ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,578, issued on Aug. 12.
"Buoyancy module" was invented by David A Capotosto (Biddeford, Maine), Matthew J Aubin (Lebanon, Maine), Shawn C Agren (Madison, Maine), Edward H Maxsimic II (Arundel, Maine) and Daniel Cote (Lyman, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are novel buoyancy modules for attachment to a cable, pipe, or umbilical. The buoyancy modules include a pair of module bodies adapted to mate with each other. Each module body has a recess adapted to engage a single bolt tensioner and at least one of the module bodies includes a longitudinal channel running the length of the module body. Further, the module bo...