2018P00163US Abstract ACTIVE STABILIZING DEVICE AND METHOD The invention first relates to an active stabilizing device (10) for primary damping of rolling movements of a watercraft including a hull (14), in particular of a ship (12), wherein the stabilizing device (10) includes at least one positioning device (18) including a drive journal (20) and including a stabilizing surface (16) attached to the drive journal (20) in the region of 0 its root (22), wherein the stabilizing surface (16) includes a leading edge (40) and a trailing edge (42), and the stabilizing surface (16) is disposed under water (26). According to the invention it is provided that the stabilizing surface (16) having an angle of attack (y) set by the positioning device (16) is pivotable about a pivot axis (S) between a first and second position (80, 86) and is rotatable by the positioning device (18) about an axis of 5 rotation (D). Consequently the leading edge (40) can always be oriented essentially in the direction of the pivot direction (82, 90) of the stabilizing surface (16), which stabilizing surface (16) is moving under water (26), which results in a considerable reduction of the flow resistance. A particularly energy-saving operation of the stabilizing device (10) is thereby possible. '0 Furthermore the invention involves a method for operating the active stabilizing device (10). Figure 1 24 32 18 20 40 44 30 S,H 14__ 5 60 6 2 2 96 Fig. 1 24 360 4 16 12 --- -- S H 14 - C+3 Fig. 2 32 0 16 6 0 24 +p30 28 -- _-_+y s--- -\ -- -8 Fig. 3 1 /')
ACTIVE STABILIZING DEVICE AND METHOD
29.05.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |