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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Photon Composites, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Elliott Jenkins, Alameda, CA (US);
George Seyfang, Preston, GB;
Assignee:
PHOTON COMPOSITES, INC., Alameda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 9/04 (2006.01); B63H 9/06 (2006.01); B63H 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 9/0657 (2013.01); B63H 9/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high-tailed wing sail is provided. A wing sail device includes a wing body including a wing tip and a wing base configured to rotationally couple with a vessel. The wing body is configured to freely rotate with respect to the vessel about a rotational axis. The wing sail device further includes a wing tail coupled to the wing body such that a top end of the wing tail is higher than the wing tip of the wing body.