US 12,263,914 B2
System and method for delivering air to a submerged ship surface
John Dixon, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to Airglide, AI. Inc, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by John Dixon, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,375.
Application 18/219,375 is a continuation of application No. 18/119,324, filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,144, filed on Nov. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,306, filed on Jan. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/454,549, filed on Mar. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166306 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 1/38 (2006.01); B63B 59/04 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 1/38 (2013.01) [B63B 59/04 (2013.01); B63B 2001/387 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air lubrication system nozzle assembly, comprising:
a sea chest having an open cavity therein, wherein said sea chest includes a gas flow inlet, and an open lower boundary configured to receive a flow modulating nozzle flap;
a flow modulating nozzle flap, wherein said flap is configured to modulate a direction and flow rate of a gaseous flow;
said sea chest having at least one longitudinal engagement area, wherein said at least one longitudinal engagement area is a rigidly fixed semi-circumferential bracket for mounting said flow modulating nozzle flap, wherein said rigidly fixed semi-circumferential bracket is affixed semi-circumferentially at a border of said open lower boundary;
said flow modulating nozzle flap is coupled to said at least one longitudinal engagement area; and
wherein said air lubrication system nozzle assembly is operable in a submerged environment.