US Patent Issued to Tiburon Subsea on July 22 for "Vector control assemblies for underwater vehicles" (Florida, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,432, issued on July 22, was assigned to Tiburon Subsea Inc. (New York).

"Vector control assemblies for underwater vehicles" was invented by Timothy Taylor (New York) and Robert Havens (Branford, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A submersible vehicle is provided which is able to achieve six of freedom utilizing a combination of only two thrusters with no external control planes. Each of the two thrusters can include a plurality of ducts which can be selectively opened or closed, to varying degrees, to achieve six degrees of freedom for both control and propulsion."

The patent was filed on Sept. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/9...