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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042480 | Roll stabilizer A roll stabilizer (10) is disclosed which comprises a fixed fin portion (12) connected during use to a hull of a vessel so as to extend outwardly of the hull in a substantially non-vertical direction, a flap portion (14) rotatable relative to th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7451715 | Active roll stabilisation system for ships The invention relates to an active roll stabilization system for ships, including at least one stabilization element extending below the water line, which is mounted on a rotary shaft that extends through the ship's hull, a sensor for sensing the ship's movements an... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7434527 | Steering and/or stabilising device for motorized watercraft Steering and/or stabilising device for motorised watercraft, with at least two operating units comprising each a retractable fin (4), characterised in that the retractable fins of each operating unit are contained in tubular watertight casings (5) open... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287480 | Nautical transport vehicle having enhanced stability A nautical transport vehicle includes at least one floating member, at least one longitudinal fin pivotally mounted on the floating member, and at least one corresponding plate mounted on the floating member and parallel with the longitudinal fin. Thus, the nautical... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263942 | Fin stabilizer for vessel and control method and control program therefor An object is to suppress the rocking motion of a vessel body with a high level of accuracy by obtaining a required lifting force. A torque calculation section 27 calculates a torque of a fin 11 based on the pressure of a hydraulic cylinder 12. T... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7210422 | Fin stabilizer to reduce roll for boats in turns method and apparatus The invention relates to a fin stabilization system adapted to minimize roll about the longitudinal axis of the boat during sharp cornering at very high speeds. In one form, equipment such as a machine gun is mounted to the bow of the boat and targets are adapted to... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191725 | Bow lifting body A watercraft having a hull, a fore and aft longitudinal axis and a bow includes a three dimensional low drag submerged lifting body secured to the bow below the design waterline of the hull. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182032 | Clamp tool device and method of using A new and improved clamp tool device and method of using the device is disclosed for use in holding a boat in a relatively stationary position while the boat is floating in shallow water. The clamp tool device comprises: a first C-clamp having a top edge; and a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168386 | Small boat A small boat has left and right sponsons extending in a longitudinal direction and respectively attached to left and right side walls forming a boat body. The sponsons are provided with an attachment section contacting a left side wall, a gliding section extending s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163425 | Personal watercraft A personal watercraft configured to plane on a water surface is disclosed. The personal watercraft typically includes an attitude sensor configured to detect an attitude of a body of the watercraft, a propulsion force changing system configured to change a propulsio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7104211 | Watercraft stabilizing device A device for stabilizing boats and other watercraft that is generally blade-shaped and attaches to the body or hull of the boat. The stabilizing device projects generally outwardly and downwardly from the boat and is pivotally connected along the vertical axis at th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097387 | Engineered material buoyancy system and device There is provided a buoyancy system for a structure having at least one component being substantially stationary with respect to the bottom of a water covered area. The system comprises a set of buoyancy modules of engineered materials to apply an identified amount ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086809 | Minimum floating offshore platform with water entrapment plate and method of installation An apparatus for use in offshore oil or gas production in which a plurality of vertical stabilizing columns are supported on a submerged horizontal water entrapment plate is provided to support minimum offshore oil and gas production facilities above a subsea wellhe... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7006905 | Method and device for allocating thrust Force balance and moment balance associated with thrust of air and water craft equipped with thrust generators are preset in view of non-linear characteristics and dynamic characteristics of thrust generators. A performance index for minimizing thrusts generated by ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978728 | Active roll stabilization system for ships The invention relates to an active roll stabilisation system for ships, comprising at least one rotatable stabilisation element extending below the water line, sensor means for sensing the ship's movements and delivering control signals on the basis thereof to drivi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932018 | Manual hydrofoil and spar truss assembly for wind powered watercraft A simple, lightweight, manually-controlled device for stabilizing and increasing the performance of small, sail-assisted watercraft, containing a single moving part and comprising a curved spar or iako (1) joining a main hull and a single outrigger hull or am... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928949 | Canoe stabilizer having vertically adjustable buoyancy A stabilizer is releasably attached to a canoe-like boat and includes two floats that are located outside the periphery of the boat. The floats are attached to bars, and lock mechanisms attach the bars to the boat. The bars are releasably attached end-to-end. Each f... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6892660 | Furling sail and means for turning mast A sail that is fully battened by a plurality of essentially thin, spaced apart battens positioned at a steep angle on the sail. The sail is adapted to be furled around the mast. The battens are stiff enough to support a large roach of a square top sail and yet flexi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6767166 | Motion reduced floating structure A motion reduced floating structure includes a main hull structure and a wave damping structure connected with the main hull structure. The wave damping structure may include a back board, a lower horizontal board and vertical members. The back board is connected wi... