EP2261112B1 - Submarine with device carrier - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a submarine with the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.

In particular, in military used submarines, it is common to store devices that are used outside of the pressure hull of these submarines, in a space between the pressure hull and the outside surrounding the pressure hull outer skin. Such a space may be present, for example, below the accessible upper deck of submarines.

That's the way it is DE 10 2006 061 138 B3 and DE 10 2007 005 460 B3 All of the features of the preamble of claim 1 are disclosed, there to arrange devices for deploying wired Kommunikationsbojen, the devices must be moved when deploying the communication buoy first with the communication buoy in a position outside the outer skin of the submarine.

Out DE 10 2006 011 865 B3 a device is known with which a submarine rescue device can be deployed from the submarine. Also, this device is disposed in the space between the pressure hull and the skin below the upper deck of the submarine and serves to first move the submarine rescue device to a position outside the hull and subsequently release the submarine rescue device to float to the water surface can.

Due to the small space available in the space between the pressure hull and the outer skin and the associated relatively poor accessibility there, maintenance and repair work on the above-mentioned devices prove to be extremely difficult. This also applies to the change of the devices stored in these devices.

Against this background, the invention has the object to provide a submarine with at least one mounted in the space between the pressure hull and the outer shell gear tray in which the difficulties described above at least significantly reduced and at best do not occur.

This object is achieved by a submarine with the features specified in claim 1. Advantageous developments of this submarine result from the dependent claims, the following description and the drawings. Here, according to the invention, the features specified in the dependent claims in each case but also in combination, the inventive solution according to claim 1 further develop.

The submarine according to the invention has at least one equipment carrier, which is mounted in the space between the pressure body and outer skin of the submarine and with which a device is movable from a storage position between the pressure body and the outer skin in an operating position outside the outer skin. This equipment carrier may be used for storage of such devices that are discharged from the submarine, such. B. communication buoys, submarine rescue equipment and the like or he can carry devices that are permanently installed on the equipment rack.

In this case, according to the invention, the device carrier is formed at least in two parts with a carrier part and a foundation part. The foundation part is set on the boat side and the carrier part releasably secured to the foundation part. D. h., The support member of the equipment carrier can be separated from the arranged in the space between the pressure hull and the outer skin foundation part and then optionally removed with a device mounted therein or thereon from the space between the pressure body and the outer skin.

This has the advantage that the space that is claimed by the carrier part and the device mounted therein or on it can also be used for other purposes when the carrier part is removed.

Due to the simple solubility of the support part of the foundation part to be performed on the support member and / or on a mounted on the support member work to be performed in a location that is more accessible than the space between the pressure body and outer skin. In principle, it is no longer necessary to carry out this work on the submarine. Instead, the carrier part, for example, on a Überwasserbegleitschiff the submarine or on land z. B. be brought to a workshop where this work can then be performed. In addition, it makes the detachable connection of support member and foundation part also possible to replace the base part, which is preferably shock-damped on the pressure hull of the submarine, a support member fixed there against a support member for another device and the submarine in a simple and fast way adapt other conditions of use and / or tasks.

The carrier part advantageously has essentially all the mechanically moveable components of the device carrier as well as the means required for the storage of the device, while on the foundation part Advantageously, electric or hydraulic drive means are arranged for moving the equipment carrier. If the electric and / or hydraulic drive means of the equipment carrier provided for moving the carrier part are arranged on the part of the base part, it is not necessary to separate electrical or hydraulic connections when removing the carrier part.

It is expedient to arrange the device carrier in such a region between the pressure hull and the outer skin, which lies above the water surface in a submarine that has appeared. Thus, the equipment carrier can be arranged in an area in which the outer skin forms a walk-on upper deck of the submarine. Below this upper deck, the exact position of the device carrier is basically arbitrary, and it will depend on where between the pressure hull and the outer skin enough space for the equipment carrier available. It is preferably provided to arrange the foundation part of the equipment carrier on the upper deck side of the submarine next to a torpedo submarine hatch provided there in an area which also serves as free space for at least part of a torpedo transfer stage.

