ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,795, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Saildrone Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Semi-flexible instrumentation mount" was invented by Carl Kaiser (Alameda, Calif.), Mikael Bishop (Alameda, Calif.), Richard Jenkins (Alameda, Calif.), Oscar Viquez (Alameda, Calif.) and John McGunnigle (Alameda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for a semi-flexible instrumentation mount for coupling an instrumentation module to a mounting location disposed on an aquatic vehicle. The semi-flexible instrumentation mount includes a support assembly comprising one or more support assembly components. The support assembly is configured to...