US Patent Issued to CAPONNETTO HUEBER on Sept. 8 for "Foldable hydrofoil for boats" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,953, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CAPONNETTO HUEBER S.L. (Valencia, Spain).

"Foldable hydrofoil for boats" was invented by Mario Caponnetto (Valencia, Spain) and Francis Hueber (Valencia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a watercraft comprising multiple set of foils, that may be used to convey passengers and goods on regular transport services provided on rivers, lakes or between islands, with low GHG emissions, notably but not exclusively using electrically powered propelling systems supplied by a battery or a fuel cell. The combination of the foil sets in a distributed wingspan allows to reduc...