| SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120118208 | WINCH AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a winch and an autonomous mobile apparatus including the winch. The winch can include: a driving motor; a driving axle configured to rotate by having a driving force transferred from the driving motor; a wire drum installed on the driving axle in such a way that the wire drum is rotated by the driving axle and can move along the driving axle, a first screw part formed on an external circumferential surface of lengthwise end thereof; and a guide part arranged to be parallel to the driving axle and having a second screw part formed on a lateral side that faces the driving axle, the second screw part being extended in a lengthwise direction of the driving axle and engaged with the first screw part. The wire drum can move along the guide part in such a way that the length of a wire being wound or unwound for one rotation of the wire drum is constant. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120043162 | TENDON CONTROLLED MOBILE PLATFORM - The present invention discloses a tendon controlled mobile platform configured to move within a work space defined by a structure. The tendon controlled mobile platform of the present invention, which includes: a mobile platform including a main frame, a plurality of upper winches coupled to an upper part of the main frame, and a plurality of lower winches coupled to a lower part of the main framed, the mobile platform being placed with the work space; a plurality of first wires having respective one ends coupled to lower sides of the structure and respective the other ends coupled to the upper winches, the lengths of the first wires being adjustable; and a plurality of second wires having respective one ends coupled to upper sides of the structure and respective the other ends coupled to the lower winches, the lengths of the second wires being adjustable, can expand the movement range of the mobile platform, thereby expanding the work area, and can easily move the work equipment to an adjacent work area. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20110308444 | FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE - A floating offshore structure is disclosed. The floating offshore structure, which is for drilling or production, includes a semi-submerged platform body in the shape of a cylinder that is extended vertically above and below the sea level. The platform body is formed with a concave part that reduces its cross-sectional area. The concave part is discontinuously formed along an external circumferential surface of the platform body. The depth of submergence of the platform body is adjusted so that the water line is located at the concave part in an extreme marine condition. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110278305 | ANTI-SLOSHING APPARATUS - An anti-sloshing apparatus comprising: a plurality of buoyant members having buoyancy to be floated on the surface of liquid; a foam member having open cell structure to absorb the liquid and covering the buoyant member; and a connecting member to connect the adjacent buoyant members one another, allows effectively preventing liquid cargo sloshing. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110197802 | MOONPOOL AND DRILLSHIP HAVING THE SAME - The moonpool includes: a first space formed by being penetrated from a bottom surface through an upper deck of the drillship so as to carry out a drilling operation; and a second space formed on a side of the first space in a lengthwise direction of the drillship, a bottom of the second space being open toward a lower side of the drillship. The second space is formed on a side of the first space in the lengthwise direction of the drillship so that the overall length of the moonpool is increased. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110186580 | REINFORCING MEMBER FOR CORRUGATED MEMBRANE OF LNG CARGO TANK, MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY HAVING THE REINFORCING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - The present invention is related to a reinforcing member for a membrane for improving the pressure-withstanding property of the membrane having corrugations, and a membrane assembly having the reinforcing member and a method of constructing the membrane assembly. By providing a reinforcing member for a membrane having corrugations and installed in an insulating structural member of an LNG cargo, the present invention can prevent the collapse of the corrugation and attenuate shocks against a same load without increasing the facial rigidity of the corrugation, and improve the insulating property by forming an additional insulating layer. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110114569 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER - An apparatus and method for precisely controlling production, injection, and removal of disinfectants using electrolysis according to the flow rate of ballast water are provided, where the ballast water flows into or is discharged from the ballast tank to manage the ballast water or ships so that destruction or disruption of marine ecosystems can be prevented. An apparatus for treating ballast water and treatment method using the same are provided, the apparatus including: an electrolysis module for producing concentration-controlled sodium hypochlorite; a gas-liquid separator for separating hydrogen gas; a micro bubble generator for mixing and supplying reducing agents while reducing residual chlorine; a vortex generator for generating vortex; and a control system. The control system controls a salinometer, a flow rate meter, a residual chlorine meter, a seawater supply pump, flow rate control valves, an electrolysis module, a residual chlorine meter, a micro bubble generator, and an injection pump. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110106502 | METHOD FOR DRAWING BELLMOUTH BY USING 3-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT OF BELLMOUTH MODEL - A bellmouth drawing method includes dividing a scaled-down bellmouth model from the real bellmouth into a plurality of cross-sections, indicating the cross-sections on a scaled-down bellmouth model with curved lines, measuring coordinates of the curved lines, forming cross-sections of the bellmouth model with the measured coordinates, and creating the drawing of the real bellmouth by scaling-up the cross-sectional views. