| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 114072000 |
Freighters
| 59 |
| 114067000 |
Antifriction surfaces
| 30 |
| 114071000 |
Cabins
| 14 |
| 114085000 |
Decks
| 13 |
| 114077000 |
Sectional
| 13 |
| 114078000 |
Bulkhead and compartment
| 9 |
| 114068000 |
Insubmergible vessels | 5 |
| 20090078183 | Fluid displacement body for emergency floatation of marine craft - A portable inflatable water displacing body for preventing complete submersion of watercraft in immanent danger of sinking due to a sudden influx of water is comprised generally of at least one bladder, normally mounted within the hull of the vessel in a collapsed and deflated condition, each bladder having: 1) internal volumetric expansion means including an inlet connected to an external gas source for charging the expansion means and a relief valve for controlling the amount of pressure in the expansion means, and 2) a check valve for allowing one-way passage of ambient air into the bladder. The expansion means is comprised of an extremely light-weight, highly flexible tubular framework which when charged with the gas expands into a pre-defined three-dimensional geometric shape causing the volume within the surrounding bladder to increase. The increase in volume reduces the pressure and creates a partial vacuum, which is filled by air pushed in through the check valve by the higher atmospheric pressure. The expanded water displacing body competes for and successfully occupies space within the vessel's hull, and preferably but not essentially below the waterline, which would otherwise be filled by incoming water. Because both the volume of the vessel and Rs average density are substantially maintained, so is the buoyancy needed to keep the vessel afloat. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20080276852 | Use of floatation material to support a vehicle in water - This invention gives the directions for the design and building of a vehicle which will be supported in water by the installation of a Floatation Material. The design is so that the vehicle, occupants, and cargo will be supported so that the vehicle will come to rest in the upright position and with the water level below the upper torso of the occupants. There are several demonstrations presented on a regular basis which show how to escape from a vehicle that has suddenly become immersed in water: a lake, river, etc. Escaping is portrayed as a fairly simple procedure when performed by someone who is coached through the process, and by an individual who knows the vehicle is supported by a crane. The design presented in this invention provides a vehicle that will float while requiring no effort from the occupants, nor does it depend on the performance of some mechanism, i.e. switches, relays, or some mechanically activated procedure that requires intervention by the occupant. Several options were considered and examined before the design presented in this invention was chosen as the best, and safest. There have been designs using inflatable objects. The inflatable object approach has several shortcomings. The most obvious is that the vehicle may not assume the upright position. The material-supported vehicle design presented in this invention, when implemented, will generate a vehicle that will end up in the top-up position when placed in deep water. If the vehicle goes into the water top first, the vehicle will quickly correct to the top-up position. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20130305977 | VEHICLE FLOTATION SYSTEM - The vehicle flotation system is adaptable to a conventional land motor vehicle to provide sufficient buoyancy for the vehicle should it become immersed in water. A plurality of permanently inflated pneumatic elements and/or solid closed-cell (e.g., foam, cork, etc.) elements is installed throughout the bodywork of the vehicle. Such permanently inflated and solid flotation elements do not require a pneumatic inflation system, thus providing benefits in reliability and economy. Optionally, a pneumatic inflation monitoring system may be provided for the pneumatic elements. As an additional option, a plurality of collapsed, inflatable elements may be installed within the vehicle fenders for deployment and inflation in the event of water immersion of the vehicle. These inflatable elements are automatically ejected laterally from slots or openings in the vehicle fenders and are automatically inflated by an on-board container of compressed gas, in the event of water immersion of the vehicle. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20150144045 | BOAT HAVING BUOYANCY UNIT - A boat includes: a pair of buoyancy units spaced from each other; a bottom plate structure connecting the bottoms of the pair of buoyancy units to each other; and a water storage defined by the pair of buoyancy units and the bottom plate structure, open rearward at the stern to take water from the outside, and keeping the water flowing therein. The boat can keep the balance more stable, is free from a common waterproof problem, and can improve a running ability. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160016640 | FLOATING UNIT - A floating unit comprising: a hull having a recess in which a deployable wall is mounted, the wall being movable between a first and a second position; wherein in the first position the wall is enclosed within the hull in the recess, and in the second position the wall at least partly protrudes from the hull, thereby defining a partly enclosed space; and wherein the floating unit further comprises means for supplying air to the partly enclosed space, the partly enclosed space being configured to constitute an underwater air pocket upon supplying the air from the means for supplying the air when the floating unit floats in the water with the wall in the second position. | 01-21-2016 |
