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Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
114343000 BOATS, BOAT COMPONENT, OR ATTACHMENT 431
114312000 SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE 208
114271000 HULL OR HULL ADJUNCT EMPLOYING FLUID DYNAMIC FORCES TO DERIVE A LIFT OR ALTER TRIM, (E.G., PLANING HULLS, ETC.) 170
114065000 BUILDING 169
114230100 MOORING DEVICE 151
114264000 FLOATING PLATFORM 135
114121000 BALLASTING 103
114144000 STEERING MECHANISM 97
114560100 DISPLACEMENT-TYPE HULL (E.G., SPECIFIC AFTBODY, ETC.) 92
114242000 TOWING OR PUSHING 90
114258000 MOTHER SHIP, FLOATING LANDING PLATFORM, AND HARBOR 80
114102100 SAIL OR CONTROL MEANS THEREFOR 74
114390210 WATERCRAFT WITH MEANS USED IN PROVIDING SAILPOWER 70
114294000 ANCHOR 52
114221000 IMPLEMENTS 46
114219000 FENDERS 43
114550500 MOTORIZED SELF-PROPELLED WATERSKI OR WATERSCOOTER-TYPE VEHICLE (E.G., PERSONAL WATERCRAFT, ETC.) 36
114044000 VESSEL RAISING AND DOCKING 35
114218000 BITTS, CLEATS, AND PIN RAILS 21
114268000 WITH HOIST OR DECK ENGINE 19
114293000 ANCHORING ARRANGEMENT 19
114201000 HATCHES AND COVERS 17
114267000 FLOAT STRUCTURE 17
114365000 LIFE CRAFT HANDLING DEVICE, APPARATUS, OR IMPLEMENT 17
114040000 ICE BREAKERS 16
114089000 SPARS 16
114140000 KEELS 16
114390120 SAILBOARD AND RIG MEANS THEREFOR 14
114256000 FLOATING OR SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE STORAGE VESSEL 13
114183000 BILGE DISCHARGE 11
114200100 TORPEDOES 9
114026000 SCOWS 9
114001000 WARSHIPS 9
114199000 CABLE STOPPERS 9
114000000 VALVES 8
114210000 ANCHOR TRIPPERS 8
114173000 PORTS 8
114390110 METHOD OF SAILING SAILPOWERED WATERCRAFT 7
114382000 MISCELLANEOUS 5
20090038530Watercraft drogue system - A watercraft drogue system including a line deployable in the water to be intercepted by the lower unit of the watercraft's engine, at least a first drogue on one end of the line, a length of stretchable line adjacent the drogue, and at least a first length of slack line secured by a frangible tie. The frangible tie of the watercraft drogue system is designed to break when the drogue is deployed. The length of stretchable line of the drogue system expands in length in order to reduce the tension in the line to prevent kick up of the lower unit of the watercraft's engine and thus arrest the watercraft.02-12-2009
20100083893Method for making a submersible surface with antifouling protection - A method for manufacturing a submerged surface, such as the hull of a marine vessel or a submerged grate or conduit, uses particles that are electrically conductive and disposes those particles on the exposed surface. The particles are held in, place by an electrically conductive composite material, such as a conductive gel coat, and a charge distribution layer is used to spread the current through all parts of the conductive outer surface.04-08-2010
20100101477System and Method for High Current Recovery Cursor - A high current cursor comprises a outer frame in which a center carriage travels. The center carriage travels between the top and bottom of the outer frame. Movement of the center carriage is limited within the outer frame constraints and its own locking mechanism. Center carriage carries a bend restrictor for an umbilical or lift line. When the center carriage travels down to a predetermined position within the high current cursor, equipment is allowed to exit the high current cursor or is retrieved back into the high current cursor when the bend restrictor reaches a predetermined position within the outer frame, e.g. at its lowest point, allowing dispersal and/or retrieval without obstruction back to a fixed recovery point.04-29-2010
20100300346Watercraft Immobilizing System - A sub-surface watercraft immobilizing system and method which may be deployed from any vessel to provide primary passive defense against one or more attacking watercraft(s), fitted with marine engine(s). The system is designed to provide practical all round coverage and consists of a sub-surface towed array/entanglement system of wires and/or spectra/nylon lines weighted for neutral buoyancy, deployed from removable/replaceable cartridges that may be disposable or refurbished. The towed array/entanglement system uses outriggers, weighted submersible rollers and spreaders. A system of secondary and possibly tertiary tentacles is deployed from the primary lines just below the water surface to foul and immobilize propellers and engine cooling water intakes. This is a non-lethal system designed to render one or more detected, or undetected, attacking watercraft inoperative or ineffective.12-02-2010
20110114008Actuator - An actuator (05-19-2011
114116000 BULKHEADS AND DOORS 5
20080236468Quick Close Security Door System - A security door closure system for cruise ships and other similar public entrance points to prevent terrorist attack or ship take-over is needed. Cruise ship passenger and ship provisioning entrance gangplanks pass through large hydraulically operated shell doors. The gangplank must be removed to close the shell door. The quick close security door system (Door-Gate) is a portable bullet resistant rapid close door system that is placed in conjunction with the gangplank or other entry system, which when closed prevents forced entry. A single lever either remotely or manually operated immediately closes the doors, which then cannot be forced opened from the entrance side.10-02-2008
