ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,748, issued on June 17, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Powered hydrofoil board with integrated control flap" was invented by Simon Nielsen (Beverly Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrofoil board having a hydrofoil configured to be automatically controlled to stabilize the board in a level position even when incurring waves. The hydrofoil includes a pair of individually controllable flaps that control the pitch and direction of the hydrofoil board when propelled in motion. A processor uses an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to obtain orientation and acceleration information of the hydrofoil board. A...