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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schottel-Werft Josef Becker GmbH & Co. KG, Spay, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440-2 ; 318588 ; 340984 ; 36442401 ; 7317 / ;
Abstract
A speed and direction indicator for ships having at least one rudder propeller, or pump jet, and preferably several such devices for determining the direction of the ship and its speed in the selected direction. An optical display is provided in the area occupied by the ship operator, on which display are shown the angle which is formed between the direction of force and a reference direction, and the strength of the thrust, independently of the operating state of the rudder propeller(s) or the pump jet(s).