Stabilizer for ocean going vessels and a stabilizer for other ocean going bodies, such as ships

US6032602A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Blohm & Voss GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinz-Gunter Ehluss · Tornesch, DE
• Dirk Jurgens · Heidenheim, DE
• Christian Thieme · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B39/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for guiding the flow of floating objects. The device is connected to a hull of the floating object and, depending on the flow, feeds hydrodynamic forces into the hull. The device shows a main flow body which is designed in a more flat-topped manner in the area of a leading head than in the area of a trailing end. In the flow direction, a secondary body is placed behind the trailing end, which secondary body shows a rounded cross-sectional contour. The secondary body is equipped with a flow-through recess. Furthermore, the secondary body is, regarding an axis of revolution that runs at an angle to the flow direction, guided in an adjustable manner.