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110056955 | INSULATION STRUCTURE OF LNG CARRIER CARGO TANK AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - An insulation structure of a cargo tank in an LNG carrier and a method of constructing the insulation structure includes a first metal foil attached and installed in between the top insulation panel and the bottom insulation panel, a second metal foil attached to and installed on the first metal foil that is positioned on an upper side of a gap formed between the bottom insulation panels, and a top bridge panel attached to and installed on an upper side of the second metal foil. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056954 | INSULATION PANEL FOR CORNER AREA OF LNG CARGO CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A corner panel of an LNG cargo that includes a main body, which forms a corner area of the cargo, and a stress diverging part, which reduces the convergence of stress of the main body by being integrated with an internal face of the main body and being formed with curvature, and a secondary barrier formed in a curved shape. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110027604 | EXPANDABLE METAL MEMBRANE WITH ORTHOGONALLY ISOTROPIC BEHAVIOR - In a metal membrane for a low-temperature-fluid storage tank wherein longitudinal and transverse corrugations are formed and both corrugations intersect each other, a bidirectional expandable member connected to each corrugation is formed in the intersection of the corrugations so that the bidirectional expandable member is longitudinally and transversely expandable. The bidirectional expandable member is protruded and is shaped like a pyramid, a dome or a cross. Each metal membrane is welded into a unit panel and the edge of each metal membrane is welded with the common edge of another adjacent metal membrane. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110011329 | LNG CARRIER HAVING AN LNG LOADING AND UNLOADING SYSTEM - An LNG carrier having an LNG loading and unloading system includes a submerged turret loading (STL) system for introducing and discharging a natural gas; a liquefaction plant for liquefying the natural gas introduced through the submerged turret loading system into a cryogenic liquefied natural gas; at least one self-supporting storage tank installed in the LNG carrier for storing the liquefied natural gas, the self-supporting storage tank arranged in such a manner that the liquefied natural gas is loaded to and unloaded from the LNG carrier through the self-supporting storage tank; and at least one membrane type storage tank arranged in a neighboring relationship with the self-supporting storage tank, the membrane type storage tank kept in fluid communication with the self-supporting storage tank. The LNG carrier further includes a regasification plant for regasifying the liquefied natural gas stored in the self-supporting storage tank. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100281887 | ANTI-SLOSHING STRUCTURE FOR LNG CARGO TANK - The present invention relates to anti-sloshing LNG cargo tanks to mitigate a sloshing phenomenon. The anti-sloshing LNG cargo tank having a first barrier for preventing leakage of a cryogenic LNG, a second barrier and an insulation pad provided to supplement the first barrier, includes: an anti-sloshing bulkhead for partitioning a space in the LNG cargo tank into a plurality of spaces to reduce a sloshing phenomenon of the LNG that moves in the LNG cargo tank; and a stool part united at a first surface thereof to an inner wall of an LNG carrier body and united at a second surface thereof to the anti-sloshing bulkhead to fasten the anti-sloshing bulkhead to the inner wall of the LNG cargo tank. The stool part is coupled to the first barrier and the second barrier and having the insulation pad therein, thus preventing the cryogenic LNG from leaking towards the inner wall of the LNG carrier body or from exchanging heat with the inner wall of the LNG carrier body. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100262287 | Embedded Robot Control System - The present invention relates to an embedded robot control system, particularly to an embedded robot control system of a highly expandable distributed control mode. An aspect of the present invention features an embedded robot control system. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the embedded robot control system, which controls a plurality of robot instruments, which have a motor and a sensor, and a robot, which is connected with the plurality of robot instruments, can include a master controller, which is installed on the robot and controls the motor and the sensor of the robot instrument, and a slave controller, which is installed on another robot, connected to the robot, or the robot instrument and receives a control signal of the motor or the sensor from the master controller and controls the motor and the sensor. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100258486 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTION OF MUD HARDENING IN DRAIN HOLDING TANK - The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing mud from being hardened in a drain holding tank, in an apparatus that treats drains generated during the marine drilling of petroleum or gas. The apparatus for preventing mud from being hardened in a drain holding tank includes a drain holding tank which gathers a drain being generated in a drilling process; a mud re-compounding pump which circulates a fluid having a pressure that is higher than a predetermined value by spouting the fluid to an area of the drain holding tank where the mud is stored, to prevent mud included in the drain from being hardened in the drain holding tank; a transfer pump which transfers the mud; and a waste mud tank, configured to gather the mud. The apparatus for preventing mud from being hardened in a drain holding tank can circulate the mud at an area of the drain holding tank in which the mud is stored for a period of time, to prevent the mud from being hardened. