Method for use of a maritime unit and maritime unit
OwnerPasi Törmälä, Iikka Pitkäneninventors
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Abstract
A maritime unit and a method for operating a maritime unit. The maritime unit includes a frame structure. The maritime unit includes at least three legs moveable between a standby position and an extended position. A jack mechanism moves the legs between the standby position and the extended position. The maritime unit has at least its legs operated on a disk brake principle for enabling a substantially stepless drive therefor, whereby the maritime unit has each of its legs provided with a brake system, including one or more brake flanges extending longitudinally of the leg. The maritime unit has its frame structure provided with a brake system including one or more brake shoe elements operable in a vertical direction with the jack mechanism.
Claims27
A method for operating a maritime unit comprising a frame structure, at least three legs moveable between a standby position and an extended position, a jack mechanism operative to move the legs between the standby position and the extended position, the method comprising:
- actuating each leg of the maritime unit with a brake system comprising one or more brake flanges extending in a longitudinal direction of the leg, wherein each brake system is operatively connected to the frame structure and includes at least two brake shoe elements, wherein at least one of the brake shoe elements is movable,
- wherein the brake shoe elements act on one brake flange of the brake system, and wherein the at least one movable brake shoe element of each leg is operated in the vertical direction by means of a second jack mechanism such that each leg is moved in a substantially stepless manner.
A maritime unit, comprising:
- a frame structure;
- at least three legs moveable between a standby position and an extended position;
- a jack mechanism operative to drive the legs from the standby position downwards in a direction substantially vertical with respect to the frame structure and operative to release the legs from the seabed by driving the legs upward relative to the frame structure;
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- a brake system comprising one or more brake flanges extending longitudinally with respect to the legs and comprising at least two brake shoe elements arranged one below the other in a vertical direction, wherein at least one of the brake shoe elements is movable, whereby the brake shoe elements act on one brake flange of the brake disk system and are operated in the vertical direction by separate jack mechanisms, and wherein the legs of the maritime unit are operated on a disk brake principle for enabling a substantially stepless drive therefore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.