Patents Assigned to Kick Off Ltd.
  • Friction resistance reducing layer
    Patent number: 8535781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layer for reducing the friction resistance of a fluid relative to an object and for improving the contact of a boundary layer of the fluid flowing past, and thereby increasing the lift, comprising a wave-like approach flow surface repeating in a first direction which comprises means for transporting fluid from the boundary layer of the fluid flowing past to cavities in the wave-like approach flow surface. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kick Off Ltd.
    Inventor: Jacobus Lambertus Van Merksteijn
  • Turbulence foil
    Patent number: 8323775
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a layer (1) for reducing air resistance of a forward-moving object, which layer comprises a pattern of surfaces (2) rising in a first direction R, and—channels (3) running between the surfaces in a second direction at an angle to the first direction. A flow is brought about on a micro-scale in the channels which damps the occurrence of turbulence in the main flow over the surface, thereby reducing air resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kick Off Ltd.
    Inventor: Jacobus Lambertus van Merkstoijn
  • Friction Resistance Reducing Layer and Method for the Manufacturing Thereof
    Publication number: 20100285278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layer for reducing the friction resistance of a fluid relative to an object and for improving the contact of a boundary layer of the fluid flowing past, and thereby increasing the lift, comprising a wave-like approach flow surface repeating in a first direction which comprises means for transporting fluid from the boundary layer of the fluid flowing past to cavities in the wave-like approach flow surface. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: KICK OFF LTD.
    Inventor: Jacobus Lambertus Van Merksteijn
  • TURBULENCE FOIL
    Publication number: 20100159204
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a layer (1) for reducing air resistance of a forward-moving object, which layer comprises a pattern of surfaces (2) rising in a first direction R, and -channels (3) running between the surfaces in a second direction at an angle to the first direction. A flow is brought about on a micro-scale in the channels which damps the occurrence of turbulence in the main flow over the surface, thereby reducing air resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KICK OFF LTD.
    Inventor: Jacobus Lambertus VAN MERKSTEIJN