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7527009 Method for damping of the rolling motion of a water vehicle, in particular for roll stabilization of ships  
A method for damping of the rolling motion of a water vehicle, in particular roll stabilization of a ship with at least one propeller, comprising a rotating wheel body, which bears axis parallel...
7516712 Vertical damper for mooring vessels  
A vertical damping system for a plurality of water vessels for diminishing the relative vertical movement between two or more water vessels moored in a skin-to-skin orientation. The vertical...
7458329 Hydrogyro ship stabilizer and method for stabilizing a vessel  
An apparatus for stabilizing a vessel is provided. The apparatus, or “hydrogyroscope,” includes a liquid container disposed along the hull of a floating vessel. The liquid container provides a...
7370594 System for reducing the roll of a boat  
Two fuel tanks are situated on opposite sides of the central longitudinal axis of a boat. An inclinometer generates electric signals indicating the inclination of the boat about its longitudinal...
7316193 Vessel for water travel  
A vessel for water travel that has the stability of a heavy weighted vessel when at rest in the water and the performance of a lightweight vessel when in a planed condition. The vessel comprises at...
7263942 Fin stabilizer for vessel and control method and control program therefor  
An object is to suppress the rocking motion of a vessel body with a high level of accuracy by obtaining a required lifting force. A torque calculation section 27 calculates a torque of a fin 11 ...
7240630 Gyrostabilizer for small boats  
A gyrostabilizer system that counteracts the natural rolling motion of a small boat or vessel. The invention constitutes an improvement in prior art systems of this type in that the system weighs...
7011472 Semi-submersible offshore vessel  
A semi-submersible offshore vessel including a rectangular ring-pontoon having a first transverse pontoon section at a first end of the vessel and a parallel second transverse pontoon section at a...
6978728 Active roll stabilization system for ships  
The invention relates to an active roll stabilisation system for ships, comprising at least one rotatable stabilisation element extending below the water line, sensor means for sensing the ship's...
6745715 Stern flap corrective motion and fuel saving control system for marine vessels  
Corrective stabilizing motions are applied to a sea vessel hull during seawater travel in response to stern flap displacement by hydrodynamic forces induced at the buttock of the vessel hull and by...
6655308 Passive stabilizer for floating petroleum-production systems  
The present invention relates to a passive stabilizer ( 3 ) which is installed in the lower part of a tanker used in floating production systems which make use of a mechanism which enables the...
6652193 Swaying reduction apparatus and floating body therewith  
The motion reducing apparatus has an orthorhombic shaped floating main body, a horizontal plumb plate supported horizontally on one side section of the floating main body by stay members, and flow...
6619221 Oscillation suppression device  
An oscillation suppression device comprises a base body to be secured to a ship body, a gimbals secured to the base body, a damper, a flywheel provided in the gimbals, and a motor for rotating the...
6571724 Stern depressor type motion stabilization system for marine vessel  
Depressors mounted on the stern of a marine vessel are deployed by displacement from positions retracted from the seawater to positions immersed therein so as to divert exit flow of the seawater...
6561110 Passive stabilizer for floating petroleum-production systems  
The present invention relates to a passive stabilizer ( 3 ) which is installed in the lower part of a tanker used in floating production systems which make use of a mechanism which enables the...
6487982 Anti-rolling structure for box-type floating body  
A floating body 1 , which is substantially rectangular when seen from above, is provided with at least a protrusion 3 on at least either of sides in a transverse direction 5 of the floating...
6382121 Boat ballast system  
A ballast system for a sailing boat includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end. A mounting is provided at the first end of the elongate body for suspending the elongate body from...
6367400 Stabilization apparatus for ship movement  
A stabilization apparatus for ship movements has adjustable stabilizers, drive devices by means of which the position of the stabilizers can be adjusted, a control device by means of which control...
6240869 Watercraft stabilization apparatus  
Stabilization apparatus (12) for a watercraft (10) having a hull (14), including at least one hydrofoil (20) with a leading edge (22) and a trailing edge (24), the edges defining a chord (26)...
6102625 Wave dampener for floating structures  
A dampening device for dampening the vertical wave-induced motion component of a floating structure. The dampener projects in the form of a skirt down below the bottom of the floating structure...
6019056 Anti-rolling apparatus  
An anti-rolling apparatus according to the present invention includes rail members which are formed in straight form and disposed perpendicular to a rolling axis of an object whose rolling is to be...
5839693 Aircraft refueling system  
A refuelling system for aircraft, and in particular to a cellular system for refuelling long range aircraft crossing oceans. A floating refuelling station for aircraft includes at least one...
5803006 Float master for a watercraft  
A float master (12) for a watercraft (14) comprising a telescopic arm (16). A structure (18) is for securing a first end (20) of the telescopic arm (16) to a deck (22) of the watercraft (14). An...
5787832 Method and apparatus to stabilize marine vessels  
A stabilizer system is used to stabilize a marine vessel hull. The system includes at least one stabilizer assembly attached to the hull and the stabilizer assembly is capable of moving with...
5732646 Container with recirculation system for cleaning boat hulls on land  
A boat hull cleaning system, particularly for sail and motor yachts, prevents the contamination of sewers and open waters by recirculating the cleaning water within the system without discharging...