The torpedo transfer platform is a device with which torpedoes are lowered into the torpedo space in the bow region of the submarine via the torpedo submarine, which is formed below the upper deck on the pressure hull. To load the submarine with torpedoes this Torpedoübernahmebühne is placed on the bow side of the tower by means of a crane on the upper deck of the submarine and removed after the end of the loading of the submarine with the crane again. In the hitherto conventional equipment carriers, it was not possible to arrange such a carrier at the installation of the Torpedoübernahmebühne, so that this location of the Torpedoübernahmebühne so far when using the submarine a non-usable Room represented. The solution according to the invention of designing a device carrier in two parts with a carrier part which can be removed from a boat-side foundation part now makes it possible to use this area as installation location for the equipment carrier since the carrier part of the equipment carrier can be removed from the foundation part before the use of the torpedo transfer stage to make room for the torpedo transfer stage free, and after the use of this stage can be placed back on the foundation part, for this purpose advantageously for the installation and removal of Torpedoübernahmebühne required crane can be used.

The carrier part of the device carrier is designed such that a device mounted thereon can be moved from a storage position between the pressure body and the outer skin into an operating position outside the outer skin and vice versa. For this purpose, the carrier part has a pivotable lifting frame which is coupled in terms of movement with a linear drive arranged on the base side.

Accordingly, the lifting frame is pivotally mounted directly or preferably indirectly on the foundation part, wherein arranged on the foundation part linear drive on the lifting frame spaced from the pivot axis attacks and arranged on the lifting device in this way, depending on the direction of movement of the linear drive in its operating position or in his Storage position pivoted.

Preferably, a hydraulic cylinder forms the linear drive. Particularly advantageous, this hydraulic cylinder as a double-acting hydraulic cylinder be formed, with the one hand, the required lifting power for swinging the lifting frame in the operating position of the device outside the outer skin and on the other hand also the opposite force for pivoting back of the lifting frame can be generated.

In an advantageous embodiment, the lifting frame may have at least two mutually spaced pivot arms forming part of a parallelogram mechanism. Accordingly, the lifting frame on at least two pivot arms, the pivot axes are spaced from each other. Thus, directly or preferably indirectly at least two equally long pivot arms of the lifting frame can be pivoted in a common direction, wherein the spaced from these articulation points ends of the pivot arms are in turn hinged to a receptacle for supporting the device carrier to be supported device. This configuration of the lifting frame causes the inclination of the receptacle for the device and, consequently, the inclination of the device relative to the foundation part during the pivoting of the lifting frame does not change.

Particularly advantageously, the device carrier forms a device for exposing and receiving an unmanned underwater vehicle or is part of such. The submarine according to the invention can accordingly have a device for suspending and picking up an unmanned underwater vehicle which is arranged in the space between the pressure body and the outer skin surrounding the pressure body. With the device, the underwater vehicle can be stored in the space between the pressure body and the outer skin protected from direct flow and if necessary moved to a position outside the outer skin, where the underwater vehicle can leave the device and then dock again to the device.

On the lifting frame of the support part, a housing is arranged according to the invention, which serves to receive the device mounted on the device carrier. If the equipment carrier forms or is part of a device for suspending and picking up an unmanned underwater vehicle, the housing advantageously forms a launching and receiving device for the underwater vehicle. The launching and receiving device may expediently be designed such that the underwater vehicle can drive out of it without external aids and can then drive back into it. Incidentally, the device for storing the underwater vehicle is configured.

Particularly advantageous, the housing can be releasably secured to the lifting frame. Thus, the housing can be removed in a simple manner alone or together with a stored therein device from the equipment carrier. Subsequently, the launching and receiving device for protected transport and as a storage container for the device can also serve outside the submarine.