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100230037 | HYBRID COMPOSITE JOURNAL BEARING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object of this invention is to provide a hybrid composite journal bearing which is constructed so that a composite liner is positioned on an inner surface of a metal housing having a circular cross-section, thus preventing a journal from being damaged or seized to the bearing, due to friction between the metal or composite journal and the journal bearing. The hybrid composite journal bearing ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100218377 | HYBRID COMPOSITE JOURNAL BEARING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object of this invention is to provide a hybrid composite journal bearing which is constructed so that a composite liner is positioned on an inner surface of a metal housing having a circular cross-section, thus preventing a journal from being damaged or seized to the bearing, due to friction between the metal or composite journal and the journal bearing. The hybrid composite journal bearing ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100178817 | CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELLER SUPPORTED ON RUDDER HORN OF SHIP - A contra-rotating propeller system is installed between a rudder horn of a ship and shaft support at an engine-output side. The system includes a propeller shaft rotatably supported by the rudder horn and the shaft support, respectively, a front propeller fixed to the propeller shaft, a counter rotating gear set installed on the rudder horn and connected with the propeller shaft, and a rear propeller connected to the counter rotating gear set and disposed between the rudder horn and the front propeller. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100175603 | ICEBREAKING ADDITIONAL PROPULSION SYSTEM AND ICEBREAKING SHIP HAVING THE SAME - An icebreaking additional propulsion system includes at least one retractable thruster capable of vertically moving into and out of a hull of a ship. The retractable thruster includes a pair of guide rods vertically installed within the hull, a column vertically movable along the guide rods, a drive unit mounted to an upper end of the column for vertically moving and swiveling the column, and a propeller attached to a lower end of the column for generating propelling power. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100144222 | FLOW CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SHIP HAVING COOLING SYSTEM - A flow control mechanism is provided for controlling a stern flow field disturbed by cooling water discharged from the cooling water outlet of a ship. The flow control mechanism is located within a distance, which corresponds to three times the diameter of the cooling water outlet, from the cooling water outlet, is installed at an angle from 16° to 30° with respect to the horizontal plane of a hull, and has a vertical height, which is within a range from 0.2 times to 0.6 times the diameter of the cooling water outlet in a vertical direction of the hull, and a horizontal width, which is within a range from 0.5 times to 1.3 times the diameter of the cooling water outlet in a horizontal direction of the hull. Thereby, the flow control mechanism restores the distribution of wake flow that encounters a propeller so that the distribution of the wake flow is symmetrical around the central axis of the hull, and reduces the generation of a cavity. Thus, the vibration performance of the ship is improved, and the propulsive efficiency of the ship is also improved. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100089072 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIER AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A fuel supply apparatus of a liquefied gas carrier includes: a compressor for compressing gas fuel into a high pressure; a compressed gas storage tank being filled with the compressed high-pressure gas fuel, for storing the gas fuel; and a decompressor for decompressing the high-pressure gas fuel drawn from the compressed gas storage tank into a pressure suitable to be used in a propulsion system, to supply fuel to the propulsion system. The gas fuel is at least one of a natural boiled-off gas which is naturally evaporated in the cargo tank, a forced boiled-off gas which is artificially evaporated, and a gas additionally supplied for the use of fuel. Further, the compressor is a multistage high-pressure compressor and the decompressor is a multistage decompressor. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100082155 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BUILDING STATUS OF CAVITY FRAME - Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring a building status achieved during building a cavity frame such as an internal freight warehouse of a cargo. The apparatus for monitoring a building status of a cavity frame includes a portable computer, a central host computer, and an indoor global positioning system. The portable computer remotely accesses the central host computer and downloads information on a work schedule, and the central host computer receives information on problems during works from the portable computer. The indoor global positioning system remotely accesses the central host computer to transmit positional information of a working robot in the cavity frame. The central host computer then transmits, to the working robot, an instruction to perform a corresponding work at a position of the working robot. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100030378 | MULTI-FUNCTION ROBOT FOR MOVING ON WALL USING INDOOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A wall climbing robot using an Indoor Global Positioning System (IGPS) provided in a room is disclosed. The wall climbing robot includes a navigation receiver configured to receive rotating fan beams emitted from one or more navigation transmitters of the indoor global positioning system, and recognize the rotating fan beams as IGPS signals; a robot frame provided with the navigation receiver mounted; a mobile controller configured to be installed on the robot frame, and to recognize and determine its own position using the IGPS signals; and a drive mechanism configured to travel along the surfaces of the room under control of the mobile controller. The mobile controller includes a central processing unit, an input/output unit, a motion control unit, a drive control unit, a navigation control unit, a sensor signal processor, an emergency processing unit, and an alarm generator. