Patents Examined by E Hayes
  • Patent number: 11332223
    Abstract: Waves introduce stresses in a floating object, such as a pontoon. The stresses can be introduced by multiple mechanisms, such as waves crashing onto the pontoon, an imbalance in buoyancy and weight load causing hogging and sagging Alternating movements and stresses may result in fatigue in the material. Multiple pontoons can be moored next to each other. When placed on a body of water with a higher wave intensity, such as open sea, the wave induced motions and stresses may cause failures in the pontoons or connections between individual pontoons. A network of pontoons is provided, interconnected with connection modules. The connection modules allow the network of pontoons to resist the loads and movements from the waves or to follow the shape of the, thus preventing failures in the connection modules and in the pontoons. The pontoons may be used to provide a mounting surface for photovoltaic panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: OCEANS OF ENERGY B.V.
    Inventor: Allard Pieter Van Hoeken
  • Patent number: 11332216
    Abstract: An inflatable shuttle boat including a seat tube, a pair of exterior buoyancy tubes, and a pair of foot support tubes. The seat tube has an elongate, cylindrical outer surface that is centrally located and extends from a front end to an aft end, the seat tube sized for single-file, straddled seating of a plurality of riders on top of the cylindrical outer surface. The pair of exterior buoyancy tubes have an elongate shape providing exterior sides of the inflatable shuttle boat, each of the pair of exterior buoyancy tubes having a larger diameter and height than the seat tube and extend in a parallel disposition to the seat tube at right and left sides. The pair of foot support tubes have elongate shapes extending adjacent and parallel to the seat tube in coupled engagement between the pair of exterior buoyancy tubes and the seat tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Indian Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Plante, Michael Christopher Shine
  • Patent number: 11325684
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inflatable kayak. The inflatable kayak includes an inflatable floor having two ends defined upward; two inflatable gunwales arranged on the left and right sides of the inflatable floor, the height of the upper edge at both ends of the inflatable gunwale being higher than the height at the middle of the inflatable gunwale, allowing the height of the prow and the stern of the inflatable kayak to be no less than the height at the middle of the inflatable kayak; and a reinforcing assembly including a bottom reinforcing layer, a prow hatchway cover, and a stern hatchway cover, the bottom reinforcing layer at least covering the joints of the inflatable floor and the two inflatable gunwales. The prow hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the prow, and the stern hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the stern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU JILONG SPORT AND LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Bai, Wei Shen, Shanshan Tang
  • Patent number: 11319035
    Abstract: Provided is a floating type solar power generation equipment stage (10) device, comprising a carrier (1) and a plurality of floating collars (2). The carrier (1) is made of a hard material, and has an outer frame portion (11) in a horizontal direction and a link bar (12) disposed at the center of the outer frame portion (11). Further, the outer frame portion (11) is vertically disposed with a plurality of straight strip-shaped bonding columns (13) downwards, and an adjustment portion (14) for adjusting the buoyancy of the stage is disposed on the carrier (1). Each of the plurality of floating collars (2) is a buoyant hollow ring, and its center has a sleeve hole (114) into which the bonding column (13) can be inserted so that the floating collars (2) can be arranged vertically up and down on the bonding column (13), and the stage (10) can be floated on the water with vertical buoyancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Sunny Rich Agric. & Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuei-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 11319034
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a light emitter supported by the watercraft body; and a protection cover covering the light emitter and permeable to light emitted by the light emitter, wherein the watercraft body includes a flow-regulating structure, and the flow-regulating structure includes: a fluid inlet through which an external fluid enters the watercraft body; and an upper flow-regulating wall and a lower flow-regulating wall that are opposed to each other in an up-down direction, the upper and lower flow-regulating walls being located between the fluid inlet and the protection cover to regulate flow of the fluid entering the watercraft body through the fluid inlet and moving toward the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hiroaki Maeda, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11312456
    Abstract: Provided is a floating structure for solar power generating on water. The floating structure includes: unit lines including a main buoyancy body and an auxiliary buoyancy body arranged in a transverse direction and being arranged in a longitudinal direction; a connection member that connects the main buoyancy body to the auxiliary buoyancy body so that the bottom surface of the main buoyancy body is located lower than the bottom surface of the auxiliary buoyancy body; and a platform that connects auxiliary buoyancy bodies included in adjacent unit lines in the longitudinal direction. One or more ends of the main buoyancy body and the auxiliary buoyancy body include a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion that fastens two or more of the main buoyancy body and the auxiliary buoyancy body, and the connection member includes a support portion and third fastening portions provided at ends of the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Sik Kim, Yong Young Kim, Hyun Su Shin, Dong Yeop Lee, Byeung Jin Kim, Yeon June Sung
  • Patent number: 11312463
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described herein for providing electrical power to a marine vehicle. In some aspects, a marine vehicle includes a power system arranged to receive and store electrical power delivered from a solar panel assembly. The power system may include one or more batteries. The vehicle also includes a processor arranged to determine an extension time and an retraction time for a solar panel assembly and a controller that, in response to instructions from the processor, is arranged to extend the solar panel assembly and retract the solar panel assembly. The solar panel assembly is arranged to be configured in at least one of an extended position and a retracted position. The solar panel assembly includes one or more solar panels where the solar panel assembly is in electrical communication with the power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HADAL, INC.
