Modular hydrofoil system for watercraft
OwnerRobert Martin Johnston, Gabriel Verrier-Paquette +1inventors
InventorsRobert Martin Johnston, Gabriel Verrier-Paquette, Tony Logosz
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Abstract
A hydrofoil system for a hydrofoil equipped watercraft with cooperating fuselage portion that have tapered sections. The tapered sections are configured to form an overlapping stacked wedge within an inner passageway of a collar so that the collar frictionally engages the stacked tapered sections when the first fuselage portion and the second fuselage portion are drawn together longitudinally.
Claims20
A hydrofoil system comprising:
- a first fuselage portion having a tapered section;
- a second fuselage portion having a tapered section;
- a collar having an inner passageway dimensioned to encompass and retain the tapered section of the first fuselage portion and the tapered section of the second fuselage portion when overlapped in a stacked wedge configuration;
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- an actuator configured to draw the first fuselage portion and the second fuselage portion together longitudinally so that the collar frictionally engages the stacked tapered sections.
A fuselage portion for a hydrofoil system comprising a tapered section configured to overlap with a tapered section of another fuselage portion to form a stacked wedge such that the stacked tapered sections are configured to be retained by an inner passageway of a collar, wherein the fuselage portion further comprises at least one of actuator and a means for engaging an actuator, wherein the actuator is configured to draw the fuselage portion and the another fuselage portion together longitudinally.
A collar for a hydrofoil system comprising an inner passageway dimensioned to encompass and retain a tapered section of a first fuselage portion and a tapered section of the second fuselage portion when overlapped in a stacked wedge configuration.
A method for assembling a hydrofoil system comprising:
- providing a first fuselage portion having a tapered section;
- providing a second fuselage portion having a tapered section;
- overlapping the tapered section of the first fuselage portion and the tapered section of the second fuselage portion in a stacked wedge configuration within a collar having an inner passageway;
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- drawing the first fuselage portion and the second fuselage portion together longitudinally so that the collar frictionally engages the stacked tapered sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.