IP Library Granted Patent US 10,173,752
Granted Patent B2
US 10,173,752 · App. 15/106,984 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Ship

Inventor: Shingen Takeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
B63B3/56B63B43/04B63B43/06B63B43/24
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Patent No.
US 10,173,752
App. No.
15/106,984
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ship ( 1 ) includes a hull ( 2 ) having side shells ( 3 A, 3 B) formed at both sides in athwart ship direction, a pair of watertight compartments ( 6 A, 6 B) installed along the side shells ( 3 A, 3 B) of both sides in the athwart ship direction in the hull ( 2 ) and portions of which are divided and formed by the side shells ( 3 A, 3 B), a connection section ( 7 ) configured to bring the pair of watertight compartments ( 6 A, 6 B) in connection with each other, an opening/closing valve ( 8 ) installed at the connection section ( 7 ), and a control device ( 9 ) configured to control the opening and closing of the opening/closing valve ( 8 ), wherein the control device ( 9 ) switches the opening/closing valve ( 8 ) in an open state into a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied after receiving a signal indicating damage to the side shell ( 3 A) has occurred.

Claims (19)

1. A ship comprising:

a hull having side shells formed at both sides in an athwart ship direction;

a first watertight compartment formed at one side in the athwart ship direction in the hull and a portion of which is divided and formed by the side shell of the one side;

a second watertight compartment formed at the other side in the athwart ship direction in the hull and a portion of which is divided and formed by the side shell of the other side;

a connection section configured to bring the first watertight compartment and the second watertight compartment in connection with each other;

an opening/closing valve configured to open and close the connection section; and

a control device configured to control the opening and closing of the opening/closing valve,

wherein the control device switches the opening/closing valve in an open state into a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied upon receiving a signal indicating an occurrence of damage to the side shell, and

switches the opening/closing valve into the closed state when at least one of a condition that an elapsed time from reception of the signal indicating the occurrence of damage to the side shell reaches a predetermined setting time and a condition that the hull has a predetermined roll amplitude is satisfied as the predetermined condition.

2. A ship comprising:

a hull having side shells formed at both sides in an athwart ship direction;

a first watertight compartment formed at one side in the athwart ship direction in the hull and a portion of which is divided and formed by the side shell of the one side;

a second watertight compartment formed at the other side in the athwart ship direction in the hull and a portion of which is divided and formed by the side shell of the other side;

a connection section configured to bring the first watertight compartment and the second watertight compartment in connection with each other;

an opening/closing valve configured to open and close the connection section; and

a control device configured to control the opening and closing of the opening/closing valve,

wherein the control device switches the opening/closing valve in an open state into a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied upon receiving a signal indicating an occurrence of damage to the side shell, and

the control device switches the opening/closing valve into the closed state when a condition that the hull has a predetermined amplitude is satisfied as the predetermined condition.

3. The ship according to claim 1 , wherein the control device switches the opening/closing valve into the open state when the signal indicating the occurrence of damage to the side shell is received, and switches the opening/closing valve in the open state into the closed state when the predetermined condition is satisfied, where the opening/closing valve is normally in the closed state.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046203/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2016
From: TAKEDA, SHINGEN
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038974/0600 →
Continuity (1)
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