Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bridged fuel tender for marine vessels
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Application No.: US16052281Application Date: 2018-08-01
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Publication No.: US10703447B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Richard Christopher Kulaga , Gerald Robert West
- Applicant: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL LaGrange
- Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
- Current Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL LaGrange
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: B63B27/30
- IPC: B63B27/30 ; B63B27/34 ; B63B1/12 ; B63B27/24

Abstract:
A fuel tender for providing fuel to an internal combustion engine of a marine vessel may include a first pontoon, a second pontoon, and a truss structure connecting the first pontoon to the second pontoon with the first pontoon being separated from the second pontoon by a pontoon separation distance that is greater than a vessel width of the marine vessel so that the first pontoon and the second pontoon can straddle a vessel stern of the marine vessel with the truss structure disposed above a stern deck of the marine vessel. A fuel reservoir may be mounted on the truss structure and have a fuel supply line extending therefrom, with the fuel supply line being fluidly connectable to a fuel inlet port for the internal combustion engine when the first pontoon and the second pontoon straddle the vessel stern of the marine vessel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200039613A1 Bridged Fuel Tender for Marine Vessels Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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