EP2559617B1 - Agencement de gouvernail pour embarcations - Google Patents

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EP2559617B1
EP2559617B1 EP12179354.1A EP12179354A EP2559617B1 EP 2559617 B1 EP2559617 B1 EP 2559617B1 EP 12179354 A EP12179354 A EP 12179354A EP 2559617 B1 EP2559617 B1 EP 2559617B1
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rudder
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Dipl. Ing. Arne Ahlström
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/06—Steering by rudders
    • B63H25/38—Rudders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/14—Control of attitude or depth
    • B63G8/20—Steering equipment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/52—Parts for steering not otherwise provided for

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  • the invention relates to a rudder device for a watercraft with the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the starting point of the invention are rudder devices with a spade rudder.
  • Spade rudders generally have a rudder shaft mounted inside a watercraft in a sliding bearing on which a trapezoidal, semi-elliptical or elliptical rudder blade is arranged on the outside of the watercraft.
  • rudder shafts made of fiber composite material with a steel end piece and a raceway Another disadvantage of rudder shafts made of fiber composite material with a steel end piece and a raceway is the fact that the race must be arranged due to the end of the rudder stock forming end piece with a relatively large distance from the end of the rudder stock, although the storage of the rudder stock ideally should take place in the interior of the vessel arranged end of the rudder stock.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a rudder device with a formed of fiber composite rudder stock of a Spatenruders, which does not have the disadvantages described above.
  • the rudder device according to the invention for a watercraft has a spade rudder with a rudder shaft guided through the outer wall of the watercraft.
  • a preferably made of a fiber composite rudder blade is arranged on the outside of the vessel located portion of the rudder stock.
  • the rudder stock is also made of a fiber composite material, For example, made of glass or carbon fiber reinforced plastic and preferably hollow to save weight.
  • the rudder stock is mounted in a slide bearing and there, ie also within the vessel with a pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the rudder shank rudder lever motion coupled.
  • the plain bearing is a radial bearing.
  • a fastening element for the rudder lever is arranged on the arranged inside the vessel end of the rudder stock, which simultaneously forms a part of the sliding bearing.
  • the fastening component is rotatably connected to the rudder stock.
  • the torque introduction into the rudder post takes place on this attachment component via the rudder lever connected to the attachment component, but on the other hand, the attachment component also forms the contact surface with an outer bearing bush of the sliding bearing rigidly arranged in the vessel. In this way, the previously arranged on the outside of the rudder stock separate race for sliding bearing is no longer required.
  • both the torque introduction into the rudder stock and the storage of the rudder stock take place in the immediate vicinity of the end of the rudder stock arranged inside the vessel.
  • This allows a very compact design of the rudder device according to the invention and makes it suitable for use in a submarine, in which the rudder devices can be used as a rudder, with the exception of the rudder blade usually in the comparatively narrow space between the pressure hull of the submarine and an outside of the pressure hull arranged outer skin are arranged.
  • the fastening component is expediently formed from a material which, on the one hand, has good strength properties and, on the other hand has good storage properties.
  • the fastening member is formed of steel.
  • the surrounding the fastening component running surfaces of the bearing bushes can in a known manner z. B. of sintered metals, ceramics, graphite or plastic.
  • the fastening component can be connected to the rudder stock by means of an adhesive bond. Consequently, the rudder stock and the fastening component have at least one common, as large as possible contact zone, in which they are connected to one another by means of a suitable adhesive cohesively.
  • the fastening component with the rudder shank by means of positive locking elements, such. B. rivets, pins or screws to connect.
  • positive locking elements such. B. rivets, pins or screws to connect.
  • recesses and / or openings are expediently provided both on the fastening component and on the rudder stock, wherein a form-locking element simultaneously engages in a recess or opening formed on the fastening component and in a recess or opening formed on the rudder stock.
  • the fastening component is glued to the rudder stock, wherein the adhesive bond of fastening member and rudder stock is additionally secured with form-fitting elements of the above-mentioned type.
  • the fastening component advantageously has a fitting on which the rudder lever is fixed in a form-fitting manner.
  • This fitting is preferably formed on the fastening component in an area in extension of the rudder stock, ie in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rudder stock behind the end of the rudder stock, where it expediently projects coaxially with the rudder stock.
  • the rudder stock can be flanged to the fitting.
  • the fitting is formed by a projection with a non-rotationally symmetrical and preferably polygonal cross section, which protrudes at an end face remote from the rudder stock of the fastening part.
  • This projection advantageously engages in a recess or opening formed on the rudder lever, the cross section of which corresponds to the cross section of the projection. In this way, the rudder lever is fixed positively in its pivoting direction on the fastening component.
  • At least one end portion of the rudder stock disposed within the watercraft is hollow.
  • a complementary to the cross section of the rudder shank annular groove is formed on the fastening member into which the rudder shank engages.
  • an outer wall delimiting the annular groove and an inner wall of the fastening component delimiting the annular groove and the rudder stock each have at least one opening corresponding to their position and cross section for receiving a positive locking element.
  • the apertures, which are formed on the outer and inner walls delimiting the annular groove, extend in the radial direction through the fastening component.
  • the at least one opening formed on the rudder shaft also extends radially through the rudder stock.
  • Fig. 1 shows an outer skin portion of a submarine with an outer skin 2, which is arranged on the outside spaced from a pressure body of the submarine, not shown.
  • an opening 4 is formed on the outer skin 2.
  • a pipe 6 leads into the space between the outer skin 2 and the pressure hull of the submarine.
  • the tube 6 forms a rudder trunk for a in Fig. 1 Dashed rudder shaft 8 a spade rudder of a rudder 10.
  • the Rudder shaft 8 is formed of a fiber composite material.
  • the rudder stock 8 is integrally connected to the rudder blade 12 by means of an adhesive bond.
  • a metallic sheath At the located in the bearing bush of the sliding bearing 14, the bearing of the rudder stock 8 takes place by a fastening member 18 attached to the end of the rudder stock 8 facing away from the rudder blade 12.
  • the bearing bushes of the plain bearings 14 and 16 are preferably made of plastic.
  • the fastening member 18 is formed of steel. It has a cylindrical portion 20 whose outer diameter corresponds to the inner diameter of the bearing bush of the sliding bearing 16.
  • the section 20 of the fastening component 18 forms a part of the sliding bearing 16.
  • Formed on an end face 22 of the section 20 is a projection 24 which extends in the direction of a longitudinal axis A of the fastening component 18.
  • the projection 24 has a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the cross-sectional area is smaller than that of the portion 20 of the fastening component 18.
  • annular groove 34 running around the entire circumference of the shoulder 30 is formed on the shoulder 30.
  • the outer diameter of the annular groove 34 substantially corresponds to the outer diameter of the rudder stock 8 in its cylindrical portion and its width substantially the wall thickness of the rudder stock 8.
  • the rudder stock 8 engages in the annular groove 34, wherein it on its outer circumferential surface with a over the entire circumference extending adhesive layer 36 is provided and is connected to the fastening component 18 cohesively.
  • apertures 38 are uniformly distributed over the outer circumference of the portion 20, which extends from the outer periphery of the portion 20 radially through an outer wall 40 bounding the annular groove 34 and by an inner wall 42 delimiting the annular groove 34 on the inside extend to the aperture 26.
  • openings 38 8 correspond to the openings 38 8 eight openings 44 are formed on the rudder stock, which extend radially through the outer wall of the rudder stock 8.
  • the rudder post 8 engages in the annular groove 32 of the fastening component 18 in such a way that the perforations 44 formed on it are aligned with the apertures 38 formed on the section 20, so that the apertures 38 and 44 each form a common opening.
  • positive locking elements in the form of pins are used in the drawing, so that the fastening component 18 is fixed in addition to the adhesive bond and form-fitting manner to the rudder stock 18.
  • the formed on the fastening member 18 projection 24 has a substantially rectangular cross-section.
  • the projection 24 serves as a fitting for a rudder lever 46 fastened to the fastening component 18 (FIG. Fig. 1 ).
  • the rudder lever 46 is pivotable about the longitudinal axis A of the fastening component 18 by means of a linear drive, not shown in the drawing, which is preferably a hydraulic cylinder. It has an opening whose cross section corresponds to the cross section of the projection 24. In this opening of the rudder lever 46 engages the projection 24 of the fastening member 18, whereby the rudder lever 46 is positively connected in its pivoting direction with the fastening member 18.

