ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,897, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China), GUANGZHOU SHUNHAI SHIPYARDS LTD. (Guangzhou, China) and BEIBU GULF UNIVERSITY (Qinzhou, China).

"Positioning and rescue device for unmanned underwater vehicle" was invented by Jiaming Wu (Guangdong, China), Yuqing Chen (Guangdong, China), Zhiquan Ma (Guangdong, China), Linhua Li (Guangdong, China), Xiaokun Hou (Guangdong, China), Peng Dai (Guangdong, China) and Xiangxi Han (Guangxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning and rescue device for an unmanned underwater vehicle, comprising a battery (1), a switch (2), a protectiv...