| 114079000 |
Iron | 3 |
| 20130068154 | Boat or Ship Body of Aluminum-Based Material - A watercraft body includes a hull made of an aluminum-based material and a separately fabricated superstructure that is mounted on the hull via adjoining flange plates. To fabricate the hull, frame elements are spot-welded onto the inner surface of initially-flat hull plates or plank elements, which are then curved according to the required hull contour and assembled onto the flange plate. The frame elements are screwed together via gusset plates and transverse beams to form transverse frames, and then longitudinal seams between plank elements are continuously welded from the outside. Additionally, the longitudinal seams may be welded from the inside, for example by temporarily removing gusset plates to allow continuous access to the longitudinal seams. Additionally, stand-offs may form a spacing gap between the frame elements and the plank elements, and an adhesive may fill this spacing gap to adhesively bond the framework to the hull plating. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20150344107 | MARINE HULL AND MARINE VESSEL - A marine hull including a hull plate manufactured from metal, a set of longitudinal reinforcements and a set of transverse reinforcements, at least one longitudinal reinforcement of the set of longitudinal reinforcements being arranged between the hull plate and at least one transverse reinforcement of the set of transverse reinforcements, and being connected to an inside of the hull plate. The marine hull is characterized in that the hull plate has a thickness that is less than 10 mm, and that the at least one longitudinal reinforcement is manufactured from the same metal as the hull plate and comprises at least one resilient segment arranged to spring in the direction transverse to the thickness of the hull plate, and that the resilient segment is arranged to bottom upon a compression that is more than 10 mm and less than 50 mm. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20100101478 | Marine Vessel Panel Assembly And Roll-Formed Panel For Same - A prefabricated panel assembly for use in constructing a marine vessel comprises a plurality of elongated, roll-formed metal panels fixed sided to side by longitudinal weld seams. The panels include a plate portion and an angle portion adjoining the plate portion along a longitudinal primary bend, the plate portion having a generally flat panel segment, the angle portion having a web generally orthogonal to the panel segment and a flange generally parallel to the panel segment and adjoining the web along a secondary bend. The panel assembly provides a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to using individual structural steel angles welded to individual steel plate in constructing a marine vessel. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20130068154 | Boat or Ship Body of Aluminum-Based Material - A watercraft body includes a hull made of an aluminum-based material and a separately fabricated superstructure that is mounted on the hull via adjoining flange plates. To fabricate the hull, frame elements are spot-welded onto the inner surface of initially-flat hull plates or plank elements, which are then curved according to the required hull contour and assembled onto the flange plate. The frame elements are screwed together via gusset plates and transverse beams to form transverse frames, and then longitudinal seams between plank elements are continuously welded from the outside. Additionally, the longitudinal seams may be welded from the inside, for example by temporarily removing gusset plates to allow continuous access to the longitudinal seams. Additionally, stand-offs may form a spacing gap between the frame elements and the plank elements, and an adhesive may fill this spacing gap to adhesively bond the framework to the hull plating. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20150344107 | MARINE HULL AND MARINE VESSEL - A marine hull including a hull plate manufactured from metal, a set of longitudinal reinforcements and a set of transverse reinforcements, at least one longitudinal reinforcement of the set of longitudinal reinforcements being arranged between the hull plate and at least one transverse reinforcement of the set of transverse reinforcements, and being connected to an inside of the hull plate. The marine hull is characterized in that the hull plate has a thickness that is less than 10 mm, and that the at least one longitudinal reinforcement is manufactured from the same metal as the hull plate and comprises at least one resilient segment arranged to spring in the direction transverse to the thickness of the hull plate, and that the resilient segment is arranged to bottom upon a compression that is more than 10 mm and less than 50 mm. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20100101478 | Marine Vessel Panel Assembly And Roll-Formed Panel For Same - A prefabricated panel assembly for use in constructing a marine vessel comprises a plurality of elongated, roll-formed metal panels fixed sided to side by longitudinal weld seams. The panels include a plate portion and an angle portion adjoining the plate portion along a longitudinal primary bend, the plate portion having a generally flat panel segment, the angle portion having a web generally orthogonal to the panel segment and a flange generally parallel to the panel segment and adjoining the web along a secondary bend. The panel assembly provides a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to using individual structural steel angles welded to individual steel plate in constructing a marine vessel. | 04-29-2010 |