Preferably, a housing forming the launching and receiving device has an opening which forms an entry and exit opening for the underwater vehicle. In order to facilitate the retraction and extension of the underwater vehicle into or out of the device, preferably the edge regions of the housing adjoining the opening are designed to be pivotable for increasing the opening cross section of the opening. In this context, z. B. be provided, the pivoting the outer and outer opening limiting edge areas of the suspension - and receiving device outwardly such that these areas an input or Ausfahrkanal for the underwater vehicle form, the inner cross-section widens outwardly funnel-shaped.

The retraction of the underwater vehicle in the Aussetz- and recording device in such a storage position can be facilitated if, as it provides a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, on the inner sides of the Aussetz- and receiving device from the entry and exit spring-mounted guide elements for guiding the Underwater vehicle are provided. For example, aligned guide rails can be arranged in the launching and receiving device in the direction of travel of the underwater vehicle. In order to prevent damage to an incoming underwater vehicle in the device, these guide rails can be mounted on spring elements transversely to the direction of travel of the underwater vehicle yielding.

Where the equipment carrier is mounted extendable between the pressure hull and the outer skin of the submarine according to the invention, the outer skin typically has an opening. This opening, when the device carrier is in its storage position completely within the outer contour of the submarine formed by the outer skin, to close, since the opening would otherwise constitute a signature source and would also adversely affect the hydrodynamic properties of the submarine. For this reason, the equipment carrier can advantageously have a covering part, which forms a part of the outer skin of the submarine in the storage position of the equipment carrier. This trim part is expediently formed corresponding to the shape of the opening formed on the outer skin and arranged on the device carrier, that its outside in the storage position of the device carrier flush with the outside of the outer skin. In this case, it can be further advantageously provided that the covering part is pivotally mounted on the lifting frame of the equipment carrier and z. B. can be pivoted so that it is in the storage position of the device carrier is aligned with the wall of the outer skin of the submarine and in the operating position of the equipment carrier, the use of a then arranged outside of the submarine device is not hindered. Preferably, the cowling is movably coupled to the lifting frame, so that a pivoting movement of the pivot arms of the lifting frame also causes a pivoting movement of the cowling.

Preferably, a part of a plug-in connection of a data exchange and / or power supply line is arranged on the pressure-body side arranged foundation part of the device carrier. This part of the connector can be coupled to a corresponding connector part of a device mounted on the device carrier, so that this device can be supplied with energy or a data exchange with this device can be made. Thus, e.g. be arranged on the foundation part of a plug which engages in a provided on the device socket. If the equipment carrier is a device for suspending and picking up an underwater vehicle, it may be advantageous to arrange the foundation-side plug connection part on the foundation part such that it is coupled in the storage position of the device to a corresponding plug connection part of the underwater vehicle mounted in the device and is independently decoupled by pivoting the lifting frame of the device of the connector part of the underwater vehicle.

Fig. 1

In vereinfachter schematischer Darstellung ein Untersee- boot mit zwei in einer Lagerungsposition befindlichen Ge- räteträgern im Raum zwischen Druckkörper und Außen- haut,

Fig. 2

das Unterseeboot nach Fig. 1 mit den Geräteträgern in einer Betriebsposition,

Fig. 3

in schematischer perspektivischer Darstellung eine Vorrich- tung zum Aussetzen und Aufnehmen eines Unterwasser- fahrzeugs im Lagerungszustand,

Fig. 4

die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 3 in einer Explosionsdarstellung,

Fig. 5

die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 3 im Betriebszustand und

Fig. 6

die Vorrichtung nach Fig. 5 in einer Explosionsdarstellung.

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. In the drawing shows:

Fig. 1

In a simplified schematic representation, a submarine boat with two gantries in a storage position in the space between the pressure hull and the outer skin,

Fig. 2

the submarine behind Fig. 1 with the equipment carriers in an operating position,

Fig. 3

a schematic perspective view of a device for exposing and receiving an underwater vehicle in the storage state,

Fig. 4

the device after Fig. 3 in an exploded view,

Fig. 5

the device after Fig. 3 in the operating state and

Fig. 6

the device after Fig. 5 in an exploded view.

