Patents by Inventor Robert Walling

Robert Walling 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).

  • SUSPENSION-BASED COLLAPSIBLE STRAKES FOR WATERCRAFT AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190270495
    Abstract: A watercraft includes a hull having inner and outer surfaces and at least one collapsible strake coupled to the hull. The collapsible strake includes a movable skin hingedly coupled to the hull. The collapsible strake also includes a dampening element and a negative stiffness element each extending from an inner surface of the movable skin to the outer surface of the hull. The movable skin is configured to rotate between an uncollapsed configuration having a first stiffness and a collapsed configuration having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher P. Henry, Sloan P. Smith, David W. Shahan, Joseph Creecy, Jeffrey Bowles, Christopher Swanhart, Robert Walling