Marine propulsion – Screw propeller – Having transmission
Patent
1998-07-01
2000-04-18
Avila, Stephen
Marine propulsion
Screw propeller
Having transmission
B63H 2014
Patent
active
060508655
ABSTRACT:
A ship drive with a drive engine and a propeller shaft which is directly connected therewith and provided with a propeller and the thrust of which is taken up by a thrust bearing, as well as an auxiliary drive consisting of an electric engine which is to operate selectably as a generator or a motor and which is connected with a transmission by way of a clutch in that a rotationally stiff, but axially pliant diaphragm coupling connected with the propeller shaft and the auxiliary bearing forms the play-free mechanically positive connection and in normal operation the auxiliary thrust bearing is clamped by means of pressure blocks against the flanges of the drive side and the thrust shaft.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4305710 (1981-12-01), Schneider
patent: 4368048 (1983-01-01), Wedler
patent: 5181176 (1993-01-01), Gebhardt et al.
Bohmann Heinz-Jurgen
Schafer Wilhelm
A. Friedr. Flender AG
Avila Stephen
Fogiel Max
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