MARINE VEHICLE THRUSTER CONTROL METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190009872A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16065798

    申请日:2016-12-22

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: B63G8/16 B63H3/002 B63H5/10 B63H2025/425

    Abstract: A method for controlling a thruster of a marine vehicle includes a body and a thruster mounted on the body of the vehicle, the vehicle being at least partially immersed in a liquid and moving with respect to the liquid along an axis of displacement in a direction of displacement and rotating about at least one axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of displacement with a rotational speed, the thruster including an upstream propeller and a downstream propeller along the axis of displacement in the direction of displacement. The method including a stabilization step, in which the thruster is controlled such that the main axis of the upstream flow generated by the upstream propeller at a given instant t is an estimated main axis on which a position of a center of the downstream propeller, situated substantially on the axis of rotation of the downstream propeller, is estimated to be situated at a later instant t+dt at which the flow generated by the upstream propeller at the given instant t reaches the downstream propeller, the estimated main axis depending on the rotational speed of the vehicle.

    DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND TOWING A SUBMERSIBLE OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20180001969A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15537358

    申请日:2016-02-26

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: B63B21/66 B63B27/00 B63B27/36 B63B2708/00 B63G8/42

    Abstract: A device for handling and towing a submersible object installed on a ship, comprises: a tilting structure supported by a support, and able to pivot with respect to the support about a first axis parallel to a plane to extend horizontally, the tilting structure equipped with a first guide device allowing the cable to be guided, a pivot connection about a second axis situated in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation, arranged to allow a rotary part of the tilting structure to rotate with respect to the support, the rotary part equipped with the first guide device, a stabilizing device arranged to keep the rotary part of the tilting structure in a deployed position with respect to the support as long as a torque of the relative pivoting between the rotary part and the support about the second axis is below or equal to a predetermined threshold, and to allow the rotary part, equipped with the first guide device, to rotate with respect to the support about the second axis once a torque of relative pivoting between the rotary part and the support about the second exceeds the threshold.

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