| 114083000 |
Bracing and staying | 3 |
| 20100154696 | Structural Support to Underwater Vessels Using Shape Memory Alloys - A supporting arrangement for a vessel for counteracting compressive loads at an operating temperature. The supporting arrangement also provides inertial stiffening of the hull of the vessel as well as acoustic and vibration damping. The supporting arrangement includes a support structure that is made from a shape memory alloy that contacts and presses against the inner walls of the vessel. The supporting arrangement utilizes the shape recovery properties and/or the internal energy properties of the shape memory alloy support structure to provide reinforcing and damping forces. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20160023717 | EXOSKELETON SHIP HULL STRUCTURE - A vessel comprising a hull having a length, a main deck located above and rigidly connected to the hull and at least one beam extending substantially along the length of the hull at a position spaced above the deck, wherein the beam is rigidly connected to and longitudinally reinforces the deck and the hull. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160031528 | REINFORCING APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE HULL VESSEL - A reinforcing apparatus for a double hull vessel including outer and inner shell platings comprises ropes coupled to the inside of the outer shell plating so as to interconnect a bow and a stern of the vessel in a horizontal direction. The reinforcing apparatus for a double hull vessel includes ropes coupled to the inside of an outer shell plating so as to interconnect a bow and a stern of a vessel in a horizontal direction so that when a concentrated load is applied to the vessel during navigation of the vessel due to an external impact such as a collision between a reef or a ship and the vessel to cause a crack occur on the outer shell plating of the hull, the vessel can be supported in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a load application direction of the vessel, thereby effectively preventing the grown of the crack. | 02-04-2016 |
| 114088000 |
Joints | 2 |
| 20140209005 | Non-Corrodible Pontoon and Saddle Assemblies - The subject disclosure presents assemblies, devices and methods to float a structure over a body of water by using a saddle fastened to a pontoon, whereby the saddle remains above the water line. The saddle includes a plurality of external clamp plates outside a pontoon sidewall, and fastened to one or more internal clamp plates placed inside the pontoon sidewall, thereby clamping the sidewall between them. Attachment points for the external and internal clamp plates are situated at a height that is relatively higher than a water line anticipated when the pontoon is under a load. This ensures that corrodible components are maintained above a water level while the pontoon is floating the structure, reducing corrosion. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150336636 | SUPPORT FOR DIVER PROPULSION VEHICLES - A support ( | 11-26-2015 |
| 114084000 |
Sheathing and planking | 1 |
| 20120111253 | INTEGRATED HULL AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR WATERCRAFT - A watercraft includes a hull defined by hull frame members. One or more supports extend vertically from at least one hull frame member and above a topline of the hull to define a portion of a compartment of the watercraft, providing structural support for both the hull and the compartment. Other features include an upper deck cover including an integrated drainage system, and a composite hull design improving insulation, buoyancy, water-tightness, and rigidity of the watercraft hull. A method of making a watercraft providing the above features is disclosed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 114082000 |
Wood | 1 |
| 20090199756 | WOODEN WATERCRAFT HULL CONSTRUCTION - A wooden hull construction for a watercraft, particularly a canoe, includes a multiplicity of boards, each board individually secured to adjacent boards while maintaining parallel alignment. In an aspect of the hull construction wherein there is a single layer of boards, the boards are secured together in parallel alignment along their lateral edges with adhesive. In multiple-layer hull construction aspects, each layer of parallel hull boards is secured to an adjacent layer with board edge seams substantially offset from the board edge seams of the adjacent layer. Individual boards are secured directly to adjacent boards in the same layer or to boards in the adjacent layer, or both. The hull boards are aligned substantially transversely, i.e., gunwale to gunwale, of the watercraft. | 08-13-2009 |
