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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2021
Kay Seven Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kamome Propeller Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Sadatomo Kuribayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
KAY SEVEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a gate rudder capable of reducing energy consumption during a voyage of a ship. A gate rudder including a pair of rudders including a left rudder and a right rudder disposed left and right, respectively, of a propeller at a stern, wherein each of the rudders includes a first rudder portion extending in a horizontal direction and a second rudder portion linearly extending in a vertical direction in rear view, wherein a rudder chord length of the second rudder portion in a front-rear direction is 40 to 100% of a diameter of the propeller, wherein the propeller is provided within a range of 15 to 65% of the rudder chord length from a front edge of the second rudder portion in side view, and wherein a rudder shaft that drives each of the rudders is provided at a position within a range of 30 to 50% of the rudder chord length from the front edge of the second rudder portion in side view.
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