Patents by Inventor Patrick Galiana

Patrick Galiana 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: 4652728
    Abstract: A wind and course calculator for navigation is provided comprising two superimposed disks made from a transparent material, a mobile disk 1 movable in rotation and in translation carrying a network of concentric circles corresponding to the speeds and of converging straight lines corresponding to the angular values of headings and a supporting disk 2 having a mark 5 indicating the heading and, at its periphery, graduations corresponding to the angular values of sailing trims of the boat and a scale of speeds 7 carried on the radius directed towards the indication of the heading, on the reverse side of which supporting disk is fixed a pointer 10, 11 having a slider 12 carrying a reference dot 13 serving as display and reading point. The upper face of the supporting disk has two parallel guides 3 between which the mobile disk 1 slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Inventor: Patrick Galiana