ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,422, issued on July 22.
"Marine craft" was invented by Enrico Maim (Sceaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a water-going assembly comprising a first buoyant structure (S1) comprising at least two hulls (F1, F1'; F11, F11', F12, F12') delimiting between them a space (E1) and a photovoltaic arrangement (PH1) occupying a substantial proportion of the footprint of the buoyant structure, and a second buoyant structure (S2) provided with an electric thruster (P2) and with a battery (B2), means for assembling the two buoyant structures detachably, with means of electrical connection between the photovoltaic a...