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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Rolls-royce Marine As, Alesund, NO;
Steinar Aasebo, Gurskoy, NO;
Rune Garen, Eiksund, NO;
Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Alesund, NO;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a modular azimuth thruster () for propelling a vessel, having a thruster housing () around which water flows, and comprising: a standardized core unit () having a core unit housing () forming part of the thruster housing, a transmission line () arranged within in the core unit housing (), comprising a propeller shaft () extending in a longitudinal direction () of the thruster housing, and a propeller () arranged outside the thruster housing and being operationally connected to the propeller shaft. The present invention further relates to a vessel comprising an azimuth thruster and a method of configuring an azimuth thruster.