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6745715 | Stern flap corrective motion and fuel saving control system for marine vessels Corrective stabilizing motions are applied to a sea vessel hull during seawater travel in response to stern flap displacement by hydrodynamic forces induced at the buttock of the vessel hull and by the lower flap surfaces at the stern end of the sea vessel hull in r... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6712016 | Personal watercraft having ventilated sponsons Ventilated sponsons, personal watercraft having ventilated sponsons, and methods for adjusting the handling characteristics of personal watercraft by ventilating the sponsons. The present invention provides ventilated sponsons, sponsons, having holes formed through ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6655308 | Passive stabilizer for floating petroleum-production systems The present invention relates to a passive stabilizer (3) which is installed in the lower part of a tanker used in floating production systems which make use of a mechanism which enables the tanker (1) to rotate about a vertical axis (turret). The stabili... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651579 | Personal watercraft having tuneable sponsons Tunable sponsons for personal watercraft and personal watercraft having the tunable sponsons. The present invention provides personal watercraft having sponsons with an adjustable height relative to the water surface and the hull. One adjustable sponson h... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6652193 | Swaying reduction apparatus and floating body therewith The motion reducing apparatus has an orthorhombic shaped floating main body, a horizontal plumb plate supported horizontally on one side section of the floating main body by stay members, and flow sections for flooding with incoming water are provided bet... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6561110 | Passive stabilizer for floating petroleum-production systems The present invention relates to a passive stabilizer (3) which is installed in the lower part of a tanker used in floating production systems which make use of a mechanism which enables the tanker (1) to rotate about a vertical axis (turret). The stabili... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546888 | Removable stabilizing fin for a watercraft A stabilizing fin assembly for use with a watercraft includes a mounting structure, a stabilizing fin structure, and a releasable securement structure. The mounting structure is fixedly attached to a side portion of a hull of a watercraft. The stabilizing... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6508187 | Watercraft The present invention provides a watercraft having steering components (steering tabs or stabilizers) for maintaining steering capability even while amount of water ejected from a propulsion pump is decreased. The steering components are movably disposed ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6427619 | Open-trough kayak leeboard kit An open-trough kayak sailing accessory kit is described in which a removable, portable, lightweight bi-pod mast is mounted to a removable board/hatch at the front of the kayak. The mast then tilts back over the kayak so as to center the sail over the craf... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6240869 | Watercraft stabilization apparatus Stabilization apparatus (12) for a watercraft (10) having a hull (14), including at least one hydrofoil (20) with a leading edge (22) and a trailing edge (24), the edges defining a chord (26) extending therebetween, the at least one hydrofoil being mounte... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6189477 | Marine advertising vessel A marine advertising vessel comprises a floating member with superimposed deck supporting a display frame for mounting an advertising message or display well above water level to be readily visible along a shoreline. One or more vessels may be employed fo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188186 | Magnetostriction oscillator driving circuit and method A circuit and method for driving a magnetostriction oscillator which is used for generating a high output ultrasonic wave by using a pulse width modulation is provided. In the circuit, a controller outputs first and second variable digital signals in orde... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6102625 | Wave dampener for floating structures A dampening device for dampening the vertical wave-induced motion component of a floating structure. The dampener projects in the form of a skirt down below the bottom of the floating structure (11) and consists of a plurality of channels (47) which exten... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101963 | Rudder tab for suppression of tip vortex cavitation Cavitation of a hydrofoil element, such as the rudder of a marine vessel, om exposure to a body of water during onset flow at different angles to the chordal axis of the rudder profile, is suppressed by a tab on the lower end tip of the rudder. Such tab h... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6065417 | Ship The hull (100) of a ship with an elevated steering stand (200) is provided with a device for the leveling compensation of hull motions which, in at least one plane, compensates a hull movement in the pitching direction, in the rolling direction and in the... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6032602 | Stabilizer for ocean going vessels and a stabilizer for other ocean going bodies, such as ships A device for guiding the flow of floating objects. The device is connected to a hull of the floating object and, depending on the flow, feeds hydrodynamic forces into the hull. The device shows a main flow body which is designed in a more flat-topped mann... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026759 | Adjustable leveling fin rudder method and apparatus for powerboats Method and apparatus for leveling or adjusting a power-boat's average angle of bank or list about its roll axis RA regardless of side wind or off-center loading to improve passenger comfort, increase fuel efficiency, and smooth hull passage through waves ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5819678 | Boat keel stabilizer system for trolling This invention relates to a fold-able panel as keel stabilizer for small boats of up to 20 feet in length approximately during trolling speeds of up to ten miles per hour approximately, such that the same motor can be used for trolling as well as higher s... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5694878 | Semi-submerged catamaran In a semi-submerged catamaran comprising at least two submerged bodies, struts mounted in a standing position on respective submerged bodies and a hull part supported by the struts above the water surface, motion preventing fins are fixed in a submerged p... | 12/09/1997 |
