US Patent Issued to THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 3 for "Omnidirectional surface vehicle" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,388, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Omnidirectional surface vehicle" was invented by Fumin Zhang (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Qiuyang Tao (Sai Kung, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An omnidirectional surface vehicle (OSV) for use in a water-borne environment is described. The OSV can comprise a platform of interconnected buoyant compartments having incorporated position thrusters to navigate the OSV. The thrusters are connected to a series of ducts and ports to enable navigation of the OSV by fluid intake/ejection. An onboard camera system can be configu...