公开(公告)号：US06517289B1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-11

申请号：US09670381

申请日：2000-09-28

申请人： David B. Coakley ,  Richard K. Knutson

发明人： David B. Coakley ,  Richard K. Knutson

IPC分类号： F15D110

CPC分类号： B64C7/00 ,  B63B21/663 ,  B63B2021/504 ,  E21B17/012 ,  F15D1/12 ,  F16L1/123

摘要： Components of a flexible fairing shroud are attached adjacent their leading edges to bushings through which the fairing shroud is angularly displaced about a protectively surrounded structure exposed to a fluid medium. Inflow of the fluid medium is thereby accommodated in a direction resulting in inflation of the fairing shroud to a desired streamline shape established and maintained between leading and trailing edges during flow of the fluid medium to substantially reduce vibrations otherwise induced by such flow.

摘要翻译： 柔性整流罩的部件在它们的前缘附近附接到衬套，整流罩被围绕暴露于流体介质的保护性环绕的结构成角度地移位。 因此，流体介质的流入沿导致整流罩的膨胀的方向被容纳到在流体介质流动期间在前缘和后缘之间建立和保持的期望的流线形状，以显着减少否则由这种流引起的振动。

公开(公告)号：US06189475B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-20

申请号：US09598753

申请日：2000-06-22

申请人： David B. Coakley

发明人： David B. Coakley

IPC分类号： B63G814

CPC分类号： B63B21/663

摘要： A propelled cable fairing system for towing objects underwater having a plurality of cable fairings, which are individually propelled by motorized propulsion to avoid the thrust of propellers to overcome normally encountered drag heretofore utilized, which required use of longer and thicker cables resulting in a loss of control over the position of the towed object. In addition, the relative position of the propelled cable fairing system is maintained through a set of serially linked motor controllers that sense the relative position of each propelled cable fairing relative to it adjacent propelled cable fairing. Variation in position of the propelled cable fairing from a target, causes increase in speed of the motor or alters its angle of attack in order to keep the propelled cable fairings in predetermined alignment with the adjacent cable fairing. By use of a plurality of rudders, the propelled cable fairing system allows the operator to maintain the towed object at desired horizontal and vertical positions.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在水下牵引物体的推进电缆整流罩系统，其具有多个电缆整流罩，其通过电动推进单独地推动，以避免螺旋桨的推力克服通常遇到的阻力，其需要使用较长和较厚的电缆，导致损失 控制拖曳物体的位置。 此外，通过一组串联的电动机控制器来维持推进的电缆整流装置的相对位置，该电动机控制器感测每个推进的电缆整流罩相对于其相邻的推进电缆整流罩的相对位置。 推进电缆整流罩从目标位置的变化导致电机的速度增加或改变其迎角，以便使被驱动的电缆整流罩与相邻的电缆整流罩保持预定的对准。 通过使用多个方向舵，推进式电缆整流罩系统允许操作者将拖曳物体保持在期望的水平和垂直位置。

公开(公告)号：US10286983B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US15719886

申请日：2017-09-29

申请人： David B. Coakley

发明人： David B. Coakley

IPC分类号： F15D1/10 ,  B63B21/66

摘要： The invention is a chevron ribbon fairing that reduces hydrodynamic drag on marine cables towed by a vessel. The fairing is the shape of a “V,” with an angle between the legs of the “V” chosen on the basis of the predicted cable angle relative to the flow. The chevron angle is twice the cable angle. The tip of chevron ribbon fairing is woven into the outer armor strands of the steel cable or molded to a jacketed cable. When the cable is at shallow angles to the fluid flow, the fairing aligns with the flow, a presents a reduced cross sectional area to the fluid flow behind the towed cable. The chevron design allows the ribbon to naturally align with the fluid flow even as the ribbon rotates about its axis. This ensures a reduction in tangential drag regardless of the level of cable tension.

公开(公告)号：US06416369B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-09

申请号：US09919990

申请日：2001-04-12

申请人： David B. Coakley

发明人： David B. Coakley

IPC分类号： B63B2156

CPC分类号： B63B21/56 ,  B63B35/665

摘要： A marine vessel is propelled under maneuvering control in a selected direction and travel speed through a body of seawater, by propulsion exclusively provided for by one or more submerged towing module pods attached to the underside of the vessel hull at locations between its bow and stern. Each of such towing pods may be attached to the vessel and spaced therebelow by an elongated cable so constructed for enclosure within a drag reducing fairing. Each of such cables has internal portions thereof arranged to electrically conduct current between the marine vessel and the towing pod for controllable operation of its propulsive equipment, while transferring the mechanical towing force so produced to the vessel.