That in the FIGS. 1 and 2 Submarine shown has a pressure body 2, which is partially surrounded by an outer skin 4, which forms a hydrodynamic cladding of the pressure hull 2. Above the top of the pressure hull 2, the outer skin 4 forms an accessible upper deck of the submarine. Below this upper deck is in the space between the pressure body 2 and the outer skin 4, a device carrier 6 in the form of a device 6 for exposing and receiving an unmanned underwater vehicle, not shown in the drawing arranged. The device 6 for suspending and picking up the unmanned underwater vehicle can in principle be arranged at any point below the upper deck, where there is sufficient free space for this purpose. To illustrate this are in the Fig. 1 and 2 two devices 6 are shown, of which one device 6 is arranged in the region of the bow and a device 6 in a region between the tower and the stern of the submarine. The device 6 serves to store an unmanned underwater vehicle stored therein in a storage position between the pressure hull 2 and the outer skin 4 of the submarine ( Fig. 1 ) and this To deploy underwater vehicle in an operating position outside the outer skin 4 of the submarine and to be able to catch up again ( Fig. 2 ).

The device 6 is formed in two parts and has a foundation part 8 to which a support member 10 is releasably secured. In the in the Fig. 1 and 2 Between the tower and the stern of the submarine shown device 6, the foundation part 8 is arranged directly on the pressure body 2 and fixedly connected to the pressure body 2, wherein it is shock-damped mounted on the foundation part 8 provided damping elements 13. When arranged in the region of the bow device 6 in the Fig. 1 and 2 the foundation part 8 is fixed on a support structure 12 indicated in broken line, which adjoins the pressure body 2 and is fixedly connected to it and, when loaded with torpedoes, carries a torpedo transfer stage erected there.

As in particular the Fig. 4 and 6 can be seen, the support member 10 is modular and has a lifting frame 14, a suspending and receiving device 16 for the underwater vehicle and a trim panel 18.

The lifting frame 14 is detachably fastened to the foundation part 8, so that the entire support part 10 can be removed after releasing the attachment between the foundation part 8 and the lifting frame 14 from the foundation part 8 or from the submarine. The lifting frame 14 has a base plate 20 which is provided for resting on the foundation part 8. The base plate 20 has a rectangular shape, wherein on the base plate 20 in the middle of a web 22 projects in the longitudinal direction of the base plate 20.

At the installation position of the lifting frame 14 on the foundation part 8 facing away from the foundation part 8 side of the base plate 20 is a

Bearing unit 24 is arranged on the two pivot arms 26 are mounted parallel to each other pivotally, wherein in each case a pivot arm 26 is hinged on the outside on the longitudinal side of the base plate 20. At the formed on the base plate 20 web 22 two flat profile parts 28 spaced from each other are arranged parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the web 22. In the region of an end facing away from the base plate 20 of the flat profile members 28, a further pivot arm 30 is pivotally connected between the two flat profile parts 28. The pivot arm 30 has the same effective length as the two pivot arms 26, wherein the pivot arms 26 and 30 are pivotable in planes parallel to each other. At the remote from the base plate 20 ends of the pivot arms 26 and 30, a receiving plate 32 is articulated. The receiving plate 32 serves to receive the Aussetz- and receiving device 16 which is releasably secured to the receiving plate 32.

In the area in which the pivot arms 26 are hinged to the receiving plate 32, extending on the two longitudinal sides of the receiving plate 32 each have a support 34 normal to the receiving plate 32 in an installation position of the support member 10 on the foundation part 8 of the foundation part 8 facing away Direction. At the end remote from the receiving plate 32 end portions of the supports 34, the covering part 18 is pivotally articulated.

