US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 15 for "Floating inspection sensor elevator system" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,303, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Floating inspection sensor elevator system" was invented by John Russel Batman (Stafford, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating inspection sensor elevator system. The floating inspection sensor elevator system may comprise: a reeling apparatus mounted on a floating vessel, a submersible inspection sensor sled operably coupled to the reeling apparatus via umbilical cables and reels, and a computer system in signal communication with one or more sensors located on the submersible inspection sensor s...