摘要翻译： 船只在所选方向的机动控制下被推进，并且通过一个或多个淹没的拖曳模块荚所提供的推进力，通过一个海水的行进速度，该淹没模块荚在其弓和船尾之间的位置处附着在船体的下侧。 每个这样的牵引舱可以附接到容器并且在其下方被细长的电缆隔开，所述细长电缆被构造成用于封闭在减阻整流罩内。 每个这样的电缆的内部部分布置成在船舶和拖曳舱之间导电，以便可推动其设备的可控制操作，同时将所产生的机械牵引力传递到船舶。

公开(公告)号：US06971318B2

公开(公告)日：2005-12-06

申请号：US10833012

申请日：2004-04-28

申请人： David B. Coakley

发明人： David B. Coakley

IPC分类号： E01B25/00 ,  E01B25/06 ,  E01B25/12

CPC分类号： E01B25/12

摘要： A monorail switching arrangement is disclosed for switching the travel of a vehicle to either a continued-travel monorail section or a change-of-direction switched-travel monorail section, characterized by the provision of a plurality of vertically displaceable horizontal switching wheels arranged on opposite sides of the first monorail section for displacement between upper and lower positions in alternate engagement with pairs of continued-travel and switched-travel control tracks mounted on opposite sides of the monorail, respectively. In one embodiment, the switching wheels are vertically displaceable relative to the chassis, and in a second embodiment, the chassis and the switching wheels are vertically displaceable as a unit relative to the vehicle support wheels and the monorail.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于将车辆的行驶切换到连续行驶单轨段或方向切换行驶单轨道段的行驶的单轨转换装置，其特征在于，设置多个可相对地布置的可垂直移位的水平切换轮 第一单轨段的两侧分别在安装在单轨的相对侧上的成对的连续行驶和开关行驶控制轨道交替地接合在上部和下部位置之间的位移。 在一个实施例中，切换轮相对于底盘可垂直移动，并且在第二实施例中，底盘和切换轮可作为相对于车辆支撑轮和单轨的单元垂直移位。

公开(公告)号：US06401590B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-11

申请号：US09621669

申请日：2000-07-24

申请人： David B. Coakley ,  John W. Johnston ,  Vincent J. Castelli

发明人： David B. Coakley ,  John W. Johnston ,  Vincent J. Castelli

IPC分类号： F41F500

CPC分类号： F01N13/00 ,  B63H21/34

摘要： A flow blocking device is lowered by cable from a helicopter for insertion into the exhaust gas stack of a fuel burning combustion engine propelling a marine vessel under full engine speed. The wall of the exhaust stack are engaged upon entry of the flow blocking device to insure its retention within the exhaust stack and to initiate in sequence ejection of cooling water into the outflow of the exhaust gas followed by pressurized gas expansion of a flexible hose portion of the flow blocking device into sealing contact with the walls of the exhaust stack to stop exhaust gas outflow and cause back pressure build up to a high engine shut down level.

摘要翻译： 阻塞装置通过电缆从直升机下降，用于插入燃料燃烧内燃机的排气烟囱中，在完全发动机转速下推进船舶。 排气叠层的壁在流动阻塞装置进入时被接合以确保其在排气叠层内的保持，并且顺序地启动冷却水喷射到废气的流出中，随后将弹性软管部分的压缩气体膨胀 阻流装置与排气叠层的壁密封接触，以阻止废气流出并使背压累积到高的发动机关闭水平。

公开(公告)号：US06260500B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-17

申请号：US09599580

申请日：2000-06-22

申请人： David B. Coakley

发明人： David B. Coakley

IPC分类号： B63B2156

CPC分类号： B63B35/665 ,  B63B21/56

摘要： A thrust unit having an engine as an external source of motive power for a marine vessel in distress, is delivered by helicopter air drop to a remote seawater location together with other components of the associated towing system, delivered onto the deck of such marine vessel for operational assembly and connection to the thrust unit in order to initiate emergency towing of the marine vessel while immersed in the seawater adjacent thereto under control of personnel on the marine vessel.

摘要翻译： 具有发动机作为遇难海船的动力的外部源的推力单元通过直升机气滴与相关牵引系统的其它部件一起被输送到偏远的海水位置，被输送到这样的船舶的甲板上 操作组装和与推力单元的连接，以便在海洋船上的人员的控制下，在与其相邻的海水中浸入海水时，开始紧急牵引船只。