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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7061147 | Superconducting electrical machines for use in navy ships Superconducting electrical machines, for example motors or generators, especially high-temperature superconducting machines, include a rotor equipped with superconductors, especially high-temperature superconductors. They further include a rotor cryostat, a rotor sh... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047899 | Barge arrangement, barge unit and tug unit A barge unit includes LNG receptacle and a first power generation apparatus including a first combustion engine that is operated at least partly by LNG boil-off gas and a first generator that is driven by the first combustion engine. A tug unit includes a propulsion... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029339 | Shock-proof electric marine engine, e.g. engine or generator A shock-proof electric marine engine, e.g. an engine or generator, is for a marine (Navy) ship, and includes a stator and a rotor in a housing. The stator and the rotor are connected in such a way that they are rotatably displaceable in a counter direction and in a ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6676463 | Device for reducing noise and absorbing vibrations generated by an electric motor built into a ship propulsion pod An absorption device absorbs vibrations generated by an electric motor that is built into a propulsion pod of a ship. The propulsion pod contains an electric motor that is cooled by circulation of a radial airflow within the propulsion pod. The electric m... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6116179 | Mounting of machinery within a vessel A vessel comprises a cylindrical hull (10) containing a structure (11) carrying machinery (M) supported from the hull (10) by electromagnetic levitation means (12-17) that maintain electromagnetic forces between flux gaps (24) which are arranged to extend... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5216773 | Method of formation and installation of a floating bridge A method for fabricating and installation of a floating bridge or the like provides that a bridge superstructure is supported by a number of pontoons and has opposite ends anchored to shore fundaments. Prefabricated pontoons are positioned successively at... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5022628 | Mounting for machinery The engine and other machinery within a marine vessel is mounted on a raft which is relatively flimsy compared with conventional constructions. The raft is supported by electromagnets, the current to which is controlled so as to avoid vibration and flexin... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4747360 | Condenser integrated turbine support A support system for a marine turbine power plant may include an integral condenser. The support system comprised of plate girders and welded plate steel cover may envelop the condenser within the structure in order to save weight in the ship's payload. C... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4398484 | Arrangement for installing a nuclear reactor block in a vessel The invention relates to a method and an assembly for a equipping vessel propelled by nuclear power. In accordance with the invention, a vessel is made in two prefabricated parts (2,3) and a chamber (5) is provided in the part (2). A nuclear reactor block... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4368048 | Ship S drive system A propulsion and drive system for a ship includes an engine, a drive train with transmission gear and main clutch, and a propeller shaft. An auxiliary equipment shaft is connected to that drive train via two branches, geared to the drive on opposite sides... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4316722 | Propulsion system for submarine A low noise level, rapidly reversible propulsion system for a submarine or other vessel comprises a non-reversible adjustable speed prime mover, a reversible drive mechanism driven by the prime mover and including a fluid-cooled torque converter and speed... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4311472 | Marine propulsion system for two propellers Two separately operable turbines are regularly connected individually to two propellers, via reducing gears in each instance, whereby an intermediate shaft is included in each such power train. These intermediate shafts are interconnected via an interconn... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4269599 | Cooling system of self-propelled floating crane engines A cooling system of self-propelled floating crane engines, in which an external hydraulic circuit intended to cool internal hydraulic circuits of engines comprises pipelines, pumps, tanks filled with liquid, and skin heat exchangers. The tanks are compuls... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4236478 | Drive installation in boats A drive assembly in boats is disclosed, comprising a drive assembly with motor and an inboard-outboard drive coupled to the motor, and a motor bed, which has a passage, through which the assembly extends and which is aligned with a hole in the bottom of t... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4167857 | Marine diesel engine and ship equipped with the same A marine Diesel engine consists of parallel left and right engines mounted on a common bed plate having integral independent columns on which the cylinders of the engine are supported, the bed plate and columns forming the crank chambers of the engines. T... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4036163 | Apparatus for mounting and dismounting a submerged propeller unit for a floating body Apparatus for mounting and dismounting a submerged propeller unit to and from the hull of a floating body from the outside thereof comprises a flange in the hull surrounding an opening therein and having passages therein, a flange on the propeller unit ha... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3951097 | Hydraulic motor or pump A hydraulic motor or pump constituted by an inner and outer helical gear pair. The outer member of the pair is secured to one of the sections of at least one water swivel, and the inner member is connected to the other section by cooperating elements asso... | 04/20/1976 |
