US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 10 for "Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,382, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles" was invented by James J. Bonang (Garden Grove, Calif.), Thomas J. Stepp (Long Beach, Calif.), William J. Wood (Dove Canyon, Calif.) and Jeremy Whitcher (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles capable of operation in the Arctic region. An example unmanned underwater vehicle includes: a hull; one or more guide rails extending from the hull and attached to the hull by one or more l...