Patents by Inventor Clifford C. C. Shaw

Clifford C. C. Shaw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5503100
    Abstract: A hybrid high performance water vessel consists of two hulls: an upper hull with a pair of main fluid-lifting-plane means (called mainfoils thereafter), for providing hydrodynamic lifting force at high speed; and a torpedo shaped streamlined sub-hull disposed beneath the water line, for providing the majority of flotation. Along the water line is a knife-like slender hull called mainstrut that pierces through water surface to minimize the crucial wave-making resistance. The mainfoils are located close to one end section of the vessel, and the sub-hull is placed at the other end section of the vessel, so that the center of hydrodynamic lifting force of the mainfoils and the center of buoyancy of the water vessel is offset substantially along the longitudinal axis of the vessel system. It enables the water vessel of present invention to have a "Hull Inclination" capability that improves the performances of said water vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Inventor: Clifford C. C. Shaw