Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerofoil sail
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Application No.: US14411853Application Date: 2013-07-01
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Publication No.: US11027808B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Simon Mark Rogers
- Applicant: WINDSHIP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Hampshire
- Assignee: WINDSHIP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: WINDSHIP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Hampshire
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: GB1211536 20120629,GB1303409 20130226
- International Application: PCT/GB2013/051744 WO 20130701
- International Announcement: WO2014/001824 WO 20140103
- Main IPC: B63H9/061
- IPC: B63H9/061 ; B63B15/00 ; B63H9/08

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150191234A1 AEROFOIL SAIL Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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