MARINE VESSEL BRAKE ASSIST AND STABILIZATION SYSTEM

Abstract: a vessel braking control system for a marine vessel that utilizes one or more of the vessel's features and effectors to increase the drag on the vessel both through increased drag on the features and effectors themselves and by creating a downward force on the vessel as a whole, increasing the wetted hull area and increasing hull drag thereby; the control system operates to place the features and effectors in a braking state through rotation relative to the vessel's direction of travel and relative to the water's surface, and may automatically return the features and effectors to their normal operating state upon the vessel's reaching a detected, predetermined speed.

Inventor(s): John D. Venables, Christopher M. Pappas

CPC Classification: B63H25/44 (MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles ; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, ; specially adapted for torpedoes ))

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