US Patent Issued to BOUND 4 BLUE on Feb. 17 for "Boat propulsion system" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,504, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BOUND 4 BLUE S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Boat propulsion system" was invented by Cristina Aleixendri Munoz (Barcelona, Spain), Jose Miguel Bermudez Miquel (Barcelona, Spain) and David Ferrer Desclaux (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The propulsion system for vessels comprises at least one suction sail (3), the at least one suction sail (3) comprises a suction system (10) and a transmission unit (8) to drive the rotation of the suction sail (3), wherein the suction sail (3) comprises at least two suction zones (7) arranged symmetrically on two sides of the suction sail (3), the suc...