Mooring device and operating method thereof
AssigneeShip and Ocean Industries R&Dcenter
InventorChun-Chia Huang
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a mooring device and operating method thereof. Specifically, the mooring device mainly comprises engaging module and a pressure control module. The engaging module comprises at least one actuator, at least one piston unit and at least one vacuum cup. Moreover, when a mooring object contacts the at least one actuator and actuates the at least one piston unit, the pressure control module may control the vacuum level therebetween the at least one vacuum cup and the mooring object. Therefore, the mooring device and its operating method of the present invention use the force which is provided by the mooring object per se to determine whether to moor the mooring object or not.
Claims10
A mooring device, comprising:
- an engaging module, comprising:
- at least one actuator;
- at least one piston unit, connected with the at least one actuator;
- at least one vacuum cup, configured in anterior portion of the engaging module;
- a pressure control module, connected with the engaging module;
- wherein the pressure control module comprises:
- a first valve, connected with the at least one piston unit;
- at least one first pressure tank, connected with the first valve;
- a second valve, connected with the at least one first pressure tank;
- an energy transformation module, connected with the second valve;
- a vacuum module, connected with the energy transformation module and the at least one vacuum cup;
- a third valve, connected with the energy transformation module and the at least one piston unit;
- and
- a fourth valve, connected with the at least one first pressure tank and the at least one piston unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.