MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202241057933 A) filed by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Oct. 10, 2022, for 'dead weight dump mechanism for light weight torpedo.'

Inventor(s) include B. Venubabu; and Appanna Chinnala.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a dead weight dump mechanism for light weight torpedo. The invention is designed to recover the torpedo (100) after the mission sequence is completed. The mechanism of the present invention creates positive buoyancy for a negative buoyant torpedo (100) for smooth rec...