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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Ockerman Automation Consulting, Inc., Anacortes, WA (US);
Jennifer Michaeli, Smithfield, VA (US);
Robert Walling, Pine Beach, NJ (US);
Alden Nelson, Norfolk, VA (US);
Ockerman Automation Consulting, Inc., Anacortes, WA (US);
Abstract
An integrated thruster and ballast system in accordance with some examples herein may include a conduit disposed within a hull of the boat. The conduit includes a first opening in fluid communication with a body of water, a second opening in selective fluid communication with the body of water, and an outlet disposed within the boat. The integrated thruster and ballast system includes a ballast tank in selective fluid communication with the conduit via the outlet, a thruster disposed within the conduit and configured to move water through the conduit, a first valve disposed in the conduit and configured to selectively divide or establish the fluid communication between the conduit and the ballast tank; and a second valve disposed in the conduit and configured to selectively divide or establish the fluid communication between the second opening and the body of water.