US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 25 for "Underwater docking system for unmanned underwater vehicle" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,558, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Underwater docking system for unmanned underwater vehicle" was invented by Gregory A Jaccard (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater docking system for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) includes a housing structure, a motorized drive assembly, and a drive control system. The housing structure is configured to at least partially enclose and house the UUV. The motorized drive assembly is disposed on an interior of the housing structure and is positioned to frictionally engage with a surface of ...