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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Renoun, Llc, Shelburne, VT (US);
Inventors:
Cyrus King Schenck, Shelburne, VT (US);
Lane Warren Kessler, N. Ferrisburg, VT (US);
Assignee:
Renoun, LLC, Shelburne, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/28 (2006.01); B63B 1/24 (2006.01); B63B 5/24 (2006.01); B63B 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/28 (2013.01); B63B 1/248 (2013.01); B63B 1/32 (2013.01); B63B 5/24 (2013.01); B63B 2207/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motile buoyancy apparatus for use in a fluid. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes an outer layer, the outer layer having a performance surface. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes at least a portion including a first material. The first material is a non-Newtonian material. The at least a portion causes the performance surface to exhibit a shear rate-variable shear response.