Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor – Floating boat dock
Patent
1991-07-01
1993-11-02
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
Floating boat dock
114267, 405219, B63B 5902
Patent
active
052575934
ABSTRACT:
A floating construction includes a first box-shaped floating unit having a contact plane, a second box-shaped floating unit having a contact plane, a first connecting block having a bore therein and being connected to the contact plane of the first floating unit, a second connecting block having a first bore therein and being connected to the contact plane of the second floating unit, a connecting rod, and an intermediate element. The connecting rod extends through the first bores of the first and second connecting blocks such that a clearance exist between the a respective inner surface of said first bores of said first and second connecting blocks and the connecting rod, thereby allowing relative movement between the first bores of the first and second connecting blocks and the connecting rod. The intermediate element is disposed between the first and second connecting blocks and around the connecting rod, and includes first and second disc portions which each have a side plane and a spherical contact surface. The spherical contact surfaces face each other and are formed complimentary to each other such that when the side planes are subjected to a loaded condition they self-adjust relative to a position of the contact planes of the first and second floating unit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4453488 (1984-06-01), Watchorn
patent: 4852509 (1989-08-01), Fransen et al.
patent: 4962716 (1990-10-01), Fransen et al.
Groen Willem
van den Elshout Johannes
I. H. C. Holland N. V.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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