US 11,731,751 B1
Dry storage, raw water system for marine vehicles
Mark A. Boettcher, South Abington Township, PA (US); and Jeffrey Poole, Middletown, RI (US)
Assigned to SUMMIT MARINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., South Abington, PA (US)
Filed by SUMMIT MARINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., South Abington Township, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/95,557.
Int. Cl. B63J 2/12 (2006.01); B63C 1/12 (2006.01); B63C 3/06 (2006.01); B63C 1/00 (2006.01); B63C 1/02 (2006.01); B63J 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63J 2/12 (2013.01) [B63C 1/00 (2013.01); B63C 1/02 (2013.01); B63C 1/12 (2013.01); B63C 3/06 (2013.01); B63J 2/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing raw water for cooling of one or more Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, the system comprising:
a pump coupled to a Dry Storage Lift, the Dry Storage Lift being capable of moving the Luxury Boat between an in-water position and a dry storage position, the pump being rated for pumping raw water at a fixed rate of at least 1,900 liters per hour, the pump having an associated raw water inlet and a raw water outlet;
a hose having a first end being coupled to the raw water outlet and a second end configured to matingly couple to a connector on the Luxury Boat that is coupled to at least one Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat;
a controller, coupled to a boat-based pump controller on the Luxury Boat that controls pumping of raw water to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat;
wherein the raw water inlet is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position being out of a source of the raw water and the second position being in the raw water source; and
wherein, (i) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the in-water position, the raw water inlet will be in the first position and (ii) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the dry storage position, the raw water inlet will be in the second position.