A vessel with auxiliary steering includes a vessel hull with a bow/stern centerline and a port and starboard side. The vessel has (i) a main propulsion unit including at least one propeller and at least one main rudder, and (ii) a secondary propulsion unit including at least one directional water jet thruster on each of the port and starboard side of the vessel hull. The water jet thrusters are configured to direct water outwardly and perpendicularly to the centerline of the hull, and a control system coordinates the direction of the main rudder and the flow direction of at least one water jet thruster.
Thruster-aided steering system
2019-10-01
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
Hydraulic steering arrangement for a thruster of a marine vessel
Europäisches Patentamt | 2018
|A HYDRAULIC STEERING ARRANGEMENT FOR A THRUSTER OF A MARINE VESSEL
Europäisches Patentamt | 2016