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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7752986 | Boat hull design A shallow draft boat has a flat bottom that extends along a substantial length of the boat hull. The port and starboard sides of the boat that extend beyond the bows are slightly inwardly inclined toward the center longitudinal plane of the boat to provide a tumbleh... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748335 | Method and apparatus for wake free marine craft The hull design for this invention includes a sharp bow, deep V concave shape (“VC”) monohull with a reverse curvature running from a flat straight keel to the upper rail and also encompassing the entire hull length from the bow to the stern. The pointed bow wit... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7383782 | Watercraft The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a river boat, with a hull for receiving useful devices and with propulsion units for generating a driving force and which are located on the hull. The watercraft according to the invention is characterized in that ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370596 | Kayak having stabilizing flares A kayak comprises a hull with a relatively narrow cross sectional underwater width for increasing speed and efficiency of the kayak moving through water and first and second pairs of convex surfaces for providing kayak stability. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353763 | Ship A ship includes semi-bottoms that transition into the ship's sides, and a keel that extends downwardly from the semi-bottoms. The keel and semi-bottoms form an equivalent of 120 degree therebetween. Each of the sides is located in the same planar surface with the ap... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353764 | Corvette ship-type equipment system A corvette ship-type equipment system includes standard-equipment segments, such as an energy generator, an energy distributor, a drive and an automation segment, and a hull which is adapted to the size and specific requirements on the corvette ship-type equipment s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337735 | Hybridhull boat system A hull is formed of a forward section and rearward sections and intermediate sections there between. A saloon has a transparent front extending upwardly from the forward section with sides extending upwardly from the rearward sections and a roof coupling the front a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7281484 | Multimission transonic hull and hydrofield A transonic hull having a bow, a stern, a longitudinal length therebetween, side surfaces extending from the bow to outboard portions of the stern, a lower surface extending between the side surfaces, the transonic hull having a submerged volume with an approximatel... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7207286 | Tri-point hydro sled A marine vessel that planes over the water in a straight ahead mode and has a V-shaped bow configuration, two lateral rails, a water jet intake aft of the bow, and a water jet discharge through the transom above the water line. The vessel's tri-point contact with th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188574 | Cylindrical hull structural arrangement An improved floating circular hull construction arrangement. The hull is divided into sections by watertight flats. The flats are stiffened with angles or bulb tees curved to form concentric circles that are in turn supported by the radial girders spaced around the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165503 | Hull of a ship having a central keel and side chines A hull of a ship has a front hull part (10) with a deep V-shape contour having an angle gradually increasing from fore to aft to become 180 degrees in a rear hull part (14) with chines extending according to a side hull contour. The chines, starting fr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156031 | Wide pleasure boat or cruise ship A cruise ship or pleasure boat is disclosed that has an open or semi-open main public space situated around the axial longitudinal plane of the ship and at the base of port and starboard longitudinal superstructures. The port and starboard longitudinal superstructur... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146925 | Apparatus for varying vessel hull geometry and vessels made therewith An apparatus for varying the dimensions of a hull of a vessel comprising an arcuate truss assembly having a plurality of members pivotally joined. The arcuate truss assembly is operatively arranged to form a portion of the hull. The assembly is operatively arranged ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7104209 | Hybridhull boat system A hull is formed of a forward section, a rearward section and intermediate sections there between. The forward section is in a generally triangular configuration. The forward section has a forward-most point. The forward section has rearwardly extending sides. The r... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7047897 | System and method in water-craft The present invention relates to a system in a watercraft or a section thereof or in another structure or a section thereof for providing furnishings at least partially, which system comprises a number of prefabricated room units and a watercraft or a section thereo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044072 | Cylindrical hull structure An improved floating circular hull construction arrangement. The hull is divided into sections by watertight flats. In each section, longitudinal stiffeners spaced around the inside of the outer shell terminate adjacent the flats and do not penetrate the flats. The ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6966271 | Waveless hull A vessel hull that does not create bow, stern, or transverse waves when moving through the water having an exterior surface that has a substantially constant cross-section along the length of the hull, and an interior surface that substantially encloses a flow chann... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957619 | Hull having minimized wave-making characteristics A hull form is presented and dimensioned where the design parameters consist principally of the breadth of the hull at the waterline, taken at specific equal intervals along the length of the waterline. The waterline reference is that at which the vessel is intended... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948444 | Hull reinforcing system A system for reinforcing a boat hull is disclosed herein. The system includes two longitudinal supports positioned on opposite sides of a keel of the hull. A bridge structure extends across the keel and interconnects the longitudinal supports. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6907326 | Autonomous surf zone line charge deployment system A system and method autonomously clears obstacles and mines from an approach lane. A ship is distantly located from an approach lane spanning a surf zone and beach portion, and the ship has operator control station software in an onboard computer. At least one syste... | 06/14/2005 |
