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Pilot house isolatorRelated Patent Categories: Ships, Displacement-type Hull (e.g., Specific Aftbody, Etc.), Multiple HullsPilot house isolator description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070151494, Pilot house isolator. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a marine vehicle, and in particular to mechanical isolation of a pilot house or other cabin structure from a hull portion of a marine vehicle. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] It is well known that the cabin, cockpit and pilot house of typical marine vehicles, i.e., pleasure boats, are rigidly fixed to the boat hull. Accordingly, particularly in planing hull boats, riders in the boat are constantly bounced and jarred during high-speed travel over rough or choppy water. As a result of this bouncing and jarring, the ride is uncomfortable, and manual control of the boat's speed and heading may be degraded. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention overcomes limitations of the prior art by providing a boat having a hull, a passenger compartment structure that is separate from the hull, and one or more suspension elements suspending the passenger compartment structure relative to the hull. [0004] According to one aspect of the invention, the one or more suspension elements provide means for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds experienced by the hull. [0005] According to one aspect of the invention, the means for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds experienced by the hull include the one or more suspension elements formed as blocks of resiliently compressible material. [0006] According to another aspect of the invention, the means for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds experienced by the hull include a plurality of the suspension elements formed of a combination compression spring and hydraulic vibration damper. [0007] According to another aspect of the invention, the hull further includes twin hulls configured as a catamaran, and a deck plate is provided as a generally planar plate spanning the twin hulls. [0008] According to another aspect of the invention, the one or more suspension elements are a plurality of the suspension elements arranged between the passenger compartment structure and the deck plate. [0009] According to another aspect of the invention, the boat includes an extension limiter capable of limiting separation of the passenger compartment structure relative to the hull. [0010] According to still other aspects of the invention, a method is provided for forming the boat of the invention having the means for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds experienced by the hull. [0011] Other aspects of the invention are detailed herein. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0012] The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: [0013] FIG. 1 is a perspective view that illustrates the present invention by example and without limitation embodied as a boat having a planing hull with a separate passenger compartment structure that is suspended from the hull by a means of one or more suspension elements therebetween for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds of the hull; [0014] FIG. 2 is a side cross-section view showing the boat of the invention having multiple suspension elements arranged in different spaced apart positions along the passenger compartment between the floor or deck plate; [0015] FIG. 3 is an end cross-section view showing the boat of the invention having multiple suspension elements arranged in different spaced apart positions across the passenger compartment between the floor and deck plate; [0016] FIG. 4 is a blow-up section view showing the boat of the invention having the suspension elements attached, by example and without limitation, using adhesion bonds or fasteners; [0017] FIG. 5 is a blow-up section view showing the boat of the invention having the suspension elements alternatively configured to include a gas or liquid filled bladder; [0018] FIG. 6 illustrates the boat of the invention having the suspension elements alternatively configured as coil springs; [0019] FIG. 7 is an end cross-section view showing the boat of the invention having multiple suspension elements configured as any of a variety of well-known compression spring and hydraulic vibration damper operating in the normal fashion of a vehicle shock absorber; and [0020] FIG. 8 is a blown-up section view showing the boat of the invention having the shock absorber suspension elements attached, by example and without limitation, between a passenger compartment floor and a hull of the boat. 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