Patents by Inventor Young-Zehr Kehr

Young-Zehr Kehr 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: 11377178
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wave sheltering vessel used to reduce the significant wave height of waves. The wave sheltering vessel includes a hull, a plurality of anchors, and a propeller system. A length of the hull is greater than or equal to 60 meters. A ratio of the length to a design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 6.5. A ratio of the length to a breadth of the hull is less than or equal to 3.5. A ratio of the breadth to the design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 2.3. The anchors are installed at the hull along a longitudinal direction of the hull. The propeller system is disposed at the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: National Taiwan Ocean University
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Publication number: 20200317307
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wave sheltering vessel used to reduce the significant wave height of waves. The wave sheltering vessel includes a hull, a plurality of anchors, and a propeller system. A length of the hull is greater than or equal to 60 meters. A ratio of the length to a design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 6.5. A ratio of the length to a breadth of the hull is less than or equal to 3.5. A ratio of the breadth to the design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 2.3. The anchors are installed at the hull along a longitudinal direction of the hull. The propeller system is disposed at the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: National Taiwan Ocean University
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Patent number: 10155575
    Abstract: A diffuser-type endplate propeller driving a hull and including a propeller hub and a plurality of blades is provided. The propeller hub has an axis of rotation and is connected to a transmission shaft of the hull. A blade has a blade-body and an endplate. The blade-body is connected to the propeller hub and extends outward from the propeller hub to the corresponding endplate, the endplate bends from the corresponding blade-body to extend towards a stern of the hull, and the endplate has a leading edge and a trailing edge. A cylindrical surface is imaginarily formed by the leading edges while the diffuser-type endplate propeller is rotated about the axis. Each of the endplates has a first tangent plane at the leading edge thereof, the cylindrical surface has a second tangent plane at the leading edge. An included angle is measured from the second tangent plane to the first tangent plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Ocean University
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Publication number: 20180127074
    Abstract: A diffuser-type endplate propeller driving a hull and including a propeller hub a plurality of blades is provided. The propeller hub has an axis of rotation and is connected to a transmission shaft of the hull. The blade has a blade-body and an endplate. The blade-body is connected to the propeller hub and extends outward from the propeller hub to the corresponding endplate, the endplate bends from the corresponding blade-body to extend towards a stern of the hull, and the endplate has a leading edge and a trailing edge. A cylindrical surface is imaginarily formed by the leading edges while the diffuser-type endplate propeller is rotated about the axis. Each of the endplates has a first tangent plane at the leading edge thereof, the cylindrical surface has a second tangent plane at the leading edge. An included angle is measured from the second tangent plane to the first tangent plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Ocean University
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Patent number: 9488155
    Abstract: An ocean current power generating apparatus using dual-duct with boundary layer control effect is provided. The ocean current power generating apparatus with dual-duct includes at least one power generating unit. The power generating unit includes a turbine, an inner duct and an outer duct. The turbine has a shaft box. The turbine is located inside the inner duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the inner duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the inner duct. The outflow side of the inner duct is located inside the outer duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the outer duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the outer duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: National Taiwan Ocean University
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Publication number: 20150145259
    Abstract: An ocean current power generating apparatus using dual-duct with boundary layer control effect is provided. The ocean current power generating apparatus with dual-duct includes at least one power generating unit. The power generating unit includes a turbine, an inner duct and an outer duct. The turbine has a shaft box. The turbine is located inside the inner duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the inner duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the inner duct. The outflow side of the inner duct is located inside the outer duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the outer duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the outer duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr
  • Publication number: 20140363298
    Abstract: A diffuser-type endplate propeller for driving a hull is provided. The diffuser-type endplate propeller includes a propeller hub and a plurality of blades. The propeller hub is connected to a transmission shaft of the hull. Each of blades respectively has a blade-body and an endplate connected to each other, wherein each of the blade-bodies is connected to the propeller hub and extends outward from the propeller hub to the corresponding endplate, each the endplate bends from the corresponding blade-body to extend towards a stern of the hull, each of the endplates has a leading edge and a trailing edge, each the leading edge keeps a first distance from an axis of the propeller hub, each the trailing edge keeps a second distance from the axis of the propeller hub, and the first distance is less than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Young-Zehr Kehr