| RE38697 | Marine vessel construction A double hull marine vessel is provided which includes a syntactic foam-macrosphere composition between the inner and outer hulls which dissipates force applied to an outer hull. ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6843193 | Transonic hull and hydrofield (part III) A transonic hull having a bow, a stern, a longitudinal length therebetween, side surfaces extending from the bow to outboard portions of the stern, a lower surface extending between the side surfaces, the transonic hull having a submerged volume with an approximatel... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6715436 | Sea-going vessel and hull for sea-going vessel There is disclosed a hull for a sea-going vessel of displacement type having a flat bottomed midship section (100) of a constant cross-section which is substantially rectangular in cross section below the water line, and a converging bow portion (200) ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698370 | Hydrodynamic and supportive structure for gated ship stern A dualistic stern-appendant device comprises, in integrated form, at least two gate-supportive bodies and at least one flap-hydrodynamic body. The device is characterized by an alternating arrangement of bodies (totaling an odd number of at least three bo... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6647909 | Waveless hull A vessel hull that does not create bow, stern, or transverse waves when moving through the water having an exterior surface that has a substantially constant cross-section along the length of the hull, and an interior surface that substantially encloses a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6561857 | Hump boat A water vessel containing a central hump or dome underneath the vessel, with a waterjet system pumping water downward into the hump. The invention utilizes waterjet propulsion and hull shape to create water hump lift. A waterjet system pumps water from th... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6325009 | Sailboat for sailing in shallow water A sailboat having a novel hull shape, a fixed, shallow keel, dual rudders, and retractable, shallow dagger boards for sailing in shallow or shoal water is provided. The combination of features allows the boat to achieve performance sailing at all points o... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6318286 | Hull shape of personal watercraft Provided is a hull shape of a personal watercraft which can enhance speed performance, and still more, can also reduce rolling of a body. A bulging face 12 is formed on an outside part of a rear portion of a hull bottom 20 having a substantially V-shaped ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6263818 | Split monohull vessel A drilling or other offshore application vessel which can have the outward appearance and other characteristic of a monohull vessel, comprised of two or more sub-hulls each of which may be sailed as an independent ship through restrictive waterways which ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6223679 | Circular hull structure A hulls' shape of which cross-section is a section of a circle, thus retaining symmetry of its wetted surface (9) regardless of its rolling motion or heeling while under way. Shape that results in reduced weather helm effect, and more course stability on ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6158369 | Transonic hydrofield and transonic hull A transonic hydrofield TH has been established which defines the shape of a displacement transonic hull (TH). The hydrofield is characterized in not having curvatures such as shoulders, midbody, or rear quarter, with a deep draft forward and shallow draft... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6116180 | Boat A boat comprises a central hull member (10), such member having no flat surfaces below the waterline such as could support the boat in a planing mode, the ratio of the length of such member to its beam being no less than 5 to 1, and a respective auxiliary... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6065414 | Watercraft and hull systems The invention includes new hull systems and watercraft. In particular, the invention provides a watercraft hull (10) that has a pivot axis (22) forward of the hull waterline fore-aft center line (24). That pivot axis (22) will be the deep water point of t... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5983823 | High speed sport/utility boat An improved V-bottom hull for sport/utility boats is formed with intermediate lifting strakes along the aft half of the hull bottom. Such intermediate strakes are positioned laterally along the boat bottom between the planing pad step and the chine. These... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5727496 | Transport vehicle hull A transport vessel hull is provided for withstanding great pressure differential between the environments inside and outside the hull, and includes an enclosed hexahedral housing having a substantially diamond-shaped cross section with a long diagonal ori... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5701836 | Apparatus for removing a vacuum bag of a ship stern A device for removing a vacuum bag from a ship stern includes a passageway and plural valve units fixed in holes of an outer wall of the stern. The passageway is formed by air entrances in a rear deck, and a space between an inner wall and an outer wall o... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5634419 | Front-drive boat A watercraft having its propulsion machinery near the bow. The hull of the craft has a single, tapered bow section, with a drive pod under the center of the bow. The bow section is tapered up into the hull aft of the middle of the craft, while the sides o... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5592895 | Small waterplane area high speed ship A small waterplane area high speed ship is disclosed which includes a hull structure having a bow portion and a stern portion with the hull being normally supported above the surface of the water when in operation. A forward set of dual struts depend from... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5570651 | Sailing vessel with adjustable mast A sailboat is provided with an adjustable mast system in which the base of the mast is pivotally attached to the top deck surface of the sailboat hull. Hydraulic cylinders connected to and integral with the shroud mast support system can vary the effectiv... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5549066 | Triangular boat hull apparatus A multi-hull design constructed from flat pieces of material instead of curved sections normally used for boat hull construction. The design is economical to build since it makes the best use of modern construction materials. Application to all types and ... | 08/27/1996 |
