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US 7,111,579 B2Granted
Apparatus comprising a ship-to-shore interface
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsStephen L. Bailey, Lewis D. Madden, Steven J. Schmitz, Sr.
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Abstract
A ship-to-shore interface includes a shipside ramp and a shoreside ramp. The shoreside ramp is securely fixed to the shoreline. The shoreside ramp has one or more physical adaptations that enable it to passively engage the shipside ramp. In the illustrative embodiment, the physical adaptation is a plurality of recesses that receive a lug that depends from the shoreside end of the shipside ramp.
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A ship-to-shore interface comprising:
- an active shipside ramp having a physical adaptation that, in conjunction with at least one of:
- (a) ship's thrust subsystem;
- (b) ship's shipside ramp-deployment subsystem;
- and
- (c) ship's ballasting subsystem;
- enables said shipside ramp to:
- (i) couple to a passive shoreside ramp;
- and
- (ii) automatically decouple from said passive shoreside ramp.
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A ship-to-shore interface comprising:
- a shipside ramp, wherein said shipside ramo constrains movement of a ship usina at least one of ship's thrust subsystem and ship's ballastins subsystem;
- and
- a passive shoreside ramp, wherein said passive shoreside ramp:
- (i) is a discrete structure that couples to a shoreline;
- (ii) comprises a corrosion-resistant material;
- and
- (iii) possess a physical adaptation that enables said shoreside ramp to passively receive and passively detachably-couple to said shipside ramp that is maintained onboard said ship.
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A ship-to-shore interface comprising:
- a passive shoreside ramp, wherein said passive shoreside ramp:
- (i) is a discrete structure that couples to a shoreiine;
- (ii) possess a physical adaptation that enables said shoreside ramp to passively receive and passively detachably-couple to a shipside ramp that is maintained onboard a ship;
- (iii) in conjunction with said shipside ramp, constrains movement of a ship using at least one of ship's thrust subsystem and ship's ballasting subsystem;
- and
- (iv) is fully supported by a shoreline such that no part of said shoreside ramp is floating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.