ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,724, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NKT HV Cables AB (Lyckeby, Sweden).

"Adaptive rigid sea joint kit" was invented by Jakub Vastmans (Cologne, Germany), Karl-Magnus Gustavsson (Ronneby, Sweden), Bjorn Zettervall (Nattraby, Sweden), Patrik Holmberg (Ronneby, Sweden) and Isabella Corso (Stenkullen, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adaptive rigid sea joint kit for jointing submarine power cables, wherein the adaptive rigid sea joint kit includes: A2) an inner watertight casing kit, A4) a rigid outer mechanical casing kit, wherein each of the kits A2 and A4 includes at least one base component, which can be fitted with a pluralit...