B63C 11/48
Means for searching for underwater objects
Official title: Means for searching for underwater objects (means for indicating the location of sunken objects B63C7/26; locating by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves G01S {; mountings of acoustic transducers in underwater equipment G10K11/006})
B63C11/48 (Means for searching for underwater objects) appears on 220 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hydrodynamic acquisition system for vessel-based underwater sensing26 May 2026US 12,638,288 B2Fnv IP B.V.
- Underwater camera system3 Mar 2026US 12,568,317 B2TidalX AI Inc.
- Underwater noise monitoring device, underwater noise monitoring method, and storage medium13 Jan 2026US 12,523,523 B2NEC Corporation
- Retractable hull mounting data collecting system4 Nov 2025US 12,459,613 B2Bass Pro, LLC
- Face down pool float14 Oct 2025US 12,441,443 B2
- Arrangement and Method for Retrieving Broken Moorings30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116517 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Retractable hull mounting data collecting system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097830 A1White River Marine Group, LLC
- Underwater robot for underwater glider recovery and underwater glider recovery method using same29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028099 A1Korea Institute of Robot & Convergegence
- Robot28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269945 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Pedal drive and steering assembly for inflatable watercraft and watercraft combined with same19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196983 A1Bote, LLC
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By later US patents
- Remote unmanned work system (RUWS) electromechanical cable system120US 4,010,619 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1977
- LED lighting apparatus in a plastic housing64US 7,722,216 B22010
- Underwater investigation system using multiple unmanned vehicles62US 6,854,410 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2005
- Remote operated vehicles49US 6,662,742 B2H2EYE (International) Limited · 2003
- Submerged laser television and submerged laser visual recognizer45US 6,304,289 B1Director General of Port and Harbour Research Institute, Ministry of Transport · 2001