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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Becker Marine Systems Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Henning Kuhlmann, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Becker Marine Systems GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 17/02 (2006.01); B63H 25/38 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/38 (2013.01); G01B 7/144 (2013.01); G01B 17/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rudder for watercraft, in particular for ships, is proposed, comprising a rudder shaft arranged in a trunk pipe, a rudder blade connected to the rudder shaft and a bearing bushing arranged between trunk pipe and rudder shaft as well as a bearing clearance measuring device, wherein the bearing clearance measuring device comprises at least one sensor for abrasion-free measurement of a bearing clearance.