    Inventor: Richard J. Rikoski
  • Patent number: 11306692
    Abstract: In an outboard engine including a throttle body that feeds combustion air that is taken in from an outside air introduction port, into an engine body, an intake duct that guides the combustion air from the outside air introduction port, and an on-off valve disposed partway in the intake duct, a plurality of paths are provided in the intake duct, a path of the intake duct is made switchable to a long path including a drainage effect to water entering the intake duct and a short path that does not include the drainage effect by the on-off valve, and the long path is selected at a time of an engine being stopped or a time of an operation state where the outboard engine is expected to be covered with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shomura, Akinori Yamazaki, Sho Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 11305844
    Abstract: A mooring rope includes a rope body, a fixing sleeve, and a data carrier. The rope body has two fixed sections and a rope loop between the fixed sections. The fixing sleeve combines the two fixed segments. The data carrier includes a connecting piece, a main body, and a tag member. The connecting piece is arranged in the fixing sleeve. The main body is connected to the connecting piece. The tag member is mounted on the main body. The tag member stores information for an external data reader to read in a non-contacting manner. As such, the data carrier can be firmly fixed on the mooring rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventor: Thomas Lin
  • Patent number: 11305841
    Abstract: An article of manufacture involving a system of molded-in cavities and post-molded cover plates that solve a multitude of problems in applying rotational molding to the construction of plastic-hulled power boats. The article of manufacture includes a body, wherein the body is a plastic molded boat hull comprised of numerous molded-in cavities and molded-in features to create an interior layout that is comparable to a conventional boat built of aluminum or fiber reinforced plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Benjamin S. Haas
  • Patent number: 11305845
    Abstract: A stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) comprising (i) a deck (4); (ii) a valve (6) for enabling the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) to be inflated and deflated; (iii) indicator means (12) for indicating that the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) requires at least one fold which is longitudinal when the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) is to be placed in a deflated condition; and (iv) at least one deck pad (8, 10) which extends longitudinally of the deck (4) and which is for receiving a user of the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2), and the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) being such that (v) the deck pad (8, 10) causes the stand-up inflatable paddle board to have a gap (14) which permits the fold to be effected about the gap (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Red Paddle Co Limited
    Inventor: Philip Thomas Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 11297824
    Abstract: An improved exclusion barrier including a plurality of elongate members extending in a generally upright condition between a sea floor and a sea surface. The elongate members are improved to provide a more uniform surface area for the prevention of sharks passing through upper portions of the barrier and maximizing the exclusion capabilities of the overall barrier network. The elongate members include, in addition to permanent magnets, hydro-electric power generation mechanisms for powering electro-magnets within the elongate members to produce a stronger electro-magnetic deterrent field across the barrier network, and also include telescoping mechanisms to allow for a variance in length of each member in coordination with changing wave and water levels and to provide additional pump action for hydro-electric power generation within each elongate member. The exclusion barrier is also secured to the sea floor by an anchoring base having evenly spaced anchoring locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Craig Patrick O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11292564
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mast intended to equip a marine or submarine vessel. The mast includes a metal structure extending along an axis and a fairing arranged externally to the structure in a direction normal to the axis. The fairing is removably assembled to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NAVAL GROUP
    Inventors: Philippe Paumier, Arnaud Trouve
  • Patent number: 11292563
    Abstract: Multiple systems and methods for providing supervised control of subsea vehicles for offshore asset management as well as supplemental autonomous control behaviors are described herein. These systems and methods provide offshore support and alternative supervised control of one or more vehicle generally irrespective of where the vehicle resides in an oil and gas offshore field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jami Joseph Cherami, Peter Andrew Robert Moles, Todd Newell, Lance Michael Williams
