Ships – Submersible device
Patent
1996-05-03
1998-03-17
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Submersible device
114 56, 114341, B63B 313
Patent
active
057274967
ABSTRACT:
A transport vessel hull is provided for withstanding great pressure differential between the environments inside and outside the hull, and includes an enclosed hexahedral housing having a substantially diamond-shaped cross section with a long diagonal oriented horizontally and a short diagonal oriented vertically. A support structure is contained within the housing for bearing the loads resulting from the pressure differential across the hull, and includes a plurality of vertical frame members connected at the upper and lower ends thereof to the housing on either respective side of the short diagonal to form a plurality of high strength-to-weight ratio trusses.
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Basinger Sherman
Global Oceanic Designs Ltd.
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