SG11201901646VA - Air lubrication system with a wave deflector for a vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmomiolollmonoloolomomomiolionomom (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/044163 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B63B 1/38 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/NL2017/050571 (22) International Filing Date: 30 August 2017 (30.08.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 16186407.9 30 August 2016 (30.08.2016) EP (71) Applicant: SILVERSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES B.V. [NL/NL]; Dr. Willem Dreesweg 2 Suite 94A, 1185 VB Am- stelveen (NL). (72) Inventors: SILBERSCHMIDT, Noah; 34 Drayton Gar- dens, London, Surrey SW10 9SA (GB). CLAUSEN, Jor- gen; Broendby Parkvej 6, 2. tv., 2605 Broendby (DK). JO- HANNESSON, Johannes; Dalen 12, 3060 Espergaerde (DK). (74) Agent: Nederlandsch Octrooibureau; P.O. Box 29720, 2502 LS The Hague (NL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 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, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH A WAVE DEFLECTOR FOR A VESSEL 33 311 C 1-1 O co O O 24 /7 u ),-I 22 HC 5 24' 21 — 26 Lc (57) : The invention relates to a system for providing an air lubricating layer between the hull of a vessel and the water flowing under the hull as said vessel is moving through the water, comprising an air cavity and a wave deflector having a planar bottom surface which faces said interface plane and extends parallel thereto and is arranged in an air cavity of said air lubrication system at a distance of 2 - 15 cm from the interface plane, wherein said bottom surface has a peripheral edge that is spaced apart from said sidewalls by a gap having a width of 0,5 - 15 cm, wherein, when viewed in projection onto a plane wherein said planar bottom surface extends, at least 85% of the area of said opening is covered by said wave deflector and/or said planar bottom surface thereof, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95%.