US Patent Issued to OCEANWINGS, MARVIN SERIES on July 29 for "Wind propulsion unit and vessel comprising such a unit" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,137, issued on July 29, was assigned to OCEANWINGS (Paris) and MARVIN SERIES (Vannes, France).

"Wind propulsion unit and vessel comprising such a unit" was invented by Katia Merle (Vannes, France), Erwan Conan (Vannes, France), Nicolas Baral (Vannes, France), Nicolas Sdez (Paris) and Ludovic Gerard (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vessel comprising a wind propulsion unit (100) that is elongate in a vertical direction when in the operating position comprising propulsive elements (111, 112) and a mast (121).The invention relates to a tilt device comprising a base (210) that is rigidly attach...