Watercraft device with hydrofoil and electric propeller system
AssigneeKai Concepts, LLC
InventorsDonald Lewis Montague, Joseph Andrew Brock, Jamieson Edward Schulte, Daniel Elliot Schabb
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a watercraft device are disclosed. The watercraft device comprises a board, a throttle coupled to a top surface of the board, a hydrofoil coupled to a bottom surface of the board, and an electric propeller system coupled to the hydrofoil. The electric propeller system powers the watercraft device using information generated from the throttle. A center of buoyancy in a non-foiling mode of the watercraft device and a center of lift in a foiling mode of the watercraft device are aligned.
Claims25
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device, comprising:
- a modular board removably attached to a power system;
- the power system including a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system;
- the power supply system including a first tray housing a first battery;
- the propulsion system including a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil;
- wherein the propulsion pod is removably attached to the strut;
- wherein the hydrofoil is removably attached to the strut;
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- wherein the first tray is removably attached directly to a first end of the strut of the propulsion system.
A watercraft device, comprising:
- a modular board removably attachable to a power system;
- the power system including a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system;
- the power supply system including a first tray housing a first battery;
- the propulsion system including a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil;
- wherein the first tray is removably attached directly to a first end of the strut of the propulsion system;
- wherein the propulsion pod is removably attached to the strut;
- wherein the strut includes the first end, a second end, and a strut body disposed between the first end and second end;
- wherein the hydrofoil is attached to the strut at a first location;
- wherein the propulsion pod is attached to the strut body at a second location interposed between the first end of the strut and the first location;
- wherein a first portion of the strut body is interposed between the first end of the strut and the propulsion pod;
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- wherein a second portion of the strut body is interposed between the propulsion pod and the hydrofoil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.