US Patent Issued on Sept. 16 for "Boat with independently-controlled, twin rear steering, stowable hydrofoils" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,589, issued on Sept. 16.

"Boat with independently-controlled, twin rear steering, stowable hydrofoils" was invented by Paul Bieker (Anacortes, Wash.), Renardo Baird (Alameda, Calif.) and Sampriti Bhattacharyya (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fully electric hydrofoil boat comprises an elongated hull, a front canard hydrofoil supported by a front support system configured to raise or lower thereof, and a pair of independently-controlled port and starboard rear stowable hydrofoils supported by their respective rear support systems, configured to raise or lower the rear hydrofoils to a selected depth or tilt them out o...