Propulsion device for ship and ship comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751603-B2
Application number	US-201314399948-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2013
Priority date	May 10, 2012
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are a propulsion device for a ship and a ship having the same. The propulsion device may include a rotational shaft, a rear propeller fixed to the rotational shaft, a front propeller rotatably supported by the drive shaft in front of the rear propeller, a counter rotation unit disposed in an installation space of a stern of a ship body and including a plurality of gears configured to reverse rotation of the rotational shaft and transmit the reversed rotation to the front propeller and a gear box configured to receive the plurality of gears, a coupling unit configured to separably connect the rotational shaft with the counter rotation unit and cut off power transmission from the rotational shaft to the counter rotation unit upon disconnection therebetween, and a rotation preventing unit configured to prevent rotation of the front propeller when the coupling unit is separated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ship propulsion device comprising:
a rotational shaft;
a rear propeller fixed to the rotational shaft;
a front propeller rotatably supported by the rotational shaft in front of the rear propeller;
a counter rotation unit disposed in an installation space of a stern of a ship body and including a plurality of gears configured to reverse rotation of the rotational shaft and transmit the reversed rotation to the front propeller and a gear box configured to receive the plurality of gears;
a coupling unit configured to separably connect the rotational shaft with the counter rotation unit and cut off power transmission from the rotational shaft to the counter rotation unit upon disconnection therebetween; and
a rotation preventing unit configured to prevent rotation of the front propeller when the coupling unit is separated,
wherein the coupling unit comprises a driving flange formed in a radial direction of the rotational shaft, and a plurality of connection bolts configured to pass through the driving flange and couple the rotational shaft with the counter rotation unit,
wherein the plurality of gears comprises a driving bevel gear, a driven bevel gear configured to transmit power to the front propeller, one or more reverse bevel gears configured to reverse rotation of the driving bevel gear and transmit the reversed rotation to the driven bevel gear, and a first connection member connected with the driving bevel gear to extend toward the driving flange,
wherein the coupling unit further comprises a driven flange configured to extend from the counter rotation unit and receive a driving force of the rotational shaft, and the rotation preventing unit comprises a shaft configured to fix the driven flange to the ship body, and
wherein the coupling unit comprises a clutch unit including a first gear unit fixed to the rotational shaft, a second gear unit fixed to the counter rotation unit, and a connection unit configured to selectively connect the first gear unit with the second gear unit.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit comprises a friction member disposed between the rotational shaft and the counter rotation unit to prevent slippage.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the friction member is formed into a plurality of pieces which are allowed to be separated between the rotational shaft and the counter rotation unit, when the connection bolts are separated.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the driven flange comprises a fastening hole to which one end of the shaft is fixed, and the ship body comprises a shaft frame to which the other end of the shaft is fixed.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation preventing unit restricts rotation of the first connection member, when a connection between the first connection member and the driving flange is released.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit further comprises a driven flange configured to extend from the counter rotation unit and receive a driving force of the rotational shaft, and the rotation preventing unit further comprises a disc brake having a pair of friction pads disposed at both sides of an edge portion of the driven flange to face each other.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second gear unit comprises a cylindrical portion coupled to the counter rotation unit, and a second gear portion disposed at an end of the cylindrical portion to be adjacent to a first gear portion of the first gear unit.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the connection unit comprises a forward and backward movement unit provided at an outer diameter of the cylindrical portion to be axially slid along the cylindrical portion, and a connection gear part configured to extend from the forward and backward movement unit and correspond to the first and second gear portions.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the clutch unit comprises a hydraulic chamber partitioned between the forward and backward movement unit and the second gear unit and configured to receive a fluid to allow the forward and backward movement unit to be slid.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the clutch unit comprises a fluid passage configured to supply a fluid to the hydraulic chamber.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of gears comprises a driving bevel gear, a driven bevel gear configured to transmit power to the front propeller, and one or more reverse bevel gears configured to reverse rotation of the driving bevel gear and transmit the reversed rotation to the driven bevel gear, and
the second gear unit is connected with the driving bevel gear to extend toward the first gear unit.

Assignees

• Samsung Heavy Ind

Inventors

• Lee Dong-Hyun
• Seo Jong-Soo
• Lee Tae-Goo
• Paik Kwang-Jun
• Park Kwang-Kun
• Hwangbo Seung-Myun
• Kim Ji Nam
• Kwun Hyuk

Classifications

• B63H23/34

  Propeller shafts; Paddle-wheel shafts; Attachment of propellers on shafts · CPC title

• B63H5/10 Primary

  of coaxial type, e.g. of counter-rotative type · CPC title

• B63H23/321

  Bearings or seals specially adapted for propeller shafts · CPC title

• B63H2023/346

  comprising hollow shaft members · CPC title

• B63H2023/323

  Bearings for coaxial propeller shafts, e.g. for driving propellers of the counter-rotative type · CPC title