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Title:
PROPULSION ENGINE AND SHIP USING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011098704
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To further efficiently convert energy provided by propellers of a biaxial ship into propulsion by recovering energy of a swirling flow.

A propulsion device of the biaxial ship includes a pair of propellers 5-1 and 5-2 rotating externally, a rudder 6 arranged in the rear of the propellers, and a fin 8 installed in the rubber and having an elevation angle of rising toward the stern side. The propulsion is generated when the upward swirling flow generated in the center line vicinity by the pair of propellers strikes on the fin, and propulsion efficiency is improved.


Inventors:
SAKAMOTO TOSHINOBU
Application Number:
JP2009256440A
Publication Date:
May 19, 2011
Filing Date:
November 09, 2009
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD
International Classes:
B63H5/08; B63H25/38
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Kudo
Keisaku Nakao