| 114066000 |
Observation boats | 1 |
| 20130174768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERWATER OBSERVATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a water vehicle including a deck that accommodates a group of passengers above a waterline and an observation gondola accommodating the group of passengers below the waterline. The access between the observation gondola and the deck is provided by way of an aperture in a top of the observation gondola. The observation gondola includes a transparent floor and walls allowing the group of passengers to enjoy an underwater experience without exposure to the water and while maintaining an unobstructed panoramic view of the underwater environment. The underwater observation gondola can include a substantially open top, which may include a sun screen or weather protective cover. The open top exposes the observation gondola to fresh air, while alleviating any claustrophobic sensations as might otherwise be experienced by passengers during underwater observation. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 07-11-2013 |
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| 20090165697 | Flex controlled subassembly and watercraft - A subassembly for watercraft comprised of a set of nod points connected between the set or subsets by elements with flexural and or torsional properties that can be chosen to customize the flex response of the watercraft and resultant watercraft comprising a subassembly or subassemblies structurally engineered and manufactured to be fitted optionally in, on, and or through, or combinations thereof to a aquatic watercraft. A subassembly may be mounted in various manners to the watercraft and optionally connect to the fins or fin attachment systems of the watercraft or surfboard. A subassembly may be of composites in the form of hollow structures, partial hollow cavity, cored with other materials or tube or tubes and plates structures mounted on in and through a surfboard. The invention relates to methods for making and producing completed watercraft and cores incorporating the subassembly or subassemblies or prepared for incorporating a composite subassembly. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090301379 | METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF A TANKER | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100050924 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FOULING PREVENTING COATING - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a fouling preventing coating, including pile fabric sheets, on a marine structure surface, includes applying a binder layer on the surface. The method further includes adhering the sheets to the binder layer in an non-overlapping way, creating the fouling preventing coating, and filling interspaces in the coating between the adhered sheets by adhering fibres to the binder layer in the interspaces. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100199908 | SHOCK ABSORBING COCKPITS - A watercraft cockpit includes a floor, sidewalls and forward and rearward bulkheads. A frame assembly having four corners supports the cockpit and includes an upper frame and a lower frame that are rotatably connected to one another. A pair of shock-absorbing members is provided at each of the four corners of the frame so that the entire cockpit is isolated from shocks. By cushioning the entire cockpit as a whole, the need for individual shock-absorbing seats is obviated. The walls of the cockpit are spaced apart from the sidewalls of the watercraft and are interconnected to the sidewall of the watercraft by a flexible member so that the sidewalls of the watercraft move up and down in response to shocks independently of the walls of the cockpit. Each shock-absorbing member preferably includes an airbag and a dashpot but other shock-absorbing members are within the scope of the invention. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100206213 | Method for Constructing a Floating Unit - The present invention relates to a method for constructing a unit adapted to float in a body of water, the method comprising the steps of:
| 08-19-2010 |
| 20110174211 | STRUCTURAL COMPONENT FOR PRODUCING SHIP HULLS, SHIP HULLS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A structural component for a ship hull has a metal element, an electro-conductive element, and a non-conductive element which disconnects the metal element from the electro-conductive element so as to prevent an electrical contact of the electro-conductive element with the metal element. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110197802 | MOONPOOL AND DRILLSHIP HAVING THE SAME - The moonpool includes: a first space formed by being penetrated from a bottom surface through an upper deck of the drillship so as to carry out a drilling operation; and a second space formed on a side of the first space in a lengthwise direction of the drillship, a bottom of the second space being open toward a lower side of the drillship. The second space is formed on a side of the first space in the lengthwise direction of the drillship so that the overall length of the moonpool is increased. