Patent ID: 9604704
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A mooring unit for mooring a vessel, the mooring unit comprising: a mooring unit arm; a universal joint with a passage for a mooring chain and a chain stopper arrangement adapted to retain the chain relative to the mooring unit; wherein the universal joint is arranged between the vessel and the mooring unit arm; wherein the universal joint is adapted to be pivotally coupled to a vessel mounted bracket and the mooring unit arm enabling the mooring unit to pivot about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis; wherein the first and second pivot axes are arranged perpendicular to each other in substantially the same plane; wherein the universal joint comprises a link element adapted to receive a first pair of ears of the mooring unit arm and a second pair of ears of the bracket, a second pair of journals coupling the first pair of ears to the link element and a first pair of journals coupling the second pair of ears to the link element; and wherein each ear is received in a slit in the link element so that a wall of the link element is formed on both sides of the ear, the respective one of the journal extending through both of the walls and the ear so that the respective journals is supported by both walls.