  • Patent number: 11292556
    Abstract: For firm installation at a water bottom, a mooring anchor for securing a basal end of a mooring line underwater includes an anchor assembly to which the mooring line is to be fastened, and installable at a water bottom, and a guide to be secured at the water bottom at a position away from the anchor assembly and including a holder to receive and hold the mooring line in a movable manner. The anchor assembly includes a pile drivable into the water bottom and a tilted support extending obliquely downward toward the guide at the water bottom and to be embedded in the water bottom, such that the tilted support withstands and overcomes a tensile force acting in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Environmental Resource Development Consultant Corporation
    Inventor: Giei Kinjo
  • Patent number: 11292558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chest float, comprising a float body; and a support pad, wherein both sides thereof are in detachable connection with both sides of the inner edge of the float body; first and second back limit pads are respectively extended from the two sides of the support pad, the first and second back limit pads are in detachable connection, and a wrapping space is enclosed by the support pad, and first and second back limit pads; when support pad is demounted from the inner edge of the float body from the two sides, the use state of the chest float is switched to the use state of a waist float. By means of the detachable design of the support pad, the chest float realizes the switching between the lying prone state and standing state of an infant, and is adapted to infants of different ages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Weixin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11292557
    Abstract: Described is an electronic system for the movement of boats (10) equipped with an electric water-jet engine (11), comprising a first electronic device(30), composed of a first Bluetooth or Wi-Fi circuit (33), a first accelerometer (34) and at least a first sensor (21) designed to measure a thrust force of the user(1) of the boat (10), which is positioned on the paddle, oar, fin or other palm-like extension (20) of the boat (10) and which communicates the information relative to the thrust force to a second electronic device (40) positioned on the boat (10), which is composed of a second Bluetooth or Wi-Fi circuit (43), a second accelerometer (44), and at least a second sensor (47) designed to measure a thrust force of the electric water-jet engine (11) of the boat (10); the second electronic device (30) is designed to receive and process the information sent from the first electronic device (30) and to control, on the basis of the above-mentioned information, the power of the electric water-jet engine (11) of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Giulia Dal Pont
  • Patent number: 11286024
    Abstract: A floatation device is provided. In some embodiments, a floatation device is provided, comprising an inflatable ring composed of a transparent material, wherein the inflatable ring includes: an outer air chamber having a first valve for inflating the outer air chamber; an inner air chamber having a second valve for inflating the inner air chamber, wherein the outer air chamber and the inner air chamber are not in communication; a cut through the outer air chamber and the inner air chamber of the inflatable ring that forms opposing ends of the inflatable ring; and a plurality of fasteners placed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the outer or inner air chamber for detachably connecting the opposing ends of the inflatable ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Tiffany An-Ting Chiu
  • Patent number: 11279456
    Abstract: An accessory sleeve that fits over an oar combination is disclosed herein. The sleeve is configured with a ruler or a tape measure printed on a surface thereof. Further, the sleeve comprises neoprene that yields proper feel and grip while stretching slightly so that the sleeve can be easily applied and removed, if necessary. The ruler is supported underneath by a nylon strip that prevents shrinking initially and any stretching during the useful life of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ray Cotter
  • Patent number: 11279444
    Abstract: A watercraft includes a hull, an engine compartment defined at least in part by the hull, an engine disposed in the engine compartment, an air intake conduit fluidly connected to the engine, an air filter fluidly connected to the air intake conduit, and a shroud connected to an inlet end of the air intake conduit located in the engine compartment. The shroud has an open end and a closed end. The open end is open to flow of air therethrough and the closed end is closed to flow of air therethrough. The shroud has a sidewall extending between the closed and open ends. The shroud is oriented such that the open end is disposed rearward of the closed end. Noise exiting the inlet end of the air intake conduit and the air filter is reflected generally rearward by the shroud. An engine assembly for a watercraft is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Bourret, Patrice Dusablon, Geno Mangubat, Michael Rodgers