Aerodynamic wing with improved line attachment

US8695924B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SkySails GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Specht · Hanstedt, DE
• Robert Drechsler · Schongau, DE
• Xaver Paulig · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2014
• Expiry date: May 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63H8/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an aerodynamic wing, including an upper deck extending in operation in a longitudinal direction and in a transversal direction; wherein the upper deck is shaped and arranged to produce a vertical lifting force which is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal and the transversal direction when the aerodynamic wing is exposed to a wind flow in a direction oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction; wherein a plurality of ribs are connected to the upper deck, said ribs lying in a plane parallel to the direction of the vertical lifting force and the direction of the wind flow; the aerodynamic wing being coupled to a base platform arranged below the wing in service via a plurality of fastening lines, whereby the fastening lines are secured to the ribs of the wing, at least two fastening lines are secured to one rib at two line attachment points arranged at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction; wherein the at least two line attachment points are connected to each other by a reinforcing load transfer line extending from the line attachment point of the first one of the two fastening lines to the line attachment point of the second one o…