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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Abb Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Inventor:
Kimmo Kokkila, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
ABB Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 5/125 (2006.01); B63H 21/17 (2006.01); B63H 25/42 (2006.01); B63H 21/36 (2006.01); B63H 5/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 5/125 (2013.01); B63H 21/17 (2013.01); B63H 21/36 (2013.01); B63H 25/42 (2013.01); B63B 2755/00 (2013.01); B63H 2005/075 (2013.01); B63H 2005/1258 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ship comprising a hull having a transom and a bottom, and an azimuthing propulsion unit arranged to the bottom of the ship hull, which azimuthing propulsion unit comprises a propeller. The azimuthing propulsion unit comprises an exposed operation mode in which the propeller sets, behind the transom of the hull and that the azimuthing propulsion unit is rotatable and comprises a protected position mode in which the azimuthing propulsion unit stays below the hull of the ship.