20130008364WATERTIGHT DOOR SYSTEM - A watertight door system that provides for subdivision of cargo holds, and having a door frame assembly with a sliding door. Conveyor support stringers are movably connected to the sliding door and conveyor idlers are movably connected to and the conveyor support stringers. A linear actuator associated with the door frame assembly selectively actuates the door between an open and closed position, whereby actuation of the door by the hydraulic cylinder causes the conveyor support stringers to move with the door, and the conveyor idlers to be lowered without removal thereof. Belt side plugs are positioned on either side of the door frame assembly, and can move both inwardly against a conveyor belt edge and outwardly from the conveyor belt edge.01-10-2013
20130025520DOOR FRAME SEALS - A watertight door system for a marine vessel comprises a door and a door frame having a threshold. A circumferential seal is around an opening of the door frame closed by the door. The seal is formed between seal components of the door and seal components of the door frame. The frame is adapted for connection to the bulkhead and comprises two sides, a top member and a floor trough. Means are provided to press the door against the frame when the door is in a closed position. The trough has a floor plate substantially flush with a top edge of the trough, which floor plate is adapted to form a floor panel of the floor of the vessel, with said trough received in an aperture of the floor. The trough has a lid to close the trough, at least when the door is in an open position, so that the floor is rendered substantially level through the door aperture. The seal may extend along the lid (in the case of a pivoting door) or in the trough, in the case of a sliding door.01-31-2013
20140331907MARINE AFT BULKHEAD AND WINDOW SYSTEM - A marine aft bulkhead and window system in a fully framed assembly includes a port side glass assembly that is fully retractable below a lowest edge of a window opening, a starboard side glass assembly that is fully retractable below the lowest edge of the window opening, a door glass assembly that is fully retractable below the lowest edge of a door opening, and a door assembly that is fully retractable to port or starboard horizontally.11-13-2014
20130220196Shaft Seal Arrangement for a Ship Bulkhead - A seal arrangement for sealing around a rotating shaft that passes through a ship bulkhead includes an expandible and contractible seal ring made of several seal ring segments, and radial actuators that engage the seal ring segments and can be power-activated, e.g. with a pressure medium, to pull the seal ring segments radially outwardly, thereby expanding the seal ring to a larger diameter spaced away from the shaft. When the radial actuators are not activated, the biasing force of springs contracts the seal ring segments to a smaller diameter, to establish sealing contact of the seal ring on the shaft. In normal operation a control unit activates the actuators, but if sensors detect a power failure or water in the ship, or a manual switching is triggered, then the seal arrangement contracts under spring force into the sealing condition with the seal rings sealing against the shaft.08-29-2013
114257000 SUBMERGED STORAGE VESSEL 5
20120085276SUBSEA AUTONOMOUS DISPERSANT INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system for autonomously supplying a chemical dispersant to a subsea hydrocarbon discharge site which comprises a subsea storage vessel configured to store the chemical dispersant subsea is described herein. The storage vessel includes a dispersant outlet in fluid communication with the subsea hydrocarbon discharge site.04-12-2012
20120260839SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSEA GAS STORAGE INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL - A method for deploying a gas storage vessel below the surface of the water comprises coupling an upper end of the gas storage vessel to a deployment apparatus positioned at the surface of the water. The gas storage vessel has a total dry weight and a lower end opposite the upper end. The gas storage vessel also includes a storage tank defining an inner region inside the tank and an exterior region outside the tank. In addition, the method comprises lowering the gas storage vessel below the surface of the water with the deployment apparatus. Further, the method comprises pumping a buoyancy control gas into the inner region of the tank. The buoyancy control gas in the inner region of the tank generates a buoyancy force acting on the gas storage vessel.10-18-2012
20140261132ACTIVE VOLUME ENERGY LEVEL LARGE SCALE SUB-SEA ENERGY FLUIDS STORAGE METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER GENERATION AND INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES - Systems and methods for storing energy in gaseous form in submerged thin-walled tanks are secured to the ocean or lake floor but are open to the water at the tank bottoms and are configured to be filled with gas while submerged.09-18-2014
20160068238UNDERWATER FLOATING BODY AND INSTALLATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to the technical field of ships, and particularly relates to an underwater floating body and an installation method thereof. The floating body includes sub-cabins and pressure resistant cabins, symmetrically arranged sub-cabins are arranged at the left and right sides of the floating body, the sub-cabins are arranged at the front and back sides of the floating body, the buoyant force provided by the sub-cabins at the front side of the floating body is larger than the buoyant force provided by the sub-cabins at the back side of the floating body. According to the underwater floating body and the installation method thereof provided by the present invention, the underwater floating body can arrive at the working water area at one step, thereby saving a large amount of manpower and material resources.03-10-2016
