ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,362, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France).
"Towed submarine device" was invented by Michel Ricard (Sophia Antipolis, France) and Philippe Lanoe (Brest, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater device intended to be towed by a surface ship, the surface ship being capable of including a handling system for stowing and deploying the underwater device. The handling system includes a tow cable and an attachment cable. The underwater device includes a flexible elongate body and a towed body, the towed body being capable of being arranged between the tow cable and the flexible elongate body. The underwater dev...