US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 28 for "Field configurable autonomous vehicle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,338, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Field configurable autonomous vehicle" was invented by Eric Seeley (Seabeck, Wash.), Tyler Paine (Edmonds, Wash.), Jacob Snow (Bremerton, Wash.), Logan Harris (Silverdale, Wash.), Jose Ruiz (Bremerton, Wash.), Wade Kempf (Bremerton, Wash.) and Andrew Roth (Poulsbo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance c...