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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069802 | Method and apparatus for controlling a marine vessel One embodiment of the invention comprises a method for controlling a marine vessel having a first steerable propulsor, a corresponding first reversing device, a second steerable propulsor and a corresponding second reversing device. The method comprises receiving a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7789032 | Boat thruster apparatus and method A thruster mounted to the transom of a boat and aligned to provide a lateral thrust for maneuvering the boat at low speeds. The thruster comprises a central housing having a propeller therein, and two extension members extending oppositely outwardly from end opening... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7765946 | Integrated bow thrusters A system and apparatus for providing integrated boat thrusters which eliminates interfering with the integrity of the hull, and undesirable drilling and cutting of the hull to accommodate separate glass tubes or pipes that are conventionally used to form thruster tu... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7644675 | Lateral thruster unit for marine vessels A thruster unit for generating side thrust for improved maneuverability of a marine vessel employs a peripherally-driven propeller situated below the waterline and remotely powered by a motor situated above the waterline via a flexible drive member. The propeller is... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7530319 | Lateral thruster unit for marine vessels A thruster unit for generating side thrust for improved maneuverability of a marine vessel employs a peripherally-driven propeller situated below the waterline and remotely powered by a motor situated above the waterline via a flexible drive member. The propeller is... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7284495 | Shaftless radial vane rotary device and a marine propulsion system using the device A radial vane fluid motor or pump has an open ended tubular rotor having a cylindrical outer surface rotatably mounted in a tubular stator having its inner surface contoured to provide successive portions of increased and decreased spacing relative to the rotor body... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281482 | Side thruster performance improvement with power optimization controller A system and method of use for a marine vehicle to compensate for the effects of forward velocity of the vehicle and ambient currents of a water medium on lateral thrust from a lateral tunnel in the vehicle. A thruster in the tunnel has a variable pitch propeller ro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264519 | Safe efficient outboard motor assembly An outboard motor assembly for use as external propulsion for a watercraft includes a drive assembly, a shaft assembly, and a impeller-jet assembly coupled to the shaft assembly. The impeller-jet assembly includes an inlet stator, an exit stator, a impeller, and an ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237501 | Means and apparatus for one person to load and unload a marine vessel from a trailer without assistance from other individuals An electronic control system is provided to permit one-person loading and unloading of a vessel from a trailer. The control moves the vessel using bow, stern and fore/aft thrusters that are supplied by the boat manufacturer. Operator inputs to the system controller ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238066 | Pod propulsion system with rim-mounted bearings A pod propulsion system comprises a housing defining a fluid duct and an annular drum rotatably mounted to the housing within the fluid duct. The annular drum has a drum interior and a cylindrical outer surface. The system further comprises a rotor mounted to the dr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226324 | Waterjet with internal drive motor A marine waterjet propulsion system having an impeller with an impeller hub, a diffusor with a diffusor hub, and a motor driving the impeller, the motor being placed inside at least one of said impeller and diffusor hubs. In one preferred embodiment of the propulsio... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201621 | Portable bow thruster for small boats A portable bow thruster for use on the bow of a boat in a body of water having a water line. The bow thruster includes a blower assembly for producing an air flow to provide thrust, an exhaust air duct for expelling the air flow from the blower assembly, pivoting me... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188577 | Omni thruster for motorboats and motoryachts A device for enhancing the maneuverability of motorboats and motoryachts includes a high velocity water jet pump (HVWJP) attached to the main engine through an electromagnetic clutch. High velocity water flows from the HVWJP's outlet to bow and stern side nozzles, t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189127 | Watercraft propulsion machine A watercraft propulsion machine equipped with an outboard motor is provided. The propulsion machine includes a propulsion machine body and the outboard motor. The propulsion machine body is detachably mountable to a hull. The outboard motor is mounted on a rotary sh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174842 | Boat propulsion system A boat propulsion system includes a plurality of positive displacement pumps which having high discharge head and having inlets and outlets therein and a controlling panel having circuits, wherein the pumps are mounted on a bottom of a boat and driven by a motive po... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150662 | Watercraft docking system and propulsion assembly An improved docking system for a watercraft and a propulsion assembly therefor wherein the docking system comprises a plurality of the propulsion assemblies and wherein each propulsion assembly includes a motor and propeller assembly provided on the distal end of a ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150240 | Method and apparatus for maneuvering a watercraft A watercraft steer-by-wire control system comprising: an input device; at least one transducer in operable communication with the input device; a rudder control system in operable communication with the input device and configured to control a rudder of a watercraft... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146921 | Rotationally retractable propeller A retractable thruster for a surface or submersible vessel, having thruster a propulsion assembly with a rigid structure secured to a cylindrical turbine. The rigid structure contains a motor suitable for rotating at lease one propeller inside the turbine via at lea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143707 | Water jet drive for marine vehicles A compact operational retro-fit drive plant, for installation in the base of the bow or stern of various types of marine vehicle, in particular of displacement types, which serves for maneuvering and traveling at cruising speed on normal and particularly flat stretc... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131386 | Marine propulsion system with pressure compensated hydraulic supply capability A hydraulic system for a marine vessel incorporates a single hydraulic pump that can be driven by either first or second motive devices, such as an internal combustion engine or an electric motor. Depending on the circumstances, the pressure required by the hydrauli... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124698 | Auxiliary facilities for the maneuvering of submerged water jet propelled sea craft The hull of a submerged sea craft adjacent its stern end is provided with auxiliary facilities for controlled maneuvering operations under low speed conditions, including steering, stopping and negative thrust backing performed independently of main propulsion of th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121219 | Boat control system The boat control system of the invention is a propulsion system for controlling the direction of passage of a vessel underway at low speeds. Six thruster nozzles are installed around the hull so that, used individually or in combinations, the boat can be maneuvered ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7055447 | Dynamic positioning and motion control during cargo transfer operations A system and method providing a portable, floatable vessel for controlling the absolute position and relative position and the motion of a floating craft using a small water plane area, high vertical drag coefficient and dynamic positioning is disclosed. The methodo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037150 | Method and apparatus for controlling a waterjet-driven marine vessel A control system and apparatus for controlling waterjet-driven marine vessels is disclosed. Some aspects allow for generation of a plurality of actuator control signals from a single vessel control signal, such as those provided by vessel control apparatus. A contro... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004803 | Outboard trolling motor deployment and control system An outboard trolling motor deployment assembly and control system for a boat which is afloat in a body of water includes an outboard trolling motor assembly having at least one, but preferably, one pair of outboard trolling motors. A deployment assembly is disposed ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978746 | Method and apparatus to control a variable valve control device The present invention provides an improvement over conventional engine control systems for variable valve control devices for the valvetrain in that it provides a substantially closed-circuit hydrostatic fluid control system and accompanying method to improve respon... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978729 | Control system for boats A boat has installed therein a primary propulsion system to produce a thrust at least in the longitudinal direction, manual controls for controlling the primary propulsion system, a transverse propulsion system for producing a transverse thrust, and a joystick contr... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976891 | Underwater sound and bubbles for powered watercraft Sound and bubble producing apparatus formed by a channeled member having an air inlet and outlet immersible in a body of water, with said outlet accompanied by structure that casuse air bubbles and sound to be emitted from said outlet when immersed the body of water... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964590 | Lateral thrust drive unit for marine vessels A thrust drive unit for generating side thrust for improved maneuverability of a marine vessel employs a peripherally-driven propeller situated below the waterline and remotely powered by a motor situated well above the waterline via a drive belt. The propeller is s... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960105 | Jet propulsion boat A control unit is provided for increasing the number of engine revolutions per minute to a predetermined number of revolutions per minute when the throttle is closed and when the engine has been rotated for more than a prescribed time period at more than a prescribe... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957990 | Electric houseboat An electric houseboat comprises a hull and a house-like structure mounted on the hull which includes at least one bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. A Diesel generator comprises the sole power source for the houseboat. The operating temperature of the Diesel genera... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6932013 | Maneuvering of submerged waterjet propelled sea craft The stern hull portion of a sea craft through which main exit flow channels extend to projecting jet propulsion nozzles, is provided with facilities for controlled maneuvering of the sea craft, including steering, stopping, negative thrust backing and docking withou... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926567 | Directional steering controlled jet propulsion An elongated fluid dynamic water jet type of propulsion body receives an inflow of fluid through inlet openings for entry into a jet propulsor from which an outlet jet emerges for passage through an internal transition passage to an exit end between two pairs of hor... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6837758 | Fast military surface craft A fast military surface craft, particularly a frigate or a corvette, includes at least two electric rudder propeller drives, whereby the electric ruder propeller drive is placed at a cruising speed. The electric energy for the rudder propeller of the electric rudder... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6799528 | Portable dynamic positioning system with self-contained diesel hydraulic thrusters The integrated and self contained diesel hydraulic thruster system integral has a dynamic positioning control system for dynamic positioning of any waterborne vessel having a hull with at least two sides and a deck connecting the sides, at least two removably mounte... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6786167 | Propulsion system for boats A propelling machine (2) is configured curved- tubular, on a ship bottom (1b), with a front casing (12) having a suction inlet (11) opening fore to water, an impeller casing (10) having an impeller (17) inscribed thereto, an... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773316 | Non-ventilating aft thruster tunnel design A modified boat hull, providing for dual, non-ventilating aft thruster tunnels. Each tunnel includes a generally tubular section which fluidly communicates with the transom outlet orifice, and a converging transition section which communicates at the extreme opposit... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6755702 | Powered watercraft Aquatic propulsion apparatus formed by a channeled outlet member; a channeled inlet member extending into the outlet member; with pressure applied in the channel of the outlet member surrounding the channel of the inlet member, which extends into the outlet member; ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6725797 | Method and apparatus for propelling a surface ship through water A method and apparatus for propelling a surface vehicle through the water comprised of a submerged portion, including both a stern propulsion unit and a bow propulsion unit. Either unit may be a pumpjet, the bow unit may include a counter-rotating nose hub having at... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6709303 | Internal combustion engine control unit for jet propulsion type watercraft In order to provide an internal combustion engine control unit for a jet propulsion type watercraft which can control an internal combustion engine so that a rider can perform risk avoidance safely, a controller 300 is provided, which increases the rotation s... | 03/23/2004 |
