49 results about "Motor boat" patented technology

In one aspect, a wireless remote controller for a personal watercraft is provided that includes a watertight body and a rotatable thumbwheel disposed on an upper surface of the watertight body. The remote controller includes at least one magnet affixed to the thumbwheel such that the at least one magnet rotates with the thumbwheel. The remote controller includes a magnetic sensor configured to produce magnetic field data in at least two axes. The remote controller includes a processor operably coupled to the magnetic sensor and communication circuitry configured to communicate control signals to an associated personal watercraft. The processor is configured to determine an angular position of the thumbwheel based at least in part on the magnetic field data in each of the at least two axes and to generate a control signal based at least in part on the determined position of the thumbwheel.

A unitary hermetically sealed device is disclosed for providing self-contained electric propulsion drive power to a motor boat or sailboat, where the entire propulsion system is contained in a separable pressurized hermetic enclosure attached to the underside of the vessel and also acts as a keel of the vessel, and which simplifies production, provides improved safety from high voltages, and prevents drive system maintenance or repair when the vessel is located in the water. The rigid hermetically sealed device functions as a skid-plate to avoid damage to the softer typically fiberglass hull when running the vessel aground or when running up onto or off of the beach or onto or off a trailer.

In one aspect, a wireless remote controller for a personal watercraft is provided that includes a watertight housing forming a watertight compartment. The housing includes a through hole extending through the housing from an upper side of the housing to a lower side of the housing. The remote controller includes a throttle interface removably attached to the housing such that the throttle interface is movable between a first position and a second position and at least a portion of the throttle interface positioned within the through hole of the housing. The remote controller further includes a sensor positioned within the watertight compartment of the housing to detect a position of the throttle interface.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle maritime search and rescue target detection method based on an improved YOLOV8 algorithm, facilitates water search and rescue deployment when maritime affairs such as drowning or shipwreck occur, and belongs to the field of maritime rescue. Comprising the following steps: a training stage: training a maritime target detection network by using a training set, training samples in the training set being collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle, and labels in a data set comprising drowning persons, motorboats, steamships, life buoys and life-saving equipment (life jackets); the improved YOLOv8-based network architecture of the marine target detection network comprises a skeleton, a neck and a detection head. According to the method, the problem of low target detection precision caused by small size of a detection object in an aerial photography scene of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be well solved, the negative influence of seawater ripples and illumination factors on target detection can be well overcome, and the method is good in real-time performance and high in accuracy.

A personal watercraft includes a watercraft body provided with a deck, a hood, and a locking mechanism. The deck includes a driver boarding portion and an opening forming portion where an opening is formed forward of the driver boarding portion and an engine room is partitioned below the opening. The hood, to which a steering shaft is attached to cause a handle to be exposed upward, covers the opening from above to allow opening and closing by pivoting with respect to the deck by using a front end supported by the opening forming portion as a fulcrum. The locking mechanism is a mechanism that fixes the rear end of the hood to the deck with the opening closed, and includes a first locking part and a second locking part disposed with spacing in the left-right direction.

An electric watercraft charging system includes an electric watercraft having an electric motor operatively connected to a propulsion system and a battery in electrical communication with the electric motor for powering the electric motor. A wireless power receiving device is supported by a hull of the watercraft and is in electrical communication with the battery. The system also includes a watercraft charging base configured to be engaged by the watercraft in a charging position thereof. The watercraft charging base has a base body configured to engage at least part of the hull and a wireless power transmitting device supported by the base body. The wireless power transmitting device is positioned such that, in the charging position of the watercraft, the wireless power transmitting device wirelessly transmits power to the wireless power receiving device. A method of charging an electric watercraft is also disclosed.

An electrical distribution system for personal water craft. The primary components include a digital switching device; a series of power lines; and one or more remote controls, a control panel, or both. The digital switching device is preferably a bank of solid state relay switches controlled by an MCU. The control panel also has an MCU. The control panel MCU communicates with the digital switching device MCU. This allows signals from the control panel to travel on a single communication cable to the digital switching device, significantly reducing the control panel footprint compared to prior art control panels. When a radio frequency (RF) receiver is provided, the electrical distribution system may receive signals from a remote control. The remote control may be utilized in addition to or in lieu of the control panel. Power lines run from the digital switching device to wherever power is desired in the vessel.

The utility model discloses an inflatable motorboat which comprises a floating material part, the floating material part is provided with a sitting part and can provide buoyancy, a propeller is arranged on the front portion of the bottom surface of the floating material part, and a steering wheel is arranged on the front portion of the upper surface of the floating material part. The steering wheel and the propeller are connected together through a steering rod, and a positioning piece used for preventing the steering wheel from slipping off is arranged on the steering rod. According to the utility model, the design is reasonable, the structure is simple, the quick assembly is convenient, omission caused by various parts is avoided, the production cost is reduced, the later assembly of a user is facilitated, and the use requirements are more favorably met.

Watercraft docking apparatus including a flexible clamp attachable to a watercraft to be docked, an elongated pole attached at one end to the flexible clamp, and structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole. The flexible clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.

