Class 114/124 - Shifting weights

Subclass of Class 114 - Ships
Definition: Devices in which weights are adapted to move about or to
No. of patents: 62
Last issue date: 12/14/2010

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7849809	Yacht and ballast assembly therefor A yacht having an adjustable ballast assembly comprising a ballast, an elongated hollow ballast guide o mounted to the hull of the watercraft to extend transversely of the hull, the ballast being located within the guide and there being means for selectively moving ...	12/14/2010
7185848	Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the ...	03/06/2007
7000562	Pneumatic boat arranged for the loading/unloading and transportation of floating loads A semi-rigid pneumatic boat (1) comprising: a rigid hull (2) defined by a rigid underwater hull (3) closed on the top by a rigid floor (4) and bordered on two sides by two pneumatic floats (5); a ballast (8) arranged in the ...	02/21/2006
6973847	Gyroscopic roll stabilizer for boats A gyroscopic roll stabilizer for a boat. The stabilizer includes a flywheel, a flywheel drive motor configured to spin the flywheel about a spin axis, an enclosure surrounding a portion or all of the flywheel and maintaining a below-ambient pressure or containing a ...	12/13/2005
6951180	CBTF sailing yacht main engine drive system A canting ballast twin foil (CBTF) sailing yacht constructed according to the invention includes a sailing hull, a ballast, a ballast-supporting structure, and an onboard ballast drive system. The ballast drive system moves the ballast in order to vary the counter-h...	10/04/2005
6796258	Balancing device for low tonnage ships The balancing device makes it easy to balance low and medium tonnage ships without needing to use high power. It comprises mainly one or several trains of moving masses mounted on a U track of which the side branches are parallel to the side walls of the ship, the c...	09/28/2004
6772704	Method for quantifying design parameters for a ship roll stimulation system A method is provided for quantifying design parameters for a moving mass ship roll stimulation system given a maximum angle of roll θMAX to be induced for a ship, a righting moment RM per degree of list for the ship, a natural roll period T	08/10/2004
6606957	Extendable deck or room for a watercraft A watercraft has a laterally extendable deck or room extension that is extended by sliding along guides or bearings. The deck or room extension can be extended using a motor, gear pinion and rack arrangement, a hand crank arrangement, a hydraulic cylinder...	08/19/2003
6386130	Control systems for sailing vessels An improved control system for a sailing vessel for controlling the position of the sail and the rudder, and affixed to a slidable seat apparatus. A movement of the seat apparatus does not alter the position of the sail or the rudder. A ballast control, s...	05/14/2002
6382121	Boat ballast system A ballast system for a sailing boat includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end. A mounting is provided at the first end of the elongate body for suspending the elongate body from a hull of a sailing boat. A ballast weight is positioned ...	05/07/2002
6349660	Device for stabilizing a ship, especially when rolling The device makes it possible to stabilize high tonnage ship, when several of them are used. Mainly, it comprises a train of mobile lead masses (12), completed at each end by a pair of jaws (16) pressing against the lateral rails of a housing (3). A single...	02/26/2002
6019056	Anti-rolling apparatus An anti-rolling apparatus according to the present invention includes rail members which are formed in straight form and disposed perpendicular to a rolling axis of an object whose rolling is to be reduced, a movable weight capable of reciprocating along ...	02/01/2000
5884575	Nautical balance system A nautical balance system for installation on small sailboats. The system improves the ability of a helmsman to counter the heeling force of the wind on the sails by providing a swinging seat supported by semicircular rail for supporting the weight of the...	03/23/1999
5713163	Vibration damping apparatus A vibration damping apparatus includes a frame having a rail member and end plates at longitudinal ends of the rail member. The frame is a hollow box-shaped element or a hollow tubular element. The rail member defines a downwardly arcuate surface. The fra...	02/03/1998
5622130	Heel control system for sailing yachts and sailing yacht hull High performance sailing yacht designs are disclosed based on a keelless sailing yacht concept having dynamic gravitational ballast which is laterally movable for heeling resistance which ballast replaces a function of the standard keel. A keelless yacht ...	04/22/1997
5586512	Ship's hull vibration damper There is described an apparatus for inclusion in a ship comprising a mass (10), that is vibrationally coupled to the ship's hull (12) such that movement of the mass is dampened. The mass (10) is so sized and located as to, when in use it reduces the funda...	12/24/1996
5560310	Control unit A control unit incorporated in a stabilizing system in yachts and sailing vessels and intended automatically to control the movements of a weight which is movable transversely across the vessel, said wight being connected with an athwartships tiltable mas...	10/01/1996
5529007	Automatically ballasted sailboat A sailboat without stays for the mast has automatic ballasting which uses a tilting main mast and a tilting pole that has weights traveling up it to counteract increasing wind force upon the sail. The mast and the pole tilt in opposite directions. Their a...	06/25/1996
5433162	Apparatus for reducing rocking motion of marine floating structure A linear motor has a stator body securely attached to a marine floating structure and a movable body acting as solid mass. In response to a command signal from a controller which phase-controls a signal from rocking-motion sensor, the movable body is forc...	07/18/1995
5392727	Balancing system for a sailing boat A system for maintaining the hull of a sailing boat in a steady position substantially independent of wind pressures on the sail, comprising a pivoted mast and wires connecting the mast with a weight in the boat hull via a transmission device. Transverse ...	02/28/1995
