system. The underwater sonar device comprises a main body, a propeller, a detector and a hydrofoil assembly. The main body is an axisymmetric structure. The propeller, the detector, and the hydrofoil assembly are disposed on the main body. The detec...