The bearing on the receiving plate 32 suspended and receiving device 16 forms a container for receiving the unmanned underwater vehicle. The walls of the launching and receiving device 16, which surround an underwater vehicle located therein, are not formed closed, but have an open truss-like structure. At the launching and receiving device 16, an opening 36 is formed through which the underwater vehicle out of the launching and receiving device 16 out and into the launching and receiving device 16 can enter. In order to facilitate in particular the retraction of an underwater vehicle in the launching and receiving device 16, the opening 36 delimiting edge portions 38, 38 ', 38 "and 38"', which protrude beyond the receiving plate 32, formed outwardly pivotable, so that the Opening cross section of the opening 36 during retraction and extension of the underwater vehicle in or out of the launching and receiving device 16, as in the Fig. 5 and 6 represented funnel-shaped expandable.

On the insides of the edge sections 38, 38 ', 38 "and 38"', as well as in the remaining interior of the dispensing and receiving device 16, a plurality of guide rails 40 aligned in the longitudinal direction of the dispensing and receiving device 16 or in the direction of travel of the underwater vehicle are arranged to facilitate the retraction of the underwater vehicle into a storage position provided in the launching and receiving device 16.

For pivoting the pivot arms 26 and 30, which together form a parallelogram mechanism, a hydraulic cylinder 42 is provided, which is hinged to the foundation part 8 and engages a projecting on the pivot arm 30 transversely to its longitudinal direction pin 44. On the foundation part 8, a plug 46 is further provided. The plug 46 is used for data exchange with that in the device 6 for exposing and receiving the underwater underwater vehicle and for its supply of electrical energy. The plug 46 is arranged on the foundation part 8 that it is in the in Fig. 3 shown storage state of the device 6 engages in a socket of the mounted in the launching and receiving device 16 underwater vehicle.

• Zunächst befindet sich die Vorrichtung 6 in dem in Fig. 3 dargestelltem Lagerungszustand in einem Raum zwischen dem Druckkörper 2 und der Außenhaut 4 des Unterseeboots, wie in Fig. 1 dargestellt. In diesem Zustand bildet das Verkleidungsteil 18, das auf der Aussetz- und Aufnahmeeinrichtung 16 aufliegt, einen Teil der Außenhaut 4 des Unterseeboots. Um das in der Vorrichtung 6 gelagerte Unterwasserfahrzeug aus dem Unterseeboot auszulassen, wird der Hydraulikzylinder 42 ausgefahren, woraufhin die Schwenkarme 26 und 30 aufschwenken, bis sie im Wesentlichen senkrecht zu dem Fundamentteil 8 ausgerichtet sind (Fig. 5). Die Aussetz- und Aufnahmeeinrichtung 16 befindet sich nun, wie in Fig. 2 dargestellt, außerhalb der Außenhautkontur des Unterseeboots. Während des Verschwenkens der Schwenkarme 26 und 30 löst sich der fundamentsseitig angeordnete Stecker 46 aus der an dem Unterwasserfahrzeug korrespondierend ausgebildeten Steckerbuchse.

The operation of the device 6 for suspending and picking up an unmanned underwater vehicle is as follows:

• First, the device 6 is in the in Fig. 3 illustrated storage state in a space between the pressure hull 2 and the outer skin 4 of the submarine, as in Fig. 1 shown. In this state, the cowling 18, which rests on the launching and receiving device 16, forms part of the outer skin 4 of the submarine. In order to discharge the underwater vehicle stored in the device 6 from the submarine, the hydraulic cylinder 42 is extended, whereupon the pivot arms 26 and 30 swing open until they are aligned substantially perpendicular to the foundation part 8 ( Fig. 5 ). The launching and receiving device 16 is now as in Fig. 2 shown outside the outer skin contour of the submarine. During the pivoting of the pivot arms 26 and 30, the base side arranged plug 46 is released from the socket on the underwater vehicle correspondingly formed.

