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US 6,053,120 AGranted
Ship construction using movable plastic interior walls
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorSteven E. Shields
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Abstract
A ship is constructed of a skeleton, including a hull, horizontal decks, and vertical support posts, all permanently joined together. At least some of the interior walls are made of a composite material of reinforcement embedded in a plastic matrix. These non-structural interior walls are semi-permanently attached to the skeleton with attachments, so that they may be readily rearranged to reconfigure the interior of the ship. The majority of the apparatus and infrastructure of the ship is affixed to the skeleton but not to the non-structural walls.
Claims20
A ship, comprising:
- a skeleton comprising
- a hull,
- a horizontally disposed deck permanently joined to the hull, and
- a plurality of vertically disposed structural support posts permanently joined to the deck, said posts supporting loads imposed from overlying decks,
- a plurality of non-structural wall segments, each of the non-structural wall segments comprising a plastic-containing material;
- and
- a plurality of attachments of the non-structural wall segments to the skeleton, at least some of the non-structural wall segments being attached directly to the support posts.
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A ship, comprising:
- a steel skeleton comprising
- a hull,
- a horizontally disposed deck permanently joined to the hull,
- a plurality of vertically disposed structural support, posts permanently joined to the deck, said posts supporting loads imposed from overlying decks,
- a plurality of structural walls permanently attached to at least one of the deck and the structural support posts;
- a plurality of non-structural wall segments, each of the non-structural wall segments comprising a composite material having reinforcing fibers embedded in a plastic;
- and
- a plurality of semi-permanent attachments of the non-structural wall segments to the skeleton, at least some of the non-structural wall segments being attached directly to the support posts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.