US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 4 for "Portable retractable system and method for deploying water-based and air-based sensors from a marine vessel" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,065, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Portable retractable system and method for deploying water-based and air-based sensors from a marine vessel" was invented by Daniel A. Sura (San Diego), Mark A. Patefield (San Diego) and Joseph A. Tuttobene (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes portable, retractable systems and methods for simultaneously deploying water-based sensors and air-based sensors from a marine vessel. Embodiments of the system include a mounting frame assembly that is configured to clamp onto a gunwale o...