US Patent Issued to LILYPAD LABS on Jan. 13 for "Energy harvesting vessels with modular hulls" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,326, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LILYPAD LABS INC. (Holland, Mich.).

"Energy harvesting vessels with modular hulls" was invented by James T. Hotary (Holland, Mich.) and Rodger W. Eich (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are watercraft comprising a hull comprising a first hull assembly, and a second hull assembly opposite the first hull assembly and parallel to the first hull assembly; and a frame configured to couple the first hull assembly to the second hull assembly. In some embodiments, the first hull assembly comprises a first quarter hull coupled to a second quarter hull, and the second hull as...