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Submarine support ship

OwnerGuang Liuinventor

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Abstract

A submarine support ship is preferably a triple-hulled vessel; the lower portion of the ship is a paired-hull catamaran which is capable of deep diving, clasping the submarine at deep sea, and floating upwards together with the clasped submarine. The upper portion of the ship is a buoyancy tank, which can supply air to and pull up the deep-diving lower portion, and can also conduct security of an ocean-going submarine. For the submarine support ship of the present invention, by utilizing a mature deep diving submersible technology, the lower portion of the submarine support ship is manufactured as a deep-diving submersible in a submarine contour form, which is quickly separated from the upper portion of the submarine support ship and dives to reach the submarine position in the deep sea, clasps the submarine and then floats upwards together with the submarine as a whole to the water-surface position, such that the egress hatch of the submarine is docked with a dedicated docking hatch of the submarine support ship, to implement rescue security of the submarine; which mainly solves the problem that the rescue water-depth of current deep-diving lifeboats is shallow, but it also solves the problems that the deep-diving lifeboat has many rescue links, slow speed, and can only save people, but not submarines.

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A submarine support ship, comprising a buoyancy tank and a paired-hull catamaran which are docked with each other from top to bottom, wherein the paired-hull catamaran comprises two side hulls, and each thereof has upper and lower portions coupled by several pairs of steel hinges which are arranged symmetrically and spaced apart from each other, wherein the lower steel hinge can separate the connection, each of the two side hulls is provided with a control cabin, a power system and an activity space, wherein the power system comprises a propeller;

the two side hulls of the paired-hull catamaran are each semi-arc-shaped, and the paired-hull catamaran has a section presented as water-drop-shaped after the two side hulls are coupled together by the upper and lower steel hinges, the paired-hull catamaran has a curved inner wall wherein the curved inner wall matches a contour of a submarine, and the curved inner wall is used for receiving the submarine;
the curved inner wall of the paired-hull catamaran is provided with an inflatable bladder thereon;
each steel hinge is provided with steel-hinge guard arms on both sides thereof, and the steel-hinge guard arms are separated at a distance, wherein the distance between respective steel-hinge guard arms meets a space setting of a submarine bridge;
the buoyancy tank is saddle-shaped, and two sides of the buoyancy tank are engaged with a curved top portion of the paired-hull catamaran, the buoyancy tank is provided with a control cabin, an autonomous auxiliary power device and a replenishment cabin therein, and the autonomous auxiliary power device comprises a propeller arranged on the buoyancy tank;
and the buoyancy tank is provided with hatch doors in front of and behind both sides thereof, the buoyancy tank is provided with a concealed hatch to be docked with the submarine therein, the buoyancy tank has four corners wherein the buoyancy tank is engaged with the paired-hull catamaran by chains which are coupled with the paired-hull catamaran, and the buoyancy tank is also provided thereon with a double-breather-pipe ring connected to the two side hulls.

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A submarine and submarine support ship apparatus, the submarine support ship apparatus comprising a buoyancy tank and a paired-hull catamaran which are docked with each other from top to bottom, wherein the paired-hull catamaran comprises two side hulls, and each thereof has upper and lower portions coupled by several pairs of steel hinges which are arranged symmetrically and spaced apart from each other, wherein the lower steel hinge can separate the connection, each of the two side hulls is provided with a control cabin, a power system and an activity space, wherein the power system comprises a propeller;

the two side hulls of the paired-hull catamaran are each semi-arc-shaped, and the paired-hull catamaran has a section presented as water-drop-shaped after the two side hulls are coupled together by the upper and lower steel hinges, the paired-hull catamaran has a curved inner wall wherein the curved inner wall matches a contour of the submarine, and the curved inner wall is used for receiving the submarine;
the curved inner wall of the paired-hull catamaran is provided with an inflatable bladder thereon;
each steel hinge is provided with steel-hinge guard arms on both sides thereof, and the steel-hinge guard arms are separated at a distance, wherein the distance between respective steel-hinge guard arms meets a space setting of a submarine bridge;
the buoyancy tank is saddle-shaped, and two sides of the buoyancy tank are engaged with a curved top portion of the paired-hull catamaran, the buoyancy tank is provided with a control cabin, an autonomous auxiliary power device and a replenishment cabin therein, and the autonomous auxiliary power device comprises a propeller arranged on the buoyancy tank;
and the buoyancy tank is provided with hatch doors in front of and behind both sides thereof, the buoyancy tank is provided with a concealed hatch to be docked with the submarine therein, the buoyancy tank has four corners wherein the buoyancy tank is engaged with the paired-hull catamaran by chains which are coupled with the paired-hull catamaran, and the buoyancy tank is also provided thereon with a double-breather-pipe ring connected to the two side hulls.

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Facts

Application: 16/277,135Filed 15 Feb 2019
Priority: CN 2018 1 083240826 Jul 2018
Published: US 2020/0031444 A130 Jan 2020
Granted: 4 Aug 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B63B 7/04
Comprising only rigid parts: sectionalised
B63C 11/50
Means for searching for underwater objects: using grapnels
B63B 3/13
Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts: hulls built to withstand hydrostatic pressure when fully submerged, e.g. submarine hulls
B63B 35/003
Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for: for transporting very large loads,…