ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,376, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).
"Modular mobile docking station for subsea vehicles" was invented by Kenneth Solbjor (Sandnes, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Configurable, modular mobile docking station 1 is configured to accommodate one or more subsea assets selected from different types of subsea assets by changing the configuration of configurable, modular mobile docking station 1 to accommodate each subsea asset based on that subsea asset type. Data communications and power may be provided between the subsea assets and configurable, modular mobile docking station 1 and includ...