公开(公告)号：US06217399B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-17

申请号：US09236435

申请日：1999-01-25

申请人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

发明人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

IPC分类号： B63H1100

CPC分类号： B63G8/08 ,  B63B1/34 ,  B63H1/16 ,  B63H11/08 ,  B63H11/10 ,  Y02T70/121

摘要： In the propulsion arrangement for an axisymmetric vehicle described in the specification, four propulsion modules are removably mounted at the rear of a vehicle in symmetric disposition about the vehicle axis, each module having an inlet section at its forward end which draws in the vehicle hull boundary layer without separation from the vehicle hull and supplies it uniformly to a rotating blade section driven by a rim drive motor. Control vanes for the vehicle are mounted between adjacent pairs of propulsion modules.

摘要翻译： 在本说明书中描述的用于轴对称车辆的推进装置中，四个推进模块以相对于车辆轴线的对称布置可拆卸地安装在车辆的后部，每个模块在其前端具有吸入车体边界的入口部分 并且将其均匀地供给到由轮辋驱动电动机驱动的旋转叶片部分。 用于车辆的控制叶片安装在相邻的推进模块对之间。

公开(公告)号：US6152791A

公开(公告)日：2000-11-28

申请号：US303922

申请日：1999-05-03

申请人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

发明人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

IPC分类号： B63B1/12 ,  B63B1/10 ,  B63B1/32 ,  B63H1/12 ,  B63H5/16 ,  B63H11/01 ,  B63H11/08 ,  B63H21/17 ,  B63H21/30 ,  B63H23/24 ,  F15D1/12 ,  B60L11/02

CPC分类号： B63H5/14 ,  B63B1/107 ,  B63B1/32 ,  B63H11/01 ,  B63H11/08 ,  B63H21/17 ,  B63H21/30 ,  B63H23/24 ,  B63H2011/081 ,  B63H2023/005 ,  Y02T70/12

摘要： In the embodiments described in the specification, a SWATH vessel has a superstructure supported by strut members from a pair of pontoons and each pontoon has a propulsion module removably attached to the rear end of the pontoon. The propulsion module has a self contained propulsion system including a module body with a longitudinal water passage, a rim drive electric motor, a row of rotatable blades, and an inlet opening at the forward end of he cowl member which is arranged to draw in the boundary layer of water flowing along the pontoon to which the propulsion module is attached. Spaced vanes are provided at the inlet opening to block objects from being drawn into the longitudinal passage.

摘要翻译： 在说明书中描述的实施例中，SWATH容器具有由一对浮筒的支柱构件支撑的上部结构，并且每个浮桥具有可移除地附接到浮筒的后端的推进模块。 该推进模块具有自包含的推进系统，其包括具有纵向水通道的模块主体，轮辋驱动电动机，一排可旋转叶片，以及在其前缘部件的前端处的入口开口， 沿着推进模块附接到的浮筒流动的水的边界层。 间隔的叶片设置在入口开口处，以阻止物体被拉入纵向通道。

公开(公告)号：US06203388B1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-20

申请号：US09236185

申请日：1999-01-25

申请人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

发明人： Michael S. Sinko ,  James S. Smith ,  Pieter Van Dine ,  John H. Chapman

IPC分类号： B60L1102

CPC分类号： B63H21/17 ,  B63B1/32 ,  B63H11/08 ,  B63H11/103 ,  B63H2011/008 ,  B63H2011/081 ,  Y02T70/12

摘要： In the external electric drive propulsion module arrangement described in the specification, two parallel propulsion units are mounted in a housing affixed beneath the stern of a ship and having a surface contour conforming to the contour of the adjacent surface portions of the ship's hull. Each propulsion unit is disposed substantially horizontally to provide maximum propulsion efficiency and has a rotating blade section for driving water rearwardly from an inlet and a fixed blade section following the rotating blade section. The inlet receives water from a wraparound array of screened intake openings near the forward end of the module housing which draws in the surface boundary layer of the ship's hull. In addition, vertical vanes are affixed to the stern of the ship to straighten the flow of water from the propulsion units.

摘要翻译： 在本说明书中描述的外部电驱动推进模块装置中，两个平行的推进装置安装在固定在船尾的船尾下方并具有符合船体相邻表面部分轮廓的表面轮廓的壳体中。 每个推进单元基本上水平设置以提供最大的推进效率，并且具有用于从入口和与旋转叶片部分之后的固定叶片部分向后驱动水的旋转叶片部分。 入口从模块壳体前端附近的隔离进气口的绕组阵列接收水，其吸入船体的表面边界层。 此外，立式叶片固定在船尾上，使得推进装置的水流平衡。