Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanical sail systems, methods, apparatus, and code which allow use of the Magnus effect to provide thrust to a ship. In some embodiments, a mechanical sail system is provided which includes a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship, a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder, and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control the at least first drive motor to position the lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
MAGNUSS LTD
Inventors:
Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanical sail systems, methods, apparatus, and code which allow use of the Magnus effect to provide thrust to a ship. In some embodiments, a mechanical sail system is provided which includes a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship, a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder, and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control the at least first drive motor to position the lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 10, 2014
Assignee:
Magnuss Ltd.
Inventors:
Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanical sail systems, methods, apparatus, and code which allow use of the Magnus effect to provide thrust to a ship. In some embodiments, a mechanical sail system is provided which includes a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship, a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder, and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control the at least first drive motor to position the lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 22, 2012
Publication date:
February 21, 2013
Applicant:
MAGNUSS LTD
Inventors:
Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee