Patents by Inventor Jeremy Wyatt Linzee

Jeremy Wyatt Linzee 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).

  • Publication number: 20160332712
    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: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee
  • Patent number: 9346527
    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
  • Publication number: 20140196648
    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: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee
  • Patent number: 8746162
    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
  • Publication number: 20130042798
    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