Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thruster system and vessel including the same
-
Application No.: US14360967Application Date: 2012-09-28
-
Publication No.: US09725147B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: ChulSoo Ahn , SoonSeong Shin , Dae Kyung Kim , JaeChang Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Heavy Industries Co., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Samsung Heavy Industries Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Heavy Industries Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Patent Office of Dr. Chung Park
- Priority: KR10-2011-0126616 20111130
- International Application: PCT/KR2012/007892 WO 20120928
- International Announcement: WO2013/081289 WO 20130606
- Main IPC: B63H5/125
- IPC: B63H5/125 ; B63H5/20 ; B63H25/42

Abstract:
Disclosed are a thruster system and a vessel including the same. The thruster system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a canister on which a thruster is installed, and which is movable upward and downward in a hull; a wire controller which controls a wire connected with the canister and enables the upward and downward movement of the canister; and a ballast tank which is installed in the canister and filled with water in order to offset the buoyancy that is applied to the canister.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140341734A1 THRUSTER SYSTEM AND VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
Information query