Patent SG-11201808584P-A (SG)
Title: A tugboat with a capsizing and sinking prevention system
Inventor: BANGSLUND THOMAS
IPC: B63B43/02
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 1111111101111011101010111110101111101110111111111110111101101111101111011111 International Bureau ... .1 j ..... ....!;,,,' (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/167890 Al 5 October 2017 (05.10.2017) IN I PO I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, B63B 35/68 (2006.01) B63H 21/21 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, B63B 43/02 (2006.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (21) International Application Number: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, PCT/EP2017/057563 MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (22) International Filing Date: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 30 March 2017 (30.03.2017) RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (25) Filing Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, PA201670188 31 March 2016 (31.03.2016) DK GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: A.P. MOLLER - NUERSK A/S [DK/DK]; TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, Esplanaden 50, 1263 Kobenhavn K (DK). DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, L (72) Inventor: BANGSLUND, Thomas; Kobenhavnsvej 46, V, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, 3650 (13lstykke (DK). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: NORDIC PATENT SERVICE A/S; Bredgade 30, Published: DK-1260 Copenhagen K (DK). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (54) Title: A TUGBOAT WITH A CAPSIZING AND SINKING PREVENTION SYSTEM RFID reader 42 Gripper Motion sensor Electrical connector Crane -\ --22 Communication Positioning motion compensation device system (GPS) platform 50 Microphone Force sensor Camera arrangement Navigation module Controller (directional) 21 31 RADAR r . Collision Image avoidance recognition LIDAR module module Winch Il 7 © C:r Nozzle drive Engine/Motor RFID reader Fig. 10 co IN Il (57) : A tugboat for assisting a marine vessel to maneuver. The tugboat boat comprises an engine driving one or more ---- propulsors with a controllable direction of thrust, a towing line for establishing a pulling connection between an assisted vessel and N the tugboat, a first sensor arrangement configured for sensing the size and direction of the pulling force that the towing line exerts on Il C the tugboat, a second sensor arrangement configured for sensing the orientation of the tugboat, a controller in receipt of a signal N from the first sensor arrangement and in receipt of a signal from the second sensor arrangement. The controller is informed of the 0 size and direction of thrust generated by the one or more propulsors, and the controller is configured to determine if a safety threshold is exceeded on the basis of: sensed size and direction of thrust, sensed size and direction of the pulling force, and sensed orientation of the tugboat.