Patents by Inventor Steven John Derrah

Steven John Derrah 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: 20200079479
    Abstract: This new art offers six add on motorized attachments for the benefit of the recent trend of hydro foil surfing wherein said wave hydro foils comprise a mast attached to the bottom side of a surfboard and a fuselage that has a large forward lifting wing and a small aft stabilizing wing and is able to lift a 250 lb man and surfboard approximately two feet above the water surface at slow paddling speeds riding a wave from underneath the water surface wherein said new art enables said hydrofoil surfboard to motor along on flat water at high speeds cruising or fielding for waves then said new art can retract a motorized structure completely out of the water while in motion to allow a surfer to catch then foil ride a wave or an ocean swell without power by means of two types of retractable motorized apparatus wherein the first type has a vertical strut that holds a propeller and cort nozzle in a down position motoring forward wherein said strut can retract horizontally up and out from the water surface wherein this
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Steven John Derrah
  • Patent number: 10532797
    Abstract: This application includes an electric powered surfboard equipped with drive units that emerge out onto the surfboard's bottom surface to power it forward. Once a wave is caught the drive units can retract back up into the surfboard's body as the power is shut off by the surfer. Then instantly, flush fitting glide doors close, allowing the surfboard's bottom to return to a planing surface with no protrusions, except for fins to detract from the surfboard's critical gliding ability when surfing waves. Also, there's a crowned deck shape that allows thin rail sensitivity for turning performance and a motor battery arrangement that provides mass centralization of weight. All this, combined with several wireless control means define this new fine handling motorized surfboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Steven John Derrah
  • Patent number: 9718521
    Abstract: This new art offers an improvement to conventional surfboards as well as any previous motorized jet surfboards. This application includes an electric powered surfboard equipped with high volume jet drive units that power it forward and significantly improve a surfer's wave fielding and catching ability. Once a wave is caught the drive unit can be shut off by the surfer. Then instantly, two flush fitting glide doors close the jet tube intake openings allowing the surfboard's bottom to return to a planning surface with no protrusions, except for fins, and no water filled jet tubes left open to detract from the surfboard's critical gliding ability when surfing waves. Also, there's a crowned deck shape that allows thin rail sensitivity for turning performance and a motor battery arrangement that provides mass centralization of weight. All this, combined with several wireless control means define this new fine handling motorized surfboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Steven John Derrah
  • Publication number: 20140134900
    Abstract: This new art offers an improvement to conventional surfboards as well as any previous motorized jet surfboards. This application includes an electric powered surfboard equipped with high volume jet drive units that power it forward and significantly improve a surfer's wave fielding and catching ability. Once a wave is caught the drive unit can be shut off by the surfer. Then instantly, two flush fitting glide doors close the jet tube intake openings allowing the surfboard's bottom to return to a planning surface with no protrusions, except for fins, and no water filled jet tubes left open to detract from the surfboard's critical gliding ability when surfing waves. Also, there's a crowned deck shape that allows thin rail sensitivity for turning performance and a motor battery arrangement that provides mass centralization of weight. All this, combined with several wireless control means define this new fine handling motorized surfboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Steven John Derrah
  • Publication number: 20130323989
    Abstract: This new art offers an improvement to conventional surfboards as well as any previous motorized jet surfboards. This application includes an electric powered surfboard equipped with drive units that unfold out onto the surfboard's bottom surface to aggressively power it forward. Once a wave is caught the drive units can retract back up into the surfboard's body as the power is shut off by the surfer. Then, instantly the flush fitting glide doors close, allowing the surfboard's bottom to return to a planning surface with no protrusions, except for fins, and no water filled jet tubes left open to detract from the surfboard's critical gliding ability when surfing waves. Also, there's a crowned deck shape that allows thin rail sensitivity for turning performance and a motor battery arrangement that provides mass centralization of weight. All this, combined with several wireless control means define this new fine handling motorized surfboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Steven John Derrah