Patents by Inventor Gilles Vaton

Gilles Vaton 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: 6311635
    Abstract: The technical field of the invention is that of ship building, more particularly making ship hulls. A monohull with stern stabilizers, also known as a pseudo-trimaran, for constituting a very high-speed ship comprises a central float (1) and two shorter side floats (2) situated towards the stern of the central float (1) and connected thereto by faired link arms (5); according to the invention, the underwater portions of the three floats (1, 2) are always immersed at least in part and regardless of speed, with the side floats (2) having tiltable underwater foils (3) and with the fineness coefficients of the three floats lying in the range 0.25 to 0.35, with ratios of length over beam lying in the range 12 to 20, and with the ratio of the length of the central float over the length of the side floats lying in the range 2.5 to 4.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventor: Gilles Vaton