ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,395, issued on June 3, was assigned to SUBMERSED TECHNOLOGIES PP2 AB (Bromma, Sweden).

"Propulsion device for exerting thrust to a fluid" was invented by Emil Bang (Bromma, Sweden), John Anggard (Skutskar, Sweden), Mathias Andersson (Obbola, Sweden) and Robert Hillgren (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion device for exerting thrust to a fluid comprises a central hub and at least two propulsive arrangements which protrude radially from the hub. Each propulsive arrangement comprises front and rear propulsive elements extending from a front inner end to a front outer end and from a rear inner end to a rear outer...