IP Library Granted Patent US 10,787,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,787,238 · App. 16/090,480 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Ship handling device

Inventors: Jun Watanabe (Osaka, JP); Gakuji Tamura (Osaka, JP); Koichi Kanda (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
B63H25/42B63H5/08B63H5/16B63H21/21B63H21/213B63H25/02B63H25/24B63H2021/216B63H2025/026
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Patent No.
US 10,787,238
App. No.
16/090,480
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ship handling device enabling easy turning calibration. With a ship handling device ( 7 ), during turning calibration with the ship handling device ( 7 ), the joystick lever ( 10 ) is turned to rotate the forward-backward propellers ( 4 ) on the port and starboard sides of the ship, and the joystick lever ( 10 ) is tilted to change a forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio of the forward-backward propeller ( 4 ) on the port or starboard side or to change the rotation speeds. When a calibration execution switch ( 10 a ) is operated, thrusts generated with the changed forward-thrust backward-thrust ratio are set as correction coefficients, or, among thrusts generated at the changed rotation speeds (Npn, Nsn) of the forward-backward propellers ( 4 ) on the port and starboard sides, thrusts generated by the forward-backward propellers ( 4 ) on the port and starboard sides according to the tilting of the joystick lever ( 10 ) are set as correction coefficients (Cp, Cs).

Claims (11)

1. A ship handling device to be mounted in a ship, the device including a forward-backward propeller, which is on a port side of the ship, coupled to a propeller shaft on the port side and configured to generate a thrust, and a forward-backward propeller, which is on a starboard side of the ship, coupled to a propeller shaft on the starboard side and configured to generate a thrust, said ship handling device comprising:

a joystick lever configured to be turned and tilted and used to determine a traveling speed and a traveling direction of the ship, wherein

during calibration for turning performed with the ship handling device, the joystick lever is turned to rotate the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side, and the joystick lever is tilted to change a forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio of the forward-backward propeller on the port side or a forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio of the forward-backward propeller on the starboard side or to change rotation speeds of the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side, and

in a case where an operation tool for executing the calibration is operated, the calibration for turning is executed by setting, as correction coefficients, thrusts generated at the forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio having been changed or by setting, as correction coefficients, thrusts generated by the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side according to the tilting of the joystick lever, among thrusts generated at the rotation speeds of the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side that have been changed.

2. The ship handling device according to claim 1 , wherein, in preparation for a start of operation of the joystick lever, rudders of the ship are maintained at neutral positions.

3. A ship handling device to be mounted in a ship, the device including a forward-backward propeller, which is on a port side of the ship, coupled to a propeller shaft on the port side and configured to generate a thrust, and a forward-backward propeller, which is on a starboard side of the ship, coupled to a propeller shaft on the starboard side and configured to generate a thrust, said ship handling device comprising:

a joystick lever configured to be turned and used to determine a turning speed and a turning direction of the ship; and

operation means for causing the ship to move forward or backward, wherein

during calibration for turning performed with the ship handling device, the joystick lever is turned to rotate the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side, and a predetermined operation of the operation means is performed to change a forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio of the forward-backward propeller on the port side or a forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio of the forward-backward propeller on the starboard side or to change rotation speeds of the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side, and

in a case where an operation tool for executing the calibration is operated, the calibration for turning is executed by setting, as correction coefficients, thrusts generated at the forward-thrust/backward-thrust ratio having been changed or by setting, as correction coefficients, thrusts generated by the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side according to the predetermined operation, among thrusts generated at the rotation speeds of the forward-backward propellers on the port side and the starboard side that have been changed.

4. The ship handling device according to claim 3 , wherein, in preparation for a start of operation of the joystick lever, rudders of the ship are maintained at neutral positions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 28, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053069/0630 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2018
From: WATANABE, JUN; TAMURA, GAKUJI; KANDA, KOICHI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047022/0329 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-073355 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190112021A1 · Apr 18, 2019
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