Patent ID: 6416371
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02D

Abstract:
A propeller deflector system comprising:a) rigid inclined vanes adapted to be permanently mounted on the bottom of a hull of a watercraft and aligned parallel with the longitudinal axis of said watercraft, wherein said vanes extends below a propeller and beyond an arc of the propeller, and b) a sensing device adapted to detect objects in water near a path of said watercraft and controlling a power source to the propeller; c) wherein the deflector system is mounted using a mounting system including a primary member anchored over a keel of the watercraft, the vanes extending radially outwardly from the primary member; d) said primary mounting member has a front end and a rear end, wherein the vanes are flush and smooth with the primary member at the front end and extend in width toward the rear end; e) wherein the front end is arranged to be positioned on the watercraft forward of the rear end; f) the length of the primary member, from said rear end to said front end, being at least substantially half the length of the bottom of the hull.