WO2021140364A1 - Véhicule de sauvetage en milieu aquatique et procédé de sauvetage - Google Patents

Véhicule de sauvetage en milieu aquatique et procédé de sauvetage Download PDF

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WO2021140364A1
WO2021140364A1 PCT/IB2020/050443 IB2020050443W WO2021140364A1 WO 2021140364 A1 WO2021140364 A1 WO 2021140364A1 IB 2020050443 W IB2020050443 W IB 2020050443W WO 2021140364 A1 WO2021140364 A1 WO 2021140364A1
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Jorge Alberto Ferreira NORAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/46—Steering or dynamic anchoring by jets or by rudders carrying jets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/02—Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving
    • B63C9/04—Life-rafts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H21/00—Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels
    • B63H21/12—Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven
    • B63H21/17—Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven by electric motor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/02—Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving
    • B63C9/04—Life-rafts
    • B63C2009/042—Life-rafts inflatable

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  • the present invention relates to a self-propelled turbine-driven water rescue vehicle disposed at the distal ends of a substantially U-shaped body and a method of rescue involving such a vehicle.
  • the present invention aims to provide this type of rescue vehicles with greater operability and safety.
  • the aim of the invention is to reduce the friction or resistance to the progression of the U-shaped vehicle on the water surface in order to achieve higher operating speeds and a longer battery life.
  • Another objective of the invention is to facilitate the access of a user, who may be a lifeguard, an injured person or both, to the vehicle, preventing entry into it being hindered by any obstacle such as a boat rail.
  • the crew of a sailboat in difficulty is rescued by air, for example a helicopter, by launching from an aerial means, from a cable, directly to the deck where the people to be rescued are. Then, the crew will hold onto said cable to be lifted into the air. It appears that in choppy sea conditions the rescue this process is difficult due to the difficulty of aligning the helicopter with the cable and the vessel.
  • the present invention enables the crew to be rescued by the same cable, suspended from the air means not over the vessel that has to be evacuated, but over the rescue vehicle, whose geographic position is controlled by remote control from the helicopter. This makes it easier to align the helicopter with the rescue vehicle and with the castaways, as their position is remotely controlled as they are attached to the rescue vehicle and its position is remotely controlled from the air.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic top view of a water rescue vehicle according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a two-dimensional schematic top view of the water rescue vehicle, according to the invention
  • figure 3 shows a schematic sectional view of the water rescue vehicle, according to the invention.
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic sectional view of the water rescue vehicle, according to the invention, with a human being in a supine position
  • Figure 5 shows a schematic sectional view of the water rescue vehicle, according to the invention, with a human being in a ventral position
  • Figure 6 shows a schematic sectional view of the water rescue vehicle, according to the invention, with two human beings
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic view of a rescue scenario for a plurality of human beings in the water.
  • an aquatic rescue vehicle according to the invention is shown.
  • Figure 1 shows a self-propelled water rescue vehicle 1.
  • the invention comprises a main body 101, comprising a U-shaped bow portion 2, from which two flap portions 3 protrude laterally at the distal ends 4, of which propulsion turbines 5 are housed.
  • the main body also houses electric batteries, capable of being charged by induction.
  • the interior space of the U-shaped body is occupied by a support/sliding membrane 6, able to receive the body of a human being on the surface of the water.
  • the objective is achieved by varying the specific volume of the different parts of the vehicle in such a way that the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle, coinciding with the longitudinal plane formed by the support/sliding membrane (A,A'), is oblique to the median plane of the water surface (B ,B').
  • the castaway who approaches the vehicle not only does not find any impediment to entering it, but also benefits from a slightly sloping flat surface that requires less effort to approach by a user.
  • the vehicle when propulsion is started, the vehicle presents a positive angle of incidence against the surface of the water, which causes a force to withdraw from the human body still under immersion, in the initial moments of a rescue, to give rise, in subsequent moments, to a displacement with much less friction than a membraneless U-shaped vehicle.
  • the specific volume of the bow portion 2 is greater than the specific volume of the distal end portions 4, of the side flaps 3, the vehicle assuming, when willing to float on the water surface, a position in which, the longitudinal plane formed by the support/sliding membrane 6 is oblique with respect to the plane of the water surface, with the distal end portions 4 of the lateral flaps 3 being, from semi-submerged to fully submerged in the water and the bow portion 2, fully to partially immersed.
  • the rescue vehicle has a volume such that, when the vehicle moves on the water surface, the vehicle user's head, which is positioned close to the bow, is protected from water, in order to facilitate breathing.
  • the rescue vehicle according to the invention has handles 8 all over the periphery of the vehicle.
  • the support/sliding membrane 6 is made of a material belonging to the group of materials consisting of flexible, rigid and semi-rigid materials.
  • the rescue vehicle of the invention provides that the support/sliding membrane is detachable by rings/stretchers 601. According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the support/sliding membrane is integral with the main body of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle of the invention has speed controllers in the main body of the vehicle (not shown) in the form of buttons or levers. It can also be remotely controlled from a remote control that communicates with the vehicle through the control/communication module 7.
  • the self-propelled water rescue vehicle is inflatable.
  • the material in which it is manufactured can be flexible, rigid or semi-rigid material.
  • the self-propelled water rescue vehicle integrates a GPS-type geographic location system.
  • charging the vehicle's batteries can be done by induction.
  • the vehicle of the invention is represented in plan: the U-shaped bow portion 2 is rounded to overcome the progression in the aquatic environment and the distal extremities 4, of the side flaps 3, have a greater specific volume of the that the bow portion, contributing to such a difference in the specific volume, the turbines 5 that are housed there.
  • Figs. 3 to 6 show the vehicle of the invention when occupied by one or two human beings (10, 11, 12) being visible the oblique positioning of the longitudinal plane of the membrane (A, A') against the plane of the water surface (B, B ') which remains substantially identical in any of the situations, as well as whether the vehicle is at rest or in motion. This is achieved by balancing the specific volume of the different portions of the vehicle, taking into account buoyancy.
  • the invention allows the execution of a rescue method especially useful when it comes to rescuing a plurality of human beings in difficulties in the aquatic environment, as illustrated in Fig. 7.
  • the motivation for the invention arose from the rescue of the crew of sailboats in difficulties in the water. high seas. In fact, in these cases, it is often difficult to position a rescue cable suspended from means. over a sailboat in distress at sea. This is due to the fact that the sea, under extreme conditions, permanently modifies the relative position of the vessel, a circumstance that adds to the difficulty of the constantly altered positioning of the mast. Under these conditions, the vehicle of the invention lends itself to the execution of a rescue method that comprises the following steps:

