Patents Assigned to Groupe Finot
  • Propulsion system for sailing crafts and ships
    Patent number: 4674427
    Abstract: A propulsion system for crafts and ships, notably sailing ships, includes at least one flexible or rigid sail, to which are attached one or several foils, eventually provided with small floats, whereby the foils can be eventually articulated relative to the sail, so that the pair constituted by the sail and the foils forms a unitary block which allows cancelling a capsizing torque acting on the craft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Groupe Finot
    Inventor: Jean-Marie Finot
  • Propulsion system for sailing crafts and ships
    Patent number: 4592298
    Abstract: A propulsion system for crafts and ships, notably sailing ships, includes at least one flexible or rigid sail, to which are attached one or several foils, eventually provided with small floats, whereby the foils can be eventually articulated relative to the sail, so that the pair constituted by the sail and the foils forms a unitary block which allows cancelling a capsizing torque acting on the craft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Groupe Finot
    Inventor: Jean-Marie Finot