Pneumatic fender
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinami Izumi, Shigeki Sakakibara, Michito Kaneko, Shu Yamada, Yoshiaki Hara, Akihiro Iemoto
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Abstract
Provided is a pneumatic fender that suppresses damage to a flexible hollow body and an energy-absorbing body and exhibits improved ship sway reduction effects. A pneumatic fender is provided with an orifice that allows for communication between an interior space of a flexible hollow body and the interior space of the casing, and a safety valve that opens and allows for communication between the internal space of the flexible hollow body and the internal space of the casing by opening when the internal pressure of the flexible hollow body reaches a predetermined pressure.
Claims10
A pneumatic fender comprising a flexible hollow body provided between facing mounting plates, the fender comprising:
- an orifice that allows for communication between an interior space of the flexible hollow body and an interior space of a rigid casing that is provided on a surface of one of the mounting plates;
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- a safety valve that opens and allows for communication between the interior space of the flexible hollow body and the interior space of the casing by opening when the internal pressure of the flexible hollow body reaches a predetermined pressure;
- wherein one of the mounting plates is movable relative to another of the mounting plates upon an impact to the pneumatic fender.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.