5713163 Vibration damping apparatus  
A vibration damping apparatus includes a frame having a rail member and end plates at longitudinal ends of the rail member. The frame is a hollow box-shaped element or a hollow tubular element. The...
5632222 Load orientating device  
A device (10) for orientating a load to be suspended and moved by a crane includes a flywheel (11) mounted for rotation in a housing (14). A turntable (17) is pivotally connected to the housing...
5628267 Oscillation suppression device and ship provided with the same  
An oscillation suppression device is provided for attenuating oscillation of an object to be controlled by a gyro torque of a control moment gyro having a flywheel rotating at a high speed. The...
5592897 Watercraft  
A watercraft has a buoyancy hull with an upwardly bode rail forming an arcuate guide for a passenger stand which allows the passenger to remain substantially upright as the buoyancy hull rolls...
5588391 Fin with trailing edge fixed flaps for ships  
A fin with trailing edge fixed flaps for ships, characterized in that it is made of a main fin (1) to which are associated one or several pairs of fixed flaps (2a and 2b) of mean camber.
5488919 Canted rudder system for pitch roll and steering control  
The invention is directed to a system for stabilizing a marine vehicle against rolling and pitching motions and for providing steering control to the marine vehicle. The system includes at least...
5452674 Ship stabiliser automatic gain control system  
An improved fin stabilizer control system which has an automatic gain control (AGC) system which uses the difference between the control laws demand signals and the actual fin angles to calculate a...
5379713 Stabilizer  
A stabilizer for a ship includes a track shifting mechanism, pulleys fixed on the track shifting mechanism, pulleys fixed on the ship and a continuous running body such as belt or chain running in...
5203727 Control apparatus for an outboard marine engine with improved cruising performance  
A control apparatus for an outboard marine engine is able to improve cruising performance of a boat particularly during acceleration or travelling on a curved course. An attitude angle sensor...
5144904 Stabilizing apparatus  
Stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing boats comprising a weighted concave body which is suspended from the boat and which is formed as a grid defining openings through the body and a flexible flap...
5108326 Flexible surface drogue/stabilizer for drifter buoys  
The invention relates generally to the stabilization of drifter buoys and the like and more particularly to surface or near surface Lagrangian Drifter Buoys launched from aircraft or surface...
5095839 Stabilizer for boats and the like  
An apparatus for stabilizing a vessel to drastically reduce the rolling and/or pitching of floating vessels, platforms, or the like. At least one stabilizer is suspended by a bridle secured from a...
5026008 Fluid-loop reaction system  
An improved fluid actuating system for imparting motion to a body such as a spacecraft is disclosed. The fluid actuating system consists of a fluid mass that may be controllably accelerated through...
4905622 Marine anti-roll device  
A system for reducing roll of vessels comprises at least one and preferably a pair of hydrofoil devices suspended from lines rigged on each side of the vessel, preferably from outrigger booms. The...
4863404 Jet propulsion and stabilization means for ships  
A jet propulsion system is provided for ships. Port and starboard ductways are provided with radial constrictor axial-flow impellers, and the output flow therefrom is divided between hull-bottom...
4798157 Drogue associated with a guidance system  
The drogue (1) has a steering system (8) which may be assisted by a rudder (4). The drogue is steered by varying the towing angle by applying a longitudinal differential force to the rope (6). The...
4785754 Device for avoiding capsizing of catamarans  
A device for avoiding capsizing of catamarans, in which a mast of the catamaran is pivotally mounted on a transverse beam of connection between two hulls and kept in position by two shrouds which,...
4777899 Hydraulically actuated fin stabilizer system  
A hydraulically actuated fin stabilizer system for counteracting the tendency of a ship to experience rolling and/or list or side sway, wherein a gyroscopic sensor and a pendulum type sensor are...
4760813 Device for eliminating disturbing heeling of ships at loading and unloading  
A device for eliminating the risk of disturbing heeling at loading and unloading of a ship (10) lying at a quay (12). The device includes a motor-operated winch (18) on the ship, the winch having a...
4748927 Means and a method for positioning a stabilizer on a boat  
My invention is directed to a means and method for positioning a stabilizer on a boat such as a small pleasure boat and a fishing boat. There is a boom on the deck of the fishing boat. The guide on...
4702192 Vessel such as ship, boat and the like with stabilizing means  
A vessel, such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises an inner hull having a longitudinal horizontal axis and a transverse horizontal axis, an outer hull surrounding the inner hull and arranged...
4681053 Vessel such a ship, boat and the like provided with stabilizing means  
A vessel, such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises a hull having an inner hollow, a movable body located in the inner hollow of the hull, and device for guiding the movable body in the inner...
4647928 Stability indicator for marine vessel  
A stability indicator for a marine vessel. The indicator continuously determines a GM value for the vessel equal to the square of the vessel's beam length times the square of the vessel's rolling...
4582014 Vessel having stabilizing system  
A vessel, for example a semi-submersible is provided with at least a chamber for stabilizing it against any or all of heave, roll and pitch. The chambers are mounted on or in the vessel and...
4546719 Arrangement in vessels  
A vessel with a ballast system including a plurality of ballast tanks provided with pumps for feeding water into the tanks and expelling water therefrom and an air bubbling system including...
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