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US 11,077,923 B2Granted
Watercraft and method for operating the watercraft
AssigneeSiemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsThorben Kriews, Kay Tigges
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Abstract
A watercraft and method for operating the watercraft, wherein the watercraft includes an electrical system that is present in a space that has an atmosphere that differs from air, where the space is formable by a pressure hull, where the atmosphere contains, for example, an inert gas, and where the space having the electrical system is filled with the atmosphere.
Claims11
A propeller driven watercraft comprising:
- an unencapsulated electrical system including at least one of (i) a current converter, (ii) an electrical motor and (iii) a power distribution network, said unencapsulated electrical system being arranged within a space formed by a pressurized outer body of the propeller driven watercraft;
- wherein the space comprises an atmosphere different from air, said atmosphere comprising a power fuel.
A method for operating a propeller driven watercraft, comprising:
- arranging an unencapsulated electrical system within a space formed by a pressurized outer body of the propeller driven watercraft, said unencapsulated electrical system including at least one of (i) a current converter, (ii) an electrical motor and (iii) a power distribution network;
- and
- filling the space with an atmosphere having a power fuel;
- wherein the atmosphere of the watercraft having the power fuel is different than air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.