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING ATTACHMENT LOCATION AND THICKNESS OF SUPPLEMENT PAD USING INDOOR GPS - A method and apparatus method of calculating attachment location and thickness of a supplement pad to be attached to a member includes a first step of receiving information on flatness measurement points from a unified management server which have previously been calculated during design of the member, a second step of calculating a three-dimensional coordinate at each of the flatness measurement points on the member, and a third step of calculating the attachment location and thickness of the supplement pad to be attached to the member on the basis of the calculated three-dimensional coordinates. The second step includes bringing an indoor GPS sensor into contact with the member at each of the flatness measurement points, and calculating the three-dimensional coordinate on an end of the indoor GPS sensor, which is in contact with the member, through the use of another indoor GPS installed on the member | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100020305 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND RESCALING METHOD USING INDOOR GPS - A three-dimensional measurement system using an IGPS includes a rescale bar having linear scales thereon, a linear encoder for measuring an absolute length within which the linear encoder moves on the rescale bar, a plurality of optical transmitters that radiates pan beams, and a vector bar having one end attached to the linear encoder, and having a receiver to detect the pan beams radiated from the optical transmitters, the vector bar acquiring coordinates of two points where the vector bar moves by using the receiver, and measuring a relative length from the coordinates. A ratio between the absolute length and the relative length is applied in rescaling an actual distance between two positions to be measured. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090296436 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF POWER CONTROL - The present disclosure is related to a power control apparatus and a method for controlling power, more specifically to a power control apparatus that controls the risk of overcurrent in a power generator when the voltage in the power grid is low. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a power control apparatus that controls power in a power generation system including a generator generating power can include a current comparator, which calculates an error current by using a difference between a current measured at the generator and a rated current of the generator, a controlling unit, which calculates a real power value by receiving the error current and outputs a switch driving signal corresponding to the calculated real power value, a switch, which is operated by the switch driving signal, and a resistance device, which is coupled to the switch to consume the error current. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090274826 | COATING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING MIXING RATIO AND METHOD THEREOF - A coating apparatus capable of controlling a mixing ratio includes a spindle motor unit having a spindle with which an upper end portion of a mixing ratio control shaft is engaged, the upper end portion of the control shaft being moved on the spindle in accordance with rotation of the spindle; and a control unit for calculating the mixing ratio of a main coating agent and a hardening agent based on measured flow rates thereof and controlling the rotation of the spindle when the calculated mixing ratio of the main coating agent and the hardening agent falls outside a tolerance range of a preset mixing ratio. The mixing ratio of the main coating agent and the hardening agent is adjusted depending on the positions of the upper end portion of the mixing ratio control shaft on the spindle. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090266286 | FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR IMPROVING PRESSURE RESISTANCE AND HULL VIBRATION - A flow control mechanism, for improving pressure resistance and hull vibration, includes a lower fin and an upper fin. The lower fin is disposed between a second station and a fourth station in a length direction of a ship and between 10% and 20% of a design draft from a bottom of the ship in a height direction of the ship, the lower fin being inclined at an angle of 20 to 40 degrees with respect to a design draught (or base) line. The upper fin is disposed between the second station and the fourth station in the length direction of the ship and between 30% and 60% of the design draft from the bottom of the ship in the height direction of the ship, the upper fin being inclined at an angle of 10 to 30 degrees with respect to the design draught (or base) line. Further, an additional fin is disposed between a first station and a third station in the length direction of the ship and between 5% and 20% of the design draft from the bottom of the ship in the height direction of the ship, the additional fin being inclined at an angle of 10 to 40 degrees with respect to the design draught (or base) line. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090014500 | Weight Balancer and Pipe Joining Method - The present invention relates to a weight balancer ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20080229993 | Spade Rudder - Disclosed herein is a spade rudder, which is intended to relieve bending moment generated by a rudder, and to suppress vibrations generated from the rudder due to a propeller, in the case of a large ship. The spade rudder has a rudder stock for rotating a rudder, and a vertical bearing provided on a side surface of the rudder stock. The spade rudder further includes a stock gudgeon provided on a side surface of the vertical bearing, a horizontal bearing provided under the stock gudgeon, and a horizontal bearing housing provided at the junction of the rudder stock and the horizontal bearing, which are at right angles to each other, and dispersing a bending moment acting on the rudder. | 09-25-2008 |