Drive means in a boat
AssigneeAB Volvo Penta
InventorBenny Hedlund
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Abstract
Boat propeller drive with an underwater housing which is connected in a fixed manner to a boat hull and has tractor propellers arranged on that side of the housing facing ahead. Arranged in that end portion of the underwater housing facing astern is an exhaust discharge outlet for discharging exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine connected to the propeller drive.
Claims7
Drive assembly in a boat, comprising a propeller drive which is arranged in a fixed manner on the outside of a boat hull and has an at least essentially vertical drive shaft which, via an angle gear enclosed in an underwater housing, drives in a counter-rotating manner a pair of at least essentially horizontal propeller shafts each with their own propeller, and a drive unit which is arranged on the inside of the hull and to which the vertical drive shaft is drivably connected, characterized in that
- the propellers are tractor propellers which are arranged on that side of the underwater housing facing ahead, and in that the underwater housing has, in its end portion facing astern, an exhaust discharge outlet for discharging exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine connected to the propeller drive,
- the underwater housing has a lower portion, in which the propeller shafts are mounted and in the end of which facing astern the exhaust discharge outlet is arranged,
- the underwater housing has an upper portion with a wing profile, which is connected to the lower portion and bears in its aft side a rudder blade which is pivotable about a vertical axis and forms a wing-flap-like extension astern of the portion with the wing profile,
- the length of the lower portion is at least approximately equal to the sum of the lengths of the portion with the wing profile and the rudder blade, and
- that end portion of the lower portion facing astern is designed in such a manner that a screen is formed between the aft lower end portion of the rudder blade and an exhaust discharge opening.
Drive assembly in a boat, comprising a propeller drive which is arranged in a fixed manner on the outside of a boat hull and has an at least essentially vertical drive shaft which, via an angle gear enclosed in an underwater housing, drives in a counter-rotating manner a pair of at least essentially horizontal propeller shafts each with their own propellers, and a drive unit which is arranged on the inside of the hull and to which the vertical drive shaft is drivably connected, characterized in that
- the propellers are tractor propellers which are arranged on that side of the underwater housing facing ahead, and in that the underwater housing has, in its end portion facing astern, an exhaust discharge outlet for discharging exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine connected to the propeller drive, and
- in that the underwater housing is connected to a drive housing which is fixed to a transom stern of the hull, and in that a cavitation plate is arranged in the transition between the underwater housing and the drive housing, which cavitation plate has a front end edge which bears against a surface on the transom stern.
Drive assembly in a boat, comprising a propeller drive which is arranged in a fixed manner on the outside of a boat hull and has an at least essentially vertical drive shaft which, via an angle gear enclosed in an underwater housing, drives in a counter-rotating manner a pair of at least essentially horizontal propeller shafts each with their own propeller, and a drive unit which is arranged on the inside of the hull and to which the vertical drive shaft is drivably connected, characterized in that
- the propellers are tractor propellers which are arranged on that side of the underwater housing facing ahead, and in that the underwater housing has, in its end portion facing astern, an exhaust discharge outlet for discharging exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine connected to the propeller drive, and
- in that the blade areas of the propellers are adapted to one another in such a manner that, within a predetermined upper speed range, the aft propeller works in a cavity-generating manner whereas the fore propeller works in a cavitation-free manner.
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