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US3183871A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Speed boat with underwater wings

Assignee: WESER FLUGZEUGBAU GmbH
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Filing: 1962-08-13
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Granted: 1965-05-18
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Expires: 1982-08-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Reder Otto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 21:09
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63G; B63G8/00; B63B; B63B1/00; B63B1/16; B63B1/24; B63B1/246; B63B1/28; B63B1/285; B63B1/286; B63B1/30; B63B39/00; B63B39/06; B63B39/062; B63G8/14; B63G8/18; B63H; B63H25/00; B63H25/06; B63H25/38; B63H25/381; B63B2039/065; B63H23/00; B63H23/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 273 words
A CRAFT ADAPTED FOR SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE OPERATION COMPRISING: PROPULSION MEANS, A HULL AND A HYDROFOIL ASSEMBLY, SAID HYDROFOIL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUPPORTING COLUMNS ARRANGED IN PAIRS SPACED ALONG THE HULL AND EACH PAIR COLUMNS INCLUDING A COLUMN ON EACH SIDE OF THE HULL, EACH SAID COLUMNS HAVING A HYDROFOIL CROSS SECTION WITH THE MAJOR AXIS THEREOF EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE SHIP, CONTROLLABLE AILERONS ON THE TRAILING EDGES OF SAID COLUNMS AND EXTENDING TO THE REGION OF ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID FOIL, HYDROFOIL MEANS SUPPORTED BY EACH OF SAID COLUMNS IN THE REGION OF THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID HULL AND EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE RESPECTIVE COLUMN, SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS INCLUDING AILERONS ON THE TRAILING EDGES THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS TO SAID HULL FOR MOVEMENT OF EACH SAID COLUMN IN A VERTICAL PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE HULL AND INTO A PLURALITY OF OPERATING POSITIONS, SAID OPERATING POSITIONS INCLUDING A FIRST OPERATING POSITION OF THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS WHEREIN THEY EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM THE HULL AND A SECOND OPERATING POSITION OF SAID COLUMNS WHEREIN THEY EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE HULL, SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS PERFORMING AS HYDROFOILS IN SAID FIRST POSITION OF SAID COLUMNS, AND IN SAID SECOND POSITION OF SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS AND SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS PERFORMING AS HYDROFOILS AND SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS PERFORMING AS DIRECTIONAL RUDDERS, SAID PROPULSION MEANS BEING CARRIED BY AT LEAST SOME OF SAID COLUMNS AT THE EXTREME ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID HULL SO AS TO BE SUBMERGED IN ALL TILTED POSITIONS OF SAID COLUMNS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 273 words
A CRAFT ADAPTED FOR SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE OPERATION COMPRISING: PROPULSION MEANS, A HULL AND A HYDROFOIL ASSEMBLY, SAID HYDROFOIL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUPPORTING COLUMNS ARRANGED IN PAIRS SPACED ALONG THE HULL AND EACH PAIR COLUMNS INCLUDING A COLUMN ON EACH SIDE OF THE HULL, EACH SAID COLUMNS HAVING A HYDROFOIL CROSS SECTION WITH THE MAJOR AXIS THEREOF EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE SHIP, CONTROLLABLE AILERONS ON THE TRAILING EDGES OF SAID COLUNMS AND EXTENDING TO THE REGION OF ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID FOIL, HYDROFOIL MEANS SUPPORTED BY EACH OF SAID COLUMNS IN THE REGION OF THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID HULL AND EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE RESPECTIVE COLUMN, SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS INCLUDING AILERONS ON THE TRAILING EDGES THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS TO SAID HULL FOR MOVEMENT OF EACH SAID COLUMN IN A VERTICAL PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE HULL AND INTO A PLURALITY OF OPERATING POSITIONS, SAID OPERATING POSITIONS INCLUDING A FIRST OPERATING POSITION OF THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS WHEREIN THEY EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM THE HULL AND A SECOND OPERATING POSITION OF SAID COLUMNS WHEREIN THEY EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE HULL, SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS PERFORMING AS HYDROFOILS IN SAID FIRST POSITION OF SAID COLUMNS, AND IN SAID SECOND POSITION OF SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS AND SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS PERFORMING AS HYDROFOILS AND SAID HYDROFOIL MEANS PERFORMING AS DIRECTIONAL RUDDERS, SAID PROPULSION MEANS BEING CARRIED BY AT LEAST SOME OF SAID COLUMNS AT THE EXTREME ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID HULL SO AS TO BE SUBMERGED IN ALL TILTED POSITIONS OF SAID COLUMNS.

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