Patents by Inventor Cameron Flannery

Cameron Flannery 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).

  • LIFT FROM VESSEL FORMATION
    Publication number: 20220404833
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for operating a watercraft vessel. The system can include a communication unit configured to receive a position signal and a velocity signal of the first vessel. The system can include a first sensing unit configured to determine a relative position signal of one or more nearby vessels including the first vessel, a second sensing unit configured to detect and measure a fluid velocity field of a vortex around the watercraft vessel, and a third sensing unit configured to detect and measure an efficiency gain from a lifting force experienced by watercraft vessel operating in an upwash region of the vortex. And the system can include a control unit configured to maneuver the watercraft vessel from a first position to an optimum position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Cameron Flannery, Edward Kearney, Jeremy Osborne, Tim Le Lievre
  • LIFT FROM VESSEL FORMATION
    Publication number: 20220091610
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for operating a watercraft vessel. The system can include a communication unit configured to receive a position signal and a velocity signal of the first vessel. The system can include a first sensing unit configured to determine a relative position signal of one or more nearby vessels including the first vessel, a second sensing unit configured to detect and measure a fluid velocity field of a vortex around the watercraft vessel, and a third sensing unit configured to detect and measure an efficiency gain from a lifting force experienced by watercraft vessel operating in an upwash region of the vortex. And the system can include a control unit configured to maneuver the watercraft vessel from a first position to an optimum position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Cameron Flannery, Edward Kearney, Jeremy Osborne, Tim Le Lievre
  • Lift from vessel formation
    Patent number: 11194333
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for operating a watercraft vessel. The system can include a communication unit configured to receive a position signal and a velocity signal of the first vessel. The system can include a first sensing unit configured to determine a relative position signal of one or more nearby vessels including the first vessel, a second sensing unit configured to detect and measure a fluid velocity field of a vortex around the watercraft vessel, and a third sensing unit configured to detect and measure an efficiency gain from a lifting force experienced by watercraft vessel operating in an upwash region of the vortex. And the system can include a control unit configured to maneuver the watercraft vessel from a first position to an optimum position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Boundary Layer Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Flannery, Edward Kearney, Jeremy Osborne, Tim Le Lievre
  • LIFT FROM VESSEL FORMATION
    Publication number: 20210341925
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for operating a watercraft vessel. The system can include a communication unit configured to receive a position signal and a velocity signal of the first vessel. The system can include a first sensing unit configured to determine a relative position signal of one or more nearby vessels including the first vessel, a second sensing unit configured to detect and measure a fluid velocity field of a vortex around the watercraft vessel, and a third sensing unit configured to detect and measure an efficiency gain from a lifting force experienced by watercraft vessel operating in an upwash region of the vortex. And the system can include a control unit configured to maneuver the watercraft vessel from a first position to an optimum position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Cameron Flannery, Edward Kearney, Jeremy Osborne, Tim Le Lievre