SYSTEM FOR MANOEUVRING A MARINE CRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20250026452A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18716818

    申请日:2022-12-13

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A system for maneuvering a marine craft, the system being intended to be placed at the edge of a ship, the system comprising a ramp positioned on the ship, the ramp comprising a first end, a carriage designed to move along the ramp, a fender body connected to the carriage and designed to press against the ramp, the fender body being able to rotate with respect to the carriage. The system comprising at least one fender arm comprising a second device for attachment to the marine craft, the fender arm being able to rotate through a limited angular range with respect to the fender body.

    DOCKING DEVICE FOR AN UNDERWATER VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220063780A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17414905

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A docketing device includes a docking station able to be hauled by a carrying vessel at a tow point (T), the docking station comprising a body comprising a beam extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (x) of the body and a stop allowing a movement of an underwater vehicle with respect to the body along the longitudinal axis (x) to be blocked, the dorsal beam extending longitudinally above the underwater vehicle in abutment against the stop, a center of gravity of the docking station and a center of buoyancy of the docking station being positioned, and the tow point (T) being able to occupy a docking position that is such that the docking station exhibits a predetermined docking negative pitch when it is fully submerged and hauled by the carrying vessel in the direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined speed.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE
    4.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE 审中-公开
    回收自来水下车辆的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160009344A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-14

    申请号:US14773197

    申请日:2014-03-04

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A recovery system for recovering an autonomous underwater vehicle from a ship, the underwater vehicle comprising a front portion referred to as the nose, the system comprising: a receiving device comprising a stop on which the nose of the underwater vehicle is capable of bearing, blocking means making it possible to secure the underwater vehicle to the stop, a flexible link intended to provide the interface between the receiving device and the ship, the flexible link being arranged so the ship pulls the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle on the front of the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop, stabilization means configured to make it possible to control the depth and the attitude, in particular the list and trim of the assembly formed by the receiving device and the underwater vehicle when the latter is rigidly connected to the stop.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于从船上恢复自主水下航行器的回收系统,所述水下航行器包括被称为鼻子的前部,所述系统包括:接收装置,其包括水下车辆的鼻部能够承载的阻挡物 意味着可以将水下航行器固定在停止点上,一个旨在提供接收装置与船舶之间的接口的柔性连杆,该挠性连杆被布置成使船将由接收装置和水下航行器形成的组件拉到 水下车辆的前部,当后者刚刚地连接到停止点时,稳定装置构造成能够控制深度和姿态,特别是由接收装置和水下航行器形成的组件的列表和装饰 后者刚刚连接到停止点。

    DOCKING DEVICE FOR AN UNDERWATER VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220161913A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17417368

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A docking device includes a docking station capable of being connected to a carrying vessel by means of a cable, the docking station comprising a guide device which comprises a set of arms which are connected to the body and each comprise a distal end and a proximal end, the set of arms being capable of being in a deployed configuration wherein it defines a space flaring towards the rear so as to enable the underwater vehicle to be guided to the stop, the distal end of each arm being located behind the proximal end of the arm in the deployed configuration, the set of arms being capable of being in a collapsed configuration wherein a distal end of each arm of the set of arms is closer to the longitudinal axis than in the deployed configuration and wherein the distal end is located in front of the position occupied by the distal end in the deployed configuration, such that a length, along the axis x, of a space defined by the set of arms behind the stop is smaller in the collapsed configuration than in the deployed configuration

    LINE INTENDED TO BE IMMERSED IN AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190315441A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:US16470963

    申请日:2017-12-19

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A line intended to be submerged in an aquatic environment. The line includes a mooring configured to be placed on the bottom of the aquatic environment and for immobilizing the line relative to the bottom, a buoy configured to float on the surface of the aquatic environment, an object extending along a vertical axis, having a center of balance of hydrodynamic forces when the object is subjected to a horizontal water current and called the hydrodynamic center, and having a center of gravity vertically remote from the hydrodynamic center, a frame connected to the object by a pivoting link with a substantially horizontal axis passing through the hydrodynamic center, at least one fin extending vertically, whereby the object can be oriented relative to a horizontal water current, a first section of line connecting the mooring to the frame, a second section of line connecting the frame to the buoy.

    SUBMERGED OBJECT SUSPENDED FROM A TOWING CABLE OPTIMIZED TO NEUTRALIZE DISRUPTING HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES

    公开(公告)号:US20170291666A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-12

    申请号:US15515579

    申请日:2015-10-01

    CPC classification number: B63B21/66 B63B2211/02

    Abstract: An object that can be towed in a fluid by a cable along a substantially horizontal transport axis comprises a body suspended under gravity from the cable by a fixing arm, and an exterior hydrodynamic surface that is symmetric with respect to a vertical plane containing the transport axis, so as to limit the lateral lift of the body, and an opening passing through the body along a vertical axis and configured to equalize the pressures of fluid flowing along the exterior surface, making it possible to limit the hydrodynamic forces that may be generated perpendicular to the transport axis giving rise to a force in rotation about the transport axis opposing the effect of gravity.

    FAIRING, ELONGATE FAIRED ELEMENT AND TOWING ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20180244353A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:US15553077

    申请日:2016-02-26

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: B63B21/663 B66D1/36

    Abstract: A fairing intended to fair an elongate object intended to be at least partially immersed, the fairing comprises a plurality of fairing portions, each fairing portion comprising a plurality of fairing elements, the fairing elements comprising a canal intended to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the at least partially immersed elongate object, the fairing elements being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing elements being joined together along the axis of the canal and articulated to one another, the portions of fairing rotating freely about the canal relative to one another.

    FAIRING ELEMENT, FAIRING, ELONGATE FAIRED ELEMENT AND TOWING ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20180244352A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:US15553065

    申请日:2016-02-26

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: B63B21/663 B66D1/36

    Abstract: A fairing element to fair an elongate element comprising a canal to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the elongate object when the elongate object is at least partially immersed, the fairing element comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, the fairing element being intended to be pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the fairing element comprising a bearing edge comprising a first bearing edge which is mitered with respect to the leading edge, the first bearing edge being arranged in such a way that the distance between the leading edge and the bearing edge, considered perpendicular to the leading edge, decreases continuously, along an axis parallel to the leading edge, from a first end of the first bearing edge to a second end of the bearing edge, the fairing element being referred to as a mitered fairing element, the mitered fairing element comprising a first part and a second part which are joined together along a first bearing edge so that the fairing element can pass from a deployed configuration in which the trailing edge is parallel to the leading edge to a folded configuration in which the fairing element is folded along the first bearing edge.

    TOWING ASSEMBLY
    10.
    发明申请
    TOWING ASSEMBLY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180244351A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:US15553046

    申请日:2016-02-26

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: B63B21/663 B66D1/36

    Abstract: A towing assembly comprising a towing and handling device intended to tow a faired elongate element, the towing device comprises a winch allowing the faired elongate element to be wound in and paid out through a guide device that allows the elongate element to be guided, the guide device comprising a first groove the bottom of which is formed by the bottom of the groove of a pulley, the first groove being delimited by a first surface having a profile that is concave in a radial plane of the pulley, the width of the first groove and the curvature of the profile of the first curved surface in the radial plane being determined in such a way as to allow the fairing element, under the effect of the rotation of the fairing element about the axis of the elongate element under the effect of the traction of the elongate element with respect to the guide device along the longitudinal axis thereof, to flip from a turned-over position in which the fairing element is oriented with its trailing edge toward the bottom of the first groove into an acceptable position in which it is oriented with the leading edge toward the bottom of the first groove.

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