IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0072642
(2002-02-06)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Geriene, Marc
- Geriene, Krist
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
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초록
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Methods and apparatus for hull attachment for submersible vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a submersible apparatus includes a hull having an elongated channel, a sliding member moveably disposed in the channel, and a mounting assembly attached to the sliding member. The mounting assembly i
Methods and apparatus for hull attachment for submersible vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a submersible apparatus includes a hull having an elongated channel, a sliding member moveably disposed in the channel, and a mounting assembly attached to the sliding member. The mounting assembly includes an engagement member selectively engageable between a first position wherein the mounting assembly is moveable along the channel, and a second position wherein the mounting assembly is secured in a fixed position along the channel. The apparatus advantageously permits a wide variety of equipment or devices (e.g. tow point assemblies, wing assemblies, tail assemblies, propulsion units, illumination devices, imaging devices, instrumentation, sensors, etc.) to be adjustably attached to the hull, and provides improved adjustability, maintainability, integrity, reliability, and overall improved mission performance.
대표청구항
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Methods and apparatus for hull attachment for submersible vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a submersible apparatus includes a hull having an elongated channel, a sliding member moveably disposed in the channel, and a mounting assembly attached to the sliding member. The mounting assembly i
Methods and apparatus for hull attachment for submersible vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a submersible apparatus includes a hull having an elongated channel, a sliding member moveably disposed in the channel, and a mounting assembly attached to the sliding member. The mounting assembly includes an engagement member selectively engageable between a first position wherein the mounting assembly is moveable along the channel, and a second position wherein the mounting assembly is secured in a fixed position along the channel. The apparatus advantageously permits a wide variety of equipment or devices (e.g. tow point assemblies, wing assemblies, tail assemblies, propulsion units, illumination devices, imaging devices, instrumentation, sensors, etc.) to be adjustably attached to the hull, and provides improved adjustability, maintainability, integrity, reliability, and overall improved mission performance. polygon. 11. In a mooring arrangement which includes a vessel that floats at the surface of the sea and that can weathervane about a turret which is rotatably supported on said vessel and wherein said turret has a lower end anchored by at least one mooring line which extends to the sea floor for anchoring said turret in a substantially geostationary position, an improvement characterized by said turret being placed within a turret insert tube of said vessel said turret being rotatably supported at a top end by an axial/radial bearing assembly and at a bottom end by a radial bearing assembly, wherein said radial bearing assembly includes an inner member secured about said lower end of said turret, said inner member having an outer sliding surface, and an outer member having an inner sliding surface arranged and designed to slide on said outer sliding surface of said inner member, said outer member having an outer profile which is arranged and designed to cooperate with a complimentary profile in the interior of said turret insert tube so that the outer member is turned by said turret insert tube when said vessel rotates about said turret, without fixed attachment of said outer member to said turret insert tube. 12. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is a frusto-conical shape. 13. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is in the shape of a polygon. 14. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said turret insert tube is placed with said vessel. 15. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said turret insert tube is supported from a structure at an end of said vessel. 16. A method of installing a turret having a radial bearing assembly within a turret insert tube of a vessel having a deck and a keel comprising the steps of: fixing a radial bearing assembly to a bottom end of said turret, said radial bearing assembly including an inner member secured about said lower end of said turret, said inner member having an outer sliding surface and an outer member having an inner sliding surface arranged and designed to slide on said outer sliding surface of said inner member, said outer member having an outer profile, and installing said radial bearing assembly fixed to said turret inside said turret insert tube, said turret insert tube having an inner profile which cooperates with said outer profile of said outer member to cause said outer member of said radial bearing assembly to rotate with said vessel where said vessel rotates about said turret. 17. The method of claim 16 wherein said turret is installed inside said turret insert tube by passing said turret through said turret insert tube in the direction of from said deck to said keel. 18. The method of claim 16 wherein said turret is installed inside said turret insert tube by passing said turret through said turret insert tube in the direction of from said keel to said deck. 19. In a mooring arrangement which includes a vessel that floats at the surface of the sea and that can weathervane about a turret which is rotatably supported on said vessel and wherein said turret has a lower end anchored by at least one mooring line which extends to the sea floor for anchoring said turret in a substantially geostationary position, an improvement characterized by said turret including an upper section that is rotatably coupled to said vessel by an axial/radial bearing assembly, and said turret including a lower section that is connected to said upper section by a load-bearing flex joint and wherein said lower section of said turret is rotatably coupled to said vessel by a radial bearing assembly.
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