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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Kai Concepts, Llc, Alameda, CA (US);
Donald Lewis Montague, Paia, HI (US);
Joseph Andrew Brock, Alameda, CA (US);
Tomasz Pawel Bartczak, Toronto, CA;
Matthew Campbell Greaves, Corinda, AU;
Alec Korver, Monument, CO (US);
Jamieson Edward Schulte, Alameda, CA (US);
Dmitri Stepanov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kai Concepts, LLC, Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
A flexible coupling mechanism may be used to suspend a structural component, such as a propulsion pod, from a support member, such as a strut of a hydrofoil watercraft. The flexible coupling mechanism may include multiple vibration isolating mounts configured to extend through the support member to suspend the structural component. The vibration isolating mounts may include a plurality of elastomeric bushings configured to prevent direct contact between a component rigidly coupled to the support member and a component rigidly coupled to the structural component. The elastomeric bushings may include a tapered outer profile configured to provide a nonlinear force feedback profile in response to rotation of the support member relative to the structural component.