20160176486SYSTEM FOR SUBSEA OPERATIONS06-23-2016
114211000 VENTILATION 4
20080250997THREE-SIDED WIND SCOOP - A three-sided wind scoop is provided for aerating and cooling the interior of a sailboat. The wind scoop comprises three flexible rectangular shaped panels, one side of each panel being joined together to form a center seam; the top of each said three panels being attached in an equal angel Y-shaped configuration to an essentially circular flexible fabric which forms a cap or top cover for said wind scoop. The Y-shaped configured panels of the wind scoop are designed to capture the wind and the direct the flow of air down into the boat regardless of the direction of the wind in relation to the boat and the cap of the wind scoop is designed to capture the wind flowing upward from said Y-shaped configured panels and direct it back downward, thereby adding to and facilitating the downward flow of the air.10-16-2008
20110023765MACHINERY ARRANGEMENT FOR MARINE VESSEL - The invention relates to a machinery arrangement for a marine vessel (02-03-2011
20110100281Boat hatch wind deflector system - A ventilator wind scoop system is disclosed for attachment to a boat deck hatch having a hinged hatch cover which opens to uncover the hatch opening whereby the scoop system communicates through such opening with the boat's below deck space. The scoop system has a deflector unit formed of wind-resistant fabric. The deflector, which is anchored to the inner face of the hatch cover and to supports inside the lower deck, is positioned as desired. The opposing portion of the deflector is anchored within the lower deck, preferably to the ceiling or sides to allow air flow to be forced to the front of the boat or in any direction needed. The wind scoop system is easily customized to fit a wide variety of hatch sizes and when not is use folds into a compact size for easy storage.05-05-2011
20130220199SHIP COMPRISING A VENTILATION DEVICE - The invention concerns a ship comprising at least one hold, and at least one ventilation apparatus for ventilation of the hold, which has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet connected to the air inlet by means of a passage. In particular the invention concerns a ship having a ventilation apparatus, wherein the passage has at least one portion arranged above the air inlet. The invention further concerns a ventilation apparatus for ventilation of the hold of a ship.08-29-2013
114182000 SCUPPERS 4
20100294186Scupper joint for ship - A scupper joint for a ship includes a body and a nut. The body has a tubular structure as a piece cut from a seamless tube. The tubular structure is processed to have a first section and a second section. The first section has a flange at one end thereof as an evagination and a threaded segment at an outer periphery thereof. The second section has at lease one annular protrusion at an outer periphery thereof. The nut has an annular structure as a piece cut from a stainless steel board. The tubular structure is processed to have an end evaginated to form a flange and is processed to have an inner wall threaded to form a threaded segment. The threaded segment of the nut and the threaded segment of the first section are configured to couple with each other.11-25-2010
20110017116U-shaped gutter drain - A gutter drain is used in connection with a gutter around a hatch mounted in an opening of a boat deck. The gutter drain has a generally U-shaped saddle. The saddle has a pair of opposed side portions extending upward from a bottom portion. The saddle outer surface conforms closely to the gutter inside surface. A circular mounting sleeve is attached to the saddle, and has a plurality of flexible annular rings to mount the gutter drain. A circular nozzle is attached to the mounting sleeve by an elbow having an angle greater than 90°, and has an annular ridge to retain a drain tube.01-27-2011
20120137948Scupper Plug with One-Way Valve - A scupper plug with a one-way valve is provided. The scupper plug permits one-way flow of water through a scupper drain so that water will drain through the scupper drain but not flow back up through the drain and into the passenger area of a water vessel. The scupper plug has a frame that carries a valve structure. A valve member is mounted to the valve structure. The valve member sealingly engages the frame to form a seal therewith.06-07-2012
20140090589Thru-Hull Fitting and Manufacturing Method - A method of manufacturing a marine thru-hull fitting from a single stock material to fit a variety of different sized boat hulls is disclosed. A variety of differently-sized thru-hulls can therefore be formed from the same stock item, reducing the amount of inventory manufacturers are required to maintain.04-03-2014
114227000 LEAK STOPPERS 3
