Submarine drive system
AssigneeRENK Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBurkhard Pinnekamp, Dietrich Wittekind, Thomas Schmidbauer, Bernhard Vollmer, Tobias Kleinheinz, Franz Hoppe
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Abstract
A submarine drive system of a submarine, having a drive shaft, a drive propeller coupled to the drive shaft (2), and an electric motor for driving the drive shaft. A main drive having at least one first electric motor is designed for full-load operation and is or can be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side, and an additional drive having at least one second electric motor is designed for part-load operation for creep operation or submerged operation of the submarine and likewise is or can be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side.
Claims15
A submarine drive system comprising:
- a drive shaft;
- a drive propeller configured to be coupled to the drive shaft;
- a main drive comprising at least one first electric machine configured for a full-load operation and configured to be coupled to the drive shaft on a drive side to drive the drive shaft;
- and
- an additional drive comprising at least one second electric machine configured for a part-load operation for stealth operation and/or submerged operation of a submarine and is configured to be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side for driving the drive shaft.
A submarine drive system comprising:
- a drive shaft;
- a drive propeller configured to be coupled to the drive shaft;
- a main drive comprising at least one first electric machine configured for a full-load operation and configured to be coupled to the drive shaft on a drive side to drive the drive shaft
- an additional drive comprising at least one second electric machine configured for a part-load operation for stealth operation and/or submerged operation of a submarine and is configured to be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side for driving the drive shaft;
- and
- a first transmission configured to indirectly couple each at least one first electric machine to the drive shaft on the drive side,
- wherein each at least one second electric machine is supported on the first transmission and together with each at least one first electric machine and the first transmission are jointly supported on a foundation of the submarine,
- wherein each first electric machine and the first transmission is mounted on a common frame and, via the common frame, jointly supported on the foundation of the submarine, and
- sound-damping elements via which the common frame is connected to the foundation of the submarine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.