A watercraft propulsion system includes a shaft slidably disposed through an opening formed in a hull, a pull-up cable coupled to the shaft at a predetermined location of the shaft for pulling the shaft upward, a pull-down cable coupled to the shaft at the predetermined location of the shaft for pulling the shaft downward, a fluke disposed beneath a bottom of the watercraft, the fluke having a front portion and a horizontal plate behind the front portion, the front portion being solely and removably attached to a lower end of the shaft, wherein when the shaft is pulled downward by the pull-down cable, the horizontal plate tilts upward, and when the shaft is pulled upward by the pull-up cable, the horizontal plate tilts downward.

Motorized vessel comprising a supporting structure and at least one pair of similar hydrofoils located on each side of the supporting structure, each of said hydrofoils consisting of a wing and its support, the latter being retractable in the lower part of the structure and being slidably adjusted relative to it, said hydrofoils being arranged in such a way as to occupy at least two fixed positions, namely a position called "active", in which they are deployed in similar positions, and a position called "passive", in which said supports are retracted into the supporting structure, characterised in that the vessel is configured in such a way that the deployment of the hydrofoils involves an initial displacement of the supports in an almost horizontal direction which is remote from the mean vertical plane of the supporting structure,followed by capsizing about an axis parallel or nearly parallel to the main axis of the vessel.,

The application relates to the field of water vehicles, in particular to a water vehicle which comprises a vehicle body, the vehicle body comprising a plurality of floating bins arranged at intervals and a support arranged on the floating bins; and a vehicle extension, the first end of the vehicle extension being rotationally connected with the vehicle body, and the second end being provided with a clamping part which is configured to be wrapped around a cylindrical part and fixedly connected with the cylindrical part. The water vehicle of the application realizes expansion of the carrying capacity of the existing water vehicles such as motorboats, and the cost is relatively low.

A personal watercraft comprises a hull assembly and a deck. The hull assembly includes a hull and a liner. The hull has an outer peripheral support portion. The outer peripheral support portion has a first section with a first upper surface and a second section with a second upper surface. The liner has an outer ledge portion adhesively attached to the first upper surface of the first section of the outer peripheral support portion such that the outer ledge portion does not overlap the second upper surface of the second section of the outer peripheral support portion. The deck is provided to the hull assembly in a watertight manner. The first upper surface is located at a height position that is different from a height position of the second upper surface with respect to a vertical direction.

An offset wake surf tow system designed to enhance the experience of wakesurfing behind watercraft. It consists of ropes and hardware assembled into attachment, adjustment, and grasping sections. The tow system is designed to stay in the water while riders are surfing and attaches to the watercraft, offset to the side of the rider, so that the rider may elect to grasp or drop the tow system multiple times without interference or entanglement. The offset and vertical attachment of the tow system, length adjustment, and interaction with the watercraft wake combine to achieve the desired lateral and vertical positioning of the system to remain close enough for the rider to reach, and, out of the rider's way when not in use. The tow system also provides a line to grasp for the surfer to start from still in the water and, due to the offset attachment, assists with rider pick-up.

A personal watercraft comprises a hull, a deck and a seal. The deck is provided to the hull. The deck includes a first deck and a second deck that is disposed rearward relative to the first deck. The first deck and the second deck are connected to each other at overlapping sections thereof that overlap each other in a vertical direction to form an overlapping portion of the deck. The seal is sandwiched between the overlapping sections of the first and second decks. The seal includes a first seal member that continuously and laterally extends between lateral ends of the overlapping portion of the deck, and a pair of second seal members provided in vicinities of the lateral ends of the overlapping portion of the deck, the second seal members being further adjacent to end portions of the first seal member in a longitudinal direction of the personal watercraft, respectively.

An adjustable surf wake system can enhance a wake formed by a watercraft travelling through water. A rider control device can enable a rider to control the wake of the watercraft while riding the wake, such as for wake surfing. The rider can adjust the speed of the watercraft, can adjust the height of the wake, and / or can change the watercraft between a surf-left configuration and a surf-right configuration. The rider control device can include a position sensor. A drone can position a camera based on the position sensor of the rider control device for filming the rider.

1. Name of the product of this design: Electric inflatable motorboat. 2. Purpose of this design product: for water entertainment. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the design points: Stereoscopic drawing 2.

1. Name of the product in this design: Jet Ski. 2. Purpose of this design: As a means of transportation that travels on water. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: 3D view 1.

A personal watercraft 1 comprises an elongate float body 2 configured to provide sufficient floatation to support a user when the watercraft is deployed in / on a body of water; a pair of hand-operated

An article holding device for a personal watercraft, the article holding device including: a pair of holders each having a holding portion capable of holding an article, in which each of the holders includes a lock portion detachably engaged to the watercraft body, and a coupling mechanism removably coupling both of the holders removed from the watercraft body.

The present application relates to radar networking detection technical field, especially to a kind of encircling distributed FSR sensor network sea surface early warning method.The present application designs a kind of encircling distributed FSR system, uses fewer network nodes, and is simple to lay out, and can detect the foreign target invading in any direction.FSR node is small, low in power consumption, low in cost, and radar cross section increases rapidly in forward scattering area, so that the system is agile to the reaction of fast small target on sea surface, such as suicide attacker, drug and arms smuggling, speedboat and motorboat dangerous target, can detect target under all-weather conditions, so as to realize the monitoring and early warning of threat target.

