Swing motion reducing apparatus for ship
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Takeuchi, Katsuya Umemura, Sadahiro Maeda
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Abstract
In a swing motion reducing apparatus for a ship includes a flywheel, a gimbal mechanism configured to rotatably support the flywheel, a motor configured to rotate the flywheel based on a drive power to be supplied; and a motor driver configured to supply the drive power to the motor. A damper section is configured to brake a swing motion of the gimbal mechanism. A safety unit controls the motor driver to stop the supply of the drive power to the motor when a temperature of the damper section is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
Claims5
A swing motion reducing apparatus for a ship comprising:
- a flywheel;
- a gimbal mechanism configured to rotatably support said flywheel;
- a motor configured to rotate said flywheel based on a drive power to be supplied;
- a motor driver configured to supply the drive power to said motor;
- a damper section configured to brake a swing motion of said gimbal mechanism;
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- a safety unit configured to control said motor driver to stop the supply of the drive power to said motor when a temperature of said damper section is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.