Patents by Inventor Simon Mark Rogers

Simon Mark Rogers 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).

  • Aerofoil sail
    Patent number: 11027808
    Abstract: An aerofoil sail (30) for providing motive power to a waterborne vessel, the sail comprising a leading aerofoil portion (35a) and a trailing aerofoil portion (35b), and the sail comprising a spar (32), at least one of the aerofoil portions rotatably positionable, and the sail comprising a controller to control individually the angular position of at least one of the aerofoil portions relative to the spar, and the spar rotationally positionable about its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WINDSHIP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Simon Mark Rogers
  • AEROFOIL SAIL
    Publication number: 20150191234
    Abstract: An aerofoil sail (30) for providing motive power to a waterborne vessel, the sail comprising a leading aerofoil portion (35a) and a trailing aerofoil portion (35b), and the sail comprising a spar (32), at least one of the aerofoil portions rotatably positionable, and the sail comprising a controller to control individually the angular position of at least one of the aerofoil portions relative to the spar, and the spar rotationally positionable about its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Simon Mark Rogers