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La présente invention concerne un véhicule de sauvetage en milieu aquatique (1), auto-propulsé, formé par un corps principal (101) constitué par une partie proue en forme de U (2), à partir de laquelle font saillie latéralement deux parties ailette (3), dans lesquelles sont logées, au niveau des extrémités distales (4), des turbines de propulsion (5) et une membrane de support/glissement (6), dans l'espace intérieur du corps en U, apte à recevoir le corps d'un être humain à la surface de l'eau. La présente invention concerne également un procédé de sauvetage d'une pluralité d'être humains, faisant intervenir ledit véhicule de sauvetage en milieu aquatique (1), auto-propulsé.
PCT/IB2020/050443 2020-01-10 2020-01-21 Véhicule de sauvetage en milieu aquatique et procédé de sauvetage WO2021140364A1 (fr)

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US5597335A (en) * 1995-10-18 1997-01-28 Woodland; Richard L. K. Marine personnel rescue system and apparatus
US20070000182A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2007-01-04 Claire-Lise Boujon Inflatable structure(s)
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EP3041733A1 (fr) * 2013-09-03 2016-07-13 Alberto Ferreira Noras, Jorge Embarcation autopropulsée
CN207536109U (zh) * 2017-12-05 2018-06-26 欧舶智能科技（上海）有限公司 一种水下稳定快速自主移动的智能救生装置
CN207595219U (zh) * 2017-11-08 2018-07-10 苏州东珠龙旺消防器材有限公司 一种可遥控救生圈
KR20190115575A (ko) * 2018-04-03 2019-10-14 동명대학교산학협력단 해상 인명구조용 보트드론

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US5597335A (en) * 1995-10-18 1997-01-28 Woodland; Richard L. K. Marine personnel rescue system and apparatus
US20070000182A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2007-01-04 Claire-Lise Boujon Inflatable structure(s)
KR20130022348A (ko) * 2011-08-26 2013-03-06 이상철 인명구조용 무선조종보트
EP3041733A1 (fr) * 2013-09-03 2016-07-13 Alberto Ferreira Noras, Jorge Embarcation autopropulsée
CN207595219U (zh) * 2017-11-08 2018-07-10 苏州东珠龙旺消防器材有限公司 一种可遥控救生圈
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