Patent ID: 7337740

Claim:
High load balanced rudder ( 100 ) for ships with a drive propeller ( 17 ) and a rudder blade ( 10 ), wherein the rudder blade ( 10 ) is rotatable by a rudder post ( 11 ) and the rudder post ( 11 ) is placed in a rudder port ( 12 ) and the rudder port ( 12 ) is supported over a fixed leading head ( 14 ) on a hull ( 13 ) of the ship, wherein a lower edge ( 15 ) of the leading head ( 14 ) protrudes into the propeller downflow into a range of 10% to 20% of the propeller diameter (D) and a lower rudder port bearing ( 18 ) is configured with a reinforcement ( 19 ), wherein the reinforcement ( 19 ) of the lower rudder port bearing ( 18 ) has different thicknesses axially relative to the rudder post ( 11 ), wherein dimensioning of the reinforcement increases or decreases in the axial direction of the rudder post ( 11 ) from top to bottom, and wherein the lower rudder port bearing ( 18 ) is arranged along its entire length directly next to the leading head ( 14 ) so that the lower rudder port bearing ( 18 ) is at a common height with the leading head ( 14 ).