Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inflatable hull configuration and connection for a multihull vessel
- Patent Title (中): 充气船体配置和连接多船舶
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Application No.: US12688634Application Date: 2010-01-15
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Publication No.: US08640640B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Ugo Conti , Mark Gundersen
- Applicant: Ugo Conti , Mark Gundersen
- Applicant Address: US CA Richmond
- Assignee: Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Richmond
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: B63B1/14
- IPC: B63B1/14 ; B63B7/08

Abstract:
Inflatable hull configuration and connection for a multihull vessel. The inflatable hulls have a longitudinal structural member fastened to the top of the inflatable hulls, with a central body of the multihull vessel supported on the longitudinal structural members by forward and stern legs. The forward legs support the forward part of the central body through a ball joint that allows the forward legs to rotate as a unit relative to the central body, and have their lower ends attached to the forward part of the longitudinal members, each through a spring supported ball joint. The stern legs are each rigidly coupled to the central body, with their lower ends connected to the aft part of the longitudinal members to allow rotation about a vertical axis and a transverse axis, but not the longitudinal axis. A detailed embodiment is disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100288174A1 Inflatable Hull Configuration and Connection for a Multihull Vessel Public/Granted day:2010-11-18
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