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Claims (7)

  1. Sous-marin comprenant une coque pressurisée et une peau extérieure (2), avec un dispositif de gouvernail (10) disposé entre la coque pressurisée et la peau extérieure (2) pour un engin nautique, avec un gouvernail suspendu, caractérisé en ce que sa mèche de gouvernail (8) guidée à travers la paroi extérieure de l'engin nautique, constituée d'un matériau composite renforcé par des fibres, est supportée à l'intérieur de l'engin nautique dans un palier lisse (16) et y est accouplée de manière déplaçable à un levier de gouvernail (46) pouvant pivoter autour d'un axe longitudinal de la mèche de gouvernail (8), un composant de fixation (18) pour le levier de gouvernail (46) étant disposé à l'extrémité de la mèche de gouvernail (8) disposée à l'intérieur de l'engin nautique, lequel composant de fixation forme une partie du palier lisse (16) et permet une introduction de couple depuis le levier de gouvernail (46) dans la mèche de gouvernail (8).
  2. Sous-marin selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le composant de fixation (18) est raccordé à la mèche de gouvernail (8) au moyen d'un assemblage collé.
  3. Sous-marin selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le composant de fixation (18) est raccordé à la mèche de gouvernail (8) au moyen d'éléments d'engagement par correspondance de formes.
  4. Sous-marin selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le composant de fixation (18) présente une ferrure sur laquelle le levier de gouvernail (46) est fixé par engagement par correspondance de formes.
  5. Sous-marin selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la ferrure est formée par une saillie (24) comprenant une section transversale n'ayant pas de symétrie de révolution, de préférence polygonale.
  6. Sous-marin selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une portion d'extrémité de la mèche de gouvernail (8) disposée à l'intérieur de l'engin nautique est réalisée sous forme creuse et une rainure annulaire (34) complémentaire à celle-ci est réalisée sur le composant de fixation (18), dans laquelle s'engage la mèche de gouvernail (8).
  7. Sous-marin selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi extérieure (40) limitant la rainure annulaire (34) et une paroi intérieure (42) du composant de fixation (18) limitant la rainure annulaire (34) et la mèche de gouvernail (8) présentent chacune au moins une interruption (38, 44) de position et de section transversale correspondantes pour recevoir un élément d'engagement par correspondance de formes.
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