Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Improvements to multi-hull vessel suspension geometry
- Patent Title (中): 多船体悬架几何的改进
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Application No.: US14405921Application Date: 2013-06-05
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Publication No.: US09272753B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Christopher Brian Heyring , John Gerard Catoni , Mark David Sampson
- Applicant: Nauti-Craft Pty Ltd
- Applicant Address: AU Dunsborough WA
- Assignee: Nauti-Craft Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee: Nauti-Craft Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: AU Dunsborough WA
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: AU2012902326 20120605
- International Application: PCT/AU2013/000593 WO 20130605
- International Announcement: WO2013/181699 WO 20131212
- Main IPC: B63B1/12
- IPC: B63B1/12 ; B63B1/14 ; B63B17/00 ; B63B39/00

Abstract:
A hull locating arrangement for a multi-hulled vessel having a body at least partially suspended above at least a first and a second hull by support components is disclosed. The hull locating arrangement comprises, for a hull, a first locating linkage and a second locating linkage to together constrain the hull in the lateral, longitudinal, roll and yaw directions relative to the body. The first and second locating linkages are longitudinally spaced, and the first locating linkage includes a first part and a second part, one of the parts of the first locating linkage being pivotally connected to the body about a body end pivot axis, and the other of the parts being pivotally connected to the hull about a hull end pivot axis. The first locating linkage is also arranged to permit relative motion between the first and second parts along at least one sliding axis to thereby permit the first locating linkage to vary in length between the body end pivot axis and the hull end pivot axis. The support components include a first support component adjacent the first locating linkage, the first support component including a first support element providing a support force supporting a portion of the body above the first hull. The support force of the first support element has a line of action that is within thirty degrees of parallel to a first linkage plane extending through the body end pivot axis and the hull end pivot axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150298766A1 IMPROVEMENTS TO MULTI-HULL VESSEL SUSPENSION GEOMETRY Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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