US Patent Issued to SKF MARINE on July 14 for "Fin stabilizer" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,513, issued on July 14, was assigned to SKF MARINE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Fin stabilizer" was invented by Mark Niedostatek (Wenzendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fin stabilizer is for the roll-stabilizing of a watercraft in motion, at anchor, or at zero speed, including a shaft on which a stabilizing fin is disposed. The shaft is drivable by a drive unit for changing at least one angle of attack of the stabilizing fin in the water. A cross-sectional geometry of the stabilizing fin is changeable by at least one actuator, and the stabilizing fin forms a closed surface geometry. Due to the hydraulically effective cross...