20130000538EXTERIOR HULL PATCH - An exterior hull patch and method of use for covering and containing leaks due to hull damage to ships, vessels and barges that has a flexible material center surrounded by an inflatable border or perimeter. The patch is positioned over the damaged area and then drawn tightly against the hull of the vessel via cables that are routed to both sides of the vessel and under its hull and attached to the patch perimeter as well as to winches or similar devices onboard the ship. Once the patch is relatively snug against the hull, the inflatable boarder is inflated with compressed gas to increase the pressure against the hull and leak, thus sealing the leak. This prevents the vessel from sinking as well as prevents liquid cargo to be lost.01-03-2013
20130139740Oil Leak Containment System for a Ship hard Aground - A leak prevention device and method of use to prevent leakage and sinkage of ships that have collided with immobile objects comprising at least two inflatable cylindrical bodies that have cables attached to each of its ends. The cylinders are lowered over one side of a ship or delivered by rescue vessels and then manipulated by the cables or guide wires, one past the stern of the ship and the other past the bow of the ship so that the lines are on the opposite side of the ship, so that guide-wires pass under the hull of the ship and surround the object of the collision fully on one side. The process is repeated on the opposite side of the ship so that the two cylindrical structures crisscross. The cables are then tensioned and inflated with compressed air forming a tight seal between the hull and the point of collision.06-06-2013
20100132605Emergency repair plug to slow down water inflow through an opening - An emergency repair plug for sealing an opening in a boat hull, comprises a conical body made of a solid foam, spongy cellular material that is compressible by hand and able to return to its original shape. The conical body is compressible by hand to a smaller dimension so that a portion of the conical body larger than an opening to be plugged can be inserted into the opening. The conical body is able to return to its larger size after compression, thereby to be wedged in the opening to slow down water inflow through the opening.06-03-2010
114255000 FISHING VESSEL 2
20100313807Fish handling and bait rigging island in power boats - A fish handling and bait rigging island is adapted to be mounted on a deck in the cockpit of a power boat. The island includes a base, sides extending upwardly from the base, and a top. The sides of the island are spaced away from sides of the cockpit sufficiently to permit access to sides of the island from the cockpit around the perimeter of the island. The top includes one or more of a bait cooler, a live well with aeration system for live bait or fish, a salt water sprayer, a fresh water sprayer, a container for fresh water, and a fillet station for cleaning and filleting fish, with the fillet station having a sink with a drain and a fish cleaning platform. The platform is inclined to provide improved fish access. The sides of the island can include a re-spooling center, a fold down seat, and tackle and other compartments.12-16-2010
20110192337VESSEL FOR CONTAGIOUS FISH DISEASE CONTROL - The present invention relates to a vessel for handling of contagious or dead fish comprising: a hull with a generally closed deck (08-11-2011
114381000 CHOCK OR LASHING 2
20090320739Support Block for a Watercraft - A support block for a watercraft which can include a pontoon having a keel strip, comprises a curved upper surface for accommodating the bottom of the watercraft, wherein upper surface has a radius of curvature that is larger than the radius of curvature of the bottom of the watercraft, and the block is made from a material that will deform when loaded such that the upper surface will conform to the radius of the bottom of the watercraft. The upper surface of the block can have a notch for accommodating the keel strip.12-31-2009
20110005453Latch for boat bow - A latching mechanism for use in securing a boat that is afloat, includes a main body having a channel for accepting a line that will hold the boat. A latching member is pivotally secured within the main body and is movable between a position that closes off the channel and movable to a position which opens the channel, the latching member being pivotable about a pivot point on the main body. A spring force holds the latching member in a closed position and a cable attached to the latching member at a location on an opposite side of the pivot point pivots the latching member to an open position.01-13-2011
114390160 APPARATUS HELD BY OR ATTACHED TO RIDER TO CONTROL SAILBOARD OR SAILBOARD RIG 2
20120227651Rotatable Footstrap Plate And Footstrap Assembly For Gliding Boards - A rotatable footstrap plate (09-13-2012
20160159443COUPLING DEVICE FOR A SPORTS HARNESS AND SPORTS HARNESS - A hookless coupling device for a sports harness has an elongate body having a connector end for connection with a sports harness and an engagement end. An elongate aperture extends between the connector end and the engagement end. The aperture is wider at the connector end, for receiving an engager through the aperture, than at the engagement end provided for engaging the engager with the elongate body.06-09-2016
114269000 MACHINERY ARRANGEMENT 1
20180022419ENGINE ROOM ARRANGEMENT FOR A MARINE VESSEL01-25-2018
114179000 HAWSE PIPES 1
20110132248Chock Insert For a Maritime Craft - A chock insert for a maritime craft comprises a body 06-09-2011
114188000 FURNITURE 1
20110203508SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELLING A PLANE WITH RESPECT TO A MOVABLE REFERENCE - A self-levelling system comprising a base (08-25-2011

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