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110265705 | WATERCRAFT HULL - A hull for a watercraft has a port side, a starboard side, and a keel disposed between the port side and the starboard side. Each of the port and starboard sides has a first portion having a first deadrise angle, and a second portion having a second deadrise angle. The first portion is disposed laterally between the second portion and the keel. A first chine is connected to the first portion. The first portion is disposed laterally between the keel and the first chine. A second chine is connected to the second portion. The second portion is disposed laterally between the first chine and the second chine. The second chine is a soft chine. The first chine has a smaller radius of curvature than the second chine. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120024220 | Ship and Associated Methods of Formation with Vessels Having Connectable Hulls - A method for transporting. Multiple vessels are provided, each having a hull defining an air cavity over a water surface. Different ones of the vessels are loaded with material destined for different end locations. The vessels are connected to one another with rigid couplings to effect tandem movement of the multiple vessels over water as one ship while permitting each vessel to undergo changes in pitch. The vessels are transported to a first destination. One or more of the vessels is disconnected from the ship. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120266804 | PASSENGER SHIP OF WHICH THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE ARCH - The present disclosure relates to a passenger ship, such as a passenger liner, which includes a main structure bounded by a hull and its upper deck, above which arises at least one superstructure, wherein it has at least one arch which stands generally fore and aft, and which extends at least partly over the main structure, its opposite ends being firmly joined to this main structure, so that the arch carries at least part of the loads connected with its deflection. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130180445 | Method and Apparatus for Corrosion Allowance Mitigation - A design and construction method reduces the amount of structural material (e.g., steel) required when applying the corrosion allowance to the design of floating offshore structures. The (hull) structural elements involved are typically flat or curved panels where at least one side is wet, e.g.; inside a ballast tank or exposed to seawater. The method minimizes the area to which the largest corrosion allowance is applied. One principle of this method is to have a maximum of one wet side for each hull watertight plating element. The stiffening of this hull structural element is applied to the dry side, i.e., the side that requires the lesser amount of corrosion allowance. Practice of the method typically results in a hull design wherein ballast tanks do not share a common structural element with either another ballast tank or the hull external shell. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130255561 | DEVICE FOR DIMINISHING FLOW RESISTANCE IN MOON POOL - A device for diminishing flow resistance in a moon pool is disclosed. The device includes a guide structure ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140202371 | DRILLSHIP HAVING VORTEX SUPPRESION BLOCK WITH RECESSED FLOW STABILIZING SECTION IN MOON POOL - Disclosed is a drillship having a vortex suppression block with a recessed flow stabilizing part in a moon pool. The flow stabilizing section is formed so that a bottom of the vortex suppression block that protrudes from a bottom of a hull toward a stern in the moon pool is recessed in an upward direction of the hull to stabilize a flow in the moon pool and reduce a variation in resistance of the drillship. The flow stabilizing section ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20160075407 | FLOATING UNIT - A floating unit comprising: a hull having a recess in which a deployable wall is mounted, the wall being movable between a first and a second position; wherein in the first position the wall is enclosed within the hull in the recess; and in the second position the wall at least partly protrudes from the hull, thereby defining a partly enclosed space; and wherein the floating unit further comprises means for supplying air bubbles to the partly enclosed space, the partly enclosed space being configured to constitute an underwater air pocket filled with air bubbles upon supplying the air bubbles from the means for supplying the air bubbles when the floating unit floats in the water with the wall in the second position. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160101837 | YACHT OR SHIP HAVING LIGHTING ELEMENTS ON OR IN HULL - The current invention relates to a yacht or other vessel, such as a ship, comprising a hull and superstructure wherein, at least one of the hull and the superstructure comprises cladding elements thereon or therein, wherein at least a selection of the cladding elements comprise an at least partially transparent cover and at least one light source, wherein the light source is shielded by the cover. Furthermore, the invention relates to a cladding element containing light sources, to be in use arranged on the hull of a yacht, or in swimming pools and in particular side walls and/or bottoms thereof, as well as on surrounding structures, like a pool house or paths or pavements there around, in bridges, for example on bridge decks and/or against uprights and/or stairs and/or walls, or in ornamentation of public spaces and public structures. | 04-14-2016 |