The opening of the exposing and receiving device 16 defining pivotable edge portions 38, 38 ', 38 ", 38"' are so coupled to the pivot arms 26 and 30, that they 26 and 30 during pivoting of the pivot arms in the in Fig. 5 shown position in the opening cross-section of the opening 36 widening position. At the same time, the trim part 18 is pivoted away from the deployment and receiving device 16 by a corresponding movement coupling with the pivoting arms 26 and 30. The underwater vehicle mounted in the launching and receiving device 16 can now travel out of the launching and receiving device 16.

After the underwater vehicle is retracted again into the launching and receiving device 16, the hydraulic cylinder 42 is retracted, whereby the device 6 is pivoted back into its storage state, wherein the edge portions 38, 38 ', 38 "and 38 '' are pivoted into a cross-section of the opening 36 reducing position and the cowling 18 is pivoted back into a resting on the Aussetz- and receiving device 16 position.

reference numeral

2

pressure vessels

4

shell

6

Gear tray, device

8th

foundation element

10

support part

12

support structure

13

damping element

14

lifter

16

Suspending and receiving device

18

cowling

20

baseplate

22

web

24

storage unit

26

swivel arm

28

Flat profile part

30

swivel arm

32

mounting plate

34

support

36

opening

38, 38 ', 38 ", 38"'

edge section

40

guide rail

42

hydraulic cylinders

44

spigot

46

plug

Claims (12)

1. A submarine with at least one apparatus carrier (16), which is mounted in the space between the pressure hull (2) and the outer hull (4) of the submarine, and with which an apparatus may be moved from a storage position between the pressure hull (2) and the outer hull (4) into an operation position outside the outer hull (4), wherein the apparatus carrier (6) is designed in an at least two-part manner and comprises a carrier part (10) as well as a foundation part (8), wherein the carrier part (10) is releasably fastened on the foundation part (8) which is fixed with regard to the submarine and comprises a pivotable lift frame (14), which is coupled in movement to a linear drive which is arranged on the foundation side, characterised in that a housing is arranged on the lift frame (14), said housing being envisaged for receiving an apparatus to be stored on the apparatus carrier (6).
2. A submarine according to claim 1, characterised in that the foundation part (8) is arranged on the upper deck side of the submarine next to a torpedo receiver hatch formed there, in a region which also serves as a free space for receiving at least a part of a torpedo loading platform.
3. A submarine according to claim 3, characterised in that a hydraulic cylinder (42) forms the linear drive.
4. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the lift frame (14) comprises at least two pivot arms (26, 30) which are distanced to one another and which form a parallelogram mechanism.
5. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the apparatus carrier (6) forms a device for putting-out and receiving an unmanned underwater vehicle.
6. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing forms a putting-out and receiving device (16) for an underwater vessel.
7. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing is releasably fastened on the lift frame (14).
8. A submarine according to one of the claims 6 or 7, characterised in that the housing forming the putting-out and receiving device (16) comprises an opening (36), wherein the edge regions of the housing which border the opening (36) are pivotably designed for increasing the opening cross section.
9. A submarine according to one of the claims 6 to 8, characterised in that preferably spring-mounted guide elements for guiding the underwater vehicle are provided on the inner sides of the putting-out and receiving device (16), proceeding from the entry and exit opening (36).
10. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the apparatus carrier (6) comprises a casing part (18), which in the storage position of the apparatus carrier (6) forms a part of the outer hull (4) of the submarine.
11. A submarine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the casing part (18) is pivotably arranged on the lift frame (14).
12. A submarine according to one of the claims 5 to 11, characterised in that a plug connection part (44) of a data exchange lead and/or an energy supply lead is arranged on the foundation part (8) in a manner such that in the storage position of the device (6) for putting-out and receiving an underwater vehicle, it is coupled to a corresponding plug connection part of the underwater vehicle and may be decoupled from the plug connection part of the underwater vehicle by way of pivoting up the lift frame (14) of the device (6).

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