An adjustable roller bunk apparatus and system for use with different size watercraft trailers. The roller bunk system can adjust to fit on all size trailers, can also adjust positioning to receive different angled hulls of watercrafts and prevents torque on the roller bunk system generally caused as a result of a force applied by weight of a watercraft on rollers attached to a roller bunk.

A self-engaging watercraft trailer latching assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a prow-mounted catch having a leading angled edge and a trailing edge forming a hook portion, and a trailer-mounted keeper mechanism comprising a housing with an internal spring biasing mechanism and a U-shaped latch. During landing, as the watercraft advances, the catch deflects the latch until an engagement bar passes beneath the hook portion, whereupon the biasing mechanism returns the bar into abutment with the trailing edge to secure the craft automatically. For launching, a tensioning member such as a bungee cord or spring may be coupled to the housing, applying a downward force that pivots the latch into a released position once the vessel is driven slightly forward, thereby allowing single-operator automatic unlatching as the craft reverses off the trailer. The compact housing protects internal components, tolerates skewed approaches, and enables retrofit to existing trailers.

The water vehicle three-dimensional parking equipment is characterized in that the water vehicle three-dimensional parking equipment comprises a lifting mechanism, a plurality of annular storage layers are arranged on the outer ring of the lifting mechanism in the longitudinal direction, and each annular storage layer comprises a plurality of yacht berth areas and motorboat berth areas; the yacht berth areas and the motorboat berth areas are arranged at intervals, and the lifting mechanism is connected with the yacht berth area and the motorboat berth area of each annular storage layer. A three-dimensional multi-layer annular storage layer structure is adopted, and the yacht berth areas and the motorboat berth areas which are arranged at intervals are arranged on each annular storage layer, so that motorboats and yachts can be parked at the same time, the space of a port and a wharf is saved, and the service life of the motorboats and the yachts is prolonged. And the yacht is parked in the parking equipment, so that the yacht can be prevented from being attached by marine organisms to corrode the yacht body and being attacked by sea waves and storms, the property of a user is protected, and the maintenance cost is reduced.

A scupper plug for selectively sealing a scupper hole is provided. The scupper plug can include a tapered sealing surface and one or more legs extending from the tapered sealing surface. The legs can include tapered retention surfaces positioned at a distal portion of the legs, and stopping shoulders adjacent to the tapered retention surfaces. The scupper plug can have a central cavity extending between the first and second legs and defining first and second cutouts extending through the first and second legs. When in a closed position, the tapered sealing surface can be positioned to sealingly contact a scupper surface in the scupper hole to prevent water flow through the scupper hole, and when in an open position, the tapered retention surfaces can be positioned to contact the scupper surface to retain the scupper plug in the open position to permit water flow through the scupper hole.

A personal watercraft cart assembly includes a cart which includes a lower shell and an upper shell hingedly coupled to the lower shell such that the cart defines a hollow body when the upper shell is in a closed position on the lower shell. A pair of rollers is rotatably coupled to the cart for rolling the cart along a support surface. A pair of cradles is coupled to the upper shell to support a personal watercraft for transport the personal watercraft. The cart is comprised of a buoyant material to float behind the personal watercraft. A pair of straps is coupled to the upper shell for securing the personal watercraft on the cart. A light emitter is coupled to the cart to emit light outwardly from the cart thereby enhancing visibility of the cart in a darkened environment.

The invention relates to the technical field of overwater inflatable plates, in particular to a foldable inflatable plate with an auxiliary fixing structure for overwater lifesaving, which comprises an inflatable plate main body, the bottom of the inflatable plate main body is fixedly connected with a soft bottom plate, the bottom of the soft bottom plate is fixedly connected with a deformable bottom pad, and an external inflator pump is connected with an air valve, so that the inflatable plate main body can be fixed on the inflatable plate main body. When the interior of the inflatable plate main body is inflated, air can enter the driving air bag, so that the driving air bag is rapidly expanded, the multiple floating increasing assemblies can be driven in an abutting mode through the expanded driving air bag, the floating increasing assemblies stretch out of the interior of the soft bottom plate, and then the floating increasing assemblies are stretched; the contact area of the inflation plate and the water surface can be increased through the multiple floating increasing assemblies, then the overall stability of the inflation plate on the water surface is improved, the possibility that the inflation plate turns on one side when dragged by a motorboat to run is reduced, and the rescue efficiency is improved.

A novel jack system that eliminates structures likely to fail that are common in other jack systems and includes a variety of attachments that allow the system to raise objects that are lower to the ground or higher off the ground than traditional jacks can accommodate. The system includes a locking mechanism that transfers the weight lifted by the jack to a central main support shaft. The system includes attachments that allow a user to lift a marine vessel such as a personal watercraft, an object that has fallen on the ground such as a trailer, and / o the front of a vehicle such as a lawnmower. The attachments are interchangeable and adjustable in height and position.