5349915	Submersible trim system A trim system for a submersible comprises a ball control system and a hydraulic control system. The ball control system includes a tubular ball transfer line 33 substantially through the length of the vessel, a plurality of high-density, solid balls 34 wi...	09/27/1994
5203274	Amphibious vehicle A buoyant boat hull of an amphibious vehicle has concave, quarter cylinder recesses along the sides down from the waterline, such recesses receiving the upper inboard quadrants of helical augers. The recesses confine water between the screw threads and pr...	04/20/1993
5089120	Treatment vessel for bodies of water with laterally adjustable pontoons A boat or vessel particularly designed and adapted for treating bodies of water such as lakes to correct chemical, biological or other imbalances in the aquatic envoronment by accurately dispensing a treatment agent into the water in an amount based upon ...	02/18/1992
5018472	Horizontally moveable weight stabilizing device A stabilizing device for an underwater towed body includes a keel attached o the bottom surface of the towed body to provide for any major correction for its rolling motion. Any finer correction of the rolling motion of the towed body is accomplished by mo...	05/28/1991
4986202	Light dropkeel boat with sliding means to control the transverse balance thereof A light sailboat is provided with a transversely disposed sliding rail which extends from one side of the boat to the other. The sailboat is also provided with a seat which slides freely along this sliding rail....	01/22/1991
4964356	Underwater towed body stabilizing device A stabilizing device for an underwater towed body includes a vertically mble keel inside the towed body using an electric motor. Major part of the imbalanced torque of the tow cable provides rotation of the towed body. A final correction of the rolling m...	10/23/1990
4947782	Remotely operated vehicle A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) provided with not less than three thrusters arranged in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body. The center of gravity G of the vehicle body excluding a pendulum and the center of buoyancy B of the vehicle body inclu...	08/14/1990
4872118	System for automated monitoring of trim and stability of a vessel A system for automated controlling of the trim and stability of a vessel includes sensors for monitoring the value of the draft of the vessel, a sensor of the heel angle of the vessel and a heeling subsystem connected to a signal conditioner connected, in...	10/03/1989
4869192	Semi-submersible drilling unit with cylindrical ring floats There is described a vessel such as a semi-submersible drilling unit having a drilling deck structure with a plurality of columns depending from the deck. Pontoons are provided at the ends of the columns and a buoyant configuration modifying sleeve-like e...	09/26/1989
4867089	Structural system for inclining sailboat masts to windward The present invention relates to a structural system with which the mast of a sailboat can be forced against the wind and inclined to windward. This is accomplished with a new sailing element, a so-called "dolphin". The invention makes it possible to sail...	09/19/1989
4817550	Stabilizing system for vehicles and method for using same A stabilizing system for vehicles such as sailing craft, ice craft or racing cars that are periodically subject to lateral forces that tend to heel or roll such vehicles, the stabilizing system having a ballasted member laterally movable and positionable ...	04/04/1989
4802429	Vessel such as a ship, boat and the like provided with stabilizing means A vessel such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises a main part having a hull with an inner hollow and a substantially vertical fixed support fixedly connected with the hull, and a stabilizing element located in the inner hollow and cooperating with t...	02/07/1989
4738213	Floating device An elongated floating device connected via flexible means to the bottom of the water in such a manner that the floating device can undergo displacements through the action of wave forces while a structure is provided for redressing such displacements. At ...	04/19/1988
4702192	Vessel such as ship, boat and the like with stabilizing means A vessel, such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises an inner hull having a longitudinal horizontal axis and a transverse horizontal axis, an outer hull surrounding the inner hull and arranged movable relative to the latter about at least one of the h...	10/27/1987
4697536	Underwater cleaning apparatus Vessels and the like require cleaning either periodically or whenever a need arises to remove various living things such as seaweeds and shells or contaminants such as oil for the sake of appearance and proper performance. Divers were conventionally emplo...	10/06/1987
4686922	Swing wing keel A laterally extending hydrofoil wing is supported in pendulum fashion in a cutout section of a planar keel of a sailing vessel. The pendulum support, in combination with the distribution of mass in the swing wing attempts to maintain the plane of the wing...	08/18/1987
4681053	Vessel such a ship, boat and the like provided with stabilizing means A vessel, such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises a hull having an inner hollow, a movable body located in the inner hollow of the hull, and device for guiding the movable body in the inner hollow of the hull and formed so that when the hull turns ...	07/21/1987
4681054	Marine vessel and method for transporting a vehicle A marine vessel for amphibious operations carries a land military vehicle which is secured by a cable and winch arrangement to the deck of the vessel and also positioned by means of a torsion bar. The military vehicle can be moved fore and aft to vary the...	07/21/1987
4679521	Ship with stabilizing device A ship has a whole hull with an inner hollow and a longitudinal axis, and a body which is arranged in the inner hollow of the hull so that when the wind, waves and the like turn the hull in a first lateral direction, the body urges the hull to move in a s...	07/14/1987
4610212	Fast self righting catamaran This highly engineered recreational catamaran features a unique pivotable mast with a downward extending section that holds an underwater ballast. A hang glider type sail provides lift as well as thrust. Working in